The Drop In Centre 3

[Kitt]

6 minutes ago, Gary L said:

Pretty depressing day. My dearest friend has not achieved progress in her fight against stage 4 cancer, despite costly treatments twice weekly in Madrid. And now another friend has admitted that his prostate cancer is actually not as “light” as he led me to believe.     Plus awful train crash in southern Spain.   Uff.  Not the greatest Monday.   
 

 

I wish your friends comfort.

[Kitt]

Somehow I always thought of "Manic Mondays" as crazy days while ironing out the glitches of life that occur on weekends but can't be fixed till offices etc open on Monday mornings.

 

I did not think it meant the world emerging from weekend snow driving like maniacs.  Roads are basically clear, just  wet after yesterday's storm, but reason has not yet returned. I am not sure which are worse, the ones traveling 15 to 20 mph over posted limits getting pissed at those of  us @ or close to the limit, or the ones crawling along a 50mph limit road @ 25!

[kbois]

37 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Somehow I always thought of "Manic Mondays" as crazy days while ironing out the glitches of life that occur on weekends but can't be fixed till offices etc open on Monday mornings.

 

I did not think it meant the world emerging from weekend snow driving like maniacs.  Roads are basically clear, just  wet after yesterday's storm, but reason has not yet returned. I am not sure which are worse, the ones traveling 15 to 20 mph over posted limits getting pissed at those of  us @ or close to the limit, or the ones crawling along a 50mph limit road @ 25!

At least it's pretty

 

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, Gary L said:

Pretty depressing day. My dearest friend has not achieved progress in her fight against stage 4 cancer, despite costly treatments twice weekly in Madrid. And now another friend has admitted that his prostate cancer is actually not as “light” as he led me to believe.     Plus awful train crash in southern Spain.   Uff.  Not the greatest Monday.   
 

 

i'm sorry, Gary. It's not easy, i know.  i wish you peace and strength and the same to your friends. 

 

[Gary L]

5 hours ago, chris191070 said:

Sorry to here your having such a bad day.

Thank you all. Went for walk with Amparo and the dogs, she is so amazing.  She is Planning to go to Paris to sing in massed choir Messiah in June.   If she does so she will have survived longer than first medic predicted.  🤞

[kbois]

1 hour ago, Gary L said:

Thank you all. Went for walk with Amparo and the dogs, she is so amazing.  She is Planning to go to Paris to sing in massed choir Messiah in June.   If she does so she will have survived longer than first medic predicted.  🤞

That's amazing. Nothing but positive thoughts going your way. 

[Mikiesboy]

Happy Whatever Day It Is .... i know things seem bad and frustrating, but do what i do and say F That!  Sometimes, keeping your world small, is the best thing for your mental health. Eat well, dress warmly (it's howling here and is currently 8F /feels like -15F in the wind) or not if you're somewhere warm and do something you enjoy, don't stare at your phone or social media or the news, just don't ... i have socks to knit! 

Here's something interesting ...  

  

[Wayne Gray]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

Happy Whatever Day It Is .... i know things seem bad and frustrating, but do what i do and say F That!  Sometimes, keeping your world small, is the best thing for your mental health. Eat well, dress warmly (it's howling here and is currently 8F /feels like -15F in the wind) or not if you're somewhere warm and do something you enjoy, don't stare at your phone or social media or the news, just don't ... 

you have hit upon what is necessary for me to stay sane.

I take time for myself. I do the things I enjoy. I do this in spite of the news. In spite of the way I'm "supposed" to feel.

We've evolved to handle one thing at a time. Yet, we're presented with a world of worry on a daily basis. We're not built for it. It's why we see so much anxiety in the world. Overall, the more connected people are, the less happy.

Don't bury your head in the sand. But don't live in the stream of information every second either. It'll make you crazy.

[kbois]

1 hour ago, Wayne Gray said:

you have hit upon what is necessary for me to stay sane.

I take time for myself. I do the things I enjoy. I do this in spite of the news. In spite of the way I'm "supposed" to feel.

We've evolved to handle one thing at a time. Yet, we're presented with a world of worry on a daily basis. We're not built for it. It's why we see so much anxiety in the world. Overall, the more connected people are, the less happy.

Don't bury your head in the sand. But don't live in the stream of information every second either. It'll make you crazy.

I completely agree. I rarely watch or look at the news. I know there are many people out there who say 'stay informed'. I'll let them give me the cliff notes version. Ive finally trained my husband to ask himself  "does K really want to hear this"? Nine times out of ten the answer is no. 

I figure if something truly catastrophic is going to happen like Yellowstone going supervolcano or the zombie apocalypse then oh well. (I cant outrun a volcanic ash cloud but I might have a fighting chance at escaping zombies)

Stay warm everyone!

