The not happy thread

My mother and sister want their own...hopefully I can combine mother-in-law and nieces

 

i talked to a guy today that i think deserved to be hit in the head with a very large BRICK. I was putting up posters around town about my missing dog, and he says "Oh, I've seen that dog. I've got him at my house." (which really excited my brother, who's eleven.) He talks us into believing that he has the dog, and then says "Naw, I'm just messing with you."

My brother almost cried, and just UGH.

 

What an ass, go brick his windows and then, if your lucky, his face.

 

What an idiot, Ems! If I would have been there I would have YELLED at him... and he would not have liked it!

 

Oh Em...that's awful. First I am sorry your dog went missing. Second I would be tempted to punch that guy in the face. I might have actually had I been there. Dogs are family. You don't joke about that stuff when they are lost. You especially don't do that in front of an 11 year old.

 

@Emily... I reiterate what everyone else has said, what an absolute utter c u next Tuesday!

I am not happy because I'm weak, and all the effort I've spent for the last two years not self-harming has gone down the drain. Well done me.

Also my internet connection is awful tonight, so I can't sign onto my msn and it's barely loading web pages. Ugh.

 

Wow, what a jerk, Em. I would have punched him in the face.

 

Sigh. If he hadn't been the father of one of my VBS kids this year, I might have. The kid is so cute. He grinned and ran from me all cute like.

He was mean though.

 

Ok, the guy is a parent? I was picturing like a teenage kid...what a complete jack*ss.

 

You would be amazed at how willing teenage boys are to find your cute college-age sister's lost puppy.

And yeah, seriously, if the kid wasn't so cute, I'd say he should've been castrated.

 

So have you found Link, then? What a horrible thing for someone to say.

xx

I worked on a 250 point project all weekend (ALL. WEEKEND. I did not leave the house once except to buy supplies.). I presented it today and it wouldnt play. "There are no late projects accepted."
I guess I'm a crybaby because I started crying quietly. That's 250 points. Two and a half tests that I just got a zero on is the equivalent. I turned in my evaluation sheet, and I must have looked pretty pathetic (my face was blue, according to a few kids in my class) because he said if I turned in a working copy tomorrow, he might reconsider and give me some sort of credit. That's good.
But it was A material. At best, I might get a D. Which would mean that 12 weeks worth of studying and A's on tests gets me around a B in the class?

I fixed it, but still. It was devastating.

Additionally, I am upset because I generally get like this during the winter. *sigh* I'm not sure what to do about this, except pray for April to come faster, I suppose....

 

I am in a seriously FOUL tempered mood today and I swear if one more person decides to aggravate me I am going to rip them a new a-hole!

 

I feel like the forums have stagnated.

 

Oh my god, Merc. That's terrible! You would think that teachers would be more understanding about stuff like that. It's not your fault that it wouldn't play, and it's not like you're the first person to ever encounter technical difficulties. I hope your teacher decides to cut you some slack.

I promise not to aggravate you.

*timid hugs*

Would you like me to make things more exciting? I could try...

 

hidden, I don't think you have it in you to be able to aggravate anyone. You are just too much of a wonderful and caring person. *hugs* Thanks!

 

Saturday, I discovered that one of my old squad mates from the 173rd Airborne Infantry was killed in combat. Two others were wounded.

Definitely not happy. I was hurt so my tour ended prematurely. The soldier who was killed replaced me as the 240B Gunner for 1st Platoon, and I'm struggling with the aimless guilt I am plagued with for not being there instead of him. The guy was only 19!

And further, my credit is bad and my income just low enough that I cant find ways to improve it. I'm really beginning to wonder if I'll have the money to care for my wife and three-month old as we start the new year.

And to put a cherry on this delicious rocky road ice cream, my 22 year old truck has thrown in the towel so I have to bum rides to work every night.

Oh yeah, the potentially work-commute stopping snow that is falling....

sigh

This is the right place to vent yes?

 

This is going to sound small compared to some of the other goings on, particularly the post directly above me. My sympathies, Never Master. I hope your situation improves and I'm sorry to read about your squad mate.

