The Check-In, Check-Out Thread

[Rachel]

today my 5 year old put a living spider on his dad's socked foot without his knowledge, then I gasped really loudly and brushed it away which scared him

How's everyone else doing today

 

[MC74]

Still not feeling well, plus I had to deal with people and run errands, so that was fun. Yourself?

 

[Crystal]

I got stopped a couple of weeks back at night when I was coming home for a broken taillight and an improper turn. It was the state patrolly that stopped me. Boy, he was asking me a lotta questions too. I kinda get their state patrolly hats confused with drill sergeant hats

lol, just don't scream Yes Drill Sergeant at them!

 

[Lee]

I didn’t realize @Lee fell out of favor so soon

Replaced so easily!

 

[Crystal]

Replaced so easily!

Never! We love you and always will.

 

[Dead2009]

I just had Chick-Fil-A and it was delicious. Thank you for asking.

 

[Dead2009]

Went out with my cousin and my aunt tonight. Got a little tipsy. Surprised I can type complete sentences lol.

 

[Crystal]

Went out with my cousin and my aunt tonight. Got a little tipsy. Surprised I can type complete sentences lol.

Sounds like a good time

 

[Dead2009]

Sounds like a good time

Lol I told a mutual friend that showed up super late before the place closed that we should drink sometime and she probably thinks im a weirdo. No, im just drunk lmao.

 

[Crystal]

Lol I told a mutual friend that showed up super late before the place closed that we should drink sometime and she probably thinks im a weirdo. No, im just drunk lmao.

Yeah, when drunk might not be the best time to ask that, lol

 

[Dead2009]

Yeah, when drunk might not be the best time to ask that, lol

I put the phone down, lol.

 

[Dead2009]

Woke up feeling like trash and I was supposed to get my left shoulder x-rayed this morning but looks like Ill be pushing it back to next week.

 

[Crystal]

Woke up feeling like trash and I was supposed to get my left shoulder x-rayed this morning but looks like Ill be pushing it back to next week.

Uh oh, make sure you're looking after yourself! Hopefully you feel better and you do indeed get that x-ray!

 

[Dead2009]

Uh oh, make sure you're looking after yourself! Hopefully you feel better and you do indeed get that x-ray!

Gonna try! And im hoping to have it done soon, ive been having problems with it since the fall and was told i have up to a year to get it done.

 

[Crystal]

Gonna try! And im hoping to have it done soon, ive been having problems with it since the fall and was told i have up to a year to get it done.

Yeah, definitely the sooner the better when it comes to x-rays, but not if you're under the weather.

 

[Nebulous]

Hey all, hope your May is going well. How we doing lately?

 

[Crystal]

Hey all, hope your May is going well. How we doing lately?

Nebby! Doing alright, how are you?

 

[Crystal]

...random moment of ugh. My sister's partner's daughter was wearing a shirt just now that says class of 2036, she got it at her kindergarten graduation ceremony. 2036...more than 30 years after I graduated high school. Gross.

 

[Quagmire]

Rather sad and down today

2024 has been a rough year for me, some of it a fault of my actions and others outside my control. Tomorrow is the last day of school and while I am looking forward to a break, this is also the first time in 14 years I dont want it to be summer. I do have a good group of kids, but having people I see and interact with every day has kept me busy and my mind from wandering.

One of my favorite students is leaving early to go attend a special academy, he unknowingly has help keep my sanity this year and gave me something to look forward to every day. My neighbor teacher is leaving the profession and the person who will be taking over her classroom I've met and is kind of a bore and unlikely someone I will connect with.

So I feel kind of sad and alone, we have one more day, then summer. Next week for better or worse is nothing planned. Going to see if there is anyone who wants to set up a play date as I will be Mr. Mom all week before my son starts summer camp the week after.

Do I have plans to see friends this summer? Yes. Am I also sad about going from a lot of human contact to much less? Also yes.

It's just a conflicting amount of emotions right now all still complicated from the death of one of best friends a couple months ago.

 

[Crystal]

Rather sad and down today

2024 has been a rough year for me, some of it a fault of my actions and others outside my control. Tomorrow is the last day of school and while I am looking forward to a break, this is also the first time in 14 years I dont want it to be summer. I do have a good group of kids, but having people I see and interact with every day has kept me busy and my mind from wandering.

One of my favorite students is leaving early to go attend a special academy, he unknowingly has help keep my sanity this year and gave me something to look forward to every day. My neighbor teacher is leaving the profession and the person who will be taking over her classroom I've met and is kind of a bore and unlikely someone I will connect with.

