Official CS blanket fort

[Marmalady]

I know I am not one who should say anything, as I can't help much around the house

You know I'd carry you around on my shoulders if I could I know you'd much rather be out there getting your living, what's happened is not your fault. DW's roomie seems to be just plain bone idle.

*shares out raspberry muffins, banoffee pie and lemon cheesecake ice cream to whoever wants some*

[Gizmo]

*hugs* to all.

Mytical no ones issues are too small - we all have stuff we struggle handling and I'd be a wreck if I had the health problems you have suffered.

Dragon wings... get your kicking boots on. Is she a sub-tenant or actually on the lease? Either way - get rid!

Cooking-wise it is a learning curve but not a difficult one. Chicken is relatively easy in the form of "put in the oven at temp X for X time" if you get fillets/breasts. You can make it more complicated - for example we have a prepared one (wrapped in a slice of bacon) we buy where we do 20 minutes in a dish at 200 degrees, add gravy and then cook for another 20 minutes.

[Cazzi]

*crawls in with a big bowl of strawberries & guinea pig hugs for everyone*

I'll be sitting in that corner over there brooding, I seem to be having another downer day

I often don't post in here because I also look at what others are going through & my niggles seem petty at times, but I miss ginger piggy

DW, I also think its definitely time to give roomie her walking shoes & tell her to stop taking advantage of your kindness! If you have a quick Google for "cooking for students" or "easy recipes for students" you'll pull up lots of quick, easy, cheap & healthy recipes to try. I got my son a book ready for when he's off to uni.

Myt, you can complain away, you've been through so much and having to deal with pain is a bitch! I can't say I know what you're going through because I can't.. you're the only person who knows what it is like, non of us know what the other is feeling in that respect.

Lupo, all i can offer are hugs and a shoulder to cry on. I'm so sorry about what happened to Wolfie's & your friend

[AccountingDrone]

I can highly suggest foodgawker.com, it is a compendium of cooking blogs. I suggest you use it to get an idea of what is possible for anybody. Most people who do the cooking blogs are normal people, not professional cooks. It has a search function so you can decide to make chicken cacciatoria - type it in, hit search and you end up with 20 different blogger's versions of the dish, and you can browse them to find one that looks good that you think you can make. I use it to suggest stuff to cook so I don't stick with the same 20 dishes. Well, and it is blatant food porn!

And if you have cooking questions, you can PM me, or post a thread asking questions, I believe that anybody can learn to cook!

[dragon_wings]

My mom's an amazing cook and Bex has already offered to help so I shouldn't have too much issues there.
I'm going to my parents' house tonight to run after work (I was too exhausted mentally and physically this morning to get up and run). While I'm there I'm gonna talk to them.
The first step is to go to AT&T on Tuesday and see if there's a way to separate the phones into 2 different plans. It's high time roomie pays for her own.
I'm gonna sit her down tonight and tell her she has 2 weeks to shape up or ship out and that includes getting a job. If she has to move back to Wisconsin she has to move back. I will have a clear conscious about it.
Eta: with roomie's phone no longer my problem that frees up almost $100 for myself (food maybe? She's been using her food stamps to get food for both of us).

[Severen13]

Having a sleep disorder SUCKS!!!

[FormerCallingCardRep]

This has been a hard couple of weeks.

Hubby is finally home from the hospital. He went in for testing since he had blood in his stool and it stopped on it's own and they found nothing to have caused it. He was having some issues with his blood oxygen levels being down. He is doing a lot better now.

Little Bits has been on campus since August 11th. Yesterday Hubby and I went up for Freshmen Orientation. Her college did a really neat ceremony where they officially inducted the Freshmen Class of 2016. Her Freshmen class is the biggest in school history. After we got home last night Hubby got really distressed about leaving her on campus. He was not there with me last week when I took er up.

Z Man left for college this past Thursday morning. From what Little Bits has told me, she went up on her long break on Thursday and helped him finish settling in.

Right now I feel totally lost. There are no kids left at home and it feels so empty.

