Hey guys! Just checking out how you all doing this sunday! Do you need any help? Wanna hang out?
Tired, worried, irritated.
I have an exam literally next Sunday night and another one the following day. Professor doesn’t fucking know what’s going to be on the exam (so there’s an hour of my life I’m never getting back) which is literally the only fucking good a professor can do other than grade the homework (which she doesn’t) or answer questions about course expectations (she’s a terrible listener and doesn’t give straightforward answers) for someone
with my particular set of neuroseslike me. I.e., test topics and what they’re expecting us to put on the piece of paper are the only things I can’t fucking find elsewhere, usually in far better quality than what I’m paying thousands of fucking dollars to sit through.I also got a bunch of work due this week from another professor that there was absolutely no way to work on before last Friday.
This week was supposed to be my fucking spring break, but people my age don’t fucking get a moment of rest I guess. I’ve had to explain to my parents like 69 times that even though this week is de jure spring break, I’m going to be a lot more busy this week than usual.
Watching over my elderly dog who had dental extractions last Friday and is still recovering from the intubation, poor old guy. His throat is very irritated, the vet had told us this but it’s hard to see him in discomfort. I’m blowing off work tomorrow to spend with him, I want to make sure he’s safe. Work will be there the next day.
Had a great morning with my dear friends at church. I know so many on Lemmy are atheists and I understand that, but I just have the best friends in the world there and it’s such a joy. A happy progressive welcoming inclusive place full of excellent people. It can happen.
oh just had a flashback. My dog had a kidney infection in december and was 2 weeks in Dog ICU. 1500 dolard latter and she is here full of energy! Best wishes for your old baby!
Edit: I’m an atheist but Having a comunity is awesome, and religion is just someone elses problem if you make it. :) happy for you!!
Ugh mine was a 4K bill. I’m still wincing over that. He’s worth it but it was hard to put an old guy through. He seems much better today.
I’m not that into Jesus per se but I am all about the community, and just the general sacred feeling? Like I feel it transcends daily life and sets the tone for the week. You know?
awh sorry about your dog. hope he feels better soon :)
He’s doing a bit better thanks. He just demanded some of my toast so he can’t feel too bad. But ugh the coughing is awful
Aw give him a hug for me. We have a rescue cat who had to get all his teeth removed after a severe infection from living on the streets. We fostered him for a bit during his cone-head convalescence, fell in love with him, and wound up adopting him.
I was at church today also, playing music with my wife. I’m not particularly devout to be honest, but I believe in the community which got me settled into a new city and hooked me up with people who helped me live out my dreams. I owe these guys big-time. The priest is an old guy who came out of retirement to say all the stuff he’s bottled up for years. He’s super-progressive with a great sense of humour and he keeps things short. It’s great! Today was his birthday and we all sang to him.
That’s wonderful!
I’m not a big believer in Jesus per se, but I get a lot out of the community and just a generally better way to live life, you know?
My dog is a bit better today, he appreciates the hugs. Poor old puppy.
I’m doing wonderfully! Looking forward to cooking tonight, trying out a recipe from Nik Sharmas most recent book. How are you doin?
Doing alright, I think.
Had a good weekend. Went to a rodeo and played a lot of Factorio SE.
Discovered yesterday that my clothes dryer vent is plugged. Probably has been for some time, maybe years? Put in a maintenance request to have it fixed. Hopefully in the next couple days I’ll finally be able to dry clothes in a single cycle instead of two. Pretty stoked about that.
Work is a tad stressful. Boss kinda shot from the hip with a new overhaul of our logistical processes and suddenly needs our in-house software restructured with a plethora of new features it was never designed to handle. I fear I won’t meet any of the deadlines at the pace I’m going. Boss seems to understand this at least and isn’t the type to hold me over hellfire about it.
Looking forward to next weekend. Going to an annual Paddy’s Day pub crawl and visiting my parents.
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r u ok
New job performance anxiety has me stressed AF. Doing better than last week at least. Got some stuff done over the weekend to which is nice.
Doing better, you?
Been getting back on the exercise train. Working on some landscaping in the yard. Made ok progress. As I get in better shape that will improve of course.
Extra energy and motivation today so I am getting back on top of some household chores. It’s been a struggle for a while. I hope I can stay on top of things longer this time.
Actually getting better. I got COVID 11 weaks ago and just now I can really say I am finally starting to feel better. Most of the anxiety is gone, the only thing bothering me at this point is pain in my chest, which seems to not go away for some reason, but I’ll get there eventually.
