Confessions/UO/II

CLoGreenEyes · August 2014

Confession: I read all of these today between stuff at work, but I am too sleepy and cranky to respond to stuff individually. I feel like that makes me a jerk since everyone took time to write thoughtful and meaningful stuff, but I'm just. so. tired. Which is not really an excuse for anything.

Confession: Whatever I posted in the accountability thread after breakfast didn't happen. There was pizza at work (albeit with a crap-ton of veggies on it), and then there was Chick-fil-A afterward because holy crap, what a day. And also there were cookies.

Irrational Irritation: My dad texted me today in the middle of my shift asking if I could do a father-daughter date tonight, and I couldn't because I got off late and have a class early tomorrow, and now he's all mad over it. 1) I usually can't make plans only a few hours out; sorry, that's just not usually a thing; and 2) we have a weird relationship that takes a lot of energy and patience to sustain. I love my dad, but there are definitely some issues we have, and he's not someone I can just spontaneously be like OMG I WANT TO SEE YOU! And I'm annoyed that he doesn't seem to get that. I feel like he would, given that we've talked about it before, but apparently not.

Irrational Irritation: Job-hunting. I am so lucky to be in a position where I can start looking for jobs and getting started with this awesome career I worked my ass off for, but applications are the WORST.

Confession: I've spent 14 months as a nursing student. It's a HUGE part of my identity, especially given that this is how I've kept myself busy and what I've taken so much self-esteem from since C and I broke up. Now I'm not going to have that. I'm going to have a job, I'll be an RN, but somehow I have to find other ways to define myself and other things to be proud of, and that scares me. I just don't know how I'm going to do that yet.

Irrational Irritation: The super-sweet super-desperate guy I went on a date with just texted me. He didn't say anything particularly out of bounds, just to get in touch when I have a chance, except for the fact that I told him I wasn't interested two weeks ago. ERG.

Responses to general topics in this thread:

Singleness/dating: It's the pits.

Kids: Totally valid to consider the strains they put on your resources, financial and otherwise, and I totally don't get the mentality that not having any = selfish. That's BS.

Puppies and dogs: So true! Having been in a situation where an immediate family member adopted a puppy only to return her to the shelter a few months later, I am so upset when this happens. Having an animal is actual hard everyday WORK. It can take months or even a year or two to feel like you really "like" your dog, especially if you are raising and training it from a very young age. It's not easy, it can feel like you're getting nowhere, and yeah, sometimes they're annoying! But it's so important to put in the work at the beginning; otherwise you're going to have an animal you don't like and can't work with for the rest of its life, and that's not good for anyone.

blabla89 · August 2014

@TwoDimes I've never milked a cow so you're way ahead of me! A tractor pull is basically what it sounds like - a competition to see whose tricked-out tractor can pull more weight, and a bunch of people sit in the stands and watch. There wasn't a lot to do in my hometown and my family was poor, so we spent many a Saturday night watching tractor pulls.

FI looked up tractor pull on youtube and somehow we got to watching lawnmower racing. I had no idea that was a thing but it is absolutely hilarious.

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