What are you worrying about now?

I have to create a Japanese manga of several pages and something has prevented me from doing it for the past week. But I have to present it this upcoming Wednesday, and I haven’t prepared the presentation yet either.

Then I have a ten-page essay and a twelve-page essay due Friday, and a twenty-page adaptation of The Tempest due the following Monday, and I haven’t begun any of these things.

It’s finals week (-ish) so I’m kind of a mess.

I’m sorry about your cat. I hope you eventually find it.

I’m worrying about my alcohol consumption. It has really increased in the past half year or so. To the point that I wake up in the morning and can’t remember what exactly happened the evening before. There’s much alcoholism in my family, and I’m on medication that conflicts with alcohol (depression related), so I’ve got every reason to not drink at all. But I do. And I’m worrying about it.

Not a damn thing.

Disclaimer: I’m on drugs

@Facade how nice for you.

I’m not worried about a thing.

@holden You sound kind of perturbed, so I’ll tell you that it’s my prescription sleeping pill. There.

I’m worried about finals and every now and then I worry about the future because I really have no idea what I want to do. But it’s not something that really bothers me. Part of it actually excites me.

I’m also freakin’ out because I was involved in two very close brushes with the law this week (on the part of my friends, not me) and I don’t want to be an accessory to anything…

Worried about traffic tomorrow, what the hell I’m going to teach my students on Monday, how this presentation will go on Tuesday, whether the exam questions I wrote are good and fair, if I’m fucking up my relationship by being too idealistic/greedy.

Plans to resolve: tune up presentation tonight until I feel good about it, figure out lesson in the car tomorrow and hopefully get boyfriend to drive part of the way. The rest of it will have to work itself out a little bit at a time.

Thanks, this actually helped a lot.

I hope your cat turns up okay. And the other stuff… you can do it. Work hard and keep your chin up. Right?

I’m actually not worrying about anything. The little bit of homework I gave is snap easy, and I don’t work for a week!

I’m a worry-wart.

Do you really want to know? Well if you must… I am currently stressing over finishing my d-journal on time and I have 40 more pages to go. I am stressing over finishing a book for class which is due on Tuesday and also next monday. I am stressing over losing sleep and having to deal with school. I am stressing over my lack of social life. I am stressing over my internet addiction because its taking up too much of my time. I am stressing about meeting my goals for the end of the year. I am stressing about the world and its current state.
Oh man, my worries seem to go on endlessly. I can’t wait till christmas break when I will only have only a few things to worry about. Freedom! :)

My husband has been out of work since March. He was an IT with Sprint, and lasted 12 years until the last of the lay-offs. He had a good severance package, but that ended about a week ago. He’s still getting unemployment, and I’m working, but it’s not enough to save my car, his car, our house. A month or two more and we’ll be having real problems then. He’s always sending out resumes, and he’s working with many different recruiters. I just wish I knew when it would end.

Money.

@ItalianPrincess1217 isn’t that a shame?

@holden It’s pretty awful. I get so upset when I see how depressed my fiancé gets everytime he gets paid and within a few days his whole check is gone again. I know how hard he works and it can be discouraging.

@ItalianPrincess1217 :( seeing your loved ones unhappy sucks balls.

Right now? Finals.
In two weeks? Nothing.

I’m worried about.. nothing. Honestly. My mind is blank and all is well. Atleast for the next few moments.

i’m just worried about whether or not this girl likes me, she shows signs of it. but i’ve been led on a lot lately (not by this girl) so i can’t tell.

@rasshoal why worry about it? Just ask her out. Then you’ll know for sure.

@holden she’s going through a lot and i’m not sure if she’s wanting a relationship. i also have a fear for rejection.

I have no worries for myself, but my oldest grandson is having trouble finding a job, my son got a bad review at his job (not enough volume), and might lose it, and my youngest grandson is having nightmares, and I’m concerned for them.

@YARNLADY is that the 2.5 year old? I’m sure it’s a phase. He’ll be ok.

@holden yes, and thanks for the support

I am worried the wet is going to start before we get out of here and then we will either have to wait until april or may when it dries up again or go about 6000k out of our way to get to our new home!

about driving to a hospital on Tuesday that I’ve not been to before
about whether the doctor at the hospital will be yet another waste of time
about whether my various health issues will ever get sorted out
about the constant pain in my throat
about my inability to live a normal life because of pain and discomfort
about Theo growing up without a father present in any form
about providing Theo with a magical Christmas
about providing Theo with a magical life
about family politics
about the family drifting apart
about my temperament
about getting a good course grade
about my mouth being too small for my teeth
about being enough, enough for my son, enough for me, enough for everyone else
about whether I will screw my son up psychologically somehow
about whether I will be on my own for the rest of my life
about people close to me dying
about whether it won’t really matter to me if I am on my own for the rest of my life
about fulfilling my potential
about missing the boat
about making the wrong decisions
about not playing with Theo enough
about what everyone else thinks of me
about whether I will ever feel like I was meant for this world
about whether I will ever sit in happiness rather than discontent

* Goosing my car along because it’s trying to die

* Catching up my mother’s mortgage

* Finding a better paying job in 2010

Money! New York State is going broke.

I’m worried about not having enough money to pay bills or get Christmas presents for the kids. It will be a slim Christmas. stress sucks

I’m worried about going to work tomorrw because I have had a disagreement with a colleague (who is/was also a friend) and I’m not ready to speak to her yet but I know I will probably have to. It’s not that I plan on never speaking to her again but I need time to cool down because I felt very offended and hurt by certain things she said and I am worried that if I speak to her anytime soon it will result in another arguement and I really don’t want that.

