Shittier Days

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Silversong » Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:03 pm

I hope you can figure something out, Thad. I had a migraine last for a month solid once, it was awful. (Got an MRI and a CAT and eventually went to ER. Nobody ever found a cause.) I'm starting to think everything's too complicated for doctors to find causes.

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Upthorn » Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:26 pm

Thad wrote:Tried an edible to see if that would help. It did!...

It's got the same drawback as any other effective migraine medication I've ever taken -- it ... prevents me from being able to do much of anything for the next few hours


You might try looking specifically for CBD products, instead of general marijuana products. CBD seems to be the substance that does the pain relief, nausea relief, etc., and may leave you able to function better in the absence of THC.
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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Thad » Fri Apr 23, 2021 11:54 am

Yeah, I've been taking CBD oil before bed every night. It helps me sleep, and sometimes seems to help with headaches, but hasn't really dented the one I've been fighting this past week and change.

(BTW it's tough to do research on CBD oil since there's so much SEO spam and snake-oil hype out there, but from what I read I decided to go with Lazarus Naturals as a brand that's quality but inexpensive.)

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Thad » Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:15 pm

Wife says "Could your new prescription be causing your headaches?"

I really should have thought of that a week and a half ago. But in my defense, its side effects also include confusion.

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby IGNORE ME » Tue Apr 27, 2021 12:31 pm

Damn it, guys, he's becoming lucid again. I told you we needed stronger senility pills.

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby KingRoyal » Wed Apr 28, 2021 9:26 am

Just rotate his coffee mug, that'll buy us a few weeks.
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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Mongrel » Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:36 pm

KingRoyal wrote:Just rotate his coffee mug, that'll buy us a few weeks.

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Thad » Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:51 pm

This isn't really "shittier days" fodder, but since it's the last place I was talking about edibles, CBD, etc. -- my brother was in town a couple months back and he gave me a Blue Planet delta 8 comfort bar to try and I've had a positive experience with it.

Contrary to all the talk on that page about how it's "perfect for those who prefer not to get "high", but more of a body comfort", it gets me pretty high, and on a pretty low dose (I eat about 1/6-1/3 of a square each evening -- granted, I have a low tolerance, but my brother, who has a much higher one, warned me a whole square is too strong for him).

I like the flavor, too; strong dark chocolate, doesn't taste like weed.

I don't know much about the difference between delta 8 and delta 9, but AIUI delta 9 is the compound that's (federally) illegal and delta 8 isn't, which is why you can just order a delta 8 chocolate bar through the mail. It's something of a milder high, too, but it's still a form of THC.

It took me a couple months to get through 1 bar, taking as small a piece as I was each day; I finally ran out and ordered another. Got it today; it was packed tightly with a couple of cold packs, and appears to have arrived unbroken and unmelted, which is pretty impressive. (High today is only 94, but still, plenty hot enough to melt chocolate.)

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Yoji » Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:18 pm

Okay, so I need to get the whole family to Sacramento for the weekend. None of our cars will carry enough, so it's rental time.

I don't want to get burned, so I got a reservation a month ahead of schedule. A minivan paid on the ol' debit card. I don't have to think about this unless someone squawks about something. This is good.

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Day before the trip. Today is the day to go get it. 10am pickup, so I'll have time to escort the cats to their boarding place and still make it back home for lunch.

...huh, this is the place? Some dingy garage? And there's people waiting out front? The office is really empty?

Someone's finally here after like fifteen minutes. Other people say they've been waiting longer. But that's alright, things happen I guess.

Wait, they don't have the van we asked for? I specifically chose the van because the SUV was too large and didn't have as much cargo space. Isn't that the whole point of a reservation? Whatever, I'll make it work. Let's check it out.

...what do you mean you won't accept a debit card? I thought I paid for it in advance? Yes, but you need a credit card? Okay, my mother-in-law is here and she can- no, it needs to be mine? Fine, I think I have one at home that I never use because I'm a weirdo that doesn't like the idea of credit unless I have to.

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Now, where the fuck did I leave it? Everything's always moving with this house move. Gotta find the bedroom box and... here it is. I think... printed bracelet, clothes hanger, old photo, clothes hanger, sneaky sex toy... AHA, I knew I had a- an EXPIRED card?

You know what? Fuck it. I'm already done with Hertz. I'm going to cancel it and... wait, WHAT? Cancellation fee of THE ENTIRE RENTAL FEE? I think I'm going to throw up now

I'm calling the bastards. No way I'm paying a thousand dollars for a car they won't let me drive. Yes, I'm telling you this much, friendly support critter. I'm being as kind as possible when I say please put me on hold and figure this out. Hopefully, I won't have a stroke in the meantime.