[Kitt]

4 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

Happy Whatever Day It Is

You have hit on one of my biggest problems right now. With him home and relatively immobile, one day is blending into the next. I frequently find myself asking "Wtf day is it". If it were not for the day planner with alarms on my phone I would start missing appointments. 

[Flip-Flop]

3 hours ago, Kitt said:

I frequently find myself asking "Wtf day is it"

Yep. I can relate to that feeling! 

[Mikiesboy]

10 hours ago, kbois said:

I might have a fighting chance at escaping zombies

As long as they are not those 'fast' zombies. Geez, i hate those.  

[Mikiesboy]

Today is Lincoln Alexander Day in Canada.  Mr. Alexander was our first Black member of Parliament (1968), he was  lawyer and become Lieutenant-governor of Ontario among his accomplishments.

[Kitt]

Batten down the hatches US East Coast. Here comes another massive winter storm! My area is saying a MINIMUM of 4" from Saturday evening thru Monday morning. 

My plan for last weekend worked well, so I think I am going to stick with it! Shopping today or tomorrow to beat the rush, comfort foods and snacks, then hide from the world for the duration!

[Gary L]

1 hour ago, Mikiesboy said:

Today is Lincoln Alexander Day in Canada.  Mr. Alexander was our first Black member of Parliament (1968), he was  lawyer and become Lieutenant-governor of Ontario among his accomplishments.

Celebrate well! Great speech at Davos yesterday from a Canadian - v rare standing ovation 

[Reader1810]

21 minutes ago, Kitt said:

My area is saying a MINIMUM of 4" from Saturday evening thru Monday morning. 

My area is saying 4-6 inches Sunday. I’ve got my fingers 🤞🏻🤞🏻this is one of the times they got the forecast wrong.

[Kitt]

1 hour ago, Reader1810 said:

My area is saying 4-6 inches Sunday. I’ve got my fingers 🤞🏻🤞🏻this is one of the times they got the forecast wrong.

Just remember, a "wrong" 4-6" could be anything from a dusting to a foot!

[kbois]

I am supposed to have plans to see some old friends from high school on Sunday. We may need to postpone depending on what this storm decides to do. I can't seem to escape storm tracking up here. Looks like I traded hurricanes for blizzards/ice storms. Sigh. 

On another note, why is it so hard to get some people's names right? Usually it's my last name that gives people trouble, but today it was my first name. It's one of those names that can be spelled a multitude of ways.... think Kaitlyn, Katelynne, Caytlin etc... So, I'm making an appointment and the girl asks for my first name, so I say it, then spell it.. K-a-y-t-l-i-n. I get an email with my registration and she input C-a-y-t-l-y-n-n-e (no, my name is not any of those lol). Is it so hard to listen? 

Anyways.... have a good day everyone and bundle up. My car told me it was 0 °C when I got to work. I told it to F-off, hurried inside and cranked the heat in the office to 75. 

[Kitt]

2 hours ago, kbois said:

My car told me it was 0 °C when I got to work

Not so bad, that's 32*f.  Mine said 8*f as I left the house. That's  -13*c for you metric peeps.

[kbois]

6 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Not so bad, that's 32*f.  Mine said 8*f as I left the house. That's  -13*c for you metric peeps.

I don't know why I put Celcius. I dont even know what that is lol. I think my brain cells were frozen. It was Fahrenheit. 0°F. 

[Wayne Gray]

1 minute ago, kbois said:

I don't know why I put Celcius. I dont even know what that is lol. I think my brain cells were frozen. It was Fahrenheit. 0°F. 

Oh. Oh, hell naw.

[Mikiesboy]

5 hours ago, Gary L said:

Celebrate well! Great speech at Davos yesterday from a Canadian - v rare standing ovation 

Thanks Gary. 

[Cane23]

6 hours ago, Gary L said:

Celebrate well! Great speech at Davos yesterday from a Canadian - v rare standing ovation 

An amazing, eye-opening speech! A tough leader for a tough time - you’ve chosen well, dear Canadians.

[Gary L]

1 hour ago, kbois said:

I don't know why I put Celcius. I dont even know what that is lol. I think my brain cells were frozen. It was Fahrenheit. 0°F. 

It was a cold 18°C here today (64°F). Wieners were hidden under duvet all morning whilst I washed bed linen after 001 vomited all over my bed at midnight……. 

[kbois]

19 minutes ago, Gary L said:

It was a cold 18°C here today (64°F). Wieners were hidden under duvet all morning whilst I washed bed linen after 001 vomited all over my bed at midnight……. 

Been there. Damn weiners.