Still on 11? There’s an updated version already lol
Lol
Work has been a pain and got me working basically 7 days a week to get my hours in. If not I won’t have enough for rent.
I do have a job interview tomorrow which I’m really hoping I get. It’ll be a lot less stressful and the pay should be better.
Good luck! Fingers crossed
Thank you! I will update my comment after the interview and once I know more.
You’re gonna do great :)
actually pretty good for once lol. got some stuff in the near future that I’m quite excited for.
Angry/sweary rant time for anyone who cares to read it:
I’ve had a shit week at work (retail). A shoplifter stole something and I got told off for not following the correct protocol. That’s okay, I can accept & acknowledge my mistake. But my company are greedy bastards and won’t employ a security guard, so I’m expected to confront and even chase people out of the store if I suspect they’ve stolen something. It’s a fucking joke of an expectation, I’m paid minimum wage why should I have to put myself at risk chasing thieves who could be armed with a blade as well as serving customers when there’s only 3-4 of us in the store. I can’t be everywhere at fucking once.
Stack shit on the walls, flog some shitty data harvesting app and useless additional products to every customer who comes in, watch the front of the store in case anyone steals something, serve customers on the check outs, etc. I don’t have 4 arms and eyes on the back of my head.
Fuck my manager too, she’s an asshole that has been unfairly targeting me with criticisms, even though I’ve been doing more than most colleagues in my department. But they don’t get any criticism because they’re her friends that she sees outside of work.
So done with putting in the effort and getting no thanks for it. Might just tell my manager not to give me any more shifts after the end of this month because I’ve had enough of this bullshit. Cunts.
Do you work for a large chain? I think that your head office would have a fucking field day if they found out that your manager was expecting mere store assistants to confront potentially armed and dangerous shoplifters.
If you were to get shanked that would be a H&S lawsuit in the making.
Would almost be tempted to make an anonymous tip to the head office about what’s been going on.
I do. But the worst part is, this is normal for this particular company. I’ve done the training modules and they say to “Make a reasonable effort to protect the stock” which means confronting shoplifters and asking them to open their bags, chasing them outside to try and identify which car they get into, and even attempting to wrestle items off of a shoplifter if they grab stuff and try to run. Also dropping the shutters at the front to lock the thief inside until the police arrive if necessary.
And yet it still says not to put yourself at unnecessary risk. It’s a complete joke honestly. Anyone else I know who works in retail thinks this is insane. And I agree, because I’ve never worked for a company with a policy like this. This should be a job for a security guard, not minimum wage staff who are mostly teenagers.
I don’t know your personal circumstances, but how feasible is it to look for another job? Is there something specifically keeping you there? Sounds like these cunts are putting your mental health at risk, and they’re just not worth it, mate.
That’s the plan, thankfully it’s not that important and I’m not currently in a situation where I literally couldn’t afford to leave my job as I still live at home and am lucky to have great parents.
You’re right, they’re not worth it. Appreciate the thought!
I’m sorry. You should not be expected to confront criminals. I hope it gets better or wondering better comes along.
Thank you, I appreciate the kind words!
Life is boring as always. There’s really nothing to do in my city (a new Marjane just opened but it’s still too crowded to be fun to visit), not to mention that traveling somewhere else, not even for the long term, is crazy expensive, especially overseas because visas.
Also Ramadan is starting soon and I feel like I have to be forced to watch the dullest, lowest budget garbage with my family just as I do every single year. I need a break.
Been struggling this week. Idk what it is but if it weren’t for getting the kids to school not sure I’d make it out of bed to get to work.
Getting kids ready for school is a task on its own. Good for you! I am sure that they are better off for tiny things like this.
Yeah, it is like that sometimes, I can relate. We can push through together!
This is what I love about Lemmy. You’d get either no answers or ridiculed on reddit for asking this, yet here, you get genuine answers and genuine conversation encouraging others. This is bad ass!
it was a genuine question too!
I feel like i’ve reached a point in my life where I can’t just keep doing the same thing. I’ve been a shut-in for a good portion of my life and my political journey has made me alienated from the average person. Especially with how bloodthirsty (and frankly fascist) the average person has gotten it becomes nearly impossible to find any level of connection.
It’s just so hard in this day and age to get out and meet people, even if you aren’t part of a political minority. It’s so easy to just give up and go back to my usual shit but then my life goes back to going nowhere and I can’t keep that up forever. But what am I supposed to do when I’m shut out of the walled gardens of the big tech companies, censored and shadowbanned at best? That dramatically fucks over my options.
Overall pretty good.
