[Puck]

The half-assed way my mom does everything. Please, for the love of everything and my sanity, learn to wring out the damn rag you just used to pretend to clean the kitchen sink with, and hang it to dry. Slapping it down into the sink and leaving it there for days is NOT how it's done. Magically making it come back from the trash can I threw that thing into so it can continue being a health hazard and stinking up the kitchen is ALSO not how that's done.

And no, that aubergine is not 'still good enough'. It's half rotten. Last time she said 'good enough' I could not go to work because I was so sick thanks to eating that 'good enough' stuff. No. If you can't be arsed to cook, let it be. Just let it freaking be. Go eat your ice cream. Speaking of food, stop leaving food bare on that counter you just mopped with that stinting rag you let come to life over the past couple of weeks.

I have thrown all that stinking crap away and put up new cleaning cloths and stuff with designated places where to put them to dry. I have just walked into the kitchen to find that stuff where it doesn't belong

[Gust Hubb]

Depressed as fuck. Every Sunday I drop off my boys with their mom I feel a larger piece of my soul ripped out. Physically hurts sometimes,and it isn't getting easier.

This post has been edited by Gust Hubb: 27 March 2016 - 09:14 PM

[Tsundoku]

http://forum.malazan...ost__p__1226156

[Kurt Montandon]

I have to keep reminding myself that this isn't reddit, and I can't be a horrible, foul-mouthed asshole as much as I want.

It's a struggle, my friends.

[Mentalist]

Woke up this morning, doing the normal round of exercising/stretches/warmup. My left ankle is stiff as hell. Almost fell over several times doing squats.

But I had no soccer this weekend. And I specifically turned down an offer to go practice yesterday to give it an extra week of no playing to recover better.

WTF, body? Are you telling me I'm getting conditioned to feel sore on Monday mornings no matter what I do?

Also, it's Monday morning, and caffeine not helping.

[Morgoth]

It's the last day of easter vacation and I finally decided to stop putting it off and write a proper response to the warm and thoughtful letter I received from my former mother-in-law. I received it almost half a year ago and I guess I've been postponing the answer. Until now.

It felt good writing to her, to finish that task, and I think it was a good idea to wait this long. I am less bitter, and certainly a lot less angry than I was. Still, it did bring some stuff back and I don't feel very good right now. Thankfully I have a fancy bottle of wine and, knowing myself fairly well at this point, I bought some excellent fish earlier today and am now cooking what will be a fantastic dinner. While listening to some very nice, though almost a little too experimental jazz. I realise that I am a bit of a stereotype but I embrace that willingly.

This post has been edited by Morgoth: 28 March 2016 - 06:12 PM

[Aptorian]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 27 March 2016 - 02:15 AM, said:

The story of how I fucked up isn't that interesting. There were several court ordered services this couple were to complete before we would consider giving their baby back to them. Because of the ridiculous caseload I have, I am always behind and playing catchup, and I didn't put in the referrals for any of the services, I thought it had already been done. So, instead of going to court and reporting on how many clean UAs the parents provided over the past 60 days, I was going to have to explain why they had done zero.

In my defense they knew they were supposed to be doing these services, and never once contacted me to ask why they hadn't been set up yet. Most likely because they wouldn't pass them anyways.

So yeah, long story short I could potentially be held in contempt of court for not setting up court-ordered services. But instead I had surgery, and think I might have already developed a small problem regarding my pain medication, which makes everything feel nice.

How anti-climactic. I was hoping it was something like accidentally dumping a truck load of mercury into the city water supply or something like that.

[Mezla PigDog]

Mother fucking home improvement. Fuck this shit it has taken over my life! Four day weekend with three days spent on house stuff. And after finally assembling the nursery furniture (on my own and without fucking instructions) a friend gave us I discover I don't like it and it's a bit shoddy! The only nice bit was a crib but it needs sanding and painting before it is usable and I am fucking fucked if I am sanding and painting a single fucking thing more than the goddamned bits of bastard house that absolutely need sanding and painting. So I'm burning it and get to add guilt for shitting on my friends kind gesture on top of the fuck load of DIY and baby shopping still to be done in the 6 or 7 weeks before the sprog is due to drop.

FUCKING HELL I DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK TOMORROW!

[Gust Hubb]

I hate this day. I am back on call again, which basically means I get paged with other people's problems: miscommunications, lack of knowledge in ordering blood products, etc. I am not expecting to get much sleep this week with all the idiot calls. Add to this my ex overdrawing the joint account and frustrations of just trying to make dinner with all this shit going down. People just need to leave me the fuck alone. Jesus.

[worry]

Not sure if this is a bad time, Gusty, but can I borrow like $50? I need to buy a couple pounds of gourmet beef jerky.

[Andorion]

Gust Hubb, on 29 March 2016 - 12:52 AM, said:

I hate this day. I am back on call again, which basically means I get paged with other people's problems: miscommunications, lack of knowledge in ordering blood products, etc. I am not expecting to get much sleep this week with all the idiot calls. Add to this my ex overdrawing the joint account and frustrations of just trying to make dinner with all this shit going down. People just need to leave me the fuck alone. Jesus.

Why do you still have a joint account? Is this a good idea?

[Gust Hubb]

It's for passing cash back and forth. Not really intended for much else, though the little money in has been steadily been drained from it by her... so yeah...

[Abyss]

Gust Hubb, on 29 March 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

It's for passing cash back and forth. Not really intended for much else, though the little money in has been steadily been drained from it by her... so yeah...

I'm not a banker (tho I may play one on tv) and I can think of at least three better ways to handle this that don't result in you getting fucked by her overdraft.

[worry]

Crank dat Venmo app.

[Tiste Simeon]

Tsundoku, on 27 March 2016 - 11:33 PM, said:

http://forum.malazan...ost__p__1226156

I don't really follow that but I did just have a slightly smug grin on my face.

[Puck]

Software update at work. Been sitting here staring at nothing for half an hour and it's still not done. What do we get for the lost time? Internet Explorer 11. Yay.

[Gust Hubb]

Abyss, on 29 March 2016 - 02:43 AM, said:

Gust Hubb, on 29 March 2016 - 01:54 AM, said:

It's for passing cash back and forth. Not really intended for much else, though the little money in has been steadily been drained from it by her... so yeah...

I'm not a banker (tho I may play one on tv) and I can think of at least three better ways to handle this that don't result in you getting fucked by her overdraft.

Definitely on my to do list.

[worry]

Definitely the #1 question on my mind as well, GH, given what we know of your harrowing ordeal, broken heart, and gay wife.

[Gust Hubb]

Haha, no BK. Stone cold on all fronts. Yay 2016...

[Andorion]

Puck, on 29 March 2016 - 08:10 AM, said:

Software update at work. Been sitting here staring at nothing for half an hour and it's still not done. What do we get for the lost time? Internet Explorer 11. Yay.

So not Windows 10?