Couch 218: Northern Minnesota 2050

chihirochild · Aug 12, 2020 at 12:57 PM

I feel really bad.

I screwed up some paperwork so I can't turn in my fellowship application by the first due date. My work schedule got screwed up because the stupid scheduler misunderstood an email I sent and now I'm working literally half as much in Sept (therefore earning half as much $$). Stuff with J is rocky. Studying for the boards is going crappily. It's hot AF outside. I restarted my MAOI and it's giving me Gi symptoms. I emailed my T and he didn't email me back (which is his policy but sometimes he breaks the policy and emails me back anyway and I was hoping he would this time). My BFF is out of town (hiking with crappy cell service) so I can't lean on her.

I hate this.

ArtieTheSequal · Aug 12, 2020 at 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by unaluna

I saw my first tornado aftermath driving to Florida in grad school. I was like, wtf, it looks like a tornado hit here! My friend goes, a tornado DID hit here. I lived a very protected life.

One of the summers I worked at my beloved girl scout camp, I think it was the first summer, we had a tornado come through. The sky was such a creepy color and the wind was something fierce. The camp is made up of 7 hills and all of the units with platform tents, they are up in the hills, so we gathered all the kids and I remember running in big groups from our units to the dining halls (they were the safest places to gather everyone) and we sat together on the floor singing songs and trying to keep the kids calm, it was a crazy time! We only lost a couple of tents and nobody got hurt when the tornado went through, we were lucky!

atisketatasket · Aug 12, 2020 at 02:22 PM

Today I learned that it takes longer than I thought it would to spit saliva through a straw into a test tube to the depth of an inch or so. (Pre-travel covid test.)

I lost ground when I automatically did what one does with straws and sucked it back up.

stopdog · Aug 12, 2020 at 02:25 PM

And I heard you aren't supposed to eat or drink before hand. Which would make saliva a bit more challenging

atisketatasket · Aug 12, 2020 at 02:30 PM

Yes, no food or drink or gum or hard candy or nicotine delivery systems of whatever sort allowed for 30 minutes beforehand.

ChickenNoodleSoup · Aug 12, 2020 at 03:17 PM

Hugs to everyone who needs one.

Currently in the process of buying a house. It's not built yet, so we get to choose a lot of things, even where most of the walls are. But this week's been exhausting, having to decide on almost everything that a house is built out of is a lot of work...

LonesomeTonight · Aug 12, 2020 at 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by NP_Complete

Maybe I'll ask at some point. I'm not ready to hear a no to that question. He said he's not selling his house and he might come back when he's finished with school, but he also said his partner has been wanting to get out of Portland, so who knows.

Oh, so he's leaving the area for school? (I imagine it's all online for now...)

LonesomeTonight · Aug 12, 2020 at 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by chihirochild

I feel really bad.

I screwed up some paperwork so I can't turn in my fellowship application by the first due date. My work schedule got screwed up because the stupid scheduler misunderstood an email I sent and now I'm working literally half as much in Sept (therefore earning half as much $$). Stuff with J is rocky. Studying for the boards is going crappily. It's hot AF outside. I restarted my MAOI and it's giving me Gi symptoms. I emailed my T and he didn't email me back (which is his policy but sometimes he breaks the policy and emails me back anyway and I was hoping he would this time). My BFF is out of town (hiking with crappy cell service) so I can't lean on her.

I hate this.

Hugs, that's a lot to deal with.... I hope you hear back from your T. When do you see him again? Miserably hot (with bad air quality) here as well...I hate summer.

unaluna · Aug 12, 2020 at 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Yes, no food or drink or gum or hard candy or nicotine delivery systems of whatever sort allowed for 30 minutes beforehand.

Im gonna hafta block you for what you said in your previous post.

SOOOO GROSSSSSS!!!!!

I did a dna spit test at the mental health clinic, then they called and said oh not enough spit would you do it again? Oh sure i said but i lied. Grossest thing i ever had to do in my life. And ive picked up dog poop!

stopdog · Aug 12, 2020 at 04:01 PM

You love talking about bodily functions, gases and fluids etc more than anyone. I call shenanigans.

atisketatasket · Aug 12, 2020 at 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by stopdog

You love talking about bodily functions, gases and fluids etc more than anyone. I call shenanigans.

