My fave volunteer coworker (co-volunteer?) that works directly with me in the same position isn't gonna volunteer regularly anymore and I'm sad. I do the gig every Saturday and they alternate who does it with me every other week cause nobody else wants to commit every Saturday. She was the best one. Chill and funny. Her replacement is a woman who is extremely kind but she overstimulates me. She focuses more on talking to customers than checking ppl out quickly which stresses me out when it's busy and the line is long. She's also loud. I feel bad cause she's not rly doing anything wrong. People who talk a lot and loudly ping my overstimulation trigger and I get overwhelmed. I know she has social anxiety and social insecurities and I would also feel terrible if I exacerbated those on accident for her by getting snappy or something. I'm sure we'll find a rhythm cause I'm pretty adaptable but why is being a person and interacting with other persons SO difficult.
I've been there. It took me an absurdly long time to find my new job and it was really draining me. Fruitlessly applying to roles i did or didn't want was exhausting and i wasn't sure i wanted to keep going. it sucks and i'm stressed about just keeping this job as i watch everything else crumble in the world.
got word my grandmother passed about an hour ago. lots of emotions right now, but i'll be fine. if anything, i'm just glad she's not suffering anymore.
Sometimes I don’t know why I pull through but when I snap out of these frames of mind I know I am glad I did
I got a gabapentin rx to treat my recurring hyperacusis flares. as a musician this has been devastating. I've been on too many high dose steroid courses and nearly a year out from injury I still can't go to shows (or be in public places w/o protection) without risking pain flares. I really wanna see Hum this year and will prolly go for it but this has been an incredibly isolating year. I do have a call w/ a lawyer soon to sue the garage where the injury happened
My cat has been waking us up every morning before 6am and even if you get up to feed him, he comes back up and paws at the TV in our room. If we kick him out, he tears up the carpet and scratches the door. I know it doesn't sound like a big deal but it's building on other sleep issues (having a baby, frequent stress dreams) and I'm starting to feel a little insane just from never getting a restful, uninterrupted night of sleep.
i am very lucky to only have my cat to worry about but he absolutely disrupts my sleep. not just that but when i get home from work and im so tired and want to nap or just chill he's constantly meowing and looking to play with me and even if i give him a little bit of my attention its never enough and he always wants more. i feel bad because im gone for 9 hours at a time for work (including commute) and frequently spend time at my girlfriends place (and sleep over at least once a week) or im going out with her so he is here alone. i would get another cat for him to keep him company but my girlfriend has two cats herself and theres a very large chance we will be moving in together in the not so distant but still kind of distant future (end of this year, most likely) and a fourth cat is not something either of us would want. so me and my cat just kind of have to wait it out which is fine but in the meantime it can be stressful dealing with his loneliness and trying to balance my work life, social life, and properly giving him the attention he needs. i do think he requires much more stimulation than your average seven year old cat, my girlfriends cat is the same age and is so much more chill and doesnt want to play nearly as much. but i love my guy and wouldnt trade him for the world.
My cats do this too after our kid, they got used to us being up at all hours of the night for food and attention lol. We ended up getting two motion detection aerosol sprayers to put outside the closed door that freak them out enough to keep away. This PetSafe one is pretty good but they updated the model and now it makes an annoying whirring noise when it goes off. We sleep with white noise so we don’t really hear if it goes off but when one of us gets up to use the bathroom and forgets to turn it off it can be a jolt. https://a.co/d/0f9OFrWz There are off brand companies that still make a version similar to their previous model which is much quieter, but when I bought one of those a tiny sealing piece broke when I was attempting to replace the spray can. I had to super glue it back together to make it work correctly again. Customer service was basically nonexistent. https://a.co/d/04EPtE4y A big thing to know if you think about getting either is that they ship with aerosol cans included which makes them not returnable because it’s a combustible. I’m sure that’s a feature as a gotcha if you don’t like it!
I ran out of Adderall and won’t be getting more until tomorrow night. Idk how I’m going to function today or tomorrow. I’m thinking about trying an energy drink, but they gave me the worst headache the few times I’ve tried them. Pop doesn’t do much for me. Coffee is alright, but does it last the whole day?
