There are cockroaches in Mexico big enough to own property.

Cordelia ,'Lessons'


Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.  

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 - Feb 04, 2022 5:02:34 pm PST #12763 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Heh

I think I might compromise with fast food tonight and order a pizza after chainsawing tomorrow. That seems more responsible.


DavidS - Feb 04, 2022 5:17:36 pm PST #12764 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Also? I got a prescription for sleep last month, but it's actually an antidepressant, and I think it's working! On both fronts, honestly.

Pizza, sleep and antidepressants? You hit the Trifecta!


Steph L. - Feb 04, 2022 5:22:09 pm PST #12765 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Also? I got a prescription for sleep last month

I read "prescription for sleep" and honest to God thought your doctor pulled out the prescription notepad and just wrote "GET SOME SLEEP" on it.

Drugs are better.


Jesse - Feb 04, 2022 5:32:07 pm PST #12766 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I read "prescription for sleep" and honest to God thought your doctor pulled out the prescription notepad and just wrote "GET SOME SLEEP" on it.

My old doctor probably would have done that one.

-t, I think you can have pizza!!


Pix - Feb 04, 2022 6:05:34 pm PST #12767 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie

...we love our smart lock and have never had an issue with it, for what it's worth. I mean, of course, YMMV. Just for a data point.


-t - Feb 04, 2022 6:07:43 pm PST #12768 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I had Chicken Express and it was good. Tomorrow is another day when I can have pizza


DavidS - Feb 04, 2022 6:39:23 pm PST #12769 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

...we love our smart lock and have never had an issue with it, for what it's worth.

I'm not sure, but it seems like it would be a big difference having one on your own home versus your rental apartment.


Shir - Feb 05, 2022 2:56:54 am PST #12770 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".

askye, I'm so sorry you have to deal with all of that. I hope that you can move relatively quickly.

I believe it, Shir. I worked for an international healthcare organization during the height of Ebola, and even though my job was in an office in Boston, it was still brutal! It's a lot to carry with you, even if it's not directly affecting you.

Yeah, it took me a while to understand what it does to me - especially because I blamed most of it on the pandemic. But a definite sign was when I saw the final letters parents sent to their non-Jewish friends, trying to hide their 5 year old kid in a monastery under a catholic identity. The last letter was written from the train when they were deported to Poland (and it worked. The kid survived. But the parents didn't). I saw my colleagues' reactions when I showed them that letter, and realized that I was numb because all I could come up with was "oh, yes, readers would love to see this". I am on a waiting list for mental health sessions on secondary trauma - but it's a long one. I've been waiting since June 2021. I do have another archive which will require processing of adjunct subjects (intellectual history of fascism), but I will absolutely prioritize staying away from processing war/genocide related material after this.


Laura - Feb 05, 2022 4:59:28 am PST #12771 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

That is rough, Shir, but that you have recognized the toll it is taking on you is huge. Not realizing it would be worse. May you find a method of self care. {{Shir}}


Jesse - Feb 05, 2022 6:46:09 am PST #12772 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I saw my colleagues' reactions when I showed them that letter, and realized that I was numb because all I could come up with was "oh, yes, readers would love to see this"

I feel that -- I work in fundraising, so there was a lot of similar feelings. Good luck with the counseling.