So, How's It Going?

[Tabe]

Got a letter today that our homeowner's insurance is being canceled for filing too many claims. We've had three in the last five years thanks to severe windstorms. Mind you, the third claim was only a claim because they refused to accept that we needed a new roof at the time of the 2nd claim so they ended up paying for the same repairs twice. 

In reading up on this, apparently if we can't successfully appeal the cancelation, we're hosed. Once one company cancels you, the rest refuse to insure you. Oh joy. 

[Dewar]

Found out that I did not make it to the interview round for an internal job posting at work. Someone who has sat here in a corner for six months, that I had to train, somehow made the interview round. Frustrated and angry don't even begin to describe my mood. HR not responding to my request for feedback on my application is not making things better.

[Brian Fowler]

16 hours ago, Tabe said:

Got a letter today that our homeowner's insurance is being canceled for filing too many claims. We've had three in the last five years thanks to severe windstorms. Mind you, the third claim was only a claim because they refused to accept that we needed a new roof at the time of the 2nd claim so they ended up paying for the same repairs twice. 

In reading up on this, apparently if we can't successfully appeal the cancelation, we're hosed. Once one company cancels you, the rest refuse to insure you. Oh joy. 

I ended up changing companies over it, but my car insurance went up $500+ because someone backed their truck into me. Insurance companies are the devil

[OSJ]

We have to move. Not right away, but likely by summer. Our landlords' daughter wants our place and what she wants, she gets. I was really hoping that she would decide to go to college somewhere else, but instead she's being groomed to take over the family businesses, so she's staying. 

Our place is a 2-BR with one BR for us, the second for hardcovers K-Z, and a large living room and kitchen. 1 bath and a second bath that these lazy assholes need to finish, but that's not really critical. I don't fucking want to move, I HATE moving, and the idea of packing up the book collection and dismantling shelving does not appeal in the slightest. I guess we're going to look for a 3BR house and my sister-in-law will take the extra bedroom and help with the rent. I'm not totally thrilled with that idea,  but as long as she has a TV to watch her ghastly game shows and Kathy is willing to run her back and forth to the casino, her presence doesn't bother me a great deal and she is really good at making fry bread (better than Kathy). So we shall see how this develops, we've already told the landlords we ain't going anywhere until after winter and without a signed lease agreement, we could just invoke homesteading and tell them to fuck off. It would be about nine months before they could legally make us move, and they know it.

I'm still pissed, I like it here and again, I HATE moving, but it is what it is.

[Lamp, broken circa 1988]

Last week was my first week walking to class in years. i made it! I walked a grand total of a mile and a half, with a day in between. I was then kind of non functional for a few days afterwards, but hey.

This week I'll be going literally twice the distance- a mile a day for three days- and I don't have any back up plans.

Finna celebrate with an icebath for my feet on wednesday. Also glad I got myself a heavy duty foldable cane for my birthday, cuz I'll probably need that shit on wednesday.

[Guest Edwin]

On 10/16/2018 at 4:14 PM, Dewar said:

Found out that I did not make it to the interview round for an internal job posting at work. Someone who has sat here in a corner for six months, that I had to train, somehow made the interview round. Frustrated and angry don't even begin to describe my mood. HR not responding to my request for feedback on my application is not making things better.

Went through something similar to this less than a month ago.

Got contacted by a recruiter in Houston on LinkedIn. We scheduled a phone interview. It went great. She tells me she wants to schedule a second video interview with the director of the department. I attend that interview and just seeing the directors face in the video chat told me they already had someone to fill the vacancy and just interviewed me for the sake of interviewing additional candidates. Didn't hear back from them for 2 weeks. E-mailed the recruiter to see the status of it and didn't hear back until 3 days later and she pretty much told me they went with an internal candidate.

[Kang]

Feeling better. 