[hinakiba777]

*huddles deeper into the blankets*
I feel positive I'm going to get kicked out of school. I did really well spring session, and I did very well in one of my summer session courses. But the other one, the other one has not gone well. The final is tomorrow and I am not prepared. I feel lit in my bones that I am going to flunk this class. I got accepted to this school on probabtion after problems at my old school. I don't know if one F is going to get my kicked out. But I really don't want to get kicked out! I like this school. I like being back in the city. And I'm doing so well otherwise. I'm really excited for my fall courses.

I don't want to get kicked out of school.

[FormerCallingCardRep]

Hina, hang in there. I felt that way about one of my classes my second semester and ended up pulling out a C. I wish you the best.

Offers cookies to snack on while you study

[Dreamstalker]

Paypal limited my account. AFTER they found in my favor for the crap that happened back in June (fortunately I have all the emails and case numbers). Signals got crossed between me and my bank, so they didn't submit the unauthorized-use affadavit until Thursday.

Wednesday, my Paypal was in good standing with a $110 balance. Today, it's limited with a -$10 balance and they won't verify my address using the phone number (cell phone, every other institution I do business with accepts that number as my primary) and insist on mailing me a verification code. They won't accept the landline number I'm at now; they use some database to cross-check the address with the phone number. My cell number is verifiable as belonging to that address (billing address).

I think I know what they're going to ask for next (bills/bank statements, photo ID...NO).

My history shows a reversed transfer to my bank the day I signed the paperwork (I think the bank forced it, there was more than enough in my Paypal balance to cover it); since that transaction failed, the money should be back in my Paypal account...but that only accounts for $67 of it and there appears to be a SECOND transfer in that amount that there are no real details for. I checked with the bank today, and $67 was put back into my account....but where the hell did the rest of the money go?! (more importantly, what do they think I did?) I don't really care if they actually reinstate the account, I just want the rest of that money back NAO.

[dragon_wings]

I went to my parents' house after work. After discussing the situation with my parents (re arguing with my dad, he could not state his point in a way I could understand in the state of mind I was in). It was decided that ultimatums had never worked with roomie so she was to be told 'out by september 1st.' Mom asked me if there was anything roomie could do to stay and after thinking all day I said no. I really do want her gone.
Came home, told roomie, and she just stared at me in shock. I went to my room stating I was going to bed (I have to work tomorrow) and she was not to disturb me (she usually wakes me at least once a night). Cue 45 minutes of begging and pleading. She's now outside talking on the phone (how do I know? She dragged a chair out there).
I'm about to go to bed. Hopefully I can sleep I undisturbed and get up in the morning and go run. I haven't run since Friday. I wanna run!

[Marmalady]

Hina, hang in there. I felt that way about one of my classes my second semester and ended up pulling out a C

Hina, I was utterly convinced that I had failed my German O level exam, but when the results came though I had got a 'B'. Hold on in there *gives chocolate milk to go with the cookies*

And FCCR, I know this is a cliche, but now's the time to have a think... was there anything you used to enjoy doing before the kids came along, that you stopped doing because you no longer had the time? Now might be a good opportunity to revisit a few old pleasures. Or try some new ones. *hugs*

[hinakiba777]

Hina, I was utterly convinced that I had failed my German O level exam, but when the results came though I had got a 'B'. Hold on in there *gives chocolate milk to go with the cookies*

Hina, hang in there. I felt that way about one of my classes my second semester and ended up pulling out a C. I wish you the best.

Offers cookies to snack on while you study

Yay Chocolate Milk and Cookies! Exam is finished, all my assignments are in. So it's out of my hands now. I did my best. Now time for bed

[cashierbex]

I have $.30 in my bank account and no food for me to eat really (I have food, just not very filling)... I won't get paid till Friday.

[lupo pazzesco]

Fuck fuck fuck fuck!

I don't want to know what I know. I DON'T! Why is the news describing his death in such detail? Or maybe not enough detail, causing my brain to fill in the blanks. I don't want this in my head, I don't!

Can I go back to being numb? I want to be numb instead of sick...