...okay. They're going to apply the cancellation fee, then refund it. At least, they fucking BETTER. I guess we better find somewhere else. Lexi is calling around now and... Enterprise has a Chrysler Pacifica on Westminster and Harbor? We'll be there in two shakes of an angry lamb's tail.

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...they're out to lunch for another half hour. Guess I'll do picross and hopefully Lexi will catch up on work and- wait, there's actually a long line for that van and it won't be available until after our trip. Lexi threw up her hands and is taking us back to the same Hertz to get the same car on her credit card instead.

...NOW THEY'RE OUT TO LUNCH TOO?

Okay, we got it. Let's drive this home. Damn, this thing is huge and has too many buttons, and most of them I don't want.

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Wow, Kiddo 01 is very excited to see the car and- he's nested in the car already and playing video games. I guess I'll check the work mailbox and FIVE FUCKING DRAWING REQUESTS? I need to get my laptop and- it needs to charge, and I think I left my charger in the car Lexi's using to pick up Kiddo 02. I hope they're okay with a four day turnaround unless someone else wants to try their hand at site plans.

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ETA101: I've just been informed that Kiddo 01 ate like ten Z-Bars while we weren't looking. He can use the calories, sure, but I don't know about the sugar. Also, those were supposed to be for the trip.
ETA02: Oh yeah, did I mention this is all in preparation for A FUNERAL :D

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Moral of the Story: Hertz is shit and I would sooner recommend my friends try hitchhiking their way to Sacramento instead.
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Re: Shittier Days

Postby atog » Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:54 pm

I'm not supposed to tell you this, but if you're only using it for 3-4 days and within about 250 miles, a U-Haul pickup or smallish 6-seater van is a better deal, sometimes.
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Re: Shittier Days

Postby hngkong » Wed Jul 27, 2022 9:31 pm

Yoji wrote:Wait, they don't have the van we asked for? I specifically chose the van because the SUV was too large and didn't have as much cargo space. Isn't that the whole point of a reservation? Whatever, I'll make it work. Let's check it out.


Similarly, I was SUPPOSED to have a doctor's appointment today, but when I showed up, I was informed that the time I had a confirmation in writing was already taken by someone else because I booked the appointment online, and they can't guarantee online appointment bookings will be correct, or even put into the system. I was told this while staring directly at a sign that said, "Book your appointments online!".

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby nosimpleway » Wed Jul 27, 2022 10:29 pm

"Capitalism breed innovation and competition" has to be garbage because if it were true someone would have invented a rental car company that was a dumpster fire and taken all of the market away from the established car rental companies.

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Silversong » Thu Jul 28, 2022 9:21 am

...isn't Hertz the one that called the cops on a bunch of people for renting their cars, including Romo?
Uh. Knock on wood.

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Mongrel » Thu Jul 28, 2022 10:57 am

Shame you couldn't get Enterprise, I've never had any trouble with them.
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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Upthorn » Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:34 pm

Silversong wrote:...isn't Hertz the one that called the cops on a bunch of people for renting their cars, including Romo?
Uh. Knock on wood.

Yes. People who do not return the car on time for the original rental period get the cops called on them even if they called in advance and paid for an extension
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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Grath » Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:10 am

And once it's been reported stolen, they don't bother reporting it un-stolen when the person who rented it returns it as arranged, so you can get pulled over and harassed even if you didn't keep the vehicle late.

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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Büge » Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:16 am

Mongrel wrote:Shame you couldn't get Enterprise, I've never had any trouble with them.


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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Upthorn » Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:52 pm

A few days ago, our cat, Grasshopper, started sneezing every so often. We weren't really concerned about it, because cats get colds every now and then, and he sneezed in our faces a few times.

Yesterday,
  • he was doing much worse, coughing and sneezing up a storm all day, sneezing so hard his head had noticeable recoil, etc.
  • I also started showing signs of illness yesterday.
  • I did some research and found that his symptoms match the presentation of covid in cats, and cats can transmit it to humans.
  • I informed my mother and my partner that I was worried about covid, and was trying to isolate, but also think it's from the cat.

Overnight
  • Grasshopper worsened further, appearing on par with the level of difficulty his older brother had while he was dying of pneumonia.
  • My partner talked to my mother about the fact that our cat is definitely sick, and I'm feeling sick, and there's reason to believe that it's covid, and maybe we should all take tests.

Today
  • Grasshopper has gone completely missing
  • I explained to my mom that tests are often not detecting omicron covid until five days after symptoms show up, and so having a single negative means nothing.
  • My mother left to take the train down to spend three days with my niece and nephew.

