@Wildfire: your avi looks super cool.
Just poppin' in to say hi.

@Wildfire: life is a bully and i am a victim currently. So I will overcome and move forward as soon as i stop grieving.
My dog took a nasty health turn over this last weekend and she needed to be put down. :(
Anyhow, just trying to switch my mindset to be happier again.

@Koah: oh no! :( I'm truly sorry to hear about the Pooch!! :(
Are other things starting to sort themselves out and settle down yet or are you still in the middle of that storm too?


@Justice: hullo. :3 How are you today?

@Koah: I'm sorry to hear that the storm is still raging over there for you. I'm glad it hasn't begun seeping out to the kids though... that's a tough thing to do some times. I really hope things start calming down for you soon! <3

Things here are... I'm not sure what adjectives to use, tbh - meh? chaotic? frustrating? ... I don't know, but I've been stressed lately. :(

@Justice: just "ok"??

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Good morning!
How is everyone today?
Where has everyone been?
What's new and exciting?
What's the weather where you are right now?
Random question: What's your least favorite color and why?

@Wildfire: My least favorite color is turquoise. lol. My favorite color is dusty blue which is close enough that people buy me turquoise stuff. e.e

@Koah: Ahhh... a temp job out of state could be interesting! It sounds like you need it for your own sanity and change of perspective... like you could use the time to both reset yourself and to rediscover parts of yourself that may have been covered up a bit with everything else the last few months. A place to stay and (presumably) help with the kids from grandma helps :3 I hope it works out for you.

I have been feeling a lot like that lately too - like I want to rent a cabin in the woods for a month -alone- to reclaim my sanity and get back in touch with myself. I just might do it, if I can find a reasonable place to be! :3

Why is this year so weird for people? I mean, yeah, I get that some of the more global and political song-and-dance / sleight-of-hand routines are cause for stress right now for a lot of people, but there has to be more to it than that, doesn't there? Are we all just at a point where we're processing through the inevitable ptsd from the previous couple of years?


LOL at the quail running down your sidewalk. They are funny little things aren't they? I don't know that I've seen wild quail tbh... certainly not recently. Hmmm...

Your friends and family must be a bit colorblind if turquoise = dusty blue!! XD ... but "yay" for trying?? XD

@Wildfire: i think you should take a mini vacation for yourself and do a reset. Being out in the woods is a nice way to clear the mind.
Ive definitely noticed a lot of my friends are trying to relearn how to work in person or be social in groups and it stresses them out. And i feel like stress/anxiety is contagious.
I think my baby cries a lot because of how tense I've been myself. Which just causes me more stress.
Im going to my old stomping grounds in Wyoming. It will likely feel like a reset. Hopefully. And working will definitely encourage old parts of me to reawaken. I used to be a salesman and now i stutter and him and haw when i talk to people. Uhg

@Wildfire:
yeah i mean i suppose things could be worse
just in a hard spot to be in and just to keep
working through. hoping by this time next
year things will be a lot better~

@Koah: Yeah, thank you... hurricane Ian is looking like it's going to be as direct a hit as you can get, and the ground is already soggy with all the rain we've had recently. Ugh.

See you on the other side. :3