Joys And Sorrows

CunningFox · Post by **CunningFox** » Wed Aug 13, 2025 6:51 pm

It was starting to feel like autumn here a few days ago. Now we've got a heat wave.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Wed Aug 13, 2025 7:55 pm

We just had a rain storm come through.

It made me think of the summer I was stationed at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia. The heat was just wrenching, like living in a blast furnace. But almost everyday and almost always around 4:45 in the afternoon, a tropical down pour pounced on us. It rained so hard that, if you held your hand out at arm's full length from you body, you could give a thumb's up but barely see it for the drench. The rain lasted about twenty minutes and, after it stopped, the earth was blanketed by this wonderful, blessed coolness that went on for about fifteen-twenty minutes.

Then the sauna came back on ....

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Aug 14, 2025 6:31 am

Joy: I am slowly but steadily losing weight and I am gonna get back to a weight that is healthy and puts me less at risk for diseases so it doesn't take a toll on my health in the long run!

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Fri Aug 15, 2025 9:49 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 6:31 am Joy: I am slowly but steadily losing weight and I am gonna get back to a weight that is healthy and puts me less at risk for diseases so it doesn't take a toll on my health in the long run!

Yay, health!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Aug 15, 2025 12:11 pm

Joy: Me and my mother are going to go whale watching on Tuesday which will be ice because I haven't been in a few years and hopefully the driver of the boat won't drive like the one on North Carolina did who sped over choppy water and made me feel like we were gonna capsize.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:10 pm

Yay, whales! We've been seeing a lot more aquatic mammals off our shores lately.

A manetee was spotted last week - that lad's a long way from home! (STill, it is tourist season so ....... )

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Aug 18, 2025 12:50 am

Sorrow: The group that we had planned for the trip to go whale watching has fallen down to just me, my mother and my aunt maybe if she can get up early (since it takes 1 and a half hours to get to the place where the ship is).

GingaDensetsuAleu · Post by **GingaDensetsuAleu** » Mon Aug 25, 2025 7:44 am

Sadness: Due to many, MANY interruptions and my having to physically drag my last story out of me, I may have to temporarily reduce my upload schedule. I currently have two weeks left on Scout: Love and Leisure and zero finished stories in my pocket. I do have one story that's almost done, but I've been having to drag it out of my brain and into my computer because it doesn't want to be written.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Aug 25, 2025 3:09 pm

Sorrow: The sunburns on the top of my feet are still a bit painful despite me putting on sunscreen when I was at the Cape. Aloe Vera doesn't really work but for some reason taking Ibuprofen helps.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:01 am

Great stuff, Ibuprofen. Invaluable for aggrivated spinal collumns and excess coffee consumption.

GingaDensetsuAleu · Post by **GingaDensetsuAleu** » Mon Sep 01, 2025 6:21 am

Sorrow: I woke up this morning and my ankle has decided that it is not going to support my weight today. I don't know what's wrong; I do sometimes have a problem with the other foot, but this is new and interesting. Hopefully my ankle gets better as I rest it today and is fully functional tomorrow, as tomorrow is one of the few days I can NOT call in sick from work and get paid sick time.

snowykat · Post by **snowykat** » Wed Sep 03, 2025 1:04 pm

*awakens from hot and humid summer slumber*
good afternoon everyone. i must announce the joyfulness of a normal temp day. all summer long its been over 90 degrees with humidity ranging from 70% to 10000%. finally today as i went outside, it felt normal. like how summers used to feel.
hope it all stays nice as we get into the wonderful season of autumn.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Sep 03, 2025 1:18 pm

Sorrow: Not only are they moving me back to working 3 days in a row next week but this week I found out I am working on my birthday unfortunately so I now know how I will be spending my 33rd birthday.

GingaDensetsuAleu · Post by **GingaDensetsuAleu** » Wed Sep 03, 2025 2:52 pm

Working on the birthday sucks but at the same time it's not so bad. I like to not tell anybidy at work that it's my birthday and work the shift like normal so I don't have everybody saying happy birthday to me all day. In addition I told Facebook that my birthday is April 1st so only people who actually remember get to wish me a happy birthday.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Sep 04, 2025 4:26 am

Joy: My mother made a reservation to a nice restaurant that I have been going to for a while on my birthday so I have that to look forward to on the Sunday after my birthday.

IsraeliDisneyFan · Post by **IsraeliDisneyFan** » Wed Sep 17, 2025 11:08 pm

Joy: I'm happy to be cancer free at last

Website · Post by **Hlaoroo** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 2:16 am

IsraeliDisneyFan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 17, 2025 11:08 pm Joy: I'm happy to be cancer free at last

Congratulations! That's wonderful news!

GingaDensetsuAleu · Post by **GingaDensetsuAleu** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 6:20 am

IsraeliDisneyFan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 17, 2025 11:08 pm Joy: I'm happy to be cancer free at last

Congrats! Now THIS is a cause for celebration!

IsraeliDisneyFan · Post by **IsraeliDisneyFan** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 9:33 am

can we celebrate here? if yes, then how?

