Rave
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Post by Rave on Dec 17, 2020 14:28:34 GMT -5
On this episode of Covid "fun" with my insane family...
Since my aunt passed away a few days ago, another aunt (referred to in previous posts as crazy aunt) has decided that the best thing for everyone involved is to pester them constantly. I'm talking multiple calls a day to the nursing home (my uncle's stopped answering her), to my cousins (not answering her either), and even to my mom (who's getting very annoyed). She's not allowing anyone to grieve in peace, even after being told to stop. I'm just waiting for someone to snap and go off on her.
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Dec 17, 2020 14:33:42 GMT -5
On this episode of Covid "fun" with my insane family... Since my aunt passed away a few days ago, another aunt (referred to in previous posts as crazy aunt) has decided that the best thing for everyone involved is to pester them constantly. I'm talking multiple calls a day to the nursing home (my uncle's stopped answering her), to my cousins (not answering her either), and even to my mom (who's getting very annoyed). She's not allowing anyone to grieve in peace, even after being told to stop. I'm just waiting for someone to snap and go off on her. Is she trying to reach the vehicle owner regarding their extended warranty?
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Dr. T is an alien
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Dec 27, 2020 1:16:03 GMT -5
I gotta admit, I had a minor breakdown last week. My youngest started to get symptoms about a month after my wife's uncle was killed by the disease while my brother-in-law, his wife, my uncle, aunt, and another aunt were all sick with the pandemic. Fortunately, my son was negative, but I had a serious panic attack and could not sleep for anything. I needed to take several days off of work just because I was physically and emotionally exhausted.
I feel a little better now, thank goodness, but I feel like I could take an entire month off and still need more rest.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Dec 27, 2020 2:35:56 GMT -5
My job is understaffing to the point where keeping up with our Covid cleaning standards has become almost impossible. Then again our pre-Covid cleaning standards have become almost impossible too. I’m not afraid of catching it but the place is just freaking filthy...but profits.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Dec 27, 2020 4:14:14 GMT -5
My job is understaffing to the point where keeping up with our Covid cleaning standards has become almost impossible. Then again our pre-Covid cleaning standards have become almost impossible too. I’m not afraid of catching it but the place is just freaking filthy...but profits. We have literally one guy whose entire job all day every day is to go around the store in gloves and an N95 mask and scrub down every single surface with a water/bleach solution.
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Post by Rolent Tex on Dec 27, 2020 5:57:02 GMT -5
My job is understaffing to the point where keeping up with our Covid cleaning standards has become almost impossible. Then again our pre-Covid cleaning standards have become almost impossible too. I’m not afraid of catching it but the place is just freaking filthy...but profits. We have literally one guy whose entire job all day every day is to go around the store in gloves and an N95 mask and scrub down every single surface with a water/bleach solution. When a table gets up...our current standard is spray with hydrogen peroxide solution...let set for two minutes...wipe. Spray with sanitizer solution...wipe...let air dry...sit. Five minute total minimum from a table getting up to another sitting. Instead they spray it and clean and sit them right away. They’re running with one hostess, four servers and a bartender. We normally run with 15 servers and 2 bartenders and 3 hostesses this time of year. No one is cleaning the restrooms or wiping high touch surfaces and people are just sitting their happy asses in dirty tables and bar seats. It’s frustrating.
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Post by DerktheDerk on Dec 27, 2020 11:33:07 GMT -5
Both my wife and I have been much better mentally since we've been out of school for the Christmas break. It's pretty sad that the way the district has handled this has destroyed our love of teaching. It's not so much teaching anymore as finding a way to stay away from everyone on a daily basis. Our county is currently a 'red zone', so we're hoping that the district will go to a virtual (or at least a hybrid) schedule until we can have an opportunity to take the vaccine.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 27, 2020 14:07:14 GMT -5
This is aggravating a lot of other things right now. I couldn't get approved for my own apartment for reasons I cannot explain now, and then there's other dark topics like Brodie Lee's death. And that that is still around doesn't help either.
Makes me feel like getting up and quitting.
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bob
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Post by bob on Dec 28, 2020 18:44:11 GMT -5
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Post by J. Hova on Dec 30, 2020 2:46:26 GMT -5
I feel like I've turned the corner on the COVID blues, finally.
Mom has been at her house from the nursing home for almost three weeks now and she is doing great with her physical therapy to rehab her shoulder and hip. That's been a big load off my mind and while I've spent more time over there in the last three weeks than I have in the decade since I bought my own house, I've gladly made that trade off to have her in her own home as opposed to the shitshow that was the nursing home.
I also found out that I'm classified as phase 1c for the eventual vaccine rollout due to the industry I work in. The rollout so far has been less than impressive, but knowing that I might get a shot in February or March instead of May or June like I was thinking does help with the anxiety.
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Post by Derk! on Jan 6, 2021 13:40:35 GMT -5
My little cousin (on my mom's side) had it. Thankfully his Grandpa and his aunt tested negative.
My mom's cousin currently has it, doing ok, but under oxygen at the moment.
My Aunt's husband(on my dad's side) has/had(?) it, but he is out of state. My aunt is worried sick and my cousin is freaking out(he's autistic)...
Yeah, shit's hitting close to home...
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 6, 2021 15:09:32 GMT -5
2020 was actually a good year for me and my wife. COVID delayed her finding a job but I’ve saved on commuting working from home and we haven’t had to pay our 700 in student loan payments.
Looks like 2021 - not so much. It’s mostly my fault and doesn’t have to do with COVID but it is mental health related and I had to confess this somewhere.
