Weekday Randoms week of 9/25

AlohaKumu

@lurvleybunchococonuts Life/adulting gets to be super overwhelming and nonsensical sometimes. It's totally not fair when we see our loved ones struggle through conditions like this. I totally wish I could join you in a blanket fort for coloring time!

millpe

@lurvleybunchococonuts So, so sorry to hear about your sister. Big hugs! 

AFM - I am avoiding work big time. Our other office is out doing a service project - planting at a local park. So I'm just sitting with work up on my screen, but bumping on my phone. Only 2 more hours....

diadem_l

@lurvleybunchococonuts ugh, that sucks so much and is not fair at all. I hope you and your sister both get the support you need to get through it. 

galactickates

@lurvleybunchococonuts I'm so sorry.  Adulting seriously does suck sometimes.  I wish I had more comforting words or better advice. Some times things just suck. *hugs*

jrm_14

I searched & found random reviews of Amazon Firestick.  Does anyone have it?  Can you watch live sports?  Live TV?  I am SO over our cable & wireless bills.

holly321

@darkstar42, I will try and add you later..... I have never done it and don't know how.  But I am really interested in this info you share about protein and egg quality.  Silly me didn't used to care about such things until TW I had a dumb egg let two sperm in, which make be fluke, but I am willing to make such a change if it may help.  End TW

@lurvleybunchococonuts, *big hugs*. I am sorry.  I will keep in my my t&P's.

lurvleybunchococonuts

Thanks guys, I appreciate it *hugs backs*
@jrm_14 I dunno about the firestick, but DH & I just recently got "rabbit ears" for our tv and it's been great so far.  He doesn't get ALL the games, but enough to keep him happy without having to worry about a cable bill.  Plus we have netflix, so it works out for us.  

darkstar42

@holly321 (and others interested in My Fitness Pal) If you go to the "community" tab on the MFP website there is an option to "Find Members." Click that and it'll let you search by username. I highly recommend reading ISWTE! I'm finding a lot of the scientific recommendations around diet for egg quality also match up with recommendations from my acupuncturist, which is very interesting!

jrm_14

@lurvleybunchococonuts ((hugs))

izza2

Sending you hugs @lurvleybunchococonuts

pebbledam

@lurvleybunchococonuts - *hugs* I know things haven't been easy lately. Sometimes life deserves a TP.

br0co1ii

@lurvleybunchococonuts big Internet stranger hugs to you. 

@jrm_14 you can get live thursday games, but that's it. Most of the other stuff you need accounts for. It it's jailbroken, you can get live stuff, but it's a hassle, and we have had to reinstall the software so many times that we gave up. By the time everything is updated, and we found a good live stream, we were so over whatever we wanted to watch.

quiltandknit

@lurvleybunchococonuts  More big creepy internet stranger hugs to you.  The world can suck sometimes.

zamoraspin

@lurvleybunchococonuts I'm so sorry. Sending some creepy internet hugs your way.

mrsinterweb

@lurvleybunchococonuts I'm so, so sorry. I hope you and your family get the support you need.

klj0228

@lurvleybunchococonuts being an adult sucks! I'm sorry you are all having to go through this. Sending many hugs your way and hoping you all get the support you need.

klj0228

@jrm_14 we have a fire stick and we put up one of those whole house antennas two years ago. I was tired of paying for cable. MH was worried about games and stuff at first too, but really the only game we don't get is Monday night. On Sunday we have to of course watch whatever games are on regular TV, but you always get your local team. We make Monday a casual date night and go somewhere to eat and watch the game. Not paying that cable bill each month makes it so much easier to be without some stuff.

lurvleybunchococonuts

Thanks guys you all rock and I appreciate the thoughts/prayers/hugs/etc. Yay for Friday, hopefully I'll be able to relax and "reset". FX for a quick workday and onward to a good weekend for us all!

pebbledam

Omg guise, I will be moving to 2nd shift (14:30-22:30) next week after working overnights for almost 5 years. #2ndshiftutefix

SkilledSailor

@pebbledam Yay!!!! That's very exciting! 

dukestar5

@lurvleybunchococonuts I am so sorry to hear about your sister's update.  Sending you big hugs, my friend.   I cannot imagine what you and your family are going through, but I will be praying for you all.

@pebbledam Yay for a shift change!

nimmle

@lurvleybunchococonuts Sending you internet hugs. I feel you, girl. As another person dealing with the dreaded C word and a loved one feel free to reach out.

lurvleybunchococonuts

@nimmle thanks, right back at ya girl! 

lurvleybunchococonuts

Fyi, if anyone wants to ruin their evening/give themselves nightmarels  I suggest watching Gerald's Game on Netflix. General TW associated with it: rape "fantasy", death, gore, and general mind fuckery of a movie. Ugh... Already told H of I wake up screaming it's his fault for suggesting the film. Okay, it was qell done, but ugh... Heebee jeebees!!!

galactickates

@lurvleybunchococonuts I just saw the trailer for that movie.  I don't normally watch movies like that until I can read the entire plot line. I'm all about spoilers! Besides being freaked out would you suggest it?  Or pass?

spottedginger

@lurvleybunchococonuts I read that in college. I had no idea they’d made it into a movie, but I love scary movies, especially this time of year. Thanks for the heads up!

lurvleybunchococonuts

I forgot to mention in my first TW that the movie also contains sexual assault/trauma of a child.

