Joys And Sorrows

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Fri Dec 25, 2015 11:09 pm

Joy: Played Clue/Cluedo with family. Won both times!

Sorrow: My character was also the killer both times. >_>

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 1:24 am

Sorrow: A friend's shop/house burned to the ground due to an electrical fault right before Christmas. 26 rooms full of antique dolls and other collectibles all gone plus all their personal possessions.

Joy: Their community rallied together and gave them food, clothes, blankets, money and other things they need.

Joy: I got a new baby second cousin and both mum and bub are happy! Best Christmas present ever!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 4:52 pm

Sorrow: Pretty sure Christmas won't ever feel like Christmas ever again for me. :/

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sat Dec 26, 2015 11:35 pm

Joy: After failing to find the specific cordless tool/battery combinations that I wanted to get myself for Christmas, I came across a really good laptop on sale in Staples and since I've been thinking about getting a new one anyway, decided to get that for myself for Christmas instead.

(Slight) Sorrow: It was about $200 more than I was planning on spending on the tools which kinda hurt a little since I wasn't planning on spending THAT much.

Joy: It was a really good laptop for the price though and I can afford the extra $200. I had actually been specifically looking at the same brand online the day before and the online prices (while fair), did not match this one.

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 1:30 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Sorrow: Pretty sure Christmas won't ever feel like Christmas ever again for me. :/

That's kinda vague... why is that?

Macsen · Post by **Macsen** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 6:19 am

Sleet wrote:
Amazee Dayzee wrote:Sorrow: Pretty sure Christmas won't ever feel like Christmas ever again for me. :/
That's kinda vague... why is that?

Remember, she lost a grandparent earlier this year.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 3:02 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Sorrow: Pretty sure Christmas won't ever feel like Christmas ever again for me. :/

*hugs* Always remind others of the good times you had as life gets older. My Grandfather will be the same way, as well.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 5:47 pm

Kitch wrote:
Sleet wrote:
Amazee Dayzee wrote:Sorrow: Pretty sure Christmas won't ever feel like Christmas ever again for me. :/
That's kinda vague... why is that?
Remember, she lost a grandparent earlier this year.

Last year actually. It will be 2 years April 2016.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:06 am

Joy: Just found out I got accepted into the Masters of Teaching course I wanted! Look out, high school science labs, here I come!

Post by **Obbl** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 11:55 am

Congratulations, Hlaoroo! I think you'll make an excellent teacher

Invisan · Post by **Invisan** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:21 pm

Joy: Found some Tickets online for one of my favourite Bands on eBay classifieds for the same price they would normally cost me. Since the concert is already sold out.

Sorrow: Its ebay classifieds so it might be a scam and i might be loosing 110€ :/ Hope for the best though.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 11:54 pm

Well... parents waited 'til after the holiday was over to drop the bomb on me and my sister.

Sorrow: My grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer within the last month. From what I understand it was caught fairly early and her prognosis isn't bad. My med-school student sister seemed pretty optimistic when given the details. Well, you know, given the circumstances. We all talked to her over the phone, and she didn't seem out of it at all. Indeed, the biggest thing she seemed irritated about was how my grandfather was pestering her for updates. (They have a... history, let's say. I mean, they ended up divorcing something like 20 years before I was born.) So hearing her in normal spirits was good to hear.

But I dunno. My other grandmother passed away two years ago from a long fight from cancer (colon, not breast), and after watching her just... waste away over the years, I'm in no eager mood to see it happen again. She'd have her good spots and bad spots - but each time she would dip and recover, a piece would be chipped away from her. And when it came back she'd lose just a little more until she was a fragment of her former self, a fragile twig of a person. I remember how frail she was the last time I saw her, maybe 4 or 5 weeks before she died. There was just nothing left of her.

I just hope things go well. I can't worry about it too much - it's not like I have any control over the situation, you know? But *sigh* just puts a damper on things.

Post by **Sleet** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 1:56 pm

Sorrow: I got some sort of viral pharyngitis from spending 48 hours working at the urgent care over the course of 4 days...

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:09 pm

I'm so sorry that something like that has happened to you and that you lost one grandmother already. I will pray for your family Cosmic.

Radio Blue Heart · Post by **Radio Blue Heart** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 8:08 pm

Sorrow:

Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister died today. He was one of my favorite musicians.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 2:01 am

Wow that's really sad. I may not have known him but I do know that he is who the koopaling Lemmy was based on.

Post by **Obbl** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:22 pm

Joy: Finally got Undertale! Really enjoying it so far

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 1:28 am

Yeeeeees. More people to talk about it with.

Joy: My sickness is going away pretty fast!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:10 am

Joy: I seem to be getting a lot more energy than I usually have

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sun Jan 03, 2016 9:41 pm

Sorrow: My blood test results came back, and it confirmed my suspicions of susceptibility to gout. I also have a very fatty liver. I was more bugged by the fact that my body went into its 30s without me -3-

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:37 am

But now that you know, you can deal with it! It beats being blindsided.

ShadowLightning · Post by **ShadowLightning** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:56 am

Agreed. At least now you have a better chance dealing with it.