[Guest Edwin]

Man, pretty bummed. Can't get things going in school. I was enrolled in a master's in nonprofit administration until the summer when I took a break from school to take 2 week vacation and celebrate my 2 year belated honeymoon and 2 year anniversary with my wife. I had a 4.0 GPA with 9 credits under my belt. I choose that career path as I thought at the time "hey, this is a unique career path as most people go after MBA's and not MSNPA, plus this could possibly land me a management position." Did further research when I came back from vacation and got unmotivated with the program and school so I changed programs and enrolled in an MBA in project management. I registered for a MIS course as there was no other open core classes for the term and I was scheduled to started today, but last night the professor posted the SYLLABUS and it was a RIDICULOUS 35 PAGES for a 7 WEEK CLASS. Just reading the syllabus and the e-mail he sent us to welcome us to the class killed my motivation and I just had to drop from the class. I knew it was going to be chaos and I was going to get no sleep between work and school. The class is online and we were paired up in groups, but from past experiences, we live in different states and in different countries a lot of the time. He wanted us to possibly meet up in person and possibly go knock on the doors of a couple of big organizations in hope of possibly getting to interview them and get some information on their infrastructure and then compose an oral presentation with a 18-20 page paper, plus read 2-3 chapters a week from a book, plus reply to a weekly discussion board post, plus reply to 2 other students discussion board posts, plus a end of the week weekly quiz, plus 2 exams... IN A 7 WEEK TERM...

I'm fine with most of the paperwork as that's somewhat similar to the other grad courses I took in the MSNPA program, but just the general idea of him wanting to us potentially meet up and visit some organizations is just a ridiculous initiative. I mean, I live in Florida, God knows where the rest of the members of the group live and a lot of us work FULL-TIME DAY JOBS. We can't just randomly take time off to fly to a state to meet up with random people we don't really know and just go knocking on doors of organizations in hope of them answering us and or allowing us to interview them. The idea of just meeting up with total strangers in a random state is just a bad idea and could lead to a ton of problems. My wife is working on her master's in instructional design and she just started laughing at all of the flaws in his 35 PAGE SYLLABUS. She also pointed out he lacks knowledge on how to properly structure an online course and just seems to be using the same approach he would in a face-to-face classroom environment.

Also, these exams are to be monitored by some weirdo on a Chrome extension called Proctorio where the user on the other end has to take a look at my office/room as I need to show him my entire surroundings before I take a timed quiz or test where no one can be in the same room and it needs to be in a quiet environment. I just immediately thought violation of privacy, buddeh. Yeah, I know, but that's what it feels like just seeing the promo videos of them I've seen.

Anyway, I called the school and told them I had to drop from the course before it kicked off properly and pointed out all of the flaws and they told me they would gladly reimburse 100% of my tuition for the course and that I wouldn't have to worry about the course as I can register for it later on with a different instructor as there is 2 other faculty members who give the course. So yeah, I just wanted to vent as I am frustrated I will have to sit out another 7-8 weeks before I can start my MBA which means it's more time I would have to endure at my current job which I'm not a big fan of as I am struggling to find another job.

[Lamp, broken circa 1988]

Today was walk #2 and it was maybe the worst time I've had in public.

• Four separate people looked at me like "eww" and moved either to the other side of the bus or bus stop. (the fourth one was justified, we'll get to that)
• I filled 1/3rd of a test fully with educated guesses and left anxious about it.
• the walk across campus (half a mile each way on a torn ACL, bad hip, plantar fasciitis on one foot and a blood blister on the other) was excruciating
• when I made it to the bathroom after half-mile #2 (which is literally uphill the whole way), the toilet on campus broke and shot my own urine back up at me. thank god it was just urine. Screwface The 4th happened after this.
• let a troll get to me as soon as I got home, spent an hour mad at that
• after I iced my legs I called my PT office only to discover they're on strike all week.

on the plus side, my score on the test came in early and I did better on this test than the last so fuckin whatever I guess

[GuerrillaMonsoon]

Any lawyers on here able to do some paid work for me? 

Just need a letter of demand organized, and prefer someone running point in the US for me. Sinemia is bullshit.

[Zimbra]

Man, I feel like any story that begins with "I found my lawyer on an internet wrestling forum" is going to end with "and that's how I somehow got the death penalty in a civil case."

Also, if you call the bar association for the state they're located in they should be able to give you a free referral to a lawyer.

