nevilleThe Worst Gay(Seriously. The Worst!)Registered Userregular
Sorry to hear about all the crappy things you and your family have been through, but you guys seem to have a good attitude despite it and are fighting back.
That's awesome and here's hoping you guys get the karmic dose of awesome you're due.
Guys stop posting in here, despite knowing that he just updated with good news I still assume the next time I open it I'll see "welp, house burned down right after I got a call that my whole family died in a plane crash"
Guys stop posting in here, despite knowing that he just updated with good news I still assume the next time I open it I'll see "welp, house burned down right after I got a call that my whole family died in a plane crash"
If that happens, I'll change the thread title and you'll know not to open it if you don't want to have all the feelings
Bri, if you do go to Plano, let me know and I'll buy you the beverage of your choice
I have family around there, so I have an excuse to go
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Just_Bri_ThanksSeething with ragefrom a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPAregular
edited December 2012
Will do.
I am probably not going to be able to get up there until February at the earliest.
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...and when you are done with that; take a folding
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
So, with both my wife and I in remission, my family back together as a whole, a diploma on its way to me within the next week or so, a gigantic research undertaking in the works which should keep me busy for the foreseeable future and get me published at least once, and my son just turning a year old today, I can finally say without hesitation that I am in a good place at last.
It isn't without its caveats. I'm still medicated for anxiety and pretty crazy ADHD, and the lorazepam withdrawal symptoms I get if I go more than a few hours are sort of terrible (seriously considering quitting cold turkey and dealing with it for a little while until I never have to experience them again, but it is a big help for when I get anxious or panic attacks). I now have the opposite problem as before: without a degree, my career options were very limited, but with a BS in Environmental Science/Chemistry and essentially 7 years of experience in a soil testing lab, I could potentially land a job anywhere in the country if someone offered it to me. But I don't know where to start; the options are almost confounding, and I have been working for a small lab for so long I'm not sure how I'd feel about a corporate environment again. But I do need to start making more money somehow now that I am a college grad.
In the meantime, a lot of shit has been worked through and I have little to complain about these days. I'm still busy as hell, but I don't have cancer, the uncertain fate of a newborn, grades, etc. hanging over my head anymore. I know I haven't been on here much lately, mostly because this project I'm masterminding is time-consuming and I have been trying to spend time away from the PC and with my family as much as possible. I'm not going anywhere, though. I won't forget that the moral support I got on these boards was and continues to be overwhelming. I'm going to be bluntly honest, there was a time when I was seriously contemplating whether my life insurance policy payment to my family would be more valuable to them than me being here. I was weighing it in my head daily at one point. The psychiatrist I saw helped, for sure, but knowing that there were people in my life and also people here on the Internet who had never met me in person but would miss me was a huge factor in me getting help. I don't think it's hyperbolic to say that what this thread means to me as a whole is that it gave me the strength to get my life back.
So, thanks.
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SheriResident FlufferMy Living RoomRegistered Userregular
I'll try and post some pics of Simon here in a sec. He seems to be reaching his milestones slower than he ought to but we don't think it's anything abnormal. He's in the 5th percentile for his length/weight last time we checked. He's just tiny. Which is odd because all this kid does is eat. Seriously. His nickname is Simon Peter the Constant Eater.
I now have the opposite problem as before: without a degree, my career options were very limited, but with a BS in Environmental Science/Chemistry and essentially 7 years of experience in a soil testing lab, I could potentially land a job anywhere in the country if someone offered it to me. But I don't know where to start; the options are almost confounding, and I have been working for a small lab for so long I'm not sure how I'd feel about a corporate environment again. But I do need to start making more money somehow now that I am a college grad.
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That's like, half the reason I lost all that hair.
Absolutely man. I'd love to have you over.
Please continue with the improvements.
That's awesome and here's hoping you guys get the karmic dose of awesome you're due.
Keep the spirits up, we're rooting for you!
Now I can report good news to all the guys at work who've been asking about you and the wife!
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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I didn't realize people were asking :oops:
Well, at least now I'm in an exclusive club with you and Dru. The No Hair For Men Club. Although I assume you grew yours back out?
I just realised you probably haven't seen this pic. It was sometime in mid December :P
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I just realised that was the night I ruined that shirt after one too many red wines
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I hope they can treat it man. That's fuckin rough
Give your ma a big ole hug from the Internet
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chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
I hope I can get some money together.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Where in Texas, if you don't mind saying.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
If that happens, I'll change the thread title and you'll know not to open it if you don't want to have all the feelings
Bri, if you do go to Plano, let me know and I'll buy you the beverage of your choice
I have family around there, so I have an excuse to go
I am probably not going to be able to get up there until February at the earliest.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I'll just make a birthday trip of it then.
best of luck to you !
It isn't without its caveats. I'm still medicated for anxiety and pretty crazy ADHD, and the lorazepam withdrawal symptoms I get if I go more than a few hours are sort of terrible (seriously considering quitting cold turkey and dealing with it for a little while until I never have to experience them again, but it is a big help for when I get anxious or panic attacks). I now have the opposite problem as before: without a degree, my career options were very limited, but with a BS in Environmental Science/Chemistry and essentially 7 years of experience in a soil testing lab, I could potentially land a job anywhere in the country if someone offered it to me. But I don't know where to start; the options are almost confounding, and I have been working for a small lab for so long I'm not sure how I'd feel about a corporate environment again. But I do need to start making more money somehow now that I am a college grad.
In the meantime, a lot of shit has been worked through and I have little to complain about these days. I'm still busy as hell, but I don't have cancer, the uncertain fate of a newborn, grades, etc. hanging over my head anymore. I know I haven't been on here much lately, mostly because this project I'm masterminding is time-consuming and I have been trying to spend time away from the PC and with my family as much as possible. I'm not going anywhere, though. I won't forget that the moral support I got on these boards was and continues to be overwhelming. I'm going to be bluntly honest, there was a time when I was seriously contemplating whether my life insurance policy payment to my family would be more valuable to them than me being here. I was weighing it in my head daily at one point. The psychiatrist I saw helped, for sure, but knowing that there were people in my life and also people here on the Internet who had never met me in person but would miss me was a huge factor in me getting help. I don't think it's hyperbolic to say that what this thread means to me as a whole is that it gave me the strength to get my life back.
So, thanks.
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I am so glad that things are going well for you and your family
I'd say best of luck, but fuck luck. Your happiness is what you made, you deserve it, and in the future I hope things keep on going up and up!
And he has four teeth now. Two top, two bottom.
In thirty years y'all are gonna be like: "Remember that horrible two years in there?" And you both will laugh.
We will have THE BIGGEST five-year remission celebration. Just put it on the calendar now. I'll bring cookies.
He has a lady-killing smile
And a voracious appetite
And holy crap this forum makes some adorable babies, Simon is so cute!
And Simon is adorable. Good work Josh and Mrs Josh!
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
bit.ly/2XQM1ke
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I hope I'm not being too forward when I quote this and send out the @JoeUser signal
Is the JoeUser signal how you summon cute pictures to feel better
Because I feel pretty good but I suppose I could always use more cute pictures!