GingaDensetsuAleu · Post by **GingaDensetsuAleu** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:16 am

⠀Well, here's a cake. You can blow out the candles! (This was surprisingly difficult)

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IsraeliDisneyFan · Post by **IsraeliDisneyFan** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:27 am

I gotta admit, that's pretty impressive!

*blows out the candles*

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 1:23 pm

Conga Rats, my woolly compatriot.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 1:31 pm

Joy: I managed to make it through 3 days of work after only getting one day off and now I don't have to go to work again until next week!

IsraeliDisneyFan · Post by **IsraeliDisneyFan** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 6:26 pm

Welsh Halfwit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 18, 2025 1:23 pm Conga Rats, my woolly compatriot.

what's a compatriot?

IsraeliDisneyFan · Post by **IsraeliDisneyFan** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 6:28 pm

Embarrassment: I feel like if there are words that I encounter in English that I have no clue what they mean, I might feel like my English isn't good... same idea with Japanese, if there are words that I encounter in Japanese that I have no clue what they mean, I might feel like my Japanese isn't good, even though I know tons of words in Japanese

snowykat · Post by **snowykat** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 10:14 pm

sorry for being late but id also like to congratulate you :3

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Sat Sep 20, 2025 6:22 am

IsraeliDisneyFan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 18, 2025 6:26 pm
Welsh Halfwit wrote: ↑Thu Sep 18, 2025 1:23 pm Conga Rats, my woolly compatriot.
what's a compatriot?

Basically, a colleague or friend.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Sep 20, 2025 1:31 pm

Joy: I don't have to go back into work until next Thursday so I have the next few days of work off so I can relax!

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Sat Sep 20, 2025 8:01 pm

Sorrow: after a year in and out of hospice, an old and dear friend back in North Carolina left us. She was a remarkable woman - a talented muscian of both modern and medieval instruments, a gifted iconographer and japanese-style artist, and the first woman priest in the little parish we attended. The missus and I hope to get to her funeral which will be on October 4th, appropriately Saint Francis day.

CunningFox · Post by **CunningFox** » Sun Sep 21, 2025 6:14 am

Sorry to hear that, Weston.

thefj3 · Post by **thefj3** » Sun Sep 21, 2025 7:08 am

IsraeliDisneyFan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 17, 2025 11:08 pm Joy: I'm happy to be cancer free at last

LETS GOOOO!! CONGRATULATIONS!!

IsraeliDisneyFan · Post by **IsraeliDisneyFan** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:50 pm

Fear: I wish I was born in Japan... genuinely I hate living in Israel, I really really want to leave Israel! I'm scared for my life here in that country, god knows what might happen to me....

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Thu Sep 25, 2025 7:53 am

CunningFox wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 6:14 am Sorry to hear that, Weston.

Thanks, Fox - it's a lot of juggling to prepare, but she was a really important person in our lives. And, at my age and my stage, the "log good-byes" are becomin more frequent.

Website · Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 6:48 am

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Sat Sep 20, 2025 8:01 pm Sorrow: after a year in and out of hospice, an old and dear friend back in North Carolina left us. She was a remarkable woman - a talented muscian of both modern and medieval instruments, a gifted iconographer and japanese-style artist, and the first woman priest in the little parish we attended. The missus and I hope to get to her funeral which will be on October 4th, appropriately Saint Francis day.

Sorry to hear! She sounds like a wonderful person who was worth every tear.

Joy: Stopped for takeaway on the way home tonight and when I opened the bag they'd accidentally given me two helpings of chips/fries instead of one! Free food!

GingaDensetsuAleu · Post by **GingaDensetsuAleu** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 6:48 am

Bonus fries are good.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 9:34 am

She was an incredible person, Hla, thanks for the condolences - and I hope the extra fries were extra good!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 12:39 pm

Sorrow: Tomorrow I am going back to work again after only getting 2 days off from it and it not being my normal day to work. Sad face!

Joy: After tomorrow I get ANOTHER two days off and go back to work on Friday so I'm not working three days in a row. Happy face!

snowykat · Post by **snowykat** » Wed Oct 08, 2025 10:54 am

sorrow: i finally got some energy to actually do stuff like drawing and maybe even start talking on here again but now ive gotten really sick. ive taken multiple pain meds and they only helped a little

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Wed Oct 08, 2025 2:15 pm

Sorry for your difficulties, snowy. Can you get a doctor visit?

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Thu Oct 09, 2025 7:24 pm

A mix of both today. A dear neighbor, an older woman we'd know since we came back here, suddenly moved out. She was a good friend - and loved Sophie - witty, smart, and energetic. I'd just seen her a couple days ago at the Post Office, but only could talk for a bit. Then, the next day, the metal ramp she'd had installed to help her get in and out of the house was being dismantled. It had only been in place a couple of months.

I learned today that her daughters had gotten her into a care apartment a town over. And, although I'll miss her dearly, she'll be safe there and well attended. Will try to visit.