[Technico Support]

YOUR HONOR WE ARE REQUESTING FULL RESTITUTION AND FOR THE PLAINTIFF AND DEFENDANT TO MEET IN A YAPAPI STRAP MATCH BROTHER

[Zimbra]

That's ridiculous, everyone knows that for a match to be admissible in court it has to be contested IN A COLD, UNFORGIVING STEEL CAGE!

[Brian Fowler]

16 minutes ago, Zimbra said:

That's ridiculous, everyone knows that for a match to be admissible in court it has to be contested IN A COLD, UNFORGIVING STEEL DAVEY RICHARDS!

FTFY

[Execproducer]

Doesn't the DVDVR have Lawful Metal on retainer?

[OSJ]

"Hurtie? Call Kurtie!"

[The Natural]

On 8/1/2018 at 6:57 AM, The Natural said:

I've had depression since Mum passed. I'm seeing a different doctor in August. Been a long wait as I got the letter telling me in April! Hopefully this guy can help with treatment/medicine. Crossing my fingers...but that stops touch typing ; ).

Had that assessment in August, one this month (questionnaire to fill in sucked) and waiting to hear back.

[GuerrillaMonsoon]

On 10/25/2018 at 2:48 AM, Zimbra said:

Man, I feel like any story that begins with "I found my lawyer on an internet wrestling forum" is going to end with "and that's how I somehow got the death penalty in a civil case."

Also, if you call the bar association for the state they're located in they should be able to give you a free referral to a lawyer.

I could have sworn that there was quite the lawyer demographic on here at one point.

Was purely after the convenience/avoiding running up an international phone bill during late at night, but yes, I'm also looking for someone to take a bump whilst I sneak attack these assholes while they're distracted signing the contract. I suspect a table bump may also occur.

[J.T.]

On ‎10‎/‎10‎/‎2018 at 8:49 AM, JLSigman said:

I am deciding that I have to stop paying for something if I ever want to stop overdrafting my bank account, so bye bye $400+ health insurance. I'll wean myself off the meds with what I have left and endure the rest. Yes, it's a stupid decision, but what am I going to stop paying, the mortgage? 

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JEN~!  Don't get rid of your insurance, change it.  Certainly there are generic drugs for your ailments that work just as well and are not quite expensive.  You need to find out what those meds are and if your insurer will cover them.

If they won't, find one who will.

That's what we had to do for my dad.  The cost of insurance AND keeping my dad in a convalescent center was fucking insane, so my mom and I did some homework and just switched to a different insurance company that financed the generic versions of the meds my dad needed for his anxiety and blood pressure.

No, it was not fucking easy and it was a lot of research but better that than not paying for medicine at all.

Also remember that Obamacare is still a fucking law.  Look into the exchanges and see if there are some brave souls in the pool that you can do business with.

[twiztor]

today kicks off day 1 of my 3-day birthday party. 

it is a shit-ton of work getting all of this planned and prepared, and it always happens during busy season at work. But man, once people start rolling in, it is so much fun. various activities planned throughout the weekend, we usually have people filtering in and out all three days. it's the only time a year that i see some of these friends, and that alone makes it worth it.  

feel free to stop by if you're in the area.

[Super Ape]

Called HR and my union. They’re not going to give me the job, but at least they aren’t taking me off the civil service rolls, so I can try again.

honestly at this point it wasn’t even about the job itself, but I’ve been trying to get promoted for seven years and have gotten nothing, so if there was anything negative on my record, it should be removed

(HR says there were no disciplinary records or anything, and all outdated EPRs are purged).

[CSC]

Pretty much numb today - just sitting in a general state of disbelief, anger, sadness, guilt - pretty much everything coming in waves.

After 14 years, it's looking more than probable that the girlfriend and I might be going our separate ways.  It's one of those things that I'm not even sure how it's come to this, that things have just slowly evolved over the years and become more and more toxic.  First we stopped talking all the time, then just began co-habitating in a 500 square foot apartment (which is not helping at all), and now it's basically a fight all day every day mostly over stupid shit but also big life shit that we've put on the back burner for so long but can't any longer.  We each have our ideas of what to do from here - but unfortunately there's just been no way to line them up with each other.  The sad thing is the good times are still there - but just all the underlying issues are killing everything.  And the thought of how to break our lives apart is completely overwhelming to the point of not wanting to even get out of bed. 

