i fought a traffic ticket and won lol
my birthday :)
went out for a lovely dinner and got nice presents afterwards
Right now it is a beautiful day in Denver.
My favorite charging spot had a car there when I arrived, but the driver walked up and unhooked it the moment I arrived.
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I just started working after years of covid reclusiveness. Almost 3 months into wotking and im physically feeling better.
My cat. Sure its not recent. But my cat 😃
Cooked my first beer can chicken today and it turned out great! Two whole chickens and a cast iron pan of cornbread on the smoker, cucumber salad, watermelon, and lemon bars for dessert. Had the ex over for dinner and she brought ex—MiL, but it was fun
Kill it! That sounds fun as hell. Added challenge; there is a dope sandwich to be made from those ingredients. Make it for your future ex.
I picked up a 3D printer.
I had ear surgery yesterday that will hopefully help with my hearing loss and sinus drainage. I’ve been waiting for almost two years for this hoping that my country would start to cover the procedure but finally said fuck it, it’s worth it for my quality of life. Feeling like I have a head cold today, but without the sick feeling. So far I think I can hear better already but not sure if it’s just wishful thinking lol. I’m cautiously optimistic!
This is a great thread, definitely cheered me and a lot of other people up. Thanks!
My doc wants to give me draining tubes because I keep ketting liquid behind my ear drums, is that what you got? I kinda ran off because they won’t put me under / give me some xanax or anything. Scary.
I got a tube in my right ear (as it’s the worst) and bilateral eustachian tube dilation in both. With the dilation basically they insert a balloon through my sinuses into my eustachian tubes and inflate it to expand them, hopefully permanently! I was knocked out for it as they had to go through my sinuses but when I’ve gotten tubes in the past they haven’t as they go through the front side of your ear. Don’t be too worried about getting tubes in your ears, I’ve had it done a bunch of times and it’s not that difficult. I didn’t feel any pain just some pressure. Try talking to your doc again about your apprehension, maybe they will reconsider something to calm you. Good luck with it, it can make a world of difference sometimes!
I hope they will find a solution for me since everything’s so blocked I keep having these dizzy / nauseous attacks. This helped me make an appointment for next month at the specialist office. Scared to death though, but I really want this to be over with :(
Oh no, that’s the worst feeling. I truly get it though, the inner ear is so important to our basic functioning and when it’s not working right there’s no way to have a regular life. Even basic things like walking are a struggle.
I’m glad I could help you make that next step! I understand how it can be incredibly frightening. I’m lucky (maybe?) that I had my first sets of tubes when I was very very young so it’s something I’ve experienced already and was normalized. If you want to talk about it or have a pep talk before your appt shoot me a message! And they definitely should be able to do something for your anxiety about it, that’s just good patient care. But we’re not always so lucky to have understanding doctors.
Truly! I have daily nerve pain but it’s nothing compared to those attacks.
You are truly an amazing person! I might follow you up on that, although I think my first appointment will just be assessing what’s the problem since it’s only ten minutes. Woohoo, medical care. I’ll make sure to tell them I’ve been struggling for ten years but didn’t feel taken seriously about my symptoms and anxiety so hopefully they’ll help me out. Although I don’t think so since acetaminophen and ibuprofen has become a meme in this country with doctors prescribing nothing else, lol.
Thank you, truly!
I bought a 75" TV last week and, as soon as I finish my CD, I am going to download a mod-ultimate version of Fallout New Vegas, and spend several months melting into my couch and playing it.
I was awarded a big scholarship on Sunday that happened to be the exact amount I needed to pay for my first year of college. The rest of my years are mostly paid for. I’ve always want to go to this college. I was excited about going, but now I’m even more excited now that I’ve earned enough scholarships to pay for it.
Can we get this thread like once a week or every other week or something? This is awesome
This is what Elmo wanted from us.
My sister changed her doctorate focus this year. Since then she has enjoyed her studies and lab work more. I am going to visit her since her professor sent her to a prestigious university for continued education becuase of her lab work.
I’m proud of her.
Two years ago I had to miss a biennial hacker conference I’d been going to (and helping out on) every other year for over two decades, something I love a lot and always deeply look forward to attending, because I’d finally got hit with my first case of COVID. The virus hit me hard, and not only did it make me miss the conference but it left me with heavy long COVID effects which knocked down my ability to do a lot of things for a long time.
Last week I had a checkup with my doctor who congratulated me on how much I’ve come back from the long COVID. That hacker conference is happening again next week, and I’m extremely excited to see everyone again! (I’ll be masked, of course!)
I’m glad you made a recovery.
Thank you!
DEFCON?
Too early, but honestly their story was beat for beat my DefCon exp too lol
Super excited for it this year!
Mine’s HOPE, but awesome that you can also get back to DEF CON! Have fun and enjoy your return.
You too!
Thank you for this thread. Nothing particular I can share right now, but I needed this.
I’m on the same boat. I needed this and was about to write similar post yesterday (but got too tired).
This year has been pretty rough at work for me with today being the worst (so far). My best office buddy/colleague left for another company last week - good for him as he is now in very friendly space, it’s hard work, but whole different league in terms of company level. So we’re one person down, more work to do and no replacement in sight. I still have two other colleagues which I like as my siblings, but… Our boss is such a trash person! He’s selfish prick with unsatiable god complex, never admits he’s wrong and boy oh boy, he’s wrong a lot. And it’s getting worse and worse as he gets older.
So thank the OP for good read of some positivity, which is pretty much lacking in my day to day basis.
