It says 26 on the bottom of the cup. My fancy water bottle that I left at home is 22.
Good one, Gris!
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Apr 29, 2019 7:24:30 am PDT #7335 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Apr 29, 2019 7:25:42 am PDT #7336 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Either my memory is faulty or they've gotten bigger!
Zenkitty - Apr 29, 2019 7:27:44 am PDT #7337 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Venti-er?
amyth - Apr 29, 2019 7:29:18 am PDT #7338 of 30019
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
I'm so sorry, msbelle.
Zenkitty - Apr 29, 2019 7:29:51 am PDT #7339 of 30019
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
msbelle, I'm sorry mac is being such a shithead. You shouldn't have to live with that, and I hope he realizes and gets himself together quickly.
-t - Apr 29, 2019 7:42:00 am PDT #7340 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Argh, I spent two hours faithfully updating this spreadsheet so I would no what I did to all these orders and would be able to update the vendor portal accordingly and I just CLOSED THE SPREADSHEET WITHOUT SAVING. Sometimes I am just too stupid to live.
msbelle - Apr 29, 2019 8:46:19 am PDT #7341 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Now that he's 18, can you sit him down and get him to list out what he thinks is appropriate behavior for an adult member of a household? Not telling him, getting him to offer up suggestions, because it will get him out of his 'reactive' mindset and perhaps reconsider his behavior. He seems to be spiralling in panic over the end of school and his refuge seems to be giving up on all responsibility.
I cannot sit him down. He has not said more than a couple of sentences to me for weeks and only slightly more in text. If I start talking to him he will walk away. If I ask him to come talk with me he will ignore it.
He will not answer questions. He has not offered any ideas on his future going on 2-3 years now. No solutions on what he wants to do, how to get to any of the options available. nothing.
My last text to him yesterday "I'll turn on the wireless when I get home this afternoon if you would like to apply for some jobs, I am happy to help if you want. I am also available to talk about graduation plans and post graduation if you want. If you have an idea of what you want to do or how you want your life to be, I will help make a plan to get you there." zero response. When I checked in on him in the afternoon when I got home from an errand and asked if he wanted to do anything I talked about in the text, he angrily told me no, so I left him alone.
-t - Apr 29, 2019 9:05:19 am PDT #7342 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm sorry, msbelle. That sounds awful. I hope he doesn't hurt himself or you or your relationship too badly while he gets to wherever he needs to be to figure stuff out.
-t - Apr 29, 2019 9:07:01 am PDT #7343 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
In brighter news - I indulged myself with a lemon cake pop AND a slice of lemon loaf when I stopped at Starbucks, haven't eaten them yet. And it's my coworker's birthday, one of the supervisor's made pineapple upside down cake to celebrate, so I have some of that, too. I may, in fact, be the girl with the most cake right now.
Theodosia - Apr 29, 2019 9:13:04 am PDT #7344 of 30019
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm so sorry. He seems both paralyzed by indecision and angered by it so he's hitting out at the nearest object. Is there anybody else in his life who could intervene?
Sometimes you have to hit bottom in order to get your head right, but I'm worried that as a black-and-foreign kid bottom could be very perilous for him, now that he's over 18 and likely to get kicked around by the TX legal system if he steps out of line.