Random Rants 76: Argh! Augh! Ahhh!
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aimeeandbeatles
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Hm. I looked into it and it costs money.
My mother will throw a fit if I spend any money on transportation when she already has a car.
How much is it? The Action Bus here costs $3/one way (round trip is $6). There's a seniors' place that also provides some services to disabled adults younger than 65, which is why I get subsidized housekeeping services and some rides to medical appointments. There's a program where low-income people can apply for a transit subsidy. Every 3 months they bring their bus and taxi receipts in and get 25% of it back. I used to belong to that, but they changed the procedure to the point where it costs as much to submit the receipts as you get back, if you don't make a lot of trips.Hm. I looked into it and it costs money.
Your mother sounds like a dangerous driver who shouldn't be on the road anyway.
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When you're dependent on a neglectful parent while you are disabled, you take on a lot more abuse.
She gets to tell Aimee to do things because Aimee has no other choice but to listen. I've been there. Getting out was a terrible experience and I'm only alive today because other people took it upon themselves to make it so. There's very little a bootstraps mentality can get you if simple daily physical survival is already an overwhelming task.
She gets to tell Aimee to do things because Aimee has no other choice but to listen. I've been there. Getting out was a terrible experience and I'm only alive today because other people took it upon themselves to make it so. There's very little a bootstraps mentality can get you if simple daily physical survival is already an overwhelming task.
Opioids are now more dangerous than driving!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...table-cause-death_us_5c3ce759e4b0e0baf54016da
Suicide is 1 in 88
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...table-cause-death_us_5c3ce759e4b0e0baf54016da
Those are of course lifetime odds.
Suicide is 1 in 88
Opioids are now more dangerous than driving!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...table-cause-death_us_5c3ce759e4b0e0baf54016da
Those are of course lifetime odds.
Suicide is 1 in 88
I wonder how many of those suicides are substance abuse driven?
I need to stop myself from shopping online, it's becoming a new hobby for me and I'm spending way more money than I should be.
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Well, hey, since you're shopping anyways, I've got a few things I need...
The doctor indicated that the anti-fungal treatment will probaby take longer than 2 weeks, since the infection seems deep. Brilliant 
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And the smoke detector decided at 4:30 AM today that it was a good time to indicate that the batteries are low, and woke up the whole house.
.And the smoke detector decided at 4:30 AM today that it was a good time to indicate that the batteries are low, and woke up the whole house
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The doctor indicated that the anti-fungal treatment will probaby take longer than 2 weeks, since the infection seems deep. Brilliant
And the smoke detector decided at 4:30 AM today that it was a good time to indicate that the batteries are low, and woke up the whole house
My smoke alarm does that too, even though it is connected to the mains as well. Now I fully understand the benefit of having a battery backup in case the mains supply fails in the even of a fire. What I don't understand is why it even has a mains supply if it's pretty much guaranteed to always have working batteries in it due to not being able to shut it up if it doesn't. Is the mains supply just to power the low battery alarm?! I think I might have answered my own question here, but I would imagine even a low battery could sustain a low battery alarm for weeks.
Bad Synsensa. Bad!
Some upstairs neighbour having all the walls in his apartment knocked down because he's an inconsiderate £$?@#!!. The clang of metal against masonry is deafening.
So I've been in the hospital since last Thursday, and now I am ready to scream at my roommate's family to GTFO. Visiting is one thing. But staying hour after hour, even in the evening (past the close of visiting hours), blocking the road (I'm hooked to an IV that's a pain to move around at the best of times, but maneuvering around inconsiderate <expletives> who think that moving their feet an inch will help when it's their whole damn CHAIR that's in the way)... and I guess they're too good to use the public washrooms, and the constant yapping... 
The roommate herself is 85 years old and thankfully doesn't object to my staying up late on the computer (she has her own), but her family is a bunch of inconsiderate clods.
The roommate herself is 85 years old and thankfully doesn't object to my staying up late on the computer (she has her own), but her family is a bunch of inconsiderate clods.
Two hours and going… and outside there's a fantastic deluge that keeps this kitty from going out.
Oh dear, are you okay? I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were in the hospital!So I've been in the hospital since last Thursday, and now I am ready to scream at my roommate's family to GTFO. Visiting is one thing. But staying hour after hour, even in the evening (past the close of visiting hours), blocking the road (I'm hooked to an IV that's a pain to move around at the best of times, but maneuvering around inconsiderate <expletives> who think that moving their feet an inch will help when it's their whole damn CHAIR that's in the way)... and I guess they're too good to use the public washrooms, and the constant yapping...
The roommate herself is 85 years old and thankfully doesn't object to my staying up late on the computer (she has her own), but her family is a bunch of inconsiderate clods.
Thanks. It's a frustrating experience. They're so focused on the one issue that they ignore everything else I mention that's a current problem (like the fact that I'm missing the treatments I need prior to seeing an eye specialist later this month; they don't even care, like it's some trivial thing), or act like stuff that happened when I was 16 is part of what's happening now (nope, it isn't) or stuff that happened 20 years ago (nope, different issue)... and I am trying not to get angry at anyone because of course that's a "go to Unit 23, do not pass Go, etc." (Unit 23 is the psych ward).Oh dear, are you okay? I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were in the hospital!
And of course Maddy is home alone (being cared for by one of the outreach workers from the seniors' centre where I get some services). I have no idea what to expect when I get home. This is the longest we've been apart since I adopted her 11 years ago.
Thank goodness they have wi-fi here, or I'd have gone bonkers from boredom.
(btw; check the latest couple of dozen "Circle of Support" posts at IALS, about writing [conversation drift happens...
]; I dropped in a brief Kingmaker scene I'd appreciate your opinion on, and yes, it's about Duke William 
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Ugh, it drives me crazy when they won't listen to you, I can just imagine how exasperated you must be right now. Between them not listening and your lovely roommate's inconsiderate visitors, it must be hell for you right now. Are you going to be okay?
Oooooh I haven't been to that thread for a few days sadly, but I'll definitely have to head over!
Oooooh I haven't been to that thread for a few days sadly, but I'll definitely have to head over!
Eventually, sort of... it means a significant change in lifestyle, but I guess people can get used to anything if they have to. It's ridiculous how they keep pushing stuff like oranges at me when I clearly told them I can't have them anymore and haven't been able to for nearly 20 years.
And OMFG, one of the sons just came back... yap, yap, yap. One of the nurses last night got snappish at me for being on the computer at 10 pm. She figures that because "it's night" I'm supposed to shut everything down. Well, if I have to put up with a traffic jam of visitors all day, the nurses can put up with my emails and writing (still continuing Kingmaker; before my outreach worker brought the computer to me, I wrote 15 double-sided pages in longhand and am now transcribing them). The roommate herself doesn't mind me being on the computer (I asked her several times over the 2-3 days we've been here and she said it was okay). It's not like I'm watching videos or my soaps; I pointed out that I did mute the audio so as not to disturb anyone.
It's a really short one that I thought up on the spot, but I'm definitely going to include it when the story moves forward about 4-5 years when Randall and Julia start having children.
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