Originally Posted by Chi

True! >> That would be epic.

Speaking of winning lotto, I won division 4 & 5 this weekend on a $6 lucky dip. Got $85 bux! WHOOP! hahahaa.

Hey did you get a PM asking for you to start a new thread?
I'm bummed i have to give up my newly 1000 pages exchange thread lol.

Whoa congrats, Roachi! I bet it felt good to get that little extra cash. :3

Chi - I'm dreading going to the dentist as the pain seems to radiate at different places...perhaps I'm a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. O_o;

It's nice knowing the end is in sight with the finances. I'm hoping eventually I will be given a definite date...right now I keep on getting a 'soon...very soon' sort of affirmation from Aaron. He knows I'm not a patient person and I'm starting to get a bit stir crazy. It's going to be a few paychecks before we're considered to be recovered....I keep on crossing my fingers and toes nothing monumental happens in that time period...

---------- Post added 09-15-2013 at 10:14 PM ----------

Sorry not considered to be recovered, but finally in a positive trend. We still owe our friends $150 and then I'm behind on the core bills...I'm paying the payment plan amounts, but not a penny more. It's helping it from getting overwhelming, but I'm not getting closer to getting it paid off. What happens is they 'review' it every 6 months or so and up that minimum until it does...at this rate I may never catch up unless I pay off more. D:

Are you selling Pot Of Gold?

@Izu - Yeah totally was. I meant it's not much. But i was really broke this week after having to pay for bits and pieces here and there. And i was like.. damn i hope my gas lasts till thursday lmao.

@Roachi
Nope. o.o Not yet, anyway... but I just realized my husband technically began the thread. I'll ask him to check later. Thanks for the head's up!

Edit: Nope. No PM on his account, none on mine. He had been first post way back when, then deleted it when he was done. So I had thought maybe it went to him. What did your PM say?

@p o p p e t
I'm taking offers, but not in a hurry to sell. I'm after items on my buy list and 2012-2013 CIs. (:

@Izumi
Some day it'll get better. <3

Oh my gosh...today is going to be a rough day. Had one of those horrible nights of sleep where you just can't seem to stay sleeping for more than an hour or two. I swear I heard a dog or cat scratching on a door all night and I kept on waking up to check to make sure one of the dogs didn't get locked in, or left outside. D:

Hmm, I don't have any of the items you're questing unfortunately.

I looked up Pot Of Gold in the MP. It's only sold there once for 63,500. Is that a reasonable price for you?

@p o p p e t
No, sorry. ^^; I appreciate the posts though!

@Izumi
I hear you. Terra tossed and turned all night with messed up sinuses. I didn't have a good go of it last night for sleep. I'm hoping tonight is better. >_>

:) Well if you think of a price you'll let it go for, let me know!

@Chi - This is exactly what it said lol

Hey Roachi,

Congratulations on the success of your and Nivvy's exchange thread! Reaching such a size is a great achievement. Now it's time to make part 2. Having a thread so large can sometimes cause Menewsha some performance issues. So to keep things running smoothly we'd like you to make a new exchange thread. You're welcome to keep the old thread running while you're getting the shiny new one set up.

Let me or another moderator know when the new thread is ready to go and we can get the old one locked up.

If you need any help feel free to get in touch. Good luck in your future buying and selling!

Getting a bit suss now. Why is it always me! Lmao.


@Poppet - Your looking at 250k + for the POG in all seriousness. *nods*

Thanks, Roachi! I thought it would go for more than that MP price, I just had no clue as to how much!

No worries hon. Goodluck finding one <3

Thanks! :) And good luck to you on your quests as well!

Thanks hon :)

@Chi - Im thinking it's probably because my thread has had over 500k in views?
So im guessing a lot of people view it, and hence why it's clogging up the site lmao.

@p o p p e t
I'll let you know. (: Thanks!

@Roachi
Aww.. :( It could be! I'm wondering if my PM will come. Mine isn't as active though I don't think.

Yeah i think your right.
Ahh well, boo hoo hoo :( lol

It might be, Roachi. I was trying sooo hard to inject something super smart and sarcastic...but I think it's just my brain telling me to not work so hard. Heh.

@Chi - sorry to hear you had trouble sleeping. :( Trying to work on a half tank or less of sleep is just sucky. The one good thing about where I work is I got home and took a 3 hour power nap. I'm sure when they're doing attendance and assessing points for me missing time it will be brought up. Eh what can I say. I came in and worked over half my shift. I can come in and work the other half on Friday if I must...but I'm still kinda not very motivated to do it. I should be since this paycheck will have that bonus threshold bs on it and I could potentially make more money with that and doing more overtime. Meh. I'm still getting the hang of the job and not super motivated.

I work from home on Wednesday but I'm not sure if we're getting the car from Bangor or not. We don't yet know what's wrong with it, but I'm hoping it's not too bad.

I spent two hours and fifteen minutes cooking straight. Orange chicken from scratch. It was pretty tasty, though the breading needs to be altered. It was a little too "spongy". The sauce was awesome though...

Ohhh orange chicken sounds heavenly.

Aaron made some chicken wrapped in bacon tenderloins. It was super high in sodium, but it was deeeelicious!

Now I'm giving my expertise on what to wear to funerals for Pam, while Aaron takes a nap. I went in there for a little bit to cuddle with him and just try to give him a pep talk. He's feeling down today.

Want the recipe? It takes some time but it's good.