So I feel kind of sad and alone, we have one more day, then summer. Next week for better or worse is nothing planned. Going to see if there is anyone who wants to set up a play date as I will be Mr. Mom all week before my son starts summer camp the week after.

Do I have plans to see friends this summer? Yes. Am I also sad about going from a lot of human contact to much less? Also yes.

It's just a conflicting amount of emotions right now all still complicated from the death of one of best friends a couple months ago.

This is completely understandable, the first time where you'll have time to sit and think. It will be a struggle, but you'll pull through. Therapy helps, having someone or a couple of people to confide in also really helps, and who knows? Maybe there's a summer sport or activity you could pick up? A bowling league? Something to help socialize one or two nights a week to keep busy? One of my friends plays in a softball league in the summer and they tend to meet up after for a meal and drinks and it's a nice little social gathering. Maybe something like that? Just remember that you're not alone and you have people you can reach out to, including us here! We're always here for you! You will find your way

 

[Quagmire]

This is completely understandable, the first time where you'll have time to sit and think. It will be a struggle, but you'll pull through. Therapy helps, having someone or a couple of people to confide in also really helps, and who knows? Maybe there's a summer sport or activity you could pick up? A bowling league? Something to help socialize one or two nights a week to keep busy? One of my friends plays in a softball league in the summer and they tend to meet up after for a meal and drinks and it's a nice little social gathering. Maybe something like that? Just remember that you're not alone and you have people you can reach out to, including us here! We're always here for you! You will find your way

I do have therapy, we are at a point where we are every other week, though if something major happened Im sure I could fit in a session since it is break. The week after next my son starts summer camp so I'll have places to take him and things to do. I will probably go to weekly trivia with some friends

There are a couple birthday parties that I am both looking forward to and kind of dreading due to others who will probably be there, and I know its nothing I can control, but one party could negatively affect my son or undo his progress which is what worries me. But it is what it is

 

[Crystal]

I do have therapy, we are at a point where we are every other week, though if something major happened Im sure I could fit in a session since it is break. The week after next my son starts summer camp so I'll have places to take him and things to do. I will probably go to weekly trivia with some friends

There are a couple birthday parties that I am both looking forward to and kind of dreading due to others who will probably be there, and I know its nothing I can control, but one party could negatively affect my son or undo his progress which is what worries me. But it is what it is

Good, I'm glad you have things you can do, and therapy as well. All will be helpful! I agree, the last thing you need is for anything to negatively impact your son, so fingers crossed all will go well at those parties! Keep your head held high, you're on the right path and you'll get through the lulls!

 

[Quagmire]

Good, I'm glad you have things you can do, and therapy as well. All will be helpful! I agree, the last thing you need is for anything to negatively impact your son, so fingers crossed all will go well at those parties! Keep your head held high, you're on the right path and you'll get through the lulls!

Im feeling a little better. I did kind of set myself up for failure (unknowingly) yesterday . Watched the season finale of Abbott Elementary and Janine reminds me a lot of my friend who passed away and she did a lot of things in that episode that my friend has done or would do so had me feeling kind of down already

 

[Crystal]

Im feeling a little better. I did kind of set myself up for failure (unknowingly) yesterday . Watched the season finale of Abbott Elementary and Janine reminds me a lot of my friend who passed away and she did a lot of things in that episode that my friend has done or would do so had me feeling kind of down already

That's good, I'm glad you're feeling a bit better. That makes sense, you'll find a lot of things that remind you as time moves forward, and it'll hurt each time, but you'll find your way. Always reach out, don't let it take you down that path alone and you'll get through

 

[Quagmire]

Doing a break out room and then a nice steak dinner to celebrate my wife's new job, looking forward to it

 

[Crystal]

Doing a break out room and then a nice steak dinner to celebrate my wife's new job, looking forward to it

Sounds like fun, have a great time and congrats to your wife!

 

[Dead2009]

Someone saw a great white 50 miles or so off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland



BRB on my way to Ocean City, lol

 

[dimmerwit]

Just pulled my lower back. Fantastic!

I can't really bend or sit/stand without arm support. Since I live alone I've spent the last hour checking to still see if I can do my normal activities and thankfully I can in a no doubt hilarious looking way. My strategy for getting out of bed is to roll onto my front, push with my arms onto a cabinet and push from that into a standing position.

My first old-person injury?

 

[Crystal]

Just pulled my lower back. Fantastic!

I can't really bend or sit/stand without arm support. Since I live alone I've spent the last hour checking to still see if I can do my normal activities and thankfully I can in a no doubt hilarious looking way. My strategy for getting out of bed is to roll onto my front, push with my arms onto a cabinet and push from that into a standing position.

