Interesting, so it doesn't tell you when you rem, just that you do.
Inzane - That sounds like an interesting experience ^^
Sounds like a really fun ride, what's it like?
I find riding in a plow truck fun...though, on occaision it can be a little scary...especially when the space being plowed is a steep and narrow driveway!
Its really cool to watch the snow move in front of the blade.
Being the driver can give one a sense of...domination? ...as you are in control of the vehicle that is moving the snow out of the way of others.
Cats are one of the most skilled animals I know when it comes to waking their owners.
This cat I am pet sitting hasn't woken me up yet but knows when I am awake. So the dog is kind of obnoxious (in and out of the bedroom, destroys stuff while I sleep). So he opened the door more around 4:30 this morning. Cat recognizes that I'm awake and starts doing her "I'm hungry. Feed me now!" meow. She did it for 5 or so minutes before finally realizing that I wasn't getting up. She got her vengeance when she ate too fast this morning and threw up...
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Originally Posted by monstahh`
they said "psychological disorder" to my psychiatrist, but didn't tell ME that
and when i said i was having what other doctors said might be nerve pain, she told me to talk to my psychiatrist, even though one of the problems was restless legs, something a neurologist should treat not a psychiatrist
but apparently the way i described the pains, my neurologist refused to treat me and sent me away as fast as she could refusing to answer any more questions
so my psychiatrist started treating me for restless legs
my psychiatrist also told me i probably 'scared' the doctor, but at least she didn't make me go back
on the upside, the medication she gave me for RLS also treats nerve pain
and i've been mostly pain free since i started taking it, even though i only take it before bed
so, hurrah?
Sometimes I like to think doctors like to play hot potato. Pass it around until someone gets burned.
Like scared of you or scared of something you did or said? Just seems odd to me for some reason.
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My brother's cat knows when he'll be on the way home. She's not happy when he stays out late.
This cat also knows when I get home because she is waiting in her little window bed and sees me pull up. And then she starts meowing for dinner.
I find riding in a plow truck fun...though, on occaision it can be a little scary...especially when the space being plowed is a steep and narrow driveway!
Its really cool to watch the snow move in front of the blade.
Being the driver can give one a sense of...domination? ...as you are in control of the vehicle that is moving the snow out of the way of others.
I imagine snow plowing where I live is very frustrating. Live on a one way street with cars parked on both sides. Or if you go into the south side of the city, they park in the medians in the middle of the street.
Well, what she said to me specifically was, "Medications you're on can cause weird sensations, talk to your psychiatrist"
and then kinda quickly shuffled me out
So I think it was a combination of 'this girl might be crazier than we think' and 'this isn't my problem'
Inzane - Oh wow that's cool. Never thought of it that way.
Dae - The dog destroys stuff? Doesn't seem very well trained...
My cat doesn't stop at 5 minutes :( she goes on for hours.
He is incredibly active where as I am not. His owners are very active people and can keep him entertained far more than I do. His destruction is just that he can't occupy himself. So on one part it is lack of training and one part of me not being active enough for him.
Lol, run with him. And Dae does not run. I'm not saying that lack of training isn't a big part of the problem either. I mean, from my perspective, they don't really value what they have and so they don't really care if he destroys thing. While I'm sure they could easily afford to fix up their house a bit more (as in there are holes in walls, a bathroom they just DIY fixed up that has mystery stains on the ceiling, etc) but they prefer to spend their money on travel. They have been in China for the last 2 weeks.
I let him outside often as they have a huge lawn but because I don't have any sort of toy to make him run around, it doesn't do much.
At my last place I was the only one who would clean the bathrooms
and then when i'd ask for help or them to do one section of it
they'd gripe like i was asking them to move the great wall of china
Those "Mystery Stains" are probably bacteria. I've seen them show up before.