I've only been to a few funerals, and I've never had the proper clothing for them. Never. One I wore black jeans and a basic white shirt to, and the others I don't remember. I need to go clothes shopping soon. I have no khakis anymore, and I only have denim. I think I have one pair of gray slacks, and one black shirt, which I bought so that I had something for Cole's graduation.

I'm waiting to hear on how bad the car is, and how bad the dental is. I should know both tomorrow. Not looking forward to three cavity fillings, but eh... gotta. Dx

You're going to want to get it taken care of though, as if it sits in your mouth it could turn into a full on root canal. :/ That's what I think I got brewing in my mouth, and I cannot wait until I can get it looked at/dealt with.

Pam has a black dress, but she hates dresses. She also has a couple of black slacks but she only has the shirt she wore to my brother's funeral and she's like she only wore it once for pictures then took it off 10mins later as it has 'bad juju'. I told her this would be OK to wear again at the funeral. No one is going to care what you wear as long as it is not obnoxious or in poor taste. She's at this really wishy washy stage though and can't wear certain things together because 'they don't look good' or she's too self conscious. I find it to be annoying at times, but I can understand as I went through a phase like that too.

Right now she's slumped over on the couch and is acting like she didn't get enough sleep. We got her in bed by 10pm and she says she was out by 10:30pm...I think it may of been later than that. She was up at 5:30am. I keep on trying to get her to go to bed at 9pm but she keeps on fighting it saying she needs to spend that time with dad before he leaves, even though he's busy getting ready for work and can only really stop to give a goodbye hug. We've told her countless times it's OK and to get her sleep, but she's fighting back. I think when she gets back from the funeral we are going to make it a rule that she has to be in bed lights out no later than 9pm, no questions asked.

She's also seeming to be dealing with depression, and is in this 'I can't do anything' kind of mentality. We're trying to pep her up to get more involved as less time to sit around the house and mope means she won't have time to sit and stew about things. Also trying to encourage her to not keep the TV and extra lights on during the night as it makes it harder for you to get to that REM sleep. I just had to get after her to eat something for breakfast too as she complains she feels sick to her stomach in the morning, but then it settles once she eats. I'm trying to encourage her to adapt healthy lifestyles to help curb her negative feelings and just struggling to stay awake but it feels like it is going to be a bit of an uphill battle.

I'd be depressed too. Her mother is a nutcase and if I were her I wouldn't be able to help myself from wondering what would happen if my dad suddenly passed; her friend's parent did, so it doesn't protect hers from passing either.

It may not be any of that.

Kids are hard nuts to crack. Hell, mine's three and I still ponder the reasoning behind what she does so that I can somehow help her through it. It's a scary road. x_x

Yeah I definitely feel like she is a very complex individual and I'm concerned that like you said her mother has really left her with some emotional scars. I'm trying to get her back on the right track by showing her ways to help improve your ability to get a sound sleep, making sure she's getting her nutrional needs (multivitamins ftw) and that she's trying to take herself out of that victim mentality. She keeps on using phrases like "I can't" and "I don't want to be a burden". Time and time again dad and I have told her hey if you really want something to happen you will make it happen, and both I and your dad will do anything feasible to make it real. Yes money is tight and while I would LOVE to take you to a paid conselor to talk you through these same things I can't. I can tell you my experiences, though, as someone who has suffered from depression all her life and had a hard time with my mother. I KNOW how it feels to have that feeling that the world is against you and no one cares.

The thing is I DO care and I want her to know that in life you have to accept there are things that may be inadvertantly out of your control, and that anything worth doing is going to take time and effort and won't be done over night. I keep on trying to tell her that I want to make sure that she doesn't get sick of life and run off to what she think is better to only find that she had it pretty darn good here all things considered. I want her to get her education, do well in school and be a happy individual. She is such a bright kid and could really go far if we can get her back on the path of success.

Gosh being motivated to get her on track is giving me motivation to get out of bed in the morning. You realize I am NOT a morning person and have been waking up at 6am each morning to make sure she is up and ready and makes her bus. I'm also going to try to make more time to spend one on one so she can talk through her issues. She says she feels all alone...she's not! I just need her to realize that and finally get comfortable to approach us when there is something bothering her. Especially if we can help make it better.

Are there after school activities she's able to do, or is transportation home an issue? There's a big peer component to her age, too. Strong home base support is important, and peer support is, too.

Well Aaron is usually up and out of bed around 3-4pm at latest and already said any day she wanted to stay after school to do clubs or activities is A-OK with him. The problem is she's like "I don't know of any clubs" or "I don't have time to find out about said clubs". After grilling her for information she's like yah there's an info board at the admin office with club informaiton. We were both like well duh Pam that's where you would find out. I think her problem is she's sucked in this vortex of negativity before she really, truly gives it a try. Dad and I have both said we want her to take advantage of her highschool time and do everything she's ever had an interest in. Experience it. Because you'll look back at it in ten years time like I do and think to yourself why the hell didn't you....I mean really!

I have similar issues with my transportation issues (not being able to drive) and schooling, but I feel like my issues are much more complicated given the fact that I have a full time job and bills I have to pay. I'm trying to drill it in her head that this is the time to enjoy life, and worry about a job later. We already told her her education is number 1 priority and without good grades there will be no job. She's like a typical teenager though and talking about wanting to drive and have 'cool' stuff. Ergh. I can now understand why I was so frustrating to be around when I was a teen. I had the same exact mindset but the difference is my parents really didn't take an active approach in my upbringing and really encourage me to go out there and do stuff.