My first old-person injury?

Oh no!! Be careful! Especially living alone! Do all you can to look after yourself, but don't be afraid to reach out to people when you need a hand!

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

I'm still alive.

 

[Crystal]

I'm still alive.

Doing ok?

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

Generally yes. My wife and I both lost our grandmothers last month within 5 days of each other. She is the executor of the estate so I've been helping her through that, we're both new to this sort of thing but I handle things in our household so it's been easier to work together. I speak this language. We inherited a paid off trailer home that we are trying to get into our name so we can sell as we are paying monthly utility and land fees until that is done. We also inherited a car that we are trying to give to a friend that has a son learning to drive...

...The problem is, my wife is the estate manager because the grandmother's 6 children (all over 60) are all either irresponsible or mentally and financially incapable of being adults. This is leading to jealousy over my wife inheriting all tangible items. Once we sell the house, the will states each of the 6 get 2% of the total sale and my wife gets the rest. Boy is this causing issue, as we are already stable financially, they are all pestering her to give them more. My wife was her grandmother's (and grandfather's before he passed 2 years ago) sole caretaker for the last 7-8 years. We helped fix their house, take care of handyman fixes, handle medical issues, let them use our house if needed, transport them places. No one else in her large family helped at all. I'd spend days/weeks handling my house and children so my wife could be away helping them over the years, which did cause some marriage strain, but we're stronger for it now.

But knowing my wife's troubled history with her family and how terribly they treated her until she was 18 and she could finally cut bait from them, it's infuriating to see her getting texts and calls from deadbeat relatives demanding to see the will, accusing her of lying to steal everything, and threatening to call lawyers against her... it's a lot. But she's dealt with so much trauma in her life, she says this is nothing, but she doesn't deserve it.

Didn't mean to go on and on, but otherwise life is good. Once this is sorted out and the angry parties never speak to us again, life will be better.

 

[Crystal]

Generally yes. My wife and I both lost our grandmothers last month within 5 days of each other. She is the executor of the estate so I've been helping her through that, we're both new to this sort of thing but I handle things in our household so it's been easier to work together. I speak this language. We inherited a paid off trailer home that we are trying to get into our name so we can sell as we are paying monthly utility and land fees until that is done. We also inherited a car that we are trying to give to a friend that has a son learning to drive...

...The problem is, my wife is the estate manager because the grandmother's 6 children (all over 60) are all either irresponsible or mentally and financially incapable of being adults. This is leading to jealousy over my wife inheriting all tangible items. Once we sell the house, the will states each of the 6 get 2% of the total sale and my wife gets the rest. Boy is this causing issue, as we are already stable financially, they are all pestering her to give them more. My wife was her grandmother's (and grandfather's before he passed 2 years ago) sole caretaker for the last 7-8 years. We helped fix their house, take care of handyman fixes, handle medical issues, let them use our house if needed, transport them places. No one else in her large family helped at all. I'd spend days/weeks handling my house and children so my wife could be away helping them over the years, which did cause some marriage strain, but we're stronger for it now.

But knowing my wife's troubled history with her family and how terribly they treated her until she was 18 and she could finally cut bait from them, it's infuriating to see her getting texts and calls from deadbeat relatives demanding to see the will, accusing her of lying to steal everything, and threatening to call lawyers against her... it's a lot. But she's dealt with so much trauma in her life, she says this is nothing, but she doesn't deserve it.

Didn't mean to go on and on, but otherwise life is good. Once this is sorted out and the angry parties never speak to us again, life will be better.

First of all I'm so sorry for both of your losses, I know that sounds like a simple platitude, but genuinely, I am sorry you both lost love ones, and so close together. That's truly awful! Loss is never easy, and as a caregiver myself I know the burden you and your wife had to deal with over those years, and while it's easy for me to say it's commendable what you did in looking after them, I am also glad that both of you no longer share that extra responsibility (I don't mean for that to sound callous, I just know from experience how much work goes into caregiving, I couldn't imagine doing that while raising a family and maintaining a marriage at the same time). I sincerely hope you're able to sell the trailer and donate the car as soon as possible!

Those family members sound absolutely horrible, the type that would come crawling out of the woodwork after a lottery win. I'm sorry your wife is having to deal with their harassment, and glad you're both tending to this and standing strong against them. They've done nothing to deserve more than their allotted 2%, so hold strong! Once the matter is resolved block their numbers and be done with them forever! You deserve some peace and quiet!

 

[dimmerwit]

Sorry to hear that Eye. I had something somewhat similar although much less intense from the sound of it. Either way, it definitely gets better on the other side.

