Rave: Cake balls Rant: tempering chocolate is difficult. Supposedly easier in the microwave but I figured I'd go the oldschool route on the stove.
Rant: My day started with me dropping the may while I was making a sandwich and the container cracking and mayo pooping out all over the kitchen floor. We didn't have any paper towels, so I cleaned it up with toilet paper. It was neither easy nor pleasant. Rave: I've been asked to do Mortified again! I'm pumped that they asked first, and that I'm doing it again. I had so much fun last time. Rant: The roommate that moved in on Saturday wrote me today saying that she's moving out by the end of the week because she's allergic to cats and realized that would be a problem all of a sudden, even though our ad specifically says "We have a cat, so if you're allergic or don't like cats, this isn't the place for you" and she visited the apartment and met the cat while doing so. We have had the worst roommate luck since last JUNE and I cannot take it anymore. (The guy that had been subletting the room for two months before she moved in didn't pay utilities, is just the most recent example before her.) Rave: I found $10 on the floor!
Rant: I'm pretty sure the only thing I'm good at about personal relationships is fucking things up. I guess its better in the long run though. Rant/Rave: No work today Rave: Payday tomorrow
Rant: Fucking snow storms. It is god damned March, this shit is supposed to be over. Once again, big snow storm coming through, and once again, my wife is scheduled to work. Of course, she has the kind of job where here bosses demand she shows up no matter what, even in a fucking blizzard. Last time this happened, she was one of two pharmacists to show up to work (the other being her co-worker at the SAME STORE), while every other pharmacy in the retail chain she works for was closed because they didn't go to work. Bottom line: if the weather is too shitty, she isn't going to work. Rant: A much more likely scenario is that she is able to get to work, but not home, so she'll end up staying in a hotel up there while I'm stuck at home with the kid by myself all night. Not exactly good times.
Rant: Home sick. Took "PM" meds last night that only lasted until about 1am, then I barely got back to sleep. Rave: Despite not feeling great, I haven't taken a sick day in years. I'm watching Price is Right and applying to jobs today--all in complete peace and quiet. Not perfect, but I'll take it.
Rant: Not sure what part of Indiana you're in but its starting where I am...Earlier than projected on the radar I was looking at. I'm done with this, let's get on with spring already.
Rant- That moment when you realize that you're hitting enter on youporn rather than youtube at work. Fuck you, muscle memory.
Rave: Sometimes karma really does put it's teeth into the ass of someone deserving. In this case it's hardly a nip but for once I cannot wait to hear the sobbing to come. Partly related to the above, I ended up with tomorrow night off. This means I can sleep in, laze around and most importantly not involve myself in the circusfreak clusterfuck of a shitshow that will be Ohio's roads tomorrow. If there is any appropriate usage for the overused "derpface" meme outside of basement-dwelling neckbeard circles, it is as a visual representation of Ohio drivers in inclement weather. (Inclement in this case being any weather below 37F that includes so much as a lonely scrap of ash that could be on first glance mistaken for the feared First Snowflake, Harbinger of the Apocalypse)
Rant: Worse, is that every snow that's hit the Twin Cities has been during relatively warm weather, so by the time I get home to clear it it's heavy and wet. Even with the snow blower I beat the shit out of my back tonight and now I'm paying for it. Rave: Wine and painkillers makes it a little better.
Rant: Storm actually started a bit late here, but we've gotten at least 6 inches so far, probably more. Its getting dark so I can't tell if it is still snowing, but it sure as shit is blowing a lot. Rave: Wife got to work safely before the storm started, and her workplace is about a quarter mile from a really nice hotel she stays at when its not safe to get back home. They also have hot tub rooms, so she is more inclined to stay and not risk driving through this bullshit. I'd rather pay a couple hundred bucks for a hotel room than significantly more to fix the car, not to mention risk my wife's safety. Rant: My daughter is 11 months old, and I believe she is FINALLY getting her first tooth. Of course, she is getting her first tooth while mommy is away and daddy is going to be home alone with her all night. Hooray! Rave: She is also very close to walking, and it is adorable. She also is absolutely enthralled with Futurama. I watched an episode and she was just dumbfounded the entire time and giggling at the screen. She is SO my daughter. Rant: I have to clear the driveway, which I will have to do once my daughter goes to bed. Not looking forward to using my snow-thrower in the dark. If the wife stays overnight, I can do it tomorrow morning, though. Of course, then my daughter won't be in bed, so I'll have to placate her with Dora the Explorer for a good hour, which is longer than I ever want to put her in front of a TV show. Fuck this snow.