I’m worried about a bad cough that is not going away ( I am talking years)! UGH

I’m worried about my kids getting jobs, and how I’m going to spend this winter as a semi-invalid.

@Leanne1986, maybe your colleague will understand that she was hurtful to you, and by now she’s realized she was kind of an idiot and will try to avoid you tomorrow. That will give you some space to do your own cooling off. If she hasn’t come to realize she was an idiot, and says something to you, I would just say, “You know what, I’m not quite ready for this yet’ and then turn and walk away. Don’t even give her a chance to say anything else. You’re not being rude – just avoiding another controversy, and that’s not something you want people to witness at work. Get away on your lunchbreak if possible and walk. It’s great for thinking and getting rid of stress.

@Lovethesun, go to the doctor or a clinic somewhere! It’s scary because you’ve already probably told yourself every possible thing it could be and you’re afraid to hear the result. Go, and you won’t have to make up your own diagnosis anymore.

@Lovethesun Are you allergic to something?

@lfino Thanks for the advice. She does seem to be avoiding me today – and me her obviously. Don’t get me wrong, we were both at fault for the disagreement and I am very aware of my part in it, I intend to apologise for this. I am planning to drop her an email tonight with an apology and to explain the reasons I messed up (long story short, she asked me for a favour and I – unintentionally – misunderstood what she asked me to do and so got it wrong. No life or death situation, it just irritated her and I can understand why to a certain extent). She will then be able to read that in her own time without the tension of a face to face conversation.

@Leanne1986 I think it’s a good idea to send the email. She can read it through, and she’ll probably re-read it a few times. Hopefully she’ll understand that you didn’t mean any harm. It may take a while to be able to talk comfortably, but it’ll come. I sort of went through a similar situation a few years back. A co-worker was being told confidential things dealing with my job, and possible loss of that job, and she was relaying all of this to me. I blew up. Shouldn’t have done it at work, should have gone to my boss first, blah, blah, blah. She didn’t even have the facts right, I didn’t lose my job, but I did end up emailing her, telling her how I felt. It took a while until we were both comfortable, but things ended up fine. We don’t work together anymore, but we still actually talk from time to time. You’ll both work it out. Let me know how it goes.

@lfino I sent her the email, she is still avoiding me at work but I am glad that I don’t feel awkward anymore. I apologised for my mistake and so there is nothing more I can do. Hopefully she’ll come round but if not at least the weight is off my shoulders.

To answer the original question again I am now worried about my 11 year old cat. I am waiting for a call from my mum who is taking him to the vet today to let me know whether he has to be put to sleep :(

@Leanne1986 I’m sorry about your cat. I’m still grieving mine. Let us know how it goes.

about driving to a hospital on Tuesday that I’ve not been to before
about whether the doctor at the hospital will be yet another waste of time

^^^ went really well, I found my destination without a problem and the consultant was really lovely and has recommended one last set of tests and potential medication or a new therapy if I can get funding, I have hope for the first time in 22 years!!!

@holden My cat went to sleep for the final time at 4pm today. It appeared to be very peaceful and my mother and I were with him till the end so hopefully he was as comfortable as an animal can be at such a time.

@Leanne1986, I am so sorry. Been there, and it’s a very hard thing to face.

@Leanne1986, forgot this part. I think you made a good choice with your co-worker. You made your move, and now it’s up to her. I think, with time, she’ll come around. She’s just still feeling awkward about the whole thing. Little by little, you’ll have to be with each other or be in the same meeting or something, and it will get better between the two of you.

Chemistry and my future education.

I am singing in a charity concert tomorrow and my whole family have decided to come (usually I don’t invite them to hear me sing but as this is for charity and all…). I’m always nervous before going on stage!

@Leanne1986 always from the heart and you’ll you’ll be fabulous… step aside and let the music come through xxxx you will be great

@lynneblundell Thank you :)

SATs, grades, stupid teachers that know i deserve an A but wont give me an A, school, parents getting mad at me for the littlest things, being alone for the rest of m life, school, my kitty dying cause shes too fat, me getting diabetes, making fun of a person that looks stupid when they’re really deaf or are having difficulties, school, school. school, parents, popularity at school, school, grades, GPA, not getting into USC..oh and did i mention school?

I am answering to: lfino en fave, but don’t know how to react, that you see @lfino for example.

I have been to the doctor, and I am allergic to dust and pollen. Know I have an inhaler an cough much less. And I have a good excuse to clean my house more often!

Thanks for your interest.

I am worried about an issue happening between me and my friends/ex friends. I feel I have no one to talk to about it and question whether I am being unfair or irrational but have no idea if I am actually being fair and reasonable – add odds with myself over it. Scared of being alone but scared of being taken advantage of or abused.

I am worried that there is something wrong with my new car or that it is in my head.

I am worried about my life choices for my future. In limbo currently, decided whether to uproot and move to a smaller city 3 hours north. The prospect of trying to find a new job and starting a new job is daunting consdering I have it pretty sweet in my current location but not happy with our house or relationships (other than my partner, who I love dearly).

@Lovethesun, I’m so glad you let us know, and very happy that you went to the doctor!! What a relief.

whether my son spends too much time on the computer