I don't even really know - maybe things will turn around and we'll figure it out.  There's still the desire to from both of us.  It's happened before but it's never felt quite this bad.  I just needed to get something out somewhere.  All my friends are OUR friends and both of our families at this point are OUR family so I don't even know an outlet to go to talk about this stuff so I post it on message boards.

[JLSigman]

*HUGS*

[OSJ]

On 10/26/2018 at 2:25 PM, CSC said:

Pretty much numb today - just sitting in a general state of disbelief, anger, sadness, guilt - pretty much everything coming in waves.

After 14 years, it's looking more than probable that the girlfriend and I might be going our separate ways.  It's one of those things that I'm not even sure how it's come to this, that things have just slowly evolved over the years and become more and more toxic.  First we stopped talking all the time, then just began co-habitating in a 500 square foot apartment (which is not helping at all), and now it's basically a fight all day every day mostly over stupid shit but also big life shit that we've put on the back burner for so long but can't any longer.  We each have our ideas of what to do from here - but unfortunately there's just been no way to line them up with each other.  The sad thing is the good times are still there - but just all the underlying issues are killing everything.  And the thought of how to break our lives apart is completely overwhelming to the point of not wanting to even get out of bed. 

I don't even really know - maybe things will turn around and we'll figure it out.  There's still the desire to from both of us.  It's happened before but it's never felt quite this bad.  I just needed to get something out somewhere.  All my friends are OUR friends and both of our families at this point are OUR family so I don't even know an outlet to go to talk about this stuff so I post it on message boards.

How about that... I can totally relate and may even have a solution of sorts... We just went through a week of Kathy's older sister staying with us because rather than deal with issues that they are having in their marriage, it's easier for Allen to crawl inside a bottle and Lynn to run off to the casino and camp out here in our living room. Our place is just right for the two of us and the eleven cats. The unit is laid out in an L-shape, with the front door opening to the kitchen and breakfast nook, followed by the living room, Kat's desk the as- yet-unfinished bathroom, and the book room, you get past that and you're in my sanctum santorum, otherwise known as the master bedroom which has its own large bathroom, a walk-closet and contains hardcover  books A-H , the closet contains my complete run of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and pretty solid runs of Galaxy and If. 

Anyway,  with Lynn here, Kat migrated back to the bedroom which one would think would be just fine... Uh, no... Not just "no", but FUCK NO! One more day and we might have killed each other.  When Lynn is not here, Kat can have her 24 hours of non-stop news on. I get my news from the BBC and other sources, if it's an important event, I know where to drill down and get unbiased information, I don't need to have talking heads spewing their party line from dawn to dusk. I can literally go weeks without turning the TV on, I don't think Kat can go four hours without it. 

Anyway, the solution was relatively cheap, find an extra $100 and send her off to Walmart. Kat can amuse herself for two to three hours at Walmart, whereas there isn't enough money in the world to get me to enter that hellhole. Crisis averted and we now have $100 worth of stuff that I guess we desperately needed...  

You guys have too much time invested with each other for it not to work out. I'm going to guess that a big part of the problem is that your friends = her friends = our friends. I'm sure that y'all have a bunch of shared interests, just as I'm equally sure that you both have interests that you DON'T share. Allow yourselves time for these. That's all I got.

[J.T.]

Much love, CSC.  

I feel ya.  The toughest thing to do after I got divorced was try to remember the good times with some sense of happiness.  I still can't do it 99% of the time, to be honest.  The only joyful memories I have of my old marriage concern the birth of my daughter and that's about it.

Going through something similar as I think my boo's daughter's marriage is on the rocks.  Lots of anger and finger pointing and accusations of adultery being thrown about. 

My boo's daughter is spending the entire weekend over at my crib while I am TDY. 

I am good with that as long as she remembers to make up the fucking bed in the guest room and doesn't drink up all of my damned Fanta Grape or eat my fucking Utz Maui BBQ potato chips like she did the last time she crashed at our place.