RANT: Spoiler'd for length. Spoiler Oh my holy god, today I had my procedure. Said procedure involved a catheter inserted into my bladder and injecting dye to see if I have issues voiding and if that's what's causing my frequent urinary tract infections. The nurse had warned me beforehand if I had an active UTI that it might feel like a urinary spasm. I know what those feel like and let me tell you - I'd rather break a bone than deal with bladder pain. It's so horrid. The radiologist asked me what I do for a living, and I said "You're gonna laugh, I'm a probation officer. I visit some of the more violent people in the state during the week at their homes. And yet I'm terrified of what you're about to do. Yes, the irony isn't lost on me." She inserted the catheter and immediately the pain is so bad I burst into tears. I have a relatively high pain tolerance, but this was unbearable. The radiologist goes as quickly as possible, and finally says "We're done, all I need you to do is void into this (a funny looking contraption that enables me to stand and pee) and I'm going to xray your bladder as you do it." I stood for 20 minutes and couldn't pee. Nothing helped at all. I was straining so hard - well, I'll get to that in a minute. When I finally do pee, it's a welcome sensation. I get dressed and suddenly I am doubled over in pain. I yell for the nurse, who gently tells me that yes, the aftermath is painful if I have an infection and to go to my doc next door and get something for the pain and spasms. I hobbled out of the room, and the boyfriend had to half carry me to the doctor. Twenty minutes later, after telling the doc I was in such pain I couldn't even sit, he asks for a urine sample, which I give, albeit muffling the screaming with my hands as not to disturb the other patients. After he cultures it, he says "Yup, infection." Comes back with three pills for the spasms and one injection into my ass later, I am floating on air. I don't know what muscle relaxer/painkiller he gave me in that shot, but it made the rest of the afternoon pleasant. I guess the rave in here is that he told me nothing was found, there was no issues, and I'm just prone to bladder infections. He wrote me a script for Bactrim again and said to keep a bottle of it in my purse. Oh, yeah. Strain too hard and uh...you're gonna have some spillage out the back end, if you get my drift.
Re: Rant & Rave Thread RAVE: Didn't shit myself at the doctors office today. RANT: Tuition can suck my balls, seriously, blow me tuition. I cannot wait until my wife is done with school.
Rave: Snow Thrower treated 10 inches of snow like it was nothing. Then it plowed right through the solid foot+ of snow at the end of the driveway from the plows. That thing has paid for itself and then some, especially considering I have a giant-ass driveway because we have a 3-car garage. Greatest. Invention. Ever. Rave: Didn't wake my daughter doing it, either. Rant: Work tomorrow. Rave: Video games tonight. After the day I've had, I fucking earned it.
Rave: I can now cross 'hook up with a squirter' off my bucket list. That is all. The chicks probably won't give a damn, but us guys...we know.
Rant: After spending nearly our entire tax return on repairing my wife's car, I just got news from auto garage that my car will now take the remainder of it to fix. Rave: It's less than I was anticipating. Silver lining and all that.
Rave: Added Costa Rica to my travel schedule this fall. I was personally hoping for Haiti, but am still excited for bungee jumping and ziplining. Rant: One of the travelers in my South America group has yet to reimburse me for a single cent of his bookings. I texted him this past weekend, asking him to pay me whatever he has ASAP so that I can pay for some car repairs and maintenance. I fibbed so that it was less uncomfortable than me saying, look, bitch, you owe me money and I'm willing to sue you over it. Of course, he's in PCB for spring break right now, so cooperation and communication are at an all-time low. And now I actually do need car repairs. My mom hit my car in our driveway last week, damaging the paint over the rear wheel well, and today, my car died in a client's driveway. Just... Died. Askdfuuuuck. Minor rave: Finally applied for my firearms license last week, the day before they raised the fee another $8. Soon I'll be able to carry more than a whaling harpoon. I've been watching demo videos of the Raging Judge for the past several days, and exploding watermelons make me so happy.
Rant: I haven't lived on base in close to ten years and I forgot how much of a shitfight it is living with more than one other person at a time. Just SHUT THE FUCK UP you immature shit stains.
Rave: Rand Paul Rant: No work again today, gonna be a shitty paycheck next week. Rave: Guinness Extra Stout
Raves: 1. Out of office message on email. 2. Snowboard is waxed. Bag is packed. 3. 18 inches of snow fell yesterday. 4. Cabin rented with best friends. Spring break is here! Is it weirder that I'm going colder for spring break, or that I'm pushing 30 and still go on spring break?