But now we know ex-hankster’s Achilles’ heel.

unaluna · Aug 12, 2020 at 04:32 PM

Yeah but that spit dna test did me in. I aint kidding. I never was into

Possible trigger:

loogies.

unaluna · Aug 12, 2020 at 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

But now we know ex-hankster’s Achilles’ heel.

Only if i step in it! Ha ha see what i did there!

NP_Complete · Aug 12, 2020 at 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by LonesomeTonight

Oh, so he's leaving the area for school? (I imagine it's all online for now...)

The first semester is online and starts next week. He has to go in-person for 4 labs. After that he's moving.

ArtieTheSequal · Aug 12, 2020 at 07:50 PM

I'm trying to figure out how to draw two links of a chain, linked, and then draw a second picture of them un-linked. My drawing sucks. Even though I did that online drawing class, I did ok copying what they were showing us how to draw, but I don't seem to know how to apply that to something I'm only picturing in my head....

ArtieTheSequal · Aug 12, 2020 at 09:03 PM

welp it's done, for better or for worse haha and i will send it to L tomorrow so's i don't chicken out talking about it friday morning.

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 13, 2020 at 07:02 AM

I felt steamrollered going into today's session, and since I finished, I've felt wrung out. Can't even get it together to journal...and that's saying something.

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 13, 2020 at 12:54 PM

Cool Whip!

Can the Couch settle something for me? Sending an email about scheduling and getting an out of office response doesn't mean I'm a failure of a human, right?

ArtieTheSequal · Aug 13, 2020 at 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by LostOnTheTrail

Cool Whip!

Can the Couch settle something for me? Sending an email about scheduling and getting an out of office response doesn't mean I'm a failure of a human, right?

You are not a failure of a human! Maybe t has their own appointment or something?

LostOnTheTrail · Aug 13, 2020 at 02:01 PM

Thanks, Artie. I am surprised, because she didn't mention being off email until Tuesday at the end of session.

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atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,149 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Aug 12, 2020 at 02:22 PM #183 Today I learned that it takes longer than I thought it would to spit saliva through a straw into a test tube to the depth of an inch or so. (Pre-travel covid test.) I lost ground when I automatically did what one does with straws and sucked it back up.

stopdog underdog is here Member Since Sep 2011 Location: blank Posts: 34,730 (SuperPoster!) 12 1 hugs given	Aug 12, 2020 at 02:25 PM #184 And I heard you aren't supposed to eat or drink before hand. Which would make saliva a bit more challenging __________________ Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,149 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Aug 12, 2020 at 02:30 PM #185 Yes, no food or drink or gum or hard candy or nicotine delivery systems of whatever sort allowed for 30 minutes beforehand.

ChickenNoodleSoup Grand Poohbah Member Since Apr 2017 Location: In a land far far away Posts: 1,575 7 1,305 hugs given	Aug 12, 2020 at 03:17 PM #186 Hugs to everyone who needs one. Currently in the process of buying a house. It's not built yet, so we get to choose a lot of things, even where most of the walls are. But this week's been exhausting, having to decide on almost everything that a house is built out of is a lot of work...

stopdog underdog is here Member Since Sep 2011 Location: blank Posts: 34,730 (SuperPoster!) 12 1 hugs given	Aug 12, 2020 at 04:01 PM #190 You love talking about bodily functions, gases and fluids etc more than anyone. I call shenanigans. __________________ Please NO @ Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. Oscar Wilde Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

unaluna Elder Harridan x-hankster Member Since Jun 2011 Location: Milan/Michigan Posts: 39,866 (SuperPoster!) 12 66.4k hugs given	Aug 12, 2020 at 04:32 PM #192 Yeah but that spit dna test did me in. I aint kidding. I never was into Possible trigger: loogies.

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,236 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,766 hugs given	Aug 12, 2020 at 07:50 PM #195 I'm trying to figure out how to draw two links of a chain, linked, and then draw a second picture of them un-linked. My drawing sucks. Even though I did that online drawing class, I did ok copying what they were showing us how to draw, but I don't seem to know how to apply that to something I'm only picturing in my head....

ArtieTheSequal Writing my way through... Member Since Feb 2020 Location: In the desert Posts: 7,236 (SuperPoster!) 4 5,766 hugs given	Aug 12, 2020 at 09:03 PM #196 welp it's done, for better or for worse haha and i will send it to L tomorrow so's i don't chicken out talking about it friday morning.