Update for Everyone III - The Whinge Binge

[free my dawg]

Part 2 of the ordeal!

4:20 AM: Get on the train. Chill out there with a few people.
5:00 AM: Sleep a little. God knows what's happening from here.
8:30 AM: Wake up. Apparently I'm in New Haven.
9:15 AM: The train stops. The train stops. For five minutes, we're at a crawlspeed, and then it stops.
9:30 AM: It stops again. Five minutes of stops, another crawlspeed. Two college kids next to me who have been on there from Virginia on (bless their hearts) have enough time to get out and throw snowballs at the train.
10:30 AM: Three trains are in the station. We have to stop for another 15 minutes. We are all pissed.
11:30 AM: WE'RE FINALLY IN RHODE ISLAND! Things so smoothly.
1:00 PM: I come in. I situate myself, check everything, and take a breath now that everything is over.
1:10 PM: Mom is lost. Hangs up on me, refuses to pick up. Between this, the sheer ordeal of having to wait, the fact that I was invited to get a few drinks to forget that this wait was going to happen, being approached by a beggar, and essentially having to travel for eighteen hours, I break down.
2:00 PM: I'm sick of this. I start looking into stopping at the bank, getting some money out of my emergency fund, and taking the train back home to NH. It's here I find out that my mom is driving in circles because she put in the wrong GPS address. I text her the right one, call her... she refuses to pick up. But the next train to my town comes at 5, and I decide I'm going to wait until 3.
2:30 PM: She finally picks up. I tell her the right one. We're finally good.
2:35 PM: She's at the wrong address. I'm so goddamn sick of it that I just walk the 20 minutes to get there.
2:55 PM: With 1% of my phone battery left, and barely any hate, I find my mother. After around 22 hours from when I get on the bus to when I get to the car, I'm finally home. On the ride home, we just rant about our horrible ordeals, grab some dinner, and we come to the comfort of our home, thankful that it's over.

[Simfan34]

#AMTRAK

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Heading to New York City with my boyfriend on Friday! I'm really looking forward to it. Teaching a grade 2/3 class for the last four weeks has been so much.

And if anyone's in the area, let me know! Could be fun. Plus, suggestions re: things we should do would be much appreciated.

[The Other Castro]

I had met an awesome Georgetown guy at a gay bar in DC and we had a really nice chat but then I later forgot his name when I went back home due to my lack of sobriety, BUT then I later matched him on Tinder and now we're meeting up for coffee after spring break

[politicus]

I had met an awesome Georgetown guy at a gay bar in DC and we had a really nice chat but then I later forgot his name when I went back home due to my lack of sobriety, BUT then I later matched him on Tinder and now we're meeting up for coffee after spring break

Congrats

[Türkisblau]

Have been feeling pretty poorly the last couple weeks, particularly with being tired even though I've been getting full nights of sleep. My therapist (started seeing her after my father passed) thinks I may be depressed and wants to prescribe me antidepressants next time I see her if I don't start feeling better.

[Maxwell]

May just stick to the TL part of the forum for a while. My real life has had issues and level of busyness go up and down, while my ability to like the rest of the forum has gone down, and I don't want to be a perpetual asshole all the time, which, when I read my posts back to myself, I seem to be doing.

Probably should start going back to therapy if I'm being honest.

[Lambsbread]

Yes, to continue the train of sadness, my life has been pretty awful lately as well and I'm not sure if I can keep fighting these relapses. I don't have the means to get professional help and I wouldn't be willing to even if I could. I'm not sure where I'm going from here.

[free my dawg]

And I almost had another panic attack over the thought of me running into people from high school again. Thank God I didn't go to school in-state.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Was gonna go see the ultra-rare Ivy League championship tomorrow night but change of plans: NYC for the school's first BET championship in 20 years!! Really hoping the opponent is Georgetown.

[retromike22]

I just done went and made an Instagram.

Follow me!

Part 2 of the ordeal!

1:10 PM: Mom is lost. Hangs up on me, refuses to pick up.
2:00 PM: It's here I find out that my mom is driving in circles because she put in the wrong GPS address. I text her the right one, call her... she refuses to pick up.
2:30 PM: She finally picks up. I tell her the right one. We're finally good.
2:35 PM: She's at the wrong address. I'm so goddamn sick of it that I just walk the 20 minutes to get there.

Way to go Mom!

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Came home today and the conversation with my brother (mjmsh22) obviously turned to Update. I like to keep him aware of the less serious aspects of the site. Eventually we veered into some old classics and I brought up the sock puppet from the Kansas City ballet, a name which he recognized - but he not from FC because he never goes in here. His Italian teacher from two years ago frequently spoke about a son by that name. We both thought it was almost certainly a coincidence, but in disbelief I continued describing him which matched everything he knew about him - especially being quite liberal. After I showed a picture, he confirmed that was certainly his teacher's son. She spoke about the ballet too much for it to be a coincidence. I'm in complete shock! 3 degrees of separation from him. And technically I have spoken to Prof twice so perhaps just two degrees depending how you count it.