I’ve ruined my marriage, lost a close friend, and my cat is dying.
Early last year, against my better judgment, I started to catch up with a female friend I was very close with in high school. We drifted apart but I never really felt for anyone else like I did for her. I thought it was just idolizing some old emotions.
Sometime in November we ended up in a longer conversation, she stayed home with her kids due to in person school being closed, and we had grown closer again and started talking on a daily basis.
This all came to a head last week when I talked to my wife about it. She is rightfully considering it infidelity, and it was like a cruise missile targeted at her insecurities. Divorce has seriously been talked about.
I knew I had to stop talking to my friend if I wanted to save my marriage. I sent her a message, told her what had happened, asked her to not respond to the message. And I blocked her. Cold turkey.
I thought I needed a gesture to show my wife I was serious, and maybe to show myself so I dug out some high school pictures I had of my friend that had notes from her on them. I ripped them up and tossed them in the trash.
This felt like a weight off me in the moment but the enormity of what I’ve done has started to sink in. I don’t know how my now former friend feels, or if she ever tried to respond because I blocked her. It wasn’t enough to put a knife in my wife’s back, i picked up another one and put it into hers.
As icing on the shot cake I found out today that my cat has stage 3 kidney disease and we are likely going to just let him go through it until it is time for euthanasia rather than make him live with daily medical treatments. It is a financial decision too. I’m dreading trying to explain to my 4 year old that his cat is going to die.
And all I’m doing is hovering my finger over the unblock button. Expecting what, I don’t know. I’m sure that friendship is now beyond repair. And my marriage would absolutely not survive me doing that.
I love both my wife and my friend, and have been a stupid, cruel, cowardly person to both of them. I hate myself, and I don’t deserve to feel better, and I don’t know how I ever will.
My wife keeps asking if I regret my choice to try to work through this with her instead of keeping that friend. I tell her no and I’m not sure if I’m lying or not. Probably a little, I seem to be just lies and secrets.
She thinks I’m crying over the cat.
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Post by Spider2024 on Jan 6, 2021 20:09:17 GMT -5
2020 was actually a good year for me and my wife. COVID delayed her finding a job but I’ve saved on commuting working from home and we haven’t had to pay our 700 in student loan payments. Looks like 2021 - not so much. It’s mostly my fault and doesn’t have to do with COVID but it is mental health related and I had to confess this somewhere. I’ve ruined my marriage, lost a close friend, and my cat is dying. Early last year, against my better judgment, I started to catch up with a female friend I was very close with in high school. We drifted apart but I never really felt for anyone else like I did for her. I thought it was just idolizing some old emotions. Sometime in November we ended up in a longer conversation, she stayed home with her kids due to in person school being closed, and we had grown closer again and started talking on a daily basis. This all came to a head last week when I talked to my wife about it. She is rightfully considering it infidelity, and it was like a cruise missile targeted at her insecurities. Divorce has seriously been talked about. I knew I had to stop talking to my friend if I wanted to save my marriage. I sent her a message, told her what had happened, asked her to not respond to the message. And I blocked her. Cold turkey. I thought I needed a gesture to show my wife I was serious, and maybe to show myself so I dug out some high school pictures I had of my friend that had notes from her on them. I ripped them up and tossed them in the trash. This felt like a weight off me in the moment but the enormity of what I’ve done has started to sink in. I don’t know how my now former friend feels, or if she ever tried to respond because I blocked her. It wasn’t enough to put a knife in my wife’s back, i picked up another one and put it into hers. As icing on the shot cake I found out today that my cat has stage 3 kidney disease and we are likely going to just let him go through it until it is time for euthanasia rather than make him live with daily medical treatments. It is a financial decision too. I’m dreading trying to explain to my 4 year old that his cat is going to die. And all I’m doing is hovering my finger over the unblock button. Expecting what, I don’t know. I’m sure that friendship is now beyond repair. And my marriage would absolutely not survive me doing that. I love both my wife and my friend, and have been a stupid, cruel, cowardly person to both of them. I hate myself, and I don’t deserve to feel better, and I don’t know how I ever will. My wife keeps asking if I regret my choice to try to work through this with her instead of keeping that friend. I tell her no and I’m not sure if I’m lying or not. Probably a little, I seem to be just lies and secrets. She thinks I’m crying over the cat. You shouldn't feel shame in reuniting with an old friend. Was that all you did with her was talk as friends? Were you more than that with her in high school? Does your wife think you want to be more than friends with her now? While she has every right to be concerned, as a married person should, of losing their spouse to another, it seems like she's being too fearful. Then again, I don't know all the in-and-outs of your relationship (or any of them, really. )
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Post by chrom on Jan 7, 2021 0:17:52 GMT -5
10 months been laid off, and it sounds like June until I can go back. Meaning nearly a year and a half without a paycheck.
I can't take more of this. Ten years I've spent there and despite people coming back to work I'm on the outside looking in
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Jan 10, 2021 16:45:26 GMT -5
Here in the UK we're on our third and this time pretty much indefinite lockdown, and I'll be honest, I'm more anxious about this than the last two. I know it's serious, but being restricted to some degree for this long and now to have it continue with no timeframe on how long it will continue genuinely concerns me. I've been on a waiting list for my next round of psychotherapy since the end of August and had quite a bad depressive episode since then, I haven't really done anything socially in months, all the things that sort of keep me held together the rest of the time have been completely trashed, and now there's speculation about restrictions lasting for the next three months, and any optimism I had for a return to relative normality is rapidly fading, and I'm not really sure what to do. I'd love to say it's not anyone's fault, but it is.
I'm legitimately f***ing terrified.
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