[How to make yourself do what you know you should do]

.  Decided against getting drawn into thread.

[How to make yourself do what you know you should do]

decided against getting drawn into thread

[Disturbing dreams]

I actually had a similar dream once about a partner I worked closely with.  He was a highly accomplished man whose mind I respected but could not comprehend being attracted to him in a romantic manner.  Since the dream was so odd to me, I did some reading on dream interpretation and analysis. Most important concept I recall is that when you’ve worked closely with someone and produced service or product you can take pride in, this may appear in dream to be a romantic interlude of “reproduction.”  Not sure if I buy that, but it was reassuring to know that others had experienced same thing.

[Have you seen Oppenheimer yet (? On bringing kid)]

We saw it yesterday with my sis and her family.  My 13 year old nephew attended; in fact, due to his strong interest in military history, he organized the outing.  

[I'm throwing a pity party--wanna come? BYOS]

My son got call from blood donation bank that he tested positive for HIV , so no longer eligible to donate blood.  On the bright side, his viral load is undetectable, but doc started him on antiviral meds after *two* tests couple weeks apart.  Apparently he is somewhat of a medical anomaly.

[I didn't need another thing to make my life harder, AKA paperless billing]

I too HATE paperless billing and have requested that bills not be sent by text or email.  Today at orthopedist,  we received bill by TEXT before we got out of parking lot onto street!

Don’t get me started on lack of detail in invoice.

[S/O Fireworks - other dangerous things that make your skin crawl, like electric/motorized scooters]

Living beings in the bed of moving pickup trucks make me shudder.

[What happens in your country if someone can't be discharged from hospital?]

On 7/6/2023 at 8:55 AM, Janeway said:

In the US, they throw them to the streets. If they refuse to leave, security will physically pick the person up and take them off property and dump them.  And by this, I mean if they are physically unable to leave due to illness or disability, the hospital will do this to them- dump them, on the streets.

Hard to believe isn’t it?  I’ve known someone to whom that happened.  He died at home two days later from his hernia.

[Some positive thoughts please]

Lighting a candle for you and your son.  Please keep us posted.

Hopefully the liver may eventually heal itself.

[Dr Hive, my metabolic panel]

Fasting is not necessary for A1C test.

[I think I made a mistake]

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[I think I made a mistake]

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[I hate this stupid cat]

Texas Proud, I’m sorry you are dealing with this frustrating issue.  

Many rescues transport cats from South to Northeast for ultimate adoption.  For various reasons the South tends to have more homeless cats and dogs than North.  Finding a home for the stray is not hopeless.  Placing either cat as a barn cat in Texas probably is next to impossible; here the barns are overflowing with cats.

If I read correctly, original cat is declawed.  Please do not put kitty outdoors where it would vulnerable to predators and traffic.  Fifty acres will not stop a cat from wandering into traffic;  all it takes is one driver failing to notice kitty or not being able to stop in time.  Could you build a catio for the urinator to live in safely outdoors?

i had a cat with same issue that worsened with age.  We took her in when mother in law died in 1980s.

My husband had just purchased an expensive piece of equipment for his business. She peed on the control thingy.  Also she had recently developed a heart murmur.  I made the tough decision to euthanize her at age 16 to lessen stress on family.  

Your cat is leading a very stressful life to point that euthanasia may be a kindness.

[S/O weather-Memphis yesterday]

12 hours ago, Dmmetler said:

I'm about ready to scream. They were FINALLY working on our neighborhood yesterday. It was scheduled to come back at about 10:00 last night. There actually were no additional "waiting for assessment" or "waiting for a crew" listed. 
 

Then the storm last night came through. We're back to a long list of pending, and the first estimate for restoration is 11:30 tonight.  I suspect that, were I to go up there today, I'd find that we've yet again been pushed down the list because something more important is out and that they're no longer working.  We're back to 94% this morning, after all....
 

 

To be fair, the utility company should have prioritized  those already without power from earlier storm before working on recent outages.

[I hate feeling like a Karen. Carrie is close enough.]

When I lived inside our high crime rate city, a homeowner called cops on me one night.  I was parked in a church parking lot at outer edge of lot underneath a lamp pole, so I could read book while waiting for my kid to finish a meeting that usually ran one to two hours.  I had been there about an hour when cop knocked on window.  Homeowner across street stated I was behaving suspiciously.  I guess he wasn’t a reader.   

I also have a navigational disability so get lost often even with gps.  After reading through this thread, I will work on not causing others unnecessary anxiety.

[S/O weather-Memphis yesterday]

You We just lost power again at 8:45pm central during a mild storm.  

Update:  came back on about 10 hours later

[I hate feeling like a Karen. Carrie is close enough.]

15 hours ago, Sneezyone said:

This. Also, like Storygirl, I did this multiple times while house hunting. My Nextdoor feed is full of people who think this kind of reaction is normal and are usually armed.

That is exactly what drove me away from Nextdoor as well as members’ automatic suspicion of teenagers and minorities.

[S/O weather-Memphis yesterday]

I am in same suburb as original poster, and we are on day three without power.  Utility company has restored little over half of outages.  This morning utility company stated that remaining outages could take days to fix due to severe damage to infrastructure.  Temps climbing daily and will be in 100s Thursday.  We are using generator to power two refrigerators, fan, portable air conditioner and microwave.  Should have invested in whole house generator when we remodeled this house.

[S/O What would you want? Trigger warning for funerary thoughts and references]

Husband and I plan to donate our corpses to local university medical school.  The school cremates body after they are done with it. 

As for memorial service, family can reminisce about the good times we had or nothing at all.  Their choice.

[WWYD-issues with birth mother]

Based upon past history, I would cut all contact with all members of birth family until or if my child wishes to meet them at an appropriate age

[Microblading — have you done it?]

I got my thin brows micro bladed during cancer treatment six years ago.  Best thing I’ve done for myself and they still look lovely.  The appearance can initially be somewhat shocking but don’t worry and don’t pick at them.

[s/o Terms that are slurs when labeling others but not when labeling self?]

Instead of trying to keep up with rules for who may use words considered slurs, wouldn’t it be less effort to simply not use those words if you are not a person that the slurs refer to?

 

 

[Do you like this expression or not?]

I would thank them for what is (or was meant to be) a positive statement.  My true hidden response would honestly be indifference.

[I feel down]

Humor has been helpful to lift my mood.  A good comedy film or book and writing funny life anecdotes brings a smile to my face and puts my woes in perspective.

[S/O: Would you want to know?]

No.