That's a shame. Gotta do more than just run with a dog. A dog will pretty much always out stamina a person
Yeah, I try and keep my bathroom time there to a minimum. It's just weird because they re-did their bathtub area (granted, it was again DIY not done so well) but the ceiling is just... ew.
Yeah, I don't think they have done any engaging training. I mean, I know they take him on hikes and stuff in the area. Like he comes with them camping and stuff.
I have 2 other dogs (golden doodles) who are super high energy (and large) but I play fetch with them in the backyard with a frisbee. Works perfect. The one goes and does the catching of the frisbee, the other one actually brings it back to me. About 15-20 minutes of that and they are good for hours.
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At my last place I was the only one who would clean the bathrooms
and then when i'd ask for help or them to do one section of it
they'd gripe like i was asking them to move the great wall of china
-shivers-
i never want roommates again
I understand that. My BF is a pain in the a$$ because he doesn't really clean up after himself. Not even talking about cleaning a bathroom, I mean he doesn't throw out his wrappers or putting his dirty cup in the sink/dishwasher. I don't mind cleaning bathrooms and kitchens but I do mind if you can't even put an effort into just normal level cleaning up after yourself.
But I've also had the extreme opposite. My one best friend is... a germaphobe to put it mildly. She had a very stringent cleaning plan for the bathroom and kitchen. In fact, a friendship(ish) kind of ended because of bathroom cleaning issues building up.
I'm not a germaphobe but my bf has a tendency to pee on the floor instead of in the toilet
and then the one time I had an accident recently (I started vomiting so violently I pee'd a little), he freaked out when a single toe got in my pee
like oh my god i have to either mop up your pee every day to use the toilet or i just have to step in it - i flat out have to wear shoes in the bathroom, always
and you're freaking out about a few drops of my pee?
jfc
my bf also rarely does things when prompted. Like yesterday I had to forcefully drag him from his computer to do something I've been telling him for a WEEK to do (I can't do it myself, I don't have enough hands to hold a heavy box of kitty litter and dump it into the trash w/o spilling so i really needed his help to do it)
and my cat is still peeing on my stuff as of earlier today
but thankfully THIS time i caught him in the act and put him in the litter box (with the new litter) and he used it! phew
the only time I've ever lived with neat freaks that weren't my family was an ex from many years ago. :/ I'm a clean person most of the time (my desk is a mess, and I'm notorious for leaving drinks next to my bed - my room's air gets very dry at night) but otherwise, unless the dishwasher is full dishes get rinsed and put directly in there, I use towels to wipe down any wet or grimy surfaces, I am the one to sweep or mop, I scoop the cat poop, etc.
and lately my bf has been bitching i don't help around the house more ??
because he is doing the cooking + also working (I don't work)
and he thinks that even though I pay half of everything and then paid all the deposits for the apartment etc that I "owe" him for him cooking food he'd have to have cooked anyway
its usually food i bought too
but i never do enough for him
i'm actually opening the advanced options for posting so i can find the right emote to express how frustrated i am
oh and its not like i haven't told him any of this
but his reasoning is i don't work so i should do more around the house
i don't work because I'm disabled????
what makes you think I can handle all the house responsibilities myself?
I'm not a germaphobe but my bf has a tendency to pee on the floor instead of in the toilet
and then the one time I had an accident recently (I started vomiting so violently I pee'd a little), he freaked out when a single toe got in my pee
like oh my god i have to either mop up your pee every day to use the toilet or i just have to step in it - i flat out have to wear shoes in the bathroom, always
and you're freaking out about a few drops of my pee?
jfc
my bf also rarely does things when prompted. Like yesterday I had to forcefully drag him from his computer to do something I've been telling him for a WEEK to do (I can't do it myself, I don't have enough hands to hold a heavy box of kitty litter and dump it into the trash w/o spilling so i really needed his help to do it)
and my cat is still peeing on my stuff as of earlier today
but thankfully THIS time i caught him in the act and put him in the litter box (with the new litter) and he used it! phew
the only time I've ever lived with neat freaks that weren't my family was an ex from many years ago. :/ I'm a clean person most of the time (my desk is a mess, and I'm notorious for leaving drinks next to my bed - my room's air gets very dry at night) but otherwise, unless the dishwasher is full dishes get rinsed and put directly in there, I use towels to wipe down any wet or grimy surfaces, I am the one to sweep or mop, I scoop the cat poop, etc.