@galactickates @spottedginger it was good, def more of a psychological horror movie. Gave me nightmares cause I'm a big ole pussy lmao. I haven't read the book but MH had and he says it followed the book almost exactly. I believe it's a netflix original movie so that might be why you hadn't heard about it.

Eta: forgot to add that not only did I have nightmares but H legit woke me up in the middle of the night cause I was screaming "stop stop help help" in my sleep. Lol. Which is weird it wasn't THAT scary of a dream I was more mad than anything lol. I also watched the movie with all the lights on and hid my eyes during parts of it lmao

jsnakehole

*TW*

just found out my SIL is KU. I guess God is punishing me for not fasting for Yom Kippur. I know I sound like an asshole for not being more happy, but she literally didn't want kids last time the subject was brought up. Meanwhile, I'm still failing to turn an OPK. Happy Saturday for me, I guess. 

lurvleybunchococonuts

@jsnakehole oh girl! All the hugs! that is so hard.  Eta you totally aren't an asshole for not being more happy. You can't help how feel.

TW yesterday my HR lady was telling me about how her friend is KU with twins and how upset her friend is about it cause this is baby 5 & 6. I just about cried and told her I would happily take them for her friend if she doesn't want them. It's so f'ing unfair.

canucklehead123

@jsnakehole so sorry girl - it's so hard and unfair sometimes!  Don't feel bad about your feelings, I think all of us understand.

@lurvleybunchococonuts that movie sounds terrifying!! Also - do you suffer from night terrors/screaming in your sleep often?  MH gets night terrors sometimes (like maybe once every year or every few years) and it is *the friggen worst* - wondering if you do, if you've ever had any medical sleep analysis and if it helped?  

nitnat007

@jsnakehole hugs friend! I think what you are feeling is totally understandable considering. It really is unfair sometimes. Be kind to yourself!

lurvleybunchococonuts

@canucklehead123 honestly I have no idea lol. H has woken me up maybe 3 times from my cryng or talking in my sleep over the past 4 years. And once years ago an ex told me I kicked the wall pretty hard in my sleep. But my mom never has mentioned it to me. My sister shared a room with me for years and has never mentioned it. H said this is the first time he knows that I've legit been screaming. Both the cats were spooked too lol.  Upside I got extra kitty and H snuggles

Eta I've never had a sleep study done

canucklehead123

@lurvleybunchococonuts yay for extra snuggles!  Ah well - I really want DH to have a sleep study but because his terrors are so infrequent, I'm worried they won't find anything.  But he has extreme episodes where he's up out of bed running around and screaming at top of his lungs (it's terrifying to watch)... worried he'll seriously hurt himself one day.  I kind of pinpointed that if he's worked up about something before bed, that's kind of a trigger so sometimes I make him meditate with me if I feel like he might have disturbed sleep.  It wreaks havoc on my sleep because every time I hear him make a slight noise in his sleep I am fully awake and on high alert!! 

lurvleybunchococonuts

@canucklehead123 oh man, that sounds awful! I can't imagine have you or he mentioned it to his doctor? Since it's infrequent maybe they might have some ideas? Meditation sounds like an excellent suggestion.

canucklehead123

@lurvleybunchococonuts MH is so bad with doctors...he always downplays symptoms and it's pulling teeth to even get him to go!!  I have thought about asking my doctor on his behalf...lol!!

jsnakehole

To continue the saga (*TW*)

MH called my mother because she always gets on me about not being "excited enough" when I find out people are KU (and my mom doesn't understand how I feel because me and my siblings were all oopsie babies). He told her we're trying (which I wasn't planning on telling her) and that this is very emotional for me. So my mother gives me a call to tell me to relax and that my brother and SIL didn't have an easy time, and said, and I quote "Your SIL even had to buy an ovulation test!"



Like, my bathroom garbage can is pretty much filled with ovulation tests. So forgive me for being emotional about this. 

SkilledSailor

@jsnakehole Ugh *hugs* I'm so sorry you're dealing with all of that. You have every right to be upset! I'm glad your H is behind you. I understand that anger/hurt when people don't understand your frustration about it all. A friend of mine asked if I was using an app to track my cycles yet when she heard we'd been trying for four months.  I wanted to TP her and she's the sweetest girl in the world. *hugs again* It's not fair. 

darkstar42

@jsnakehole I am so sorry you have to deal with that! *hugs* My sil is ku with baby #2, and I was furious when I found out. I love her and my bil, but I seriously couldn't summon up even a little bit of happy for them. Frankly, I still can't. Perhaps not the best or healthiest way of responding, but that's all I've got right now.

jrm_14

@canucklehead123. I used to take Prazosin (sp?) via prescription for night terrors. It worked really well for me. It is technically a blood pressure med, if I remember right.  ETA:  not that meds are the best option . Meditation and mindfulness before bed is so beneficial for anyone!!  

@jsnakehole. ((((((((Hugs)))))))). 

@lurvleybunchococonuts. No.  Words.  ((((Hugs))))

I had no problems with TB app on my old phone.  Upgraded phones today and now I understand why people don’t like mobile. Sad day. 

lurvleybunchococonuts

Today I am watching Gotham and we've got ham (making ham and bean soup) it's fate betches!!! heh... dh was unamused at my gotham got ham