[free my dawg]

Came home today and the conversation with my brother (mjmsh22) obviously turned to Update. I like to keep him aware of the less serious aspects of the site. Eventually we veered into some old classics and I brought up the sock puppet from the Kansas City ballet, a name which he recognized - but he not from FC because he never goes in here. His Italian teacher from two years ago frequently spoke about a son by that name. We both thought it was almost certainly a coincidence, but in disbelief I continued describing him which matched everything he knew about him - especially being quite liberal. After I showed a picture, he confirmed that was certainly his teacher's son. She spoke about the ballet too much for it to be a coincidence. I'm in complete shock! 3 degrees of separation from him. And technically I have spoken to Prof twice so perhaps just two degrees depending how you count it.

I'm also 3 degrees away from Mondale. Not really big on revealing how though.

[TDAS04]

I have a mild cold.  Thankfully it doesn't look like it will be too bad, and I should be fairly productive today.

[windjammer]

Job interview went okay today. Not entirely sure what to think of it. I'll be hearing by Wednesday if I got the job, and begin training next Saturday night. I guess it's okay I didn't get an invite to the Sigma Sigma Sigma formal, then, since that's the same night. I have an interview earlier that day. Potentially have a project due tomorrow, and I definitely have a test tomorrow. Gotta be up early as well. Not looking forward to tonight. Also, apparently some brothers shot the house next door with a BB gun and broke a window. Gosh darn social deviants, and guess whose desk this case gets put on! Composite that was stolen Friday remains unrecovered.

You have already graduated???

[Indy Texas]

Just remembered I'm supposed to bring something to my office's Saint Patrick's Day Potluck tomorrow.

First of all, who the #$%^ has a Saint Patrick's Day Potluck?

Second, what would one bring to such an event that isn't beer? Daytime drinking at work is best confined to surreptitious cocktails with tiny airline liquor bottles one keeps in one's bottom desk drawer. So, what, then? Potatoes? Corned beef and cabbage? Communion wafers?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Just remembered I'm supposed to bring something to my office's Saint Patrick's Day Potluck tomorrow.

First of all, who the #$%^ has a Saint Patrick's Day Potluck?

Second, what would one bring to such an event that isn't beer? Daytime drinking at work is best confined to surreptitious cocktails with tiny airline liquor bottles one keeps in one's bottom desk drawer. So, what, then? Potatoes? Corned beef and cabbage? Communion wafers?

Either potato leek soup, or if you're in a hurry, a box of Lucky Charms.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Just remembered I'm supposed to bring something to my office's Saint Patrick's Day Potluck tomorrow.

First of all, who the #$%^ has a Saint Patrick's Day Potluck?

Second, what would one bring to such an event that isn't beer? Daytime drinking at work is best confined to surreptitious cocktails with tiny airline liquor bottles one keeps in one's bottom desk drawer. So, what, then? Potatoes? Corned beef and cabbage? Communion wafers?

probably too late, but soda bread would work.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

I brought glory and honor to my school by absolutely crushing it at quiz bowl yesterday (our team beat our biggest rivals 465 to -5), but then I fell asleep so I wasn't able to talk to Jake, but then he forgave me so it's all cool.

[JerryArkansas]

Well, guess what guys, I'm a Democrat. 

[Lambsbread]

Well, guess what guys, I'm a Democrat. 

Congratulations!!! Have you come out to your family yet? If they're accepting, would you bring a Democrat home? If they're not, just remember: you were born this way, this wasn't a choice you made. So happy for you!!

[free my dawg]

Well, guess what guys, I'm a Democrat. 

Congratulations!!! Have you come out to your family yet? If they're accepting, would you bring a Democrat home? If they're not, just remember: you were born this way, this wasn't a choice you made. So happy for you!!

He doesn't have to. His father is the Arkansas Democratic Party.

[JerryArkansas]

Well, guess what guys, I'm a Democrat. 

Congratulations!!! Have you come out to your family yet? If they're accepting, would you bring a Democrat home? If they're not, just remember: you were born this way, this wasn't a choice you made. So happy for you!!

No, I haven't, but I know my dad will support me through this.  And I will most definitely be bringing a democrat home for christmas this year.

[Lief 🗽]

Congratulations, but be careful! Our kind are hunted for sport in Arkansas.

[Joe Republic]

OMG YOU GUYS I just found out that our next door neighbor is the outreach director for the NV Libertarian Party.  This explains quite a lot.  He likes to stamp up and down the stairs and slam his front door, and can't quite seem to react in any way when I smile or greet him like a normal person.