The Totally Radical Thread for Crotchety Old Bitches

Yeah, when has people communicating like adults helped anything?

So, I've been wanting to go up from a twin bed to a queen bed for... years at this point probably. I've been watching Freecycle for a convenient to snag queen. Last week, somebody posted they needed to get rid of a king bed and a bunch of bedroom furniture (chest, dresser, headboard), broken down and ready to go whenever. She was pretty close by, so I pounced. I said I could take everything, because most people prefer their listed lots go as a lot, and I figured I needed a dresser anyway, and I could keep what I wanted and drop the rest at Goodwill.

I've got a hitch on my car, but my tires are still in no condition to pull a trailer, so I rented a truck. With insurance and mileage and a dolly and taxes, a $20 truck rental turns into $50 pretty quickly.

I drove out to her place. Nothing was broken down ready to go. I removed two screws holding a giant mirror to the chest, and loaded the mirror, the chest, and the dresser into the truck, which was . She said the bedframe and all was probably too much to take apart this late at night, and the "headboard" was a 15-foot set of cabinets I really didn't have room for at home anyway, and the truck bed was full and it was already dark.

I decided after I left that I really didn't have room for both pieces I did have, and I knew as soon as I saw it that the mirror wasn't staying with me, so since everything was just kinda loose in the bed, I went to Goodwill first to make sure they got the mirror before I broke it. They almost took the dresser too, after I said I was keeping it.

Got the dresser home and found that half of the drawer tracks are broken. They're just square dowels the drawers slide over, so it's an easy fix, but at the end of the day I thought I was getting a king-sized bed tonight and instead I have a $50 dresser that needs some repairs.

Ugh super frustrating Para! i hope you go back to get your bed.

It's been cold here in the PNW. Finally realized there's no turning back the clock now because my body just can't deal with this weather like it used to. Everything's sore, muscles aren't strong enough and tire easily,

Dorkus: I know your pain. Things ache, creak, and crack then you start getting those damn nagging pains. One goes away only to get another.

Translation. " I'm getting too old for this shit."

I had one of the most awesome birthday dinners of my life tonight. Just me, the family, and a four-pound beef tenderloin that we snagged on discount. Wishing partner was here but they'll be visiting soon so all in all I've had a pretty good day.

In less-good news, I tried out the nicotine patch and I think it backfired. I tried the lower dose since even at my peak I've never smoked more than four cigarettes in a day and I vape considerably less than that, but even that was way more than my body's used to so I ended up getting really jittery.

Kyle; Sounds like you are already so close to quitting you don't need the aides.

Only in terms of actual nicotine intake - and even then, I've tried and failed to go cold turkey multiple times. The habit and oral fixation has been just as difficult for me to kick. It's great that the vape has kept me off the real thing but I'd like to be able to stop inhaling stuff that isn't air altogether.

gonna sound weird...since its an oral thing can you fakevape?

As someone who fidgets, I second this suggestion.

I am feeling really low right now. My wife inadvertently referenced the month we lost Foxxy. Which of course made me think of my poor little companion. Now I feel depressed and sad.

I am tired, a little hungry, and bummed out. I want to home to go home to my wife and cuddle with my dogs then take a nap.

edited 14th Jan '17 3:58:30 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Might I recommend a glass or two of what you fancy, curling up with the pack and giggling and wincing along with Saphie: The One-Eyed Cat upon a tablet to distract Sir and Madam? A little pet-oriented slice of life both nostalgic and at one removed. Because cats. But, all the fustratijoy. <hugs>

(You'll like Simba, Teuf: I just know it.)

edited 14th Jan '17 4:25:58 PM by Euodiachloris

Well we do have ample supplies of comestibles and ardent spirits.

The Missus said she will making something with sausage and rice always a favorite because we seldom eat it. Throw in a shot of decent potato vodka, a shower, a two hour nap with my dogs and I think I will be back on an even keel.

edited 14th Jan '17 4:30:21 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Sausage and rice is good, but it ain't no toad-in-the-hole, veg and onion gravy with a nice ruby ale. But, I'm biased.

I think I am more partial to tattie scones, fried egg, back bacon, all topped with nice sausage or beef gravy, and a circle slice of pine apple .

The Missus wants me to make the tofu(eggs) benedict again. She has suddenly found herself craving it.

T-hound, I'm sorry things are a bit rough. It DOES GET BETTER. Cry not that your furry friend is gone, rejoice that you had some wonderful time together.

Thanks guys I am feeling much better. Just one of those moments that sneaks up on you for a little bit.

Pics of the dogs. Taggert and Phoebe.

edited 14th Jan '17 10:22:27 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Congenial mischief... in coats.

Gah. We've only been underway for 3 days, and it already feels like far, far longer.

Part of this is just the time-dilation effect that sets in when every day is virtually identical. Part of this is that I changed jobs, and have spent the majority of my time running around like a madman trying to get simple stuff fixed, like getting sinks unclogged and a leaking pipe fixed.^note "Uh, no, sorry, we won't be able to shut off the water to this system until March, so you'll just have to, like, tape up a trash bag or something to guide the water into this drain over here." Thanks, asshat, god forbid you actually do your damn job.

During the holidays, I let my wife talk me into starting the Neverwinter MMO ... wishing so hard for internet access out here for me to play it.

Blue: Hang in there. New jobs are always a pain.

Euo: She tolerates the coats better then Taggert. She also gets on with Taggert a lot better then Foxxy. They nap on top of each other all the time where as Foxxy never let Taggert do that.

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edited 20th Jan '17 7:45:23 PM by OriDoodle

Ori: Lol.

So I fucked up and got kicked out of my week long externship that was supposed to give me a chance at a yearlong position. Probably for the best in the long term - I found out a few things about the place while I was there that made me a lot less excited about it as a workplace - but the circumstances tore open a lot of old wounds. Partner's been a godsend and the antidepressants are starting to work, but still.

I just wish people would be more willing to tell me "hey, what you're doing isn't ok, cut it out." Especially since one of the things I was really excited about with this place was the promise of constant feedback. I feel like an oversized puppy that gets too enthusiastic, breaks everything around him, and then doesn't understand why people are yelling at him.

I hate that people don't let me know what I'm doing wrong - THAT I'm doing something wrong. And I hate that I always need them to and can never fucking get things right on my own. I don't want to be like this and I don't know how not to be.

Anyway, back to square one on the job search. At least I wasn't actually working for them yet so I don't have to answer yes if anyone asks if I've ever been fired.

So I've been laid off, of sorts, this week. Thanks to some rather profound fuckery this week all part timers got cut to 4 hours, and all full time to 16. This is a huge union contract violation (by the store, not the union) so I'm gonna be making a call to the rep tomorrow. I mean a week is kinda nice, but man this is pretty outrageous.