Joy: Had a fun time at Singapore!
Sorrow: Sadly that had to end and now I'm back at the Philippines. I also have classes again on Wednesday soo... yeah.

Invisan · Post by **Invisan** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:58 am

Sorrow: Seems i did catch a cold at the beginning of the year :/

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:14 pm

Sorrow: I had a massive migraine and some of it is lingering

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 7:29 pm

Sleet wrote:But now that you know, you can deal with it! It beats being blindsided.

I don't reeeeally mind I have these conditions, I sorta know they're coming eventually. It's just that with the mental maturity of a 19-year-old, it feels awkward handling a 30+-years-old stereotypical Malaysian body. I am going to rectify what I can however, hopefully it'll put these under control.

Invisan wrote:Sorrow: Seems i did catch a cold at the beginning of the year :/

My advice as always: Drink lots of warm water, cover up under lots of clothing and blankets, turn up the thermostat a little is possible and just rest in general. Avoid oily, spicy and sweet foods and drinks. Drinking hot lemon tea might help

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jan 04, 2016 9:54 pm

Joy: My migraine has went away!

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 1:00 am

Things have been... very rough recently.

Sorrow: School again. Wooooooo.
Sorrow: I've been having a case of "Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome;" in essence, chewing or otherwise opening and closing my mouth results in an uncomfortable popping in my jaw joint. It's not seriously harmful but it's extremely annoying and uncomfortable and makes eating a pain.
Sorrow: Things have gotten very heavy in the ol' chatroom. Two suicide scares, one instance of cutting, a major breakup that may lead to the previous suicide scares becoming a reality, tension with another chatroom... And this was just in the last week. It's starting to get pretty hard to stick around, though I'm obligated to nonetheless.
Sorrow: I've been tired all day. Fighting sleep throughout school and all. It's been fun.

Joy: Went to see Star Wars a couple days after it came out and it was great. One of my favorite movies of the year. Drinking the tears of angry YouTube commenters who barely paid attention is an added plus... if tiring after a while.
Joy: The popping has been weakening recently so I should have normal jaw function in a little while!
Joy: No homework tonight, which is always a plus.
Joy: Hitched a ride via Uber for the first time today. First time ever sitting in one of those new Jettas... Pretty slick.
Joy: My drawing feels markedly improved somehow and that is pleasing to me.

Joy: At long last, after nearly three years of tossing this idea around, I've finally begun work on the revamped, revamped, revamped, revamped version of a very, very old idea. Sure, it's miniscule at the moment (basically a short analysis of only one character out of the central group)... but it's a lot further than I've been in a long, long time! Here's hoping it doesn't die again this time...

Ezaz · Post by **Ezaz** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:43 am

Sorrow: School day for the first time in a month.
Sorrow: After taking my medication I got heartburn.

Joy: Made a HP! forum account.
Joy: Began working on a large project in the MinePets server.

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:52 am

Ezaz wrote:Sorrow: School day for the first time in a month.

Joy: Made a HP! forum account.

Welcome to the forums! You'll love it here, for sure.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:07 pm

Ouch Mickey that sounds like it is all really rough. At least the good outweighs the bad though.

tsMKG · Post by **tsMKG** » Tue Jan 05, 2016 5:07 pm

Joy: Finally we arrived at our Vacation's location: Puerto Madryn!

Mickey the Luxray · Post by **Mickey the Luxray** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:37 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Ouch Mickey that sounds like it is all really rough. At least the good outweighs the bad though.

It happens. Most of it should blow over at some point. And what doesn't... I can deal with it.

Joy: Got two more character analyses (version one subject to change a lot) for Fireman Neue done tonight- and trust me when I say I haven't been this productive on it in almost three years! Things may be looking up for this age-old... thing.

Therolyn · Post by **Therolyn** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:13 am

Sorrow: I'm so frustrated that every time I've gone for photo ID I lose something, or don't have enough documents, or screw up something on the forms. Ugh! My fault of course, but something seems to go wrong every time. Maybe I might have to bite the bullet and just go for a learner's permit...

Joy: I've been enjoying the lack of hot weather where I live. Nice to not be roasting in the middle of summer for once

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 4:39 pm

Joy: My boyfriend is taking me and his family out to a very fine dining restaurant.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 4:34 am

Sorrow: I get off work at 3AM. The McD's drive through doesn't open until 5AM. I am hungry. Send provisions.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 3:33 pm

I'll send you some BK because obviously BK is superior.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:47 pm

Sorrow: Our huskie just took a big bite out of a chocolate easter rabbit's head without us realizing it. We're hoping she's ok...

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jan 07, 2016 11:29 pm

Yeah that can't be really that good. I'll be sending positive thoughts your way.

Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:48 am

unless the bunny was either solid chocolate or ridiculously huge, she should just get a bit sick (assuming she's average husky size).
though a vet's opinion may be helpful just in case.

ShadowLightning · Post by **ShadowLightning** » Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:27 am

Sorrow: Gonna take a while for me to get used to having night classes. I'd have to budget my allowance or else I'll go hungry throughout the day.