 

[The Eye in the Sky!]

I appreciate it. It was a tough month, things have gotten better since then, but it'll be a long process. Luckily we have a week off next week in the mountains of New Hampshire to reset and relax a bit.

 

[Crystal]

I appreciate it. It was a tough month, things have gotten better since then, but it'll be a long process. Luckily we have a week off next week in the mountains of New Hampshire to reset and relax a bit.

Enjoy every minute of it! Hopefully you all have fun and get to unwind!

 

[shortkut]

Generally yes. My wife and I both lost our grandmothers last month within 5 days of each other. She is the executor of the estate so I've been helping her through that, we're both new to this sort of thing but I handle things in our household so it's been easier to work together. I speak this language. We inherited a paid off trailer home that we are trying to get into our name so we can sell as we are paying monthly utility and land fees until that is done. We also inherited a car that we are trying to give to a friend that has a son learning to drive...

...The problem is, my wife is the estate manager because the grandmother's 6 children (all over 60) are all either irresponsible or mentally and financially incapable of being adults. This is leading to jealousy over my wife inheriting all tangible items. Once we sell the house, the will states each of the 6 get 2% of the total sale and my wife gets the rest. Boy is this causing issue, as we are already stable financially, they are all pestering her to give them more. My wife was her grandmother's (and grandfather's before he passed 2 years ago) sole caretaker for the last 7-8 years. We helped fix their house, take care of handyman fixes, handle medical issues, let them use our house if needed, transport them places. No one else in her large family helped at all. I'd spend days/weeks handling my house and children so my wife could be away helping them over the years, which did cause some marriage strain, but we're stronger for it now.

But knowing my wife's troubled history with her family and how terribly they treated her until she was 18 and she could finally cut bait from them, it's infuriating to see her getting texts and calls from deadbeat relatives demanding to see the will, accusing her of lying to steal everything, and threatening to call lawyers against her... it's a lot. But she's dealt with so much trauma in her life, she says this is nothing, but she doesn't deserve it.

Didn't mean to go on and on, but otherwise life is good. Once this is sorted out and the angry parties never speak to us again, life will be better.

Serious comment: sorry for both your losses

Ultra serious comment: make custom signs for each of those family members telling/showing them a personalized ways to go fuck themselves and leave you and your family alone

 

[Nae'blis]

That really sucks, dude. In all aspects.

But take the time to really take care of each other on your vacation!

 

[BlackAvatar400]

I'm getting into my old habit of staying up outrageously late because suddenly fun things on internet and wayback machine GW spelunking to experience So I'm going to bed now like 4 hours late

I been doing that lately too. I'm either uploading videos to my YouTube channel or watching a DAMN good TV show that's worth staying up til 7am for lol

 

[Lunar Kreskents]

I been doing that lately too. I'm either uploading videos to my YouTube channel or watching a DAMN good TV show that's worth staying up til 7am for lol

NIGHT OWL REPRESENT

I say at 4:58am.

 

[Quagmire]

I been doing that lately too. I'm either uploading videos to my YouTube channel or watching a DAMN good TV show that's worth staying up til 7am for lol

Im awake for 2 hrs before you go to bed

 

[Quagmire]

I so want a new phone. My Galaxy S20FE's battery is getting pretty bad. I will probably get the 24 Ultra, but since there is no expandable memory Im sort of stuck going with the 1TB (I take a lot of pics and videos of my son and I like to keep my music stored locally, I have too many playlists over decades old to just dump, plus not everything is on Spotify)....I could maybe get away with 512GB, but with 7 years of support I plan to keep my 24 long time, and even pay to have battery replaced....but I probably should wait until black friday where I should be able to get 25% off. Real first world problems, we could be fine now with what little discounts they are offering, but I DONT WANT TO! Damn first world problems

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I want my next phone to be a Z Flip.

 

[Quagmire]

I want my next phone to be a Z Flip.

They are cool, but I dont trust the tech yet though they have come a long ways

 

[Nae'blis]

Checking in from my buddy's couch, drinking beer and blowing eachother up in Worms.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Going to the Missouri Game Con today. Hoping to find some video games that the local stores don't have. Maybe play some arcade games.

 

[Quagmire]

Checking in from my buddy's couch, drinking beer and blowing eachother up in Worms.

Totally misread this....

 

[Mark]

Totally misread this....

Pervert.

…same.

 

[Nae'blis]

Totally misread this....

 

[Fool's Requiem]

So far, so good on the Con. Found some good games for decent prices. Then there was a vendor that was TOTALLY price gouging. 100 for a GB Pocket when everyone is selling them for 60.