I made a therapy appointment
First step to feeling better! It’s a tough one.
Proud of you. <3
Good work! Keep going bravely.
Oh yes! Awesome my friend.
Tl;dr: I asked a girl out :)
I met a girl in a flight and thought we got along well, but she was only in a layover flight while I was in the last flight of my trip. Still, we kept in touch, and she’s apparently coming to my city for a few days in two weeks.
So I did something I had never done before (even though I’ve been in a few relationships before) and asked her out! She said “maybe” (her trip was already planned and she is busy and staying with some friends, she seemed genuinely sorry) so in two weeks I may have a date :)
Hot damn good for you!
Keep us updated! I don’t think lemmy has a remindme bot but I’m saving this comment.
Beep boop. I’m writing this comment because you asked to be updated on my date.
She canceled it :(. She was only here for a few days and ended up not being available to meet with me. It’s ok, I think I read more into it than I should have!
Michael Scott once quoted some guy that said “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
You shot your shot. That’s the important thing.
Good for you!
I tip my hat to you!
Well there’s gotta be a reason she’s keeping in touch after meeting you once on a flight. I don’t still talk to someone I met on a plane, so you must’ve made an impression. I hope it pans out for you (and her).
It’s a public holiday today in South Africa. (Good Friday)
So I came up with a cheeky dad joke
“What holiday is it? Workers day? Freedom day?”
“Good Friday”
“Every Friday is a good Friday”
I got two chuckles
I got some chickens.
You can’t just say you got some chickens and not show the chickens
They’re sleeping, I will pay the tax tomorrow morning.
Chicken tax!
I purchased a new (to me) car the other day. Despite my age, this is the first time I’ve done this all on my own and I’m geeked over my credit score. ☺️
Congrats!
I love it when they tell you your credit score.
I finally progressed to 4 reps of 45kg dumbbell overhead press.
That wild. I can’t even do 4 reps of 45kg barbell overhead press. Then again I am quite a small person. I only weigh 57kg.
Yeah thats the flip side. I am a very heavy dude and it ain’t all muscle that’s for sure but I’m slowly working towards my goals.
Awesome, congrats!
Remember, form, form, FORM. Please make sure you research thoroughly and/or get a pro consult on proper form. Great tip I got once is to think of each movement as “practicing the move,” getting really good at doing each exercise while maintaining perfect form.
Older you will thank younger you for every moment spent on alignment, balance, weight distribution, etc. and building a foundation that lasts you a lifetime!
I fixed my refrigerator. 2 months ago I was changing the filter, and I was too lazy to turn off the water first, so the pressure was too high and it didn’t seat properly. When I turned it, I broke the filter receptacle. I called Samsung, and they said they’ll fix it, but they can’t tell me how much it will cost until they make the work order, and at that point I can’t cancel it if it’s too expensive. I asked if they could ballpark, like $100 or $1000. They said they couldn’t. So I told them to go fuck themselves. I ordered the part on Amazon for $60. I had to disassemble a decent amount of the refrigerator to get to the part. But I did it! I swapped out the part and everything works perfectly. All in all, it took about 2 hours. There were multiple videos on the internet on how to do it.
Fuck Samsung.
I’m never buying a Samsung appliance again for other reasons but I’ll add this to the list. Great work, hope they go bankrupt since they certainly won’t quit being little shits.
I don’t recommend LG either. Mine is on at least its third compressor and it’s less than 8 years old. And I know two other people who have had the same experience… and I only know like five people.
I published the first chapter of a fanfiction and someone already liked it.
Which genre?
A post apocalyptic adventure with political drama.
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Restarted my show / podcast yesterday, 1 year after losing my co-host (and best friend) to cancer. Moving forward, without forgetting him.
Some would see this as a big step. It’s one of the hundreds of things that I’ve been doing to move forward…
Obligatory: Fuck cancer!
Also, sorry for your loss.
Thank you for restarting, in spite of grief and bad times. So many good podcasts end abruptly with no explanation and you always wonder what happened. It must be hard to start again. Much respect
Thanks for your message! It wasn’t much a mystery as he stopped joining me in the show when undergoing treatment and people knew. We got a lot of love from the fans.
Good, what is the name of your podcast?
It’s called Go Pyrate. It’s in québécois French.
I helped a stranger at Costco load up a giant grill into his truck. I have no idea how he would have managed it on his own.
This week has been rough for me. My nervous system is fucked up for various reasons.
Normally I drink one cup of coffee per day. But I had an Uber passenger whom I took to his job at a convenience store. He said “Can I offer you some coffee?” so I came in and grabbed a cup (my second for the day).
That was Monday evening.
I was then awake until wednesday night. I could not catch a fucking wink of sleep for that whole time.
What the fuck, brain??
Well, Tuesday and Wednesday I obviously didn’t drive, because I’m not going to put my passengers in that situation, of having a sleep deprived Uber driver.
Finally Wednesday I realized how I could knock myself out. I cooked a big thing of pasta and ate a ton of it, and sure enough having a big meal knocked me out.
Fucked up, but I’m proud that (a) I didn’t risk my passengers’ safety by giving in to the temptation to drive (I really need the money so it was tempting), and (b) found a way to fall asleep finally.
I know this story doesn’t make sense. I really wish the way my brain worked made sense. It would make life so much easier.
a friend invited me to play a boardgame online, called Kingdomino. I really loved it, and since money is tight, I made my own copy of the tiles for in-person play.
They aren’t perfect by any means and it took a fucking age to do them, but it’s a playable version I can bust out with friends and family.
Family loves Kingdomino; yours turned out great!
I signed up to run a half marathon. I have never ran that far in my life.
You won’t be able to say that for much longer. Good luck with it!
I always liked Barney Stimson’s advice on running a marathon.
Step 1: start running
Step 2: there is no step two
Made another appointment for physical therapy. The last time I was in so much pain for the next couple of days I couldn’t function, but… I still can’t really move around like a normal person now anyways, so I gotta give it another shot.
Thanks for asking.
Stick with it. PT can be amazing, but you have to commit to following their instructions. I spend years of my life at a 5/10 pain level with a herniated disk because I thought doctors would either just prescribe me drugs or see me as a drug seeker. PT care got me to being able to pick up my kids again.
That sounds familiar, had surgery on my back a few years ago which helped immensely but ever since then I’ve degraded. Walking for more than an hour puts me in pain for the rest of the day, which… Thankfully I’ve made work with my life. But even things like cleaning the house requires days long rest.
I’m so happy for you and your kids, I’ll keep that in mind when it gets painful. I truly appreciate your response. ♥
