The not happy thread

Emily I think you need to take some me time and learn to say no.
Even if you enjoy what you are doing it can become a strain.

Torana, Dr. shortages are world wide especially in small towns.
I can't go to the neurologist even though he is the best in Northwest Ontario because he is I think from India and I cannot hear what he says. His accent is also very strong which wouldn't be so bad if he spoke loud enough for me to hear him and figure out what he is saying.
Most people who go to him take someone with them to help them a bit. But Don is so deaf he would be of no help and I can't ask someone to take 2 days off to come with me.
So now I am trying to find someone else to go see.

I am not happy today as my foot is broken so in favouring it my hip is screwed up and almost locked. It has been pouring rain for a day now and if it freezes the roads will be black ice and Don is driving to and from work over a bad road. I also have to spend $20. on taxi fare to go a total of 4 blocks. flat rate $8. for each trip and I always pay $10. have 2 appt. at different times and with my foot and hip I can't walk.
So I am definetly not in a good mood.

 

Get well soon Lessa. Careful, you don't want to put weight on your foot before it's ready, so don't try doing too much. I remember when I broke my foot I was more or less immobile for 3 weeks, and that was with no other health issues.

Does it really matter if your doctor has an accent, if he is as good as you say he is? It seems a shame you can't get help from him. Can't you ask him to speak more slowly and clearly? (And loudly?) I'm sure he wouldn't mind--after all, he's probably used to meeting different people all the time. Surely he couldn't have become a fantastic doctor without having some communication skills?

Take care, now.

 

feeling better I managed to get an appt. to get my foot xrayed 1 hour before my other appt. so only one taxi ride.
I have no problem with the accent. I grew up answering the phone for our taxi business and had to get to know what was being said by people from all over the world.
The problem is the accent combined with his soft voice and his having his nose in the chart while speaking to me.
Can't read lips and body language.
He sometimes has a student dr. in with him who explains what was said after the dr. leaves. just not always.
Also a 4hr trip to get there 4hr wait in the waiting room and I am in so much pain I can hardly see straight and then he sees me for 5 mins tops and I come out so frustrated.
One reason I like him is he has said he won't do surgery until I can't walk at all. He has seen too many people in wheel chairs because some dr. decided to do surgery when it wasn't the best option.
I guess I will be sticking with him for that reason alone and learn to be aggressive and have him shout at me.

 

Hello everyone.
I was reading some of the messages. As far as the doctor is concerned, I don't understand why YOU have to find someone to go with you in order to understand him. The doctor has nurses in his office. Is it a problem to ask that one of them (someone who works with him has to be able to understand him) to sit in on your visit?
Just a thought>

 

There's a old axiom in business that says, if you want to be successful, "Find a need and fill it."

Uhh...am I out of line suggesting that you fill that void in your town? I'll bet you could make some money by starting up a business to meet that need. Maybe a dance hall, or small theater with live plays. You could put on shows on Saturdays for children and a couple of week night performances for adults. Keep the price reasonable (like $10 per person) and you could net some decent profit for your family while performing a valuable community service. Overhead could be kept down by renting a hall from a local church or school...maybe cost you $500 a month (if the schools or churches in your community are struggling like they are in mine, they might welcome an extra $500 per month). You should also pay your actors and stagehands by the performance.

Now for the numbers...if you average 30 visitors per night (2 nights a week) and 50 kids on weekends (half price for kids...say $5 per kid), you would gross $2500 per month. Pay $500 for rent, and $1200 in wages...you net $800 a month. What would you do with a spare $800 a month?

Of course, there are countless other ways you could bring "culture" and entertainment to your community. Do you like cooking? Maybe start a small dinner/theater combination. Those are a lot of fun. People arrive for a meal and are served by the actors. After everyone has been served, the actors take the stage and perform a play, usually a comedy and sometimes they actually mix with the crowd during the performances...lotta fun. After the play, the actors return to the tables to serve desert. Actor/servers often make a LOT of money in tips, especially when the play is particularly good.

Just remember the business adage for success...find a need and fill it.

 

Can't sleep, had a 14-hour day, need to be up early and completely bottled it with Rachel.

Yes, I'm in a bad mood. Which isn't surprising.

 

I lost my notes for my talk wednesday

 

Wing it...spontaneous talks are usually the best, anyway.

