Troper Updates II, Part II

Nah, I am immortal, remember?

The last few days have not been kind to me. First I had severe pain, and missed work because of it. Then I needed an expensive car repair. Now I have a cold.

I'm glad that I'm having annoying problems rather than catastrophic problems, and I'm still in good spirits, but dang. I kinda wish I could have problems like...

• What do I do with all this lottery money?
• This food is so delicious that I can't stop eating it.
• I need to schedule time off for this Hawaiian vacation I just won.
• I just found the funniest cat video ever and now I can't stop laughing.

Oh well. At least I have an excuse to drink tea, lay on the couch, and screw around on the internet after work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Having traffic court and work in the same day has thrown me off. I feel extraordinarily tired. x_x

Five hours without electricity. Five.

Man, my homeland is dying.

My first thought was, "Now why would there be a power outage in Venezuela, and why would it prompt that response?"

I looked it up.

Oh, Crap! I'm so sorry. That's no way to live. I hope things get better for all of Venezuela, and soon.

My only consolation is that, if things go well and the hurricane chaos finally comes to an end in the Caribbean, on Sept. 20th I'll travel to North Carolina to visit my sister.

I hope you're able to go, you need a break from home.

I got some bro time today!! Twin Bro and his husband are in town for Little Bro's wedding! I took the day off today so I could hang out with them. First, we went to a coffee shop with the dogs. Then we went to a microbrewery and had pizza and beer for lunch. After that, we walked over to the arcade next door to the bar, and played some video games. I whooped Twin Bro's ass at a Taiko drumming game.

It was SO fun! :D But it really drove the point home that we're in two different worlds now. We're not quite at the point of Twin Desynch yet, I always know exactly what tone of voice he's going to use, but his stories are so different. He's a doctor, in a place close enough to the Big Applesauce to be completely foreign to someone from Denver like me. I lost count of how many times I asked him, very sincerely, "What the actual fuck?"

We exchanged birthday gifts. I donated to hurricane relief for him. He made me a pixel art Popplio wallpaper for my phone! It's SO CUTE!

That was a much-needed break from real life. Now I need to throw the fuck DOWN on my to-do list!

edited 13th Sep '17 4:07:24 PM by RaspyMink

My little brother's getting married today.

My daughter is the flower girl.

This means a busy day full of primping and driving and celebrating...and my head and my neck are fucking killing me. Can I please just put the chronic pain away for a few hours and enjoy this?

Attempting to do just that with Advil, heat, caffeine, water...I'll try cold later if the heat doesn't work, I'll pack more Advil for when I'm out...

This had better NOT suck. I just want to party with my bros and keep it together for long enough to drive everyone where they need to go.

I hope you feel better soon too, and have a lot of fun.

me me cake day

How's it going? :)

So far, so good!

Having dinner at TGIF, presents are soon to follow.

Had lunch with job coach, discussed history.

And hung out with plenty of troper friends on Discord!

edited 15th Sep '17 4:29:50 PM by RandomWriter413

This wedding, you guys.

The wedding industry encourages brides and grooms to put their own personal touches on their special day. Little Bro and Sister-In-Law (eeeee!!) did this without even trying. The ceremony started an hour late. Nobody knew what they were doing until Little Bro huddled everyone up and directed them. Little Bro got choked up when he read his vows. That got me crying. Sister-In-Law broke down in tears. All The Homies from high school were standing up for Little Bro. All the bridesmaids had amazing dresses and shoes, way over the top, just like the bride. The pastor tried to speak to the father of the bride in English, realized he didn't understand, then asked him again in Spanish.

I wish you knew my Little Bro and his wife. The whole thing would make so much more sense and seem so much cuter if you knew them.

(Unfortunately, my head hurt all day. Still hurts. Totally didn't mind.)

Yesterday morning I was in a minor car accident. I was in the left turn lane and was pulling up to the line where someone in the next lane pulled out last second and collided with me. I'm totally fine and my car has relatively minor damage. The other driver, however, was a woman who didn't have a driver's license or spoke english. Her car sustained worse damage.

A claim has been filed, but I'm expecting a phone call soon to make an appointment for an estimate.

I'm a little sick today. I had shit to do today. I really have little physical motivation though. Otherwise, I'm ok.

Myself, I have some ideas to completely reconstruct wedding ceremonies that go beyond "put your personal touch on it!"

I just got back from a very cool massage parlor. I feel like a new man.

electronic-tragedy, that sucks. I hope getting the claim filed and taken care of isn't too much of a pain in the butt. It sounds like it went okay, for a car wreck...but still no fun.

@Mink: I appreciate your concern.

I've been sick with some weird cold for the past two days... If I'm sick as hell tomorrow I'm still going to class because I've got 3 classes I can't afford to miss.

I'm now about to watch the new version of Stephen King's It. Wish me luck!

So, I wrecked my mother's car again on Friday. Tore the bumper clean off, though the other car probably has more expensive damage. Because of this, and the previous accident this year, I'm grounded from driving until we can be sure of my safety doing it. Yay.

edited 19th Sep '17 9:41:47 PM by TolkienOtaku

I'm terribly sorry to hear that. :( -hugs-

I'm sorry, Tolkien Otaku. I'm glad you're physically okay, and it sucks that you're facing a driving ban. I hope getting the car fixed and getting your driving privileges back, as well as getting around without them, are not a huge hassle.

So I just learned that I'll have to make another long trip tomorrow. I would be more willing to accept it if we had everything planned out, but we don't yet. I'll also have to make a shorter trip, but it's to a place that I've never been before, and I'm not fully sure where it is.

Still, I just have to stay positive. I'll get through this...

EDIT: I just remembered more stuff I'll have to do that day. Looks like tomorrow is gonna be busy for me, all day long...

edited 21st Sep '17 7:42:51 AM by DrNoPuma

FFFFUUUU—

I got a new windshield this morning (mine was cracked, and I don't want my black boyfriend to drive a car that's not 100% street legal when he gives me a ride to the hospital—cops could think he's a Scary Black Man and act accordingly), and my debit card got declined. I checked my account, saw money in there, and called the bank to ask what's up.

Someone stole my debit card number. Then they paid for like $300 worth of gas and shoes with it. So, I've spent all morning dealing with those hassles.

I've also been under orders not to eat or take pain meds, because of the hospital trip. I'll be sedated for a steroid injection. I am in pain, hungry, and pissed the fuck off.

Today will get better, once I'm all loopy on sedation and steroided up...but for now, this sucks.

That's awful! And to be honest, I wouldn't have blamed you if you posted this in the Insecurities thread instead. Still... you'll get through this. Just remember that. Things are terrible now, but it won't last forever.

Update on my last post: So, the thing that we didn't have planned then? It's been planned out now, which makes me feel a little better. I have a lot of stuff to do, and I am very tired after just getting back from a long class... but I know I'll get through it all.