OT: Days of our Lives aka the Beacon's Billboard
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I got a letter today to say that my MRI is on 26/5/17, yey! It says that I will probably get my result within two weeks though, which is on one hand awesome, but on the other confusing as my review appointment with my endocrinologist isn't until 13/7/17... Meh. I'm getting it, that is the main thing!
Didn't know where to post this. I'm not usually on the OT/RL threads. I'm proud of my day-off project today though. 
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I have a rainwater collection system for our home garden. Downspout goes directly into 55G barrel. That usually only lasts 4-6 days of watering with no rainfall. So, this year I'm adding 2x overflow barrels as well. But, I needed a way to get water back into main barrel. So, I made this pump with spare pvc parts. $0 spent.
The bottom has a cap with a small hole to allow water in when submerged. I put a golf ball inside, so as you press the plunger down, the ball plugs up that hole, and forces water back up the pump. Then it comes out the side spigot, which feeds back into main barrel. Works very nicely!
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I have a rainwater collection system for our home garden. Downspout goes directly into 55G barrel. That usually only lasts 4-6 days of watering with no rainfall. So, this year I'm adding 2x overflow barrels as well. But, I needed a way to get water back into main barrel. So, I made this pump with spare pvc parts. $0 spent.
The bottom has a cap with a small hole to allow water in when submerged. I put a golf ball inside, so as you press the plunger down, the ball plugs up that hole, and forces water back up the pump. Then it comes out the side spigot, which feeds back into main barrel. Works very nicely!
Seeing that again reminds me how crap I am at, y'know, mechanical stuff 
My blood sugars are horrible just now, yesterday was bad, but today my legs kept buckling at work and I was going dizzy all of the time. I have work tomorrow so I've been trying desperately to get my shift covered, but no luck.
My blood sugars are horrible just now, yesterday was bad, but today my legs kept buckling at work and I was going dizzy all of the time. I have work tomorrow so I've been trying desperately to get my shift covered, but no luck.
Yesterday I shaved my legs, completely shaved them right up to places you don't want to know about, but now do, for which you're welcome Anyway, even back when I was self harming I was hairy (I am VERY hairy, particularly my legs) and even then I could see my scars, but they were always covered to some extent. So having now seen them shaved I was genuinely shocked at just what a mess I made of my body, I mean, they are covered, really covered. It is just scars crossing over other scars, top to bottom. It didn't make me feel sad or anything, but it was this horribly poignant reminder of the past, and I'm not really sure how to process that haha
Anyway, even back when I was self harming I was hairy (I am VERY hairy, particularly my legs) and even then I could see my scars, but they were always covered to some extent. So having now seen them shaved I was genuinely shocked at just what a mess I made of my body, I mean, they are covered, really covered. It is just scars crossing over other scars, top to bottom. It didn't make me feel sad or anything, but it was this horribly poignant reminder of the past, and I'm not really sure how to process that hahaYesterday I shaved my legs, completely shaved them right up to places you don't want to know about, but now do, for which you're welcome
At least you can reach those places. I can't, will never be flexible enough to. I can hardly reach my own feet, putting socks on is an effort. Bloody issues.
Don't worry about the scars. You're already processing and it's past, after all. You can also say you were left unsupervised near a paper shredder. I'm not being facetious, but quoting Rhik Samadder here - his weekly column "Inspect a gadget" is very whimsical and witty but also shows similar scars on his arms. In this article:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/31/liar-liar-post-truth-writers-reveal-biggest-fib
he tells about them (at the bold writing that looks what I quoted)
As for being hairy, I'm probably older than you and therefor probably worse off. I'm also not a kitten so I can't get away with that.
Kestegs
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I feel like the fact that you didn't feel bad and also didn't really know how to process it shows that you have moved on and left your past in the past. I am constantly reminded of the shitty decisions I made when I was young, but it rarely bothers me anymore. I've accepted that I can't change those decisions, and I also accept that they have made me who I am today. And I like who I am today, and I think you do too!
Kestegs
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Dull sounds pretty amazing to me right now!
And because here we are in the DooL thread I'm going to dump some random thoughts about my life that I feel need to come out...
My life is still a bit of a shitstorm I think. But I can see daylight at least. After a 15 year marriage and a divorce process that lasted 20 months I am almost done. I never wanted to or thought I would get divorced, but such is life. She had and affair a few years ago and I could never get past it. I am a very trusting person, until that trust is broken, and once it was broken I could never repair it. And I wasn't willing to stay in a relationship with that outlook. I am actually divorced now(actually about 3 weeks ago), but the judge is still waiting to rule on the division of assets and how much I will have to pay to her every month in support. But yesterday we filed all of the final paperwork and now we just have to wait. She blatantly lied on a bunch of what she submitted, but I still think everything is going to work out okay and we will actually receive a fair verdict in the end. Getting divorced has been one of the best things to ever happen to me personally though. It has been an amazing time of self discovery and I feel like I once again am myself, the self that is my true self, and not what someone else wanted me to be. I have learned so much about who I am and who I want to be over the last 2 years, and I really like the outlook of my life. I have not given up on love though. I still believe that there is the right person out there that can compliment me the way I want and that I can compliment as well. While I am lonely at times and miss the companionship of a woman I am not desperate to replace those things. I am content with where my life is right now, I just think it could be even better with the right person. I am very determined not to make the same mistakes again though, and would be happy to at least never get married again. It could be 2-3 weeks before I know what the judge says, which will be a long time to wait. But it's been a long process already, one full of long waits, and I can wait a bit more. But the difference between what she is asking for and what I am asking for is roughly $200k so it's hard not to freak out a little.
