How are things going?

Frustrated here, and in pain. haha
Bad fall sinus/allergy stuff, blowing through my cask like M&M’s lately, can’t find a better paying job with the hours/time slot I need to boost up my primary job and must have slept wrong because my neck is killing me this morning.
Rock on. lol

Feeling quite unstable as many jellies know. Wonderful things in my life and scary regrettable stressful things also. Saturday day my husband is going to try out his new (used) kart on a track and then we are going to see friends from Memphis (we moved from there several months ago) in Downtown Disney for dinner and I cannot wait to see them! We might duck into Seaworld for a few hours Sunday, because we have passes. In the background is my ambivalence about the house we are buying, my regrets about things I have not accomplished in my life, and an overall feeling of sadness hanging over me lately.

My comfort food Has always been linguine with meatsauce and melted mozarella. I hadn’t even thought of it because I have been trying to be more vegan at home. Gawd, I just realized my enjoyment of that dish is not the same anymore. I find that a little depressing too.

Not too bad. Had my hair cut this afternoon, and had a class of wine while she did it. At home now, doors locked, blinds drawn, what could be better? Don’t have a comfort food, if I’m hurting, I don’t eat. A glass of wine makes me feel human though.

One more meeting and the weekend begins.

Correction: Blowing my CASH! LOL

Pretty well except my new puppy ate my cell…lol, my fault though.

My go-to comfort food is mashed potatoes or chocolate.

I’m as happy as a pig in shite, as always, be as happy as you can be & don’t sweat the small stuff…here endeth the lesson.

Lovely autumn day… knee not hurting too badly… kitty curled up and fast asleep on a chair… $28 credit on my Visa card… and it’s Friday. All good with me today, no comfort food needed. Hope you feel cheerier soon, @Sunny2.

A bit baffled. Enrollment in my courses dropped from a solid 29 students down to 15 and I anticipate having to drop two more students on Monday. This is great for the students because it allows me to give more attention to each individual student, but it worries me about having a secure job next quarter as they might have to offer fewer sections as a result.

Otherwise, I’m dandy. The weather is lovely today and I am planning out applications for PhD programs while researching lesbian actresses and artists for a project with some colleagues. My significant other and I are going to have breakfast for dinner and there’s a cup of hot chocolate calling my name.

I’m stressed to the max, trying to grasp at random false productivity to make myself feel like I’m accomplishing something. I just biked around my neighborhood looking for pine cones. Didn’t find anything.

Basically, here’s my dilemma – I need money, so I need a job. But I also need to stay home because I can’t afford to put my son in after school care. I have the knowledge and skills to work from home as a freelance virtual assistant, but I don’t have the money to get a home phone and internet set up.

Really frustrating.

I don’t have a comfort food. When I get like this, I eat anything I can reach that takes no effort. I’m exactly one bad coincidence away from purging. Really trying not to go there.

@Seek_Kolinahr Can you sell your plasma or something each week for cash? A lot of people here do that. Temp agencies and day labor are other alternatives.

That sucks, keep your chin up, it’ll get better.

I’m alright. Everything is mildly insane, but I’m alright. Moving sucks. Really bad. My mother doesn’t know of any way to relieve her stress, besides taking it out on other people.
But on the bright side, it’s a 4 day weekend, and I’m figuring things out. I’m graduating with a scholarship in a few weeks. I’m gonna be okay. :)

@KNOWITALL: I think you’re supposed to wait 8 weeks between plasma donations.

I’m OK, I guess. I was never an energetic or motivated person, but this rheumatoid arthritis has made it worse. I find it hard to do much of anything, and all I want to do is nap.

@hearkat I have friends here that go 2–3x per week.

No way in hell I’m going to sit in a plasma donation center with a bunch of half-crocked pill heads. Besides, I’d spend half of the pay in gas in the way there and back. It’s hardly going to pay my rent.

@Seek_Kolinahr Mostly we have nice ones that are full of college kids and guys paying child support, just a thought.

@Pachyderm_In_The_Room Thanks for the concern, but my question was derived from my sitting and eating two of my comfort foods: dark chocolate chips and large curd creamy cottage cheese. I don’t save comfort food for bad times. And my list is quite long.

All of the above… : (

And various things…cream of mushroom soup comes to mind.

I’m tired and need a day where I am not running around all over the place. I haven’t had a proper rest over the past week, not even a lunch break and my evenings have been full as well. I need some time in front of the TV with a cup of tea (which is my ultimate comfort drink by the way!) my current favourite comfort food is dry cereal straight from the box!

Not too bad…. my old heart failure dog needs more diuretic and I hope her kidney values stay good. I had a comforting cup of tea with half and half and honey after we got home from the vet.

@ccrow Sorry, poor thing.

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Doing awesome!
A good comfort when riding a wave of goodness is a nice Belgium ale or bourbon on the rocks with a great burger!

They’re going. Been worse, been better. I have four limbs and two eyes, I can’t bitch.

I’m good. I am getting a new shower put in next week, in place of my current, mouldy one. Also, I’m planning a trip to the UK and looking forward to Winter. Right now, I feel mildly frustrated because my hand hurts. I have tried to order my family to massage it. Sadly, none of them seem eager.

@KNOWITALL thanks… she’s doing ok but we’ll see, I guess. The vet brought up the ‘quality of life’ subject; hopefully the diuretics clear her lungs up for awhile more, without aggravating her kidneys. And did I mention she’s prone to UTIs? Argh. And saying ‘my old heart failure dog’ is to differentiate from my ‘young heart failure dog’ so it’s not over for awhile in any event. Except maybe if there’s a meteor strike…

I’m feeling mellow. We just finished carving pumpkins while watching The Amittyville horror. The Omen is on next. I’m not going to sleep tonight!

Pretty good day today.

I got about $400 worth of fabric at a yard sale for $10, picked up a gorgeous antique teak sewing table off the side of the road (rubbed a little tung oil into it and it looks smashing) and got a care package in the mail from @LuckyGuy.

Things are just great lately. (: But my favorite comfort foods are: a hamburger with a slice of cheese and pickles and maybe a lite beer or a hard apple cider. Also, gotta get the chocolate bar and/or ice cream in there! What’s even better than the comfort food for me is an all around great big bear hug!!