I think we’re a bit overdue for another open thread for personal stuff. As per usual, no trolls, no flames, no being a butthead.
I’ll paste in some recent personal comments from other threads.
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Open Thread for Personal Stuff: November Rain Edition
cloudiah, yay for your sister being home and your mum starting to recover!
That sounds like pretty rapid recovery, to me. My mum’s stroke a couple of years back was a minor one (didn’t affect her speech, just her balance and her memory to some degree) but she went from unable to stand to starting to walk in a few days. If your mum’s recovering her speech like this, that sounds hopeful. Fingers crossed she’s not like mine in the “oh I don’t like doing this physio stuff” department ARRRGH.
You haven’t posted that video before and it’s adorable. 🙂
My mother’s tiny (5’3″, 105 pounds soaking wet) but very tough, and every time they’ve offered her physical therapy in the hospital she’s jumped at the chance even though it takes a lot out of her. In rehab, she’ll get 3 hours a day of therapy (physical, speech, etc.) so progress should be faster there.
I’m delighted to hear she’s taking every therapy on offer!
Yay, I’m glad to hear that your mum’s doing well, cloudiah. 🙂
*sends all the hugs anyways*
In much lighter news, my friends have finally got me to watch Doctor Who. To their delight, I was terrified of the Weeping Angels (they made me watch Blink before Rose).
Wait, did I say “was”? I mean “am”.
They’re still really really creepy.
Yeah, that was a really scary episode. Apart from being scared by the Weeping Angels, did you enjoy the show?
Gah, they might scare me more than any Who baddie. Vashta Nervada are pretty bad too. (Not daleks, they make it quick)
kittehs – I’m enjoying it, yes. I’ve only seen four episodes so far, but I’m on holiday, so it’s of no consequence.
Weeping Angels are motherfucking creepy as shit. Haven’t met the rest of the reoccuring big baddies in the series yet, but I know the Weeping Angels are a feature. But oh gods. WHYYYYYYY???
Argh, yes, the Vashta Nerada! I’d forgotten the name of those creatures. Silence in the Library was one of the scariest and saddest stories of the lot, I think.
auggz, so glad to hear he’s okay!
auggziliary, that’s good news. What a relief it must have been to see his email!
auggz, that’s great to hear. so relieved!
cloudiah, so glad your mom’s recovering! from what little I know that doesn’t sound like slow progress; it sounds really encouraging.
SO glad that there is finally some good news! You guys deserve it for a change.
Seconding katz!
Cloudiah, auggz, I’m glad to hear good news on y’all’s front! I hope it keeps up.
RE: Argenti
Like he was going to name his kids Argenti in the first place!
Among my siblings’ names: Sneak, Lollyanna, M.D.. Does Argenti really sound that out-there?
LBT — touché.
Auggz — that’s great, I’m so glad.
Cloudiah*hugs* very glad that your mom is recovering!
I am doing a lot better…I have pretty severe depression and become depressed over the weirdest things…..
Landed in hospital because I overexerted myself biking to Target (egads I’m out of shape), scared that when I get discharged I’m going to be yelled at for DARING to faint at Target.
I have a tiny sad today, my favourite tree in Fawkner Park has been cut down. I called it the Katie Tree because the first time Katie visited there (the park, I mean) from across the veil, I clearly saw her scramble up the tree and sharpen her claws on the branch.
LOL at kitty schooling fail!
An oldie but a goodie: An Engineer’s Guide to Cats
http://youtu.be/mHXBL6bzAR4
I failed my Java class and got a D in my vector calculus class. My GPA is now at an all-time low. I was lucky to get into UCSC, and I was so happy when I found out I got in that I started tearing up; I thought that I had no chance of getting into a university because of my low SAT scores and my poorly written application essays. Now it’s starting to go down the drain. I feel horrible. 🙁
My UCSC portal now says that I’m subject to being kicked out. So my only hope of staying in UCSC lies in writing another letter. I’m not sure if it will help, though, since I wrote a similar letter to them already (prior to the start of my quarter) about my poor physics class grade in community college.
Fuck 2013. One of the worst years I’ve lived through so far.
🙁
This sucks, Ally…
Well, do you know why your grades were low? If you do, could you write them honestly why? I had to do this once when I had this very deep depression crisis while in university. I just could not finish this paper. The professor was really mad at me until I went to his office and explained the whole situation. He understood and he managed to find an agreement.
Of course… some people are not so understandable.
By the way… I am starting to get another depression / anxiety crisis now. So far I have been really good at disguising it (as I usually do). I just don’t know if that is the right strategy to deal with this…. I just don’t want to trouble people if it, you know?
Does USC not have academic probation? They usually give you a semester or quarter to pull your grades up.
You’ve got a lot going on right now. It’s totally OK for college to wait if it needs to wait. I went right after high school under intense pressure from my mother–I flunked out. Went back at 26 to finish up after working for a few years, and it was a whole other ballgame, I was Dean’s List.
There’s nothing wrong with working on you.
Professors hate this.