The Sh*tty Day thread

[Dr Kain]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I bought 8GB more of RAM last week for my computer the exact same stuff as I had before (2 sticks of 4GB) so I could have 16GB of RAM well Friday I tried to install it and my unsteady hands couldn't get the RAM in the slots properly so it caused an issue with my computer to not display video. I just got my computer back from my brother in law today. From now on I'm just going to have him do my PC work for me because one I don't have steady enough hands any more and two I have really big fingers.

So yeah last week wasn't very kind to me. Hopefully this week is better.

[DannyBeane]

For the past week I've been bouncing back and forth between being so depressed I can't get out of bet and so anxious I feel like I'm on the verge of a panic attack and my stomach has been tying itself in knots and I don't know what to do. A lot of things are coming at me at once right now.

[jellydonut25]

It's almost 2:30 and I'm just heading to bed. And it's only Tuesday and I've already done more than I normally do in a week. And I still have a TON to do.

I'm normally never stressed, in fact I kinda thrive on being so busy most people would consider themselves overwhelmed and stay up all night thinking about all they still had to do... But I'm that right now. I can't relax and all I want is my 3 hrs of sleep before I gotta wake up and get the kids ready for daycare and go to work. Just a TON on my plate right now and I just want to be done with this week and get back to regular busy instead of soul-crushingly busy

[Hybrid Gojira]

So...this isn't so much about a personal bad day as much as just being a Cincinnati sports fan. Yeah, in the scheme of life, which sports teams you root for aren't the most important thing. All that said, there are probably few things I'm as passionate about as College Basketball, and yesterday it felt like my team got hosed in what was otherwise an epic, 4 overtime game. For reference, use this link because it more or less explains everything with pics/vids -

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basket ... tournament

Basically, a clock running error allowed a half court miracle shot to count when it shouldn't have, sending the game to a 4th overtime where my team (Cincinnati) would eventually lose. If you know anything about the Cincinnati Bearcats, we've had a history of getting hosed in some way. We lost our best player to injury the one year in my lifetime we could have won it all (Kenyon Martin), we've had a phantom traveling call cost us a game in the NCAA tourney against Iowa State, a crazy bank shots cost us a game in the big dance (West Virginia)....plus it just feels like Cincinnati sports in general are cursed. Look at the Bengals this year.

So as a HUGE sports fan (Reds, Bengals, and Bearcats), yesterday kinda sucked.

[Dr Kain]

It's not sh*tty news, but since I've posted in here about it over the last few years I just wanted to say that II just got an email saying that I have been issued a teaching license for California. Now I can start applying for jobs in any state!!

[jellydonut25]

I stepped on my brlt in exactly the right (wrong) way... And saw it dangling from my foot. There were definitely a few MFs thrown around.

[Dr Kain]

Again, not sh*tty, but I just got my first job interview for California scheduled for Tuesday morning via Skype for a school in LA. We'll see what happens. Also, I've got 3 other schools already wanting to interview me as well. Meanwhile, here in CO, nobody wants to interview me.

[O.Supreme]

This is more surreal than sh*tty, but it answers a question about myself I have always had... If I could put personal feelings aside and actually feel sorry for and/or not take joy in the suffering of someone I personally don't like. I am happy to say the answer is yes. But it is bad news mainly for the other person.

I have been at my current job for 7 years. to keep the story short, In 2011 I was transferred to a department I really loved, Quality Control. But in late 2013 because of layoffs I was forced to either go back to my old department, which I disliked with a 15% wage cut, or lose my job altogether.

I took the hit, with the prospect that if the company recovered I could go back to QC. Well for the next 15 months I suffered in an area with 2 other ladies that were just awful. They wasted time, were loud, obnoxious, and there was nothing I could do because the dumbass manager wouldn't grow a backbone and say anything. Finally 6 months in I complained to HR, which almost got me fired (go figure), but I decided to endure. Finally one lady left of her own choosing, and only one was left. Thankfully in March 2015, I got my opportunity to go back to QC, and my wage restored to slightly higher than what it was before I took the hit. Anyway...just last week, in performing one of my audits I made a finding as normal and reported. Findings are usually mitigated by managers beyond my pay grade, I just report them. This time however was unique. what I found would end up in the termination of the other lady I didn't like. The company has never ever reacted to something like this by terminating someone. It was truly a shock. Now as much as I dislike this person I would never have wished her to lose her job and I am sorry it happened, but I do understand it was her mistake, not me finding it that caused her to get fired. I guess the part that sucks is I always thought she too would leave on her own one day, and I could celebrate. Am I relieved she is gone? I suppose. But because of my own *empathy* not being able to enjoy it really does ruin the moment.

[Dr Kain]

Had my first two Skype interviews with CA schools today and they went horribly.

[Dr Kain]

Again, not sh*tty, but I just got offered a position for a school an hour away from San Francisco. HOLY ****!!! I'm excitedly depressed.

[O.Supreme]

Well thats my neck of the woods (so to speak). From your posts it sounds like you are interviewing in CA for a reason. Is it CA in general you don't like or just SF? Honestly I spent my younger days in the Bay Area. A ton of fond memories. True because of its overpopulation and expensive cost of living Ill never live there again, but getting an hour away is not that bad.

[Dr Kain]

[Dr Kain]

Well my dad just told me that the vast majority of my stuff I still had at their house stored away in the attic is now gone. My brother decided to do a complete cleaning up there and stole as much as he could and sold them to a pawn shop for drug money. All of my comics are gone. All of my remaining Transformers. My books. And then my parents' items like my mom's wedding ring, etc.

[klen7]

ughhh. that sucks.

[Dr Kain]

[lhb412]

Jesus. That's a bad scene. Be safe.

[Dr Kain]

[XvGojira]

So three Augusts ago my girlfriend found out she had ovarian cancer, which has metastasized on her liver. She's had surgery and has been on various chemotherapy drugs since then. Just had another MRI and saw the spot on her liver has grown and multiplied. They want to put her on a parp inhibitor but only one company has this drug, which without insurance would cost $20,000 for a year's supply. So we are waiting to hear back if her insurance will cover it and if the company will accept her application for the medicine. I think I'm more mad that there is all these stupid hoops that could cause her not to get the meds she needs than the fact she's not getting better.

But the real knife in the heart is that we have been planning on getting married next summer on the beach at Lake Michigan. Her doctor suggested moving that up sooner as he's not sure if she'll be well enough to do it. She just ordered her dress yesterday and we're probably going to have a rushed wedding this August. Just the ceremony, we don't have enough saved for a reception and anyplace we want is probably already booked this year.

It's been a hard week.

[lhb412]

^ We love you, man. Grab life by the throat and do what you need to do.

[Henry88]

[Dr Kain]

So remember how I talked about the stuff my brother did a few week's back?

Check this out:
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/ ... e-20160706

[klen7]

^ Wow. Is this a first time arrest for him?

[jellydonut25]

Heroin is RAMPANT in Buffalo right now. It's insane.

[Dr Kain]