Daily Check-In

[mecurtin]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time) on Sunday, August 18, to midnight on Monday, August 19 (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #31755 Daily check-in poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 24

How are you doing?

I am OK
15 (62.5%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
8 (33.3%)

I could use some help
1 (4.2%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
10 (41.7%)

One other person
10 (41.7%)

More than one other person
4 (16.7%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

[dewline]

One more person had to move into the house I live in today. Not what they hoped for or planned, either.

Despite what I clicked on, I'm not sure if I need help and if so, I'm not sure what kind(s) of help I need.

[senmut]

Sending nonspecific good vibes your way

[adafrog]

{{{hugs}}}

[we_are_spc]

Oh man. Good luck readjusting to a new person/routines. *hugs*

-T~

[mecurtin]

Let us know if/when you know. But know that we're here as backup.

[harpers_child]

Had a successful shopping trip to obtain a properly sized blanket for the new bedroom set (we've had it for months and finally got tired of playing tug of war in the middle of the night) and several more light up glass pumpkins for my collection. Also got some syrups for making mocktails and some new spooky kitchen towels.

Shortly after getting home vertigo set in. So that's fun. I had stuff I wanted to do this evening. Probably won't happen.

[senmut]

Ooof.

[harpers_child]

It's a migraine symptom so I'm expecting to spend the next few days on the couch.

[we_are_spc]

Oh man. That's no fun. I'm glad you got at least something fun in before the vertigo set in.

-T~

[lilysea]

Having a bit of a rough time - my stomach started producing heaps of stomach acid from the stress of everything with my parents

and I thought I'd cheer myself up by having some chocolate almond milk, which usually would have been fine

but with over a week of extra stomach acid,

my stomach threw a major tantrum, with 2 days+ of reflux, heart burn, and burping hydrogen sulphide...

just waiting for the prescription stomach acid reducing meds to be home delivered

I am feeling very much like

"I hate having a stomach - someone surgically remove it and I'll just live on nutrition patches that I slap onto my skin"

(sadly, no such patches exist)

[we_are_spc]

eeewh. That's no fun. Having had an acid attack before (only once, thank the Gods) I know how miserable that can make someone.

-T~

[starwatcher]

My sympathies; I also deal with acid reflux, and I know it's miserable. I hope yours calms down soon.

Suggestion that might help -- eat an apple every evening. (It's a tip I read on the net years ago.) Yes, I'm on daily meds that control the acid pretty well -- but even so, eating the apple has an added soothing effect on the tummy. I've passed this on to several people, and all of them reported improvement.

And if/when you have a breakthrough attack, take a tablespoon of honey; it puts out the fire and coats the stomach and throat more effectively than other remedies. (From the same place I read the apple tip.)

It also helps if you can raise the head of your bed a bit -- like, put a couple of 2x4's under each leg at the top of the bed. (Raises it about 3.5 inches; a 2x4 isn't a full 2 inches by 4 inches.)

[lilysea]

Thanks, but I have to avoid apples - they upset my stomach even when it's happy to begin with

a) apples are too acidic for me

b) I can't have apples because it upsets my FODMAPS sensitive Irritable Bowel Syndrome

[starwatcher]

Well, bummer! I'm sorry. I hope you get your meds soon.

[we_are_spc]

AC has been out for a couple weeks now, and while we know that we need a ne unit+copper lines, we're still not sure how much it's going to be. I have the following go fund me set at 4300. If I reach that goal )Which rit now doesn't seem likely) the estra will be safved for the following month's bills.
https://gofund.me/963f0409

Those who wish to give another way may also do so; pleas comment/PM me if you want other info for such purposes.

In better news, I now have a start date for a massage job I have been want to work at after about 2-1/2 months on hold for said date.

-Trausio~

PS: I would have been in here earlier, but right now my life is a struggle to stay financially stable, and keep my mental health in check enough to function, let alon reach out beyond a small-ish number of folks.

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