and lately my bf has been bitching i don't help around the house more ??
because he is doing the cooking + also working (I don't work)
and he thinks that even though I pay half of everything and then paid all the deposits for the apartment etc that I "owe" him for him cooking food he'd have to have cooked anyway
its usually food i bought too
but i never do enough for him
i'm actually opening the advanced options for posting so i can find the right emote to express how frustrated i am
oh and its not like i haven't told him any of this
but his reasoning is i don't work so i should do more around the house
i don't work because I'm disabled????
what makes you think I can handle all the house responsibilities myself?
Haha, my bf mostly gets in the toilet but frequently gets pee in a lot of places. In fact I just cleaned around the toilet yesterday. Only annoying thing is that it ruins the tiles we have there. He also doesn't deal with bodily fluids but isn't annoying about it.
Also vomiting and wetting yourself at the same time is the best, no? Happened when I had food poisoning last year. I have never thrown up so violently in my life. I thought I was dying.
I haven't had to force the BF to get up to do something I needed/asked him to do but I make it clear that I am annoyed when he doesn't do things when I have asked. I usually get frustrated when we are going somewhere and it takes him an hour to get ready because he is playing on his phone or something. Drives me up a wall. I have left him at home before because of this.
BF will handle automatic cat litter boxes but not the manual clean ones. But we have the automatic ones because he doesn't like doing the others. But if the automatics break, I make him fix it.
I mean, I work full time as well as do most of the cooking, laundry and cleaning. BF pays mortgage (house is in his name anyway) and pays all the utilities. I give him $200/month in rent. But I believe in a more balanced household for chores. The reason I do so much is because he won't do it on his own. Before me, his mom would do a lot of cleaning anytime she came over. He doesn't do things unless something necessitates it. Example: there are no more cups for him, so only then will be actually do the dishes. But by no more cups, I mean as in he has also used all our mugs and travel cups too.
By the time I prompt him to do XYZ chore and he is "ready" to do the chore (times vary from minutes to hours to days), I could have just as easily completed it. I argue with him over this frequently.
I knowww. That's my issue too. And then he gets mad if I haven't completed things after *one day* and *one* reminder...like dang!
He just loves to procrastinate
spends most of his time playing games
and then is upset when i'm reminding him to do things...like so annoying.
and yes, i could probably do more around the house, but i have some major depression going on at the moment and its hard to bring myself to do 'higher level tasks'
like a bit of cleaning here and there throughout the day, sure
having to do a ton at once because *now* he needs my help and i'm tired ???
ack
like i wish he would just say, "i don't want to do that" and give me a relative time frame
but like, i ask him to load the dryer frequently, because im a little too short to reach the bottom of the basin without a stool (and we don't have one, lol) or basically hanging over the edge which kinda hurts, and then two day's later he's all
why does the wash smell funny when did you do the wash
when you asked me for pants and we could only find one slightly smelly pair
oh, well why didn't you load the dryer
??? i asked you to do that???
no you didn't!!!!!11
*pulls up text message on phone*
oh (grumbles as he redoes the wash and then eventually forgets again and i end up doing it)
-shrugs-
i KNOW he's capable of better
but right now he's all 'inspired' because they gave him a temp dev job at work and he loves coding
so he spends hours after work coding and stuff
so i don't see him much these days and when we do see each other its mostly food/cleaning
and its kinda stressful because neither of us ever wants to decide what to eat, and he doesn't want to clean during his 'time off'
yknow
the time he was coding off the clock