The next issue is that her father is trying to put me out of business. A few months ago he started a competing electrical business with a near identical logo and name. I almost lost it when I saw it for the first time and it took a few days for me to not be extremely angry about it. Luckily for both of us I didn't run into him during that time. So I had to hire another lawyer to get him to stop. He is very obviously in the wrong here, but getting someone as stupid as him to realize they are wrong can be difficult sometimes. My lawyer is sending out a demand letter to him here in the next few days I hope, so hopefully this will all be resolved in the next couple weeks and I don't have to keep dealing with it. But one thing is clear, any hope that there may have been for having even a cordial relationship with him in the coming years is very bleak.
The final issue it with my taxes. I've mentioned it a bit here before, but it's been a while I know. So I hadn't paid or filed my taxes in quite a while, all the way back to 2009 actually. The economy here crashed hard around that time and I had many people not pay me and then there was very little work as well. So I didn't pay them, and then eventually didn't even keep filing them. But I've caught up with filing them now, and am meeting with a tax lawyer tomorrow to see what we can do to work them out. My hope is to get them greatly reduced so that I can actually afford to pay them, as there's no way I can pay the full amount I owe now.
There's also one other big change in my life, but I have earmarked that for another thread already (that post might not happen for a while, but it will eventually I know)
Anyway, thanks for reading if you did, and hopefully in the coming months I can post some updates on my situation. Either way it felt good to get it all out, and thank you as always to the spf for being such a great place.
And because here we are in the DooL thread I'm going to dump some random thoughts about my life that I feel need to come out...
My life is still a bit of a shitstorm I think. But I can see daylight at least. After a 15 year marriage and a divorce process that lasted 20 months I am almost done. I never wanted to or thought I would get divorced, but such is life. She had and affair a few years ago and I could never get past it. I am a very trusting person, until that trust is broken, and once it was broken I could never repair it. And I wasn't willing to stay in a relationship with that outlook. I am actually divorced now(actually about 3 weeks ago), but the judge is still waiting to rule on the division of assets and how much I will have to pay to her every month in support. But yesterday we filed all of the final paperwork and now we just have to wait. She blatantly lied on a bunch of what she submitted, but I still think everything is going to work out okay and we will actually receive a fair verdict in the end. Getting divorced has been one of the best things to ever happen to me personally though. It has been an amazing time of self discovery and I feel like I once again am myself, the self that is my true self, and not what someone else wanted me to be. I have learned so much about who I am and who I want to be over the last 2 years, and I really like the outlook of my life. I have not given up on love though. I still believe that there is the right person out there that can compliment me the way I want and that I can compliment as well. While I am lonely at times and miss the companionship of a woman I am not desperate to replace those things. I am content with where my life is right now, I just think it could be even better with the right person. I am very determined not to make the same mistakes again though, and would be happy to at least never get married again. It could be 2-3 weeks before I know what the judge says, which will be a long time to wait. But it's been a long process already, one full of long waits, and I can wait a bit more. But the difference between what she is asking for and what I am asking for is roughly $200k so it's hard not to freak out a little.
The next issue is that her father is trying to put me out of business. A few months ago he started a competing electrical business with a near identical logo and name. I almost lost it when I saw it for the first time and it took a few days for me to not be extremely angry about it. Luckily for both of us I didn't run into him during that time. So I had to hire another lawyer to get him to stop. He is very obviously in the wrong here, but getting someone as stupid as him to realize they are wrong can be difficult sometimes. My lawyer is sending out a demand letter to him here in the next few days I hope, so hopefully this will all be resolved in the next couple weeks and I don't have to keep dealing with it. But one thing is clear, any hope that there may have been for having even a cordial relationship with him in the coming years is very bleak.
The final issue it with my taxes. I've mentioned it a bit here before, but it's been a while I know. So I hadn't paid or filed my taxes in quite a while, all the way back to 2009 actually. The economy here crashed hard around that time and I had many people not pay me and then there was very little work as well. So I didn't pay them, and then eventually didn't even keep filing them. But I've caught up with filing them now, and am meeting with a tax lawyer tomorrow to see what we can do to work them out. My hope is to get them greatly reduced so that I can actually afford to pay them, as there's no way I can pay the full amount I owe now.
There's also one other big change in my life, but I have earmarked that for another thread already (that post might not happen for a while, but it will eventually I know)
Anyway, thanks for reading if you did, and hopefully in the coming months I can post some updates on my situation. Either way it felt good to get it all out, and thank you as always to the spf for being such a great place.
Kestegs, I didn't know that the divorce had been confirmed, awesome stuff! I know that you've done some dating, but don't force the issue. I'm a young 24 year old and haven't dated for 4 (maybe 5? I think 4 haha) years now, I've just been focusing on the things that really make me happy, studying and killing demons. It might enrich your life, but never feel like you have to have a partner for life to be fulfilling.
Her father sounds like a ****. Is he even an electrician? I mean, at least he might get electrocuted, right? I know nothing about taxes but it sounds complicated
Regarding the big change, are you pregnant? Again? Pregstegs :O
Her father sounds like a ****. Is he even an electrician? I mean, at least he might get electrocuted, right? I know nothing about taxes but it sounds complicated
Regarding the big change, are you pregnant? Again? Pregstegs :O
I'm older than the both of you (and yes Kitteh, not just going grey but white, and those hairs feel more like cats whiskers.)You're right Oldstegs! Also, I'm starting to think that life would be pretty dull if we didn't do dumb **** once in a while
That's not all good news Kestegs but it does sound like you're in a much better place. Glad to hear that!
And surely, the good news he's alluding to is that's received a wonderful letter from Hogwarts and will start there this new year. Not sure where the Sorting Hat sorts electricians.
