Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

To be honest Moonage, I would probably just stomach it and work through the summer. It sounds like one of the best opportunities you'll ever have to solidify your reputation at work. This is only one summer out of many more to come for you

You know I've been stressing about this. Even had bad dreams and one of my dream guides telling me I need the rest. I hadn't committed yet to admin. Today, magically, a solution presented itself. They are going to host 2 days next week for just 8th graders who are at risk of being retained (6th and 7th can be conditionally promoted) if they can get the staff. I figure, help them where they need it most these 2 days, and I won't feel so bad about taking the rest of the summer off. A good compromise.

I have been attending a kung fu class. I have a past injury which is a torn ACL from BJJ. It has been strong and I wear an expensive knee sleeve. I came down on the leg from a jumping thing and it gave out beneath me. I was flat on my back with everyone staring. I am pretty messed up. Just took 800 mg ibuprofen and have it on ice. I hope it heals fast.

Originally Posted by Sivason

I have been attending a kung fu class. I have a past injury which is a torn ACL from BJJ. It has been strong and I wear an expensive knee sleeve. I came down on the leg from a jumping thing and it gave out beneath me. I was flat on my back with everyone staring. I am pretty messed up. Just took 800 mg ibuprofen and have it on ice. I hope it heals fast.

Ouch! Sorry to hear that! Hope you feel better soon!

Originally Posted by Sivason

I have been attending a kung fu class. I have a past injury which is a torn ACL from BJJ. It has been strong and I wear an expensive knee sleeve. I came down on the leg from a jumping thing and it gave out beneath me. I was flat on my back with everyone staring. I am pretty messed up. Just took 800 mg ibuprofen and have it on ice. I hope it heals fast.

Wow that sounds awful. Sorry to hear that...

Something sweet at work today. An 8th grader I had last year in my small ese class has autism and selective mutism (he does not talk out of choice). I got a letter from him thanking me for being such a great teacher (always nice to get those), but even more importantly, he sent me a FlipGrid video of him thanking me verbally. That really touched my heart. That was sweet.

Rave: Ironically I had some dream recall this morning despite not really expecting it at all. Also the closest pre-lucid moment I've had recently.

Rant: It's going to be a long day since I had to be up unusually early and I normally go to bed at a late time. And have to keep an eye out the back because of some workers as I'm the only one home today, which means that I won't feel relaxed until they're done. To add on to that, I feel that it sucks that I implicitly don't trust (and am asked not to trust) people like this, because if I'm doing that type of work myself for someone, I try to be respectful, not step out of my bounds and so on, so at the same time find it difficult to understand why other people can't or won't be the same way.

Rant: Hit a kangaroo while I was driving for work today. Thankfully I was in a government fleet car. Unfortunately both the kangaroo and its joey died. A couple of people pulled over to help which was nice, and also everyone at work was very kind to me about it when I got back to the office. The car wasn't too bad, just needs the bumper replaced

were you too close to the roo to not be able to swerve ?

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Originally Posted by aussiemusician

were you too close to the roo to not be able to swerve ?

Two of them came onto the road at the same time, so they were basically taking up the entire width of the road and as such there wasn't anywhere to swerve to. Also I had very little time to react. I did decently considering the circumstances, I managed to manoeuvre in a way where I ended up just clipping the kangaroo with the passenger side bumper rather than having a head on collision

yeah wow ..

Hope everyone had a nice Father's Day.

So freakin hot here!

Siv, would you prefer winter ?

Semi... rant?

The highs and lows of wasted time and energy I guess. Wasted half an hour to find out that where I went will be unexpectedly closed after a certain time in the afternoon, didn't seem to say for how long. At least the walk was nice at first, one of those little encounters you get with people; a young man with his equally young and curious/playful dog, the guy was nice enough that he didn't mind me approaching the dog, though it did scratch me a little by accident but no harm done anyway.

Then remembering why I actually don't like walking around where I live these days; lots of traffic in certain parts, poor road layouts making it even worse for both the drivers and for pedestrians to cross roads, just giving it an unnecessary sense of "busy" I don't really enjoy. And around where I was trying to get to, I get surprised with a bit of delayed reaction by a cyclist coming out of a blind corner, who stops (pretty well actually) suddenly and then when he realises I'm not crossing in front of him, tuts loudly with an annoyed face, as if I could really have helped it and even though I had apologised. He literally had a face of disdain as if I was the scum of the Earth, not worth looking at.

I guess I still don't understand why the world is full of annoyed people. Maybe that guy needed to go rant on a thread like this too. It's just weird how I can encounter a person that seems so happy and then someone who seems so miserable within thirty minutes, while on an ultimately pointless walk.

I wouldn't consider it a waste. A walk is never a waste. It's good exercise, it's healthy to just get out and breathe fresh air, and it's good for the mind just to change things up a little. I love going for walks, with no purpose other than to explore or look for wild mangoes. Plus, it's an excellent opportunity to tune into your senses, building awareness for lucid dreaming (or listen to an audiobook).

Anyway, I wouldn't let that encounter get to you.

Darkest, is there another path or route you could take ?

Finally done with work for the summer. Until early August anyway.

In other news, this happened not too far away. What the heck? https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/flo...ndo-collapses/

I saw the video of it. The building just crumbled, like it was nothing. I feel bad for those families that lived there. It is perplexing because the structure is not that old -- it was built in 1981 -- and there's no logical reason why it should have gone down like this. Was the ground not stable enough? Glad you are okay!

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Very busy with stuff.

What's everyone been up to?

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

What's everyone been up to?

Not enough to feel like time should be feeling as though it's passing quickly... These last couple of weeks, I've mostly been catching up on reading and on drawing skills left untrained over the years.

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

What's everyone been up to?

I'm up to no good!! Not really!

Busy working on some project!

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

What's everyone been up to?

Got a gym membership. My arms and shoulders are on fire.

Other than that.. spent today and yesterday terraforming Mars with my friends. Fun times...

I played 1 penny on a slot machine and it won 840 pennies!

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

What's everyone been up to?

tryna keep warm ...