Anyway, I have horrible downstairs neighbors that are making my life close to unlivable. For months they have made a point of pounding on the ceiling every time my wife and I do anything after 10:00. I have gone out of my way to be as quiet as possible, but I work nights and am thus up at night. I have scaled back from washing dishes, sweeping, picking up garbage, and even letting the cat out into the living room with us, all of which have received violent pounding from the neighbors below. I no longer have any guests over late, I NEVER use my Rock Band drum set that I bought (even during the day), and it's never enough. Last night was the last straw. They pounded violently enough to shake our walls and send our cat into a frenzy and shouted at us at the same time. My sin? Cooking hashbrowns in the kitchen at 11:30. It's horrble not being able to do anything else, but I still have to eat.

They have been told repeatedly by property management not to pound on the ceiling but they pretend that they can't speak English. (I'm sure it's pretending because I've heard them speaking fluently on the phone and with groundskeepers.) They have a yappy little dog that keeps me up when I'm trying to sleep, but I can accept that as a part of apartment living and I've never complained. I really don't know what to do at this point. If the ceiling really is so poorly insulated that walking from room to room is bad enough to warrant this kind of reaction, I'm not sure that new neighbors would even be a relief.

If anybody has any advice or words of encouragement, I'd love to hear it.

 

Aww, thanks, Tor! :redface:

I hope everything is ok.

Man, Never Master...I hope that things improve for you soon. I know it's easier said than done, but don't beat yourself up over what happened-it's not your fault that you got injured and sent home. As for the money situation, just keep trying to do what you can to stay afloat for now, and hopefully better things will come your way quickly! I'm sorry you're struggling so much right now.

My advice would be to throw a flaming bag of dog poo through their window.

Seriously, though, my brother has the same problem with his downstairs neighbors. He's got an almost 2-year-old kid, and he tries to keep him as quiet as possible, but they still get irritated all the time. I'm with you-I would just accept that sort of thing as part of living in an apartment, but I guess others aren't that understanding about things.

Is there anyone in the complex that you can go to about the problem? Maybe explain that you've been trying to keep things quiet, and they've continued banging on the ceiling? Making something to eat doesn't seem like a noisy enough offense to warrant that, in my opinion.

 

Well, wonderful. My laptop has decided that it doesn't like Word. Something of a shortcoming, really, as I really ****ing need it! I have to prepare my Advocacy assessment for Thursday and four PLR reports. Not much, then.

Extremely stressed right now, and not in any mood to do anything other than rant and rage at the world for bowling me an absolute yorker of a delivery.

 

Yikes! I hope you get it working soon, Dante!

I just broke our Christmas tree. It is now a heap on the floor, thanks to my clumsiness.

 

Oh no! I'm sorry hidden. I hope that you manage to fix it. Hugs!

 

Thanks. I think I'm going to try finding a new base for it. I should be able to ghetto rig the branches that broke, if I can just get it stand up...

 

A good nights sleep has done much to better my mood. And the knowledge that I don't have noisy neighbors. =)

My closest neighbors are about three acres away.

I'll be doing my best in the coming weeks to just grin and bear the financial troubles and try to come out on top at the end. We'll see how it goes.

 

With my job as church secretary, I get to hear every bad thing that happen to people in the church. People in the hospital, people with cancer, even old people dying...makes me sad, but it happens. Today I learned something that just about broke my heart. One of the kids in children's choir (which I help teach every Wednesday) has a seriously messed up home life I knew nothing about until today. I guess her mom accused her dad of domestic abuse. When he was released, she went to his house with a shotgun. He is out. She is in jail. And the kid is with grandparents who just want to keep her safe from both parents right now. I am grateful she has her grandparents. But, what a thing for a kid to go through! And right before Christmas. My heart is just breaking for her. She is one of the sweetest kids I know. I can't stand the thought that this could mess her up. You know? Ugh...really bothered.

 

By the sounds of it, she'll probably have the best christmas she's ever experienced with her Grandparents, providing they're decent people unlike her mum and dad. Be happy for that reason.