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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    People are always talking about the freshman 15 and all that, but I'm finding it MUCH harder to be healthier post-college....

    I need to start taking better care of myself.
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
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  • frozenwithsalt
    frozenwithsalt Texas Posts: 765
    samjam said:

    People are always talking about the freshman 15 and all that, but I'm finding it MUCH harder to be healthier post-college....

    I need to start taking better care of myself.

    Much harder now. Then I was too broke, it was jack in the box tacos and a pop tart during then day so I could save my money for going out and a 3 am nacho run.

    Now ...ugh. At work they apply the fat and happy rule. There's always cake, donuts, pizza and ice cream socials. They bring in breakfast tacos to 'get a good start' and bring in wings for working lunches. Sometime they even come by with one of those little ice cream carts and hand out ice cream sandwiches. All we do is sit stare at a computer and eat.
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    Annafalk said:

    ldent42 said:

    I'm really sick, so I want to go to the doctor. The problem is I feel too much like shit to drag myself to the urgent care place before they close. WAAAAAAH

    Still sick? Still fever also? Better see the Dr. ASAP, wishing you will feel better soon !
    I went to the urgent care place today. Which I had gone sooner. No wait, no hassle, prescription for some industrial strength antibiotics and these adorable little cough pills too. Plus they gave me this "summary" printed out on their letterhead (which I didn't ask for) so now I have proof to show my professors (who don't really care anyways) that I've been legitimately ill.

    @PJSiren I was diagnosed with a sinus infection. "Acute" though frankly there is NOTHING cute about what's been going on with me for the last few weeks.
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  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    I'm trying to keep up with what is going on with everyone but when you haven't been on in a month - it feels weird. I hope everyone feels better that is ill - I had the nuclear flu from Christmas Eve through first week of February - it was horrible sucked all energy from my body and i couldn't think - didn't go into my lungs thankfully - it just was so completely fatiguing. Being sick sucks.
    And to those who have new jobs, i think, congrats.

    I can hardly see the screen of pc cause I have an eye infection - haven't been taking care of myself - been getting hit left and right with bullshit that leaves no time. but i couldn't even open my eyes yesterday, nevermind put contacts in and i had to cancel an important appt for emergency eye appt. So I am as good as blind cause i don't have glasses for some reason - taking care of others? Gotta get Lenscrafters to make me a pair tomorrow same day. My ex is more than psychotic - he is just evil and he has caused my life to be engulfed by the courts and court shrinks and my son hates me again. And it's all lies and manipulation and shit that only hurts our son, but he gets such a kick out of fucking with me that he is high on power. He has really gone all out this time, but he will not drag me down to his level. I have truth on my side, so he's already screwing up but i don't understand why people get kicks out of ruining other people's lives and who cares if a kid's life is ruined in the process. And I can't help a son who keeps going back to insanity. I have to take care of me and hope he remembers how he was raised before it's too late.

    Hope everyone had a lovely Pi Day and enjoys their Sunday. And I'm gonna be speaking bad Portuguese in November - so help me god!!!!!!!!
  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    njnancy, I hope your eyes as well as the rest of you feels better soon. And be sure that karma will eventually kick that ex of yours right in the shorts. My parents divorced when I was very young. My mother never said a bad word about my dad, but as I grew up, the truth came out and I know who the upstanding parent was. I found out who the turd was too. As a parent, though, I can only imagine how painful it is to watch your child go through that.

    Good luck on the bad Portuguese! Can you get lessons for that? :wink:
    And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    I need to get a passport too. Guess I've been a big girl for long enough that I should have such things. I can speak Spanish pretty well but I am going to get a Rosetta Stone knock off version of Portuguese to get me by (so, yeah - bad Portuguese lessons. (where are my smilies???)). I want to know how to speak the language somewhat.

    I am not in the fetal position, I haven't wanted to drink and I'll be damned if I give up 18+ years over vindictive crap. I am working on taking care of me, I am trying to not think of the whole humongous stinking ball of bs he has created when I'm not actively dealing with lawyers or the misguided child service people. I do what i have to do and then I have to think of other things. One cannot live in continued sadness and crisis non-stop. I cancelled everything on Friday for the eye doc and my one eye feels better but the other one is gonna need some time. Feels like sand is on my eyeball.

    I can't help anyone but myself right now, as much as i want to shake my son and save him, he has to make a good choice and get the hell away from that crazy family.I can't think about it because it just kills me. I have to hope I taught him something that smacks him in the head and says RUN.

