Sounds like you had fun, meara.

No one is allowed to feel bad if they slip and use another name!

I felt bad for about as long as it took to edit the post, apologize, and realize that no bridges had collapsed or any skyscrapers got climbed by large primates. So we all survived. Except for the moth I smashed while I was posting. But it was a regular-sized one - not a giant mutant fall-out moth.

I know it's 6:29 am on a Saturday and I should not be happy to be awake, but...

I requested to change my student loan repayment plan to an income based plan - something that didn't exist when I graduated. I just got my approval this morning and my loan amount due has been reduce to 0! That's over $400 saved per month. I am so excited - basically it feels like a huge debt has been wiped out overnight!!

If it's not too much to ask, a little "this treatment got it all" ~ma.

I hope it's not too much to ask, because I'm depending on it.

I had to take All the Pain Pills, and I think I'm typing funny.

eta: Don't panic. I meant all the kinds of pain pills, not many pain pills. Hyperbole, it is me.

yay Stephanie, what a reilef!

My kids have the uber annoying habit of getting up earlier on the weekends to play and trying to catch up on sleep during the weekdays. I have tried to explain to them that weekend mornings are for catching up on sleep, but they refuse to learn. I've decided my only other option is to put them to bed earlier on a daily basis. Silly kids! You're supposed to earn a later bedtime as you get older, not an earlier one!

Oh Ginger! I hope the pain pills can wipe out the pain. Did you talk to the doctor about tweaking the regimen?

And smonster, I wanted to echo what Cass said:

I don't care how nice he is, he's not what you are looking for in a relationship and you are clearly looking for a relationship and not just a way to pass some time.

He made it clear that he was unwilling to go all in on the relationship, and that's not what you wanted. You will eventually meet someone who wants to be with YOU and wants to give you the things you need in order to feel secure.

I've been doing pretty well, but this one rib turned on me Thursday. Right now I've got it tamped down, but I keep typing things like "deep seeded resentments."

Ginger, I (sorta) feel your typo pain; with this learning to type quickly one-armed, I have felt the burning shame of many misspelled words and lack of commas and caps. I hope your rib and your pain abate soon!

smonster, I always disbelieved people when I was lonely and was convinced I would never find anyone to love/love me. Plus, I was a 200+ lb. woman with large brains she was not willing to hide, and very assertive, with...well, you guys know my long-seated mental health struggles. I had truly, truly, truly given up.

You are lovely, giving, intelligent, skilled, lively and with a lovely body and soul. And let me say -- the feeling of "I'll never find anyone" is awful...I wept over it many a time (oh, the drunken sobbing on various girlfriends' shoulders, before I decided that I was Just Not The Marrying Type, and then a year later...BOOM!) but waiting to find the right person? Is worth it. Compromising isn't.

Also, I think my OKC account is still active. Iffn you want, I would be delighted, when you feel ready, to help you tweak your profile into something unique and intriguing, if you feel it needs a tweak. (That offer stands for any Buffista.)

Can you help me tweak mine so it doesn't pick up woman my mothers age?

Also if you have a new iPad, they have a new feature with a little microphone in the keyboard, where you talk and it types what you say. It doesn't do punctuation but it's a start. A little editing is needed but it gets the bulk of it done for you, especially if you're typing one-handed.

HA! As I was dictating this message, I discovered if you say the word comma, it'll put one in. Periods too.

before I decided that I was Just Not The Marrying Type, and then a year later...BOOM!)

It's freaky how often that happens. After deciding "OK, I can cope on my own, though I don't like it," I literally trip over Hubby. Nearly 30 years ago now.

No guarantees, o-a, but yes!

And Connie, I know! It's so weird; gave up on finding a mate -- found the perfect one by accident. Gave up my struggle with being obese, lost 50+ lbs without trying. So strange.