Feel like all caffeine tends to be a 4-5 hour thing for me, definitely never more than 8. But that could vary from person to person.
We've actually considered these before to keep them off the countertops, but stopped short of purchasing anything. Good to know they work, thanks for the tip!
in complete panic mode at the moment. we move to Nebraska in 5 days, and were just told that the person who we had lined up to sublet our apartment pulled out and signed somewhere else, all because our apartment complex didn't get back to her in time re: her application. so now we're back to square one, and it's all their fucking fault. between them implying that they'd be able to find someone to fill our unit all on their own, to not telling us that the sublet would only have to be for the summer as someone signed for the fall already (we're the only 2x1 furnished unit on the property) which led us to completely restart our search for interested parties, to dropping the ball on getting back to the applicant we had made contact with, they've COMPLETELY fucked us over. i was supposed to finish packing up the place today since the movers now get here Saturday, and instead, i'm now frantically trying to put up listings on Craigslist and Facebook to see if someone can take over at the beginning of May, because we can't cover two leases at once. our apartment complex's ineptitude and failure to communicate has MASSIVELY fucked us over, and actively prevented us from finding someone to take over our lease in time. i have no fucking clue what to do. i'm feeling incredibly hopeless, and it's putting so much unnecessary stress on me that i desperately don't need (after the shitload of stress i've gone through in the past month).
My school district has seven elementary schools and it’s a rather small city. It’s been announced they’re going to tear down my school and the other two smallest and build a big school to house all those students. They claim nobody will be laid off, since everyone will basically be transferred, but I don’t believe that. The process will take a few years and won’t be till probably 2030. Bigger and updated building and it’s for the best…ok, I get it. But I like my small school and close-knit community, and also hate change.
That sucks! I had a similar experience at my last apartment. I was in the market for a house, and so I discussed things with my landlord knowing that there was a chance we'd need out of the lease at some point before its end. They assured me they'd get me someone to sublet, and so I renewed. Fast forward a few months, and our offer on a house was accepted. However, my landlord then denied ever making any such promises, and told us we had to get our own sublet. I ended up having to pay both my mortgage and my rent for 5 months and it wasn't great.
I couldn’t find the vent frustrations thread so I’ll post this here I was trying to cut a cvs long tag off my new workout leggings and ended up cutting into the fabric. I’m pissed because they’re new, they have a good waist band, and I wanted to wear them. I did get them on sale for like 10/12 bucks but still. Under Amour brand
I wish it was easier to meet people bc I’m just fed up with the whole process honestly!!! I have tried everything but just can’t make friends or find someone I’m interested in dating. I really think it’s the area I live in but I can’t exactly just up and move bc I’m poor. Apps like meetup are completely useless bc there are literally zero groups in my area! I’ve joined a book club and enjoy it but idk if I can really see me being friends with anyone who attends. It’s just so frustrating bc I’m doing everything right but just not seeing any results! I just really don’t want to be alone anymore. I wish I lived in a place that wasn’t mostly old republicans lol that’d prob help a lot but it’s so cheap to live here so I’m stuck. Every group I find, 2 pm on a Tuesday. What about people with jobs????
I also can’t find someone im interested in dating and think it’s my area. The meetup app doesn’t do much for me and I’ve found groups either from TikiTok or book of faces.
I'm extremely nervous about having a pilonidal cyst surgery next week. I know rationally that everything will probably be fine, but I can't help but completely catastrophize over it. I have never had a surgery in my life so it's extremely nerve racking. That being said, it is kind of funny to me that the first place I end up needing surgery is my butt. So I can at least kind of giggle about that to help cope with it
It's fine. it's just the aftercare that sucks Just make sure not to move around too much after and get a seat cushion. Also it kinda reforms your butt and removes some of the natural cushioning around your tailbone so sitting down too long is gonna be more uncomfortable for the rest of your life. I got my surgery over 15 years ago when i was 19 and sitting down too long without a cushion still sucks sometimes. Also(#2) the doctor is gonna tell you that you have to shave your buttcrack periodically for the rest of your life to keep ingrown hairs from forming cysts again. You don't really have to that much, just a couple times a year when you feel it getting kinda itchy to be safe. Also (#3). Have fun with it. I made so much "I grew a second butthole" jokes with my friends about it lol