Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Originally Posted by Ametam

Dreamviews revival, by 2030 it'll be thriving again!

What ever happened to our dream guides? (The Green flares, 3 stars i think?) Or is this not enough people around to warrant them anymore?

I think we could see a revival much sooner than that. The most users on line at one time was just 2 months ago. I have checked and at least a third of the old crowd still looks at the forum. We have one Dream Guide and I am intending on promoting at least one more, plus at least one more blue moderator. Also, new members are going to be the life of any forum, so I want to go through all the back log of unapproved member requests and catch it up. I will need Red Admin access to work on that stuff though. Soon I hope. DV can come back.

Originally Posted by sivason

I think we could see a revival much sooner than that. The most users on line at one time was just 2 months ago. I have checked and at least a third of the old crowd still looks at the forum. We have one Dream Guide and I am intending on promoting at least one more, plus at least one more blue moderator. Also, new members are going to be the life of any forum, so I want to go through all the back log of unapproved member requests and catch it up. I will need Red Admin access to work on that stuff though. Soon I hope. DV can come back.

I hope so. And I believe so, too. Imagine how many new members we could have if we are approving them faster? I know a friend of mine IRL did sign up at one point.

Anyways, stress has lifted a bit for me now. This week was especially hard. The other night when I was so stressed and ranted, one of things that pushed me over the edge was that they threw this IEP on me without much notice. I had to write an IEP for a student with cerebral palsy, wheelchair, quadriplegic... I've never had to write such a difficult IEP before. And the district people had to attend the meeting, too. So a lot of pressure, and not much time to do it. It's over now, went well for me, I can breathe again.

Hope everyone had a nice valentine's day. Funnily enough despite dating girls quite frequently I don't think I've ever happened to have a girlfriend on valentine's day before. Maybe it's because my relationships don't tend to last that long. Anyway, saves me some money on gifts I suppose!

Not too much happening on my end. I applied for a government job a month ago, and I've been going through interview processes, reference checks, paperwork, vaccination checks, etc. Lots of bureaucracy and hoops to jump through in the government sector. Anyway, I'm hoping I finally get a formal job offer sometime this week. Fingers crossed

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

Hope everyone had a nice valentine's day. Funnily enough despite dating girls quite frequently I don't think I've ever happened to have a girlfriend on valentine's day before. Maybe it's because my relationships don't tend to last that long. Anyway, saves me some money on gifts I suppose!

Not too much happening on my end. I applied for a government job a month ago, and I've been going through interview processes, reference checks, paperwork, vaccination checks, etc. Lots of bureaucracy and hoops to jump through in the government sector. Anyway, I'm hoping I finally get a formal job offer sometime this week. Fingers crossed

Good luck with that job. Hope you get it!

Happy Valentine's day!

Rant: Woke up pretty sick.

So my ex husband told me that he is going to fly out to Hawaii very soon. He's going for a few months for XO training (he's a submariner). Then he is going to move to [most likely] the west coast. It's a bit sad. My kids have seen him once in this past year (not his fault, covid restrictions). He was going to retire from the military originally, and live near us. I think he's staying in now because he has a clear shot at Captain. I get it, but it sucks.

So, I currently live in Texas for the time being. We recently had snow and much colder than normal temperatures. Which caused a huge mess. Massive power outages. In my place the power goes on and off. I only have a space heater which doesn’t do much when temps go below 45 F. I had no running water which I can’t even use the toilet. So I booked a hotel. Called to make sure there was heat and water. Tried to get a cab to get there but they were closed because of the weather. So like a boss I ended up walking to the hotel which takes about an hour because of the snow. As I walking I can’t help but to think; “all this mess over this???” “The city falls apart over this???” Where I’m from this would be more like a minor annoyance in which people would shovel, add ice melt, then get ready for work. Not exaggerating either. Probably because of the day I was having I couldn’t help but really miss the northeast. I miss Newark. I miss New York City. I miss the people there and it’s tolerance to such climate. I was remembering back in 2018 there was a blizzard. The buses were still running, the trains were still running. It was business as usual and I was on my way to the gym as was many others. I think I have a whole new level of respect for where I’m from. I grateful to have some heat and water now. So I can shower, brush my teeth, eat and drink. Anyways, I just felt the need to rant.

Found out today that one of my students is out, code 5 (covid symptoms). He seemed just fine yesterday, though, when I was working over his shoulder.

I’m at the hotel but now we are currently without water. Luckily I still have heat to stay warm. There was a small window of opportunity to use water I was lucky to take advantage. I immediately refilled my water bottles, brushed my teeth, and took a shave. I tried to shower but the water was too cold for me. Went back to see if the water warmed up. Nope, no water at all. The pharmacy was becoming empty. Managed to get 3 protein bars and a dove dark chocolate bar for dinner. I’m hearing all these horror stories from those who have it so much worse. People here are going to extreme lengths just to stay warm and get water. A mother and her kids died of carbon monoxide poisoning from trying to stay warm in their car. The amount of suffering going on here is completely unacceptable. And over a small snow storm. I get the state isn’t use to such weather but this is absurd. I never thought I say this but I miss the times I would walk home from the train station in the bitter cold. I hated it at the time but now I miss it because I at least had a warm home to go to. Was able to cook myself a warm home cooked meal and take a warm shower.

