Sorry UT. Prayin she pulls through just fine.

*sigh* school tells me to apply through chase, but they're having issues with their website, so my application dies every few minutes. I just got the technical support equivilant of "did you try turning it off and then back on again?" so now I've got to wait 20 minutes to see if the error "clears up" so I can continue my application

PS All the extra soothy and feel bettery vibes I can muster are being sent to Pearl.

That sucks UT. Sorry.

That sucks. Keep plugging away. Chase is good. We have one loan through them.


Me.....friend of my son's house burned completely to the ground the other day. Friend (20 and deaf) taking care of two younger siblings (also deaf) while parents were at work. Evidently something having to do with a fan.

My mom's best friend's house burnt down a few years ago...

Source of the fire?

She'd taken her laundry out of the dryer but they were running late for dinner plans so she didn't take the time to fold and put away like she usually does. One of her underwire bras got ridiculously hot. Crazy eh?

More soothy vibes to tink's son's friend and siblings.

Some friends of ours house burnt down recently because:

their step-son, who had recently come to stay with them, set the house on fire and was watching it burn, with them inside, while he was waiting for the school bus.

No harm done. :) I didn't fully explain the situation the first time around, so you didn't have all the details. I'm not complaining too much, though -- I know other people end up having to pay a lot more out of pocket, so I'm grateful for what I've had!

I'm going to work on filling out a late FAFSA over the next few days to see if I qualify for anything (doubt it) and if all else fails, fewer impulse buys and maybe a tiny loan will hopefully solve the problem.

Was everyone okay?

Good luck to you. :)

Yep. Thank goodness. Large acreage and Grandma lives just through the woods so the kids ran there. Sad. Loss estimated at $860,000! Everything gone.

What's sad about those kinds of catastrophes is losing all your pictures, mementos, etc. My heart goes out to your friends.

UT, hope Pearl's feeling better soon. Pilau has his paws crossed for her.

It just never ends. I have these friends, a married couple, who have split up and gotten back together I don't know how many times. They are both heavy drinkers, and they are fun until they get to a certain point and then it's either they are fighting or they are talking at the same time and getting louder and louder. After they reach a point, it's time for me to go.

Last night I stopped at the club for some beers and conversation, and they came in. We were sitting on the patio having a nice time when all of a sudden they were fighting again. I have told them I can't deal with their conflict, and can't be around it (watching this kind of thing brings back bad memories and makes me sick to my stomach and I just can't stand it.) I told them to stop hurting each other, and I went home. It didn't help that Homeless Guy then came home from the bar with his sister and was bitching about her saying he could have done this or that in his life. I get crap all day at work. J & R had my stomach in knots, then HG starts in with his WAaaa-waaa crap. Mad because he doesn't like what his sister says about his DJ'ing when he hasn't had a job in I don't know how long? How much can he keep taking, and why can't I be mean and stop giving and kick him out on his ass.

J calls today here at work and was telling me that R is saying he wants a divorce. I can talk to her, and listen, but she wanted to know if I wanted to go out later. I don't get off work until at least 6:30 tonight, probably later to finish something I am working on. I am not a good friend I guess, but I don't know how to help them, or her. I see them both at fault. LIke I said, because of some things I have been through I get physically ill watching people hurt each other like that.

I don't know...I try to keep my spirits up but why does the world seem hell-bent on making sure all I see are rainclouds?

Sorry...

tell them to save some time and trouble. they should both go completely dry for 30 days. at the end of those 30 days if they still want a divorce just file for it immediately.

there are any number of likely scenarios in those 30 days to give you fodder for the what's making you happy thread.

sorry, i make inappropriate jokes sometimes.

my fodder was killed in the 9/11 you bastard