I am having a complete emotional meltdown. I've put so much time and energy into following research and figuring out best practices so as to maintain a reasonable safety level. I've put so much work into educating the people I live with about these things as I learn them. And like, as soon as it would be inconvenient for my mom to practice any of these things, she just tosses it all away.

I'm putting all this effort in to try to keep us all safe, and she shows no concern for the fact that her actions are endangering other people. I'm so fucking angry, and I'm so fucking tired. Since we live together, and she owns the house, I can't keep myself or my partner safe without her cooperation. I'm really close to just, fucking, giving up for good and like, if we get sick and die, we get sick and die, and if my sister's kids get lifelong disabilities, they get lifelong disabilities, I guess.

And I'm scared our cat has hidden himself off somewhere to die, and it'd sure be nice to have all hands on deck to keep an eye out for him right now

EDIT:
Grasshopper is home. He didn't come for me when I went calling his name with treats, but he did for my partner
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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Yoji » Tue Aug 02, 2022 2:10 pm

We seem to have made it through the trip. But man, that was kind of rough. Crosspost with HOW WAS YOUR DAY or whatever?

Long drive is long, much longer than we're used to. Orange County to Santa Maria, Santa Maria to Sacramento, Sacramento to Three Rivers, Three Rivers to Orange County.

That second leg of the journey was kind of awful because it took us on highway 41 to the 5, and that area of the valley at this time of year is utterly desolate. Miles and miles of dry, featureless hills covered in dead yellow grass. And after that our reward was the 5, which is its own flavor of long and depressing.

I knew a memorial was going to be rough, but I wasn't expecting a dust-up like this. Among the mementos of my late father-in-law we brought with was a wood vase he turned, and one of the nicer ones. A work of art, really; I'd share a picture if I had one handy, but it wouldn't quite share the luster. I'm not sure if it belongs in a museum, but there will never be another turned by him. So you might understand why I'd be a little anxious to see his older brother passing it around for people to look at. And when I told him so, I was reminded I have a knack for pissing off older men...

Yoji: "Maybe we should keep that here on the table with the photos and other things? I'd hate to see it get dropped or something."
Pete: "...I'm a fucking orthodontist." (wiggles fingers to prove a point somehow) "I'm not dropping this thing."
Y: "Right, but we can always make more teeth. We can't make another piece by Mike W- okay, he's gone already..."
[some minutes later]
Y: (grumbles something about laptop slideshows)
P: (walks up with a picture of a plastic skull with replacement teeth) "Look, did this for a cop who got shot in the face. I'm not dropping that vase."
Y: "Okay but-"
P: (waving hands) "Nope, stop. We're done here." (storms off)

Was I the asshole there? Maybe? I don't know, I have brain worms that seem to piss people off without my meaning to. But man, that fucked me up for the rest of the memorial. And fucked up my wife, too! I told her about it, and I probably shouldn't have because then she remembered all the times he acted like that to her. And all the times my father acted like that, again with fine wood work. And even her own dad at one time, I'm sure. She couldn't even be there for my mother-in-law's part of the service, and we pretty much spent the rest of the time avoiding him.

But there were plenty of bright spots. Santa Maria means meant my little brother and his dog. His politics are kind of garbage last I checked, but he's always personally been kind of a peacekeeper and nothing but warm. And his deaf corgi is a delight and the kids loved him; the note I left in his wife's guestbook included "thanks for showing a couple cat kids that dogs can be okay too."

The flooding at Lake Kaweah has receded, probably because they opened the dam for farming. That meant Slick Rocks for us, which the kids loved. The temperature was high, but it wasn't bad between the water and the wind. And the previously flooded parts were green with little growths. I could've just done without the sunburn.

On a rest stop near Grapevine, I caught a look at myself in a bathroom mirror and said "wow, my hair looks awful." My son pipes up and says "but i like it that way," which I didn't expect to appreciate as much as I did. But seriously, no shower for nearly two days meant I kinda looked like I just escaped from Jurassic Park.

It's an hour past return time for the rental, and I've yet to hear anything distressing. Here's hoping it stays quiet. Rent Enterprise if you can, y'all
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Re: Shittier Days

Postby Mongrel » Tue Aug 02, 2022 2:41 pm

lmao he went and got a skull. Is he one of those guys in the videos with the teleporting skull? hahaha

You might have been pressing a bit out of anxiety, and that can grate on people, so I get being annoyed... but responding like that? Yeah, it's him. He's the asshole. The fact that both you and your wife had the same interpretation only reinforces that.

Sorry you had a shitty time, but it seems like some good things happened too, thankfully.
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