Not feeling so good. Too much to add to write a bigger post.

Rave: I am fully vaccinated for COVID-19 now!
rant: got the second shot on Wed and at 5pm Friday started feeling icky. I am a bit light headed and nauseous.

Originally Posted by DarkestDarkness

Not feeling so good. Too much to add to write a bigger post.

Hope you feel better soon, Dark.

Feel better Dark! And Sivason!

Symptoms can vary when you have a shot. Like pain, fever among other things.

Rave: I caught the mouse! we have had a mouse in the house for about 3 months. Cute little guy. It sometimes would run out when it did not know we were in the room. The live trap that always works did not work. Bought 3 more of a new type. No luck. hated to resort to glue traps but you can get them back off the trap alive and had to try something. 4 glue traps and no luck. that is until today, three months later. Its little back foot got caught and it is now in a glass aquarium (unstuck) on my counter top. Made it a little mouse house and will probably wait until better weather to let it go outside far away from my house. We had taken to calling it Nymm because it was so smart (Rats of Nymm)

I'm not feeling like I'm being able to be productive today so I figured I'd return for a little vent, even though I've not been very focused on DV lately; lately been distracted by working on art projects I suppose. Been wanting to pay a bit more attention to DV but don't know how at the moment. My dream recall hasn't been so great, either.

And I think I finally accepted the death of a friend, in my own way, anyhow... I don't know if that's why I'm not feeling productive but it's probably a factor at least. Last night in bed, I thought I would dream about my friend and that we might have a conversation, maybe even a lucid one; but I didn't dream of my friend.

Originally Posted by DarkestDarkness

I'm not feeling like I'm being able to be productive today so I figured I'd return for a little vent, even though I've not been very focused on DV lately; lately been distracted by working on art projects I suppose. Been wanting to pay a bit more attention to DV but don't know how at the moment. My dream recall hasn't been so great, either.

And I think I finally accepted the death of a friend, in my own way, anyhow... I don't know if that's why I'm not feeling productive but it's probably a factor at least. Last night in bed, I thought I would dream about my friend and that we might have a conversation, maybe even a lucid one; but I didn't dream of my friend.

*Hugs* That's hard.

You know, don't give up on having a dream about/with your friend. It might just take a bit, or, maybe it's getting forgotten with lower recall. But, know in your heart it will happen at some point.

Originally Posted by DarkestDarkness

I'm not feeling like I'm being able to be productive today so I figured I'd return for a little vent, even though I've not been very focused on DV lately; lately been distracted by working on art projects I suppose. Been wanting to pay a bit more attention to DV but don't know how at the moment. My dream recall hasn't been so great, either.

And I think I finally accepted the death of a friend, in my own way, anyhow... I don't know if that's why I'm not feeling productive but it's probably a factor at least. Last night in bed, I thought I would dream about my friend and that we might have a conversation, maybe even a lucid one; but I didn't dream of my friend.

Sorry to hear about your friend.
___

It's so windy outside that the trash can rolled all away down the street into someone's yard.

Two nights ago my dad comes in the house, after mountain biking, dripping blood everywhere. My mom has a panic attack, screaming incoherently. My dad literally bleeds on me while I undo his shoes and socks (yuck). Eventually we get him all bandaged up. He has a really bad laceration on his arm, a huge hematoma? on his leg, scrapes everywhere, and, the xray later revealed, a broken clavicle bone.

So, last night, my son is talking to my dad about his injuries, and other medical stuff. He did pretty good, using words like "tachycardia" and "atrial tribulation" (don't ask me what they mean). He doesn't get it all quite right, though: "Grampa. Can I see your autopsy report?"

BTW, things my son finds really fun:

-Reading the dictionary.
-Reading wikipedia articles.
-Reading my car manual (no kidding, this may be his favorite thing).

Sometimes I log into dreamviews and come to this thread just to see what's going on on @Zhaylin life.

I don't have much to complain about. Recently walked out of my shitty employers... employment. I have never done that in my life but things were at an all time bad and I felt like I needed to leave at that moment. And it worked out, I already have a better job with a better company and I couldn't be more happy.

I went back to school last semester and it is going well, however a mid term came out of no where and I was completely unprepared. Hopefully I didn't completely bomb it.

Hope everyone is well and hope Zhaylin comes back to update us soon!

Lonely.

Originally Posted by Photine

Lonely.

I don't know you but, . I know what it's like to feel lonely, and it isn't easy. It's really hard. Hang in there. I hope you feel better soon.