 

I would if I didn't have a grand plan set in place. Including a game show, unsuspecting volunteers running around with rocks, and a nice geology lesson. *Sigh*

 

We had a game shop open, an arcade, it closed in a month as no one was interested, we had go karts for 3 months, it closed as people lost interest, everything that starts closes in 6 months as people lose interest. It is sad really, because no matter what you do, no one keeps the interest or the business folds because the expenses are higher than the income. Mostly because you have to charge too much to cover the expenses

BUt it is definitely worth while looking into.

 

Waiting to hear back about jobs I might or might not get sucks big time.

 

We had a death this morning. One of our elderly members went. We weren't quite expecting this. It is already a busy week with the boss behind on getting me everything I need to get the newsletter out on time. Now, we add death notices and funeral planning to the mix. Nothing like adding depressing to stressed.

 

Indeed, stress and depression are an ugly mix. I wish the best for you in this difficult time.

 

had to drop a grad school class because the professor was 100% unreasonable - 15-20 pages of academic writte work with 16 peer-reviewed article sources (no other kind of sources allowed) PER WEEK, not including the multiple exams and term papers. maybe if it was my only class (i have another class and a thesis) and didn't have a full-time job, it might be remotely plausible that I could actually do the work required. because, just calculating by the work i've done already, this class would require 8hrs/day 4 days/week to finish all the work properly... pre-exam/pre-term paper calculation here.

however, dropping the class means that not only have I wasted a good portion of money (no refunds for classes unless I drop my whole degree) but I will no longer be able to graduate at the end of the summer... which means my budding ideas about getting a job as soon as my current position expires (september) are dashed. (which I will need one that pays enough for me to afford an apartment and car so that I might someday be able to survive on my own and maybe even get married to my third-world boyfriend -- it's been a full year since last we saw each other in person, a good 75% of our relationship has been apart)

vanished. not that I really had much hope of getting a decent job, but still... setting me back an even longer way than I already was. welcome to sucksville, why did i ever even think i could have a career... well, one that pays money anyway...

 

So...I went home at lunch to check on the painting being done there. I am not overly happy. First...the color is WAY too pink. It is the color I ordered, but it looks COMPLETELY different on the walls. Second...they didn't take anything down. The blinds are still up..they are just painting around them. Same with the wall shelves. What I ever wanted to take those down? The walls would be white were they were. Third they didn't pull out any of the nails or wall hangers. The nails thing is irritating...but the wall hangers (hook that you nail into the wall) are about a half inch long and they didn't even slide them to the side to get behind them. I went around at lunch and pulled all the nails and hangers. They got back from their lunch before I left to come back to work. I mentioned the issues. They said "Well...sometimes colors will look different on the wall. Wait till you aren't seeing it against the white..It will look more tan. We didn't pull anything out 'cause we didn't know what you wanted, and we don't take down bllinds...too much of a pain in the butt. If you ever take 'e, down to replace them...we will leave you some paint to patch it with." I feel so listened too (sarcasm). Not happy.

 

Kanga, that's horrible. It seems like some professers expect your entire life to be about that one class.

 

i'm furious over my cousins husband treating badly and their children. The &%^# &$^&#*$ threw their youngest across the room. Not happy at all!!!

 

That is criminal.

 

What a ****ing psychopath. And yes that is criminal.

 

What a pathetic little man.

 

He needs to spend a few hours in a cage with a large, tattooed man named Monk. See how HE likes being tossed like a rag toy.

 

Better yet, locked in a cage with three rabid alpha male silver back gorillas.

Silver back gorrilas, particular alpha males, have been known to be quite brutal when enraged, and now that I think about it, I believe "quite" is a MAJOR understatement.

And yes, I'm a big lover of gorrillas.

 

Oh my god! That's terrible.

 

sheesh thats terrible! Sympathies Sherie.

\rant alert.

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Sigh, for my bad news. Have you ever had a great day and then something bad happens to make it all go away? Well, today is that day for me.
Long story short? Woke up to find my cousin and his bff home, had great result at a surprise test. Only to come home to know that the said cousin and bff have gone to Mussoorie. The former with his girl, the latter with a friend who's a girl.
Okay the problem? I know, I've given up on guys and stuff, but how do I react when the bff is going to stay at our place for the next three days? And he's the bff who happens to be my ex. Like the only guy I've come close to loving, and who supposedly loved me back, but we can't be together because we're too alike! So, yeah, my life, the misery. He's staying at my home for the next few days, and right now, he's outta town with another girl. Great!

 

I'm sorry, Neha. That's a crappy situation to be in, for sure.