    Thanks for your sharing and kind words - they mean a lot. I've started to appreciate so much those one or two people that are kind to you in your daily life - it's amazing how many people are rude, mean, dismissive and then one person just extends kindness and it gives you the fuel to keep going.
  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    It sounds like you are doing the right things for you. That's awesome! Just keep it up. Every day is a new adventure!
    The smilies are somewhat hidden nowadays. Type a colon and you should get a few choices, follow it with a letter and you get a few more. The trick is finding the right letter. :anguished::giggle:
    And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    :angry:
  • njnancy
    njnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited March 2015
    ahhh - sometimes emoticons can say it better than words. :grimacing::star: Thank you! :hug:
  • oceaninmyeyes
    oceaninmyeyes Posts: 4,646
    :joy:
    And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    :hug::hug:@njnancy :hug::hug:
    You get ALL the hugs!
    Did the doctor give you eye drops? I get the sand in my eyeballs too. It's called corneal erosion, it's cuz your lenses are getting uneven. You gotta use these eye drops that burn like hell to even them back out. It's called Muro 128. Make sure you buy the drops not the ointment. I had to do ointment once when it was really bad, I couldn't sleep alone for a week! Cuz you can't see after it's in your eye. It was awful.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Okay, tomorrow, I'll be in West Seattle again, studying in the Public Library in the morning for my PhD viva. If you're around and want to distract me by sticking pencils up my nose, PM me,
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,947
    Hopefully I'll be undertaking my viva the same time next year. :smile: Congratulations for your wedding and good luck for your oral examination! :smiley:
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    FinsburyParkCarrots said:

    Okay, tomorrow, I'll be in West Seattle again, studying in the Public Library in the morning for my PhD viva. If you're around and want to distract me by sticking pencils up my nose, PM me,

    Wow, you've got your viva coming up? We're rooting for you!
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Congrats, Fins, and all the best!
    I confess that I had to look up viva and learned that it's what we call a thesis/dissertation defense.
    (All I could think of was Viva Las Vegas. :blush: )
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  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    The transition from college to adult life has been extremely difficult on me, for many, many reasons. Lots of difficult choices and realizations. Adult life has been more of a bummer than exciting so far.
    "Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
    ~not a dude~
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    2012: Made In America
    2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
    2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
    2015: Global Citizen Festival
    2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
    2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    samjam said:

    The transition from college to adult life has been extremely difficult on me, for many, many reasons. Lots of difficult choices and realizations. Adult life has been more of a bummer than exciting so far.

    For the most part, it's hard to see the benefits of being an adult! I guess if you can get a job and earn enough it does give you certain freedoms. I've planned a trip to Paris in October, for example. I also consider being able to eat toast for dinner to be a benefit of adulthood :)

    On the whole though, the older you get the harder it seems to be, as the feeling that you're failing to tick the right boxes grows every year. Life certainly seemed a hell of a lot simpler in school and college. So few responsibilities or decisions to be made and no great worry about achieving the expected milestones e.g. boyfriend, marriage, kids etc. Life seemed full of endless possibilities. Once you're a proper 'grown-up' though, it seems to me that every year another door is closing and that maybe this is it, this is all I can hope for.

    You, however, are younger than me :) I'm fairly sure that you're also a more outgoing and positive person (it wouldn't be hard!). So I'm pretty sure you'll get to grips with adult life and make the most of its benefits in a way that I have failed to do. Once you get a solid job it'll change a lot...
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    FinsburyParkCarrots said:

    Okay, tomorrow, I'll be in West Seattle again, studying in the Public Library in the morning for my PhD viva. If you're around and want to distract me by sticking pencils up my nose, PM me,

    i did not find any carrots at the library...I even brought Ticonderoga pencils.
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    edited March 2015
    RKCNDY said:

    FinsburyParkCarrots said:

    Okay, tomorrow, I'll be in West Seattle again, studying in the Public Library in the morning for my PhD viva. If you're around and want to distract me by sticking pencils up my nose, PM me,

    i did not find any carrots at the library...I even brought Ticonderoga pencils.
    Those are the best pencils.
    samjam said:

    The transition from college to adult life has been extremely difficult on me, for many, many reasons. Lots of difficult choices and realizations. Adult life has been more of a bummer than exciting so far.

    I never had that experience, but I understand what you mean. The only thing I can say is everything takes time. You're not gonna land your feet in the perfect set up for the rest of your life at 24. It might've worked like that for previous generations but that is just a fantasy now. Remember this: you gain wisdom from experience, and this is an experience you gotta live through now, to understand yourself better in ten year's time.
    Also,


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    Edit: Sam I just realized you're still 22. (That's not as creepy as it sounds, I was at that Baltimore show where you got a cup full of wine for your 21st bday, it was on the big tv! Lol) Girrrrrrrrrl quit worrying and go make some bad decisions/have some fun!!!!!!
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
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