This sure does feel like a HUGE rain cloud

[Udie]

Engine blew up after work today.....

[funkedup]

Arrrrrrrrgh

Reminds me of my old roomate.

Comes home in a rainstorm from a bad day at work (he almost got fired).  Takes a turn too fast and spins the car in front of our apartment building.  Nails two parked cars, and totals his car.

He's unhurt.  But in his hurry to call a tow truck and the police he leaves his keys and wallet in the car.  Comes back and the keys and wallet have been stolen.

I finally come home from school and let him in the apartment.  He's still pretty pissed but starting to calm down.  We go down to get our mail.  He gets two items of mail.  The first is his insurance payment, returned for insufficient postage (he forgot to put a stamp on it).  The second thing in the mail is his car insurance cancellation notice because they didn't recieve his payment.  Needless to say, he had a coniption.  About all I could do is remind him that he was lucky to be unhurt.

It could be worse dude.  

PS This guy was bipolar, for real.  Took lithium IIRC.

PPS The cool part of the story is that one of the parked cars only had minor damage, and the owner of the other parked car (which was really messed up) never contacted my friend even though we left several notes on the car.  The car just sat there all messed up for months.  Our lease expired, we moved out and I don't think he ever heard from the owner.

[Udie]

Just wish this was my only problem right now.  It's only one in a long string of them.  It will all get worked out Im sure, but it will suck until then.


 life goes on....

[Staga]

Sometimes there's days when it looks everything you touch turns to a crap (touch of the manure-midas...).
All you can do then is sit back and wait; usually things don't look that bad after good night sleep and sometimes there's also easy solutions to problems which did look hard earlier.

[Udie]

yeah staga I call that the "anti-midus" I had it yesterday morning bad.

 all I can say right now is that I just thought I was depressed 2 weeks ago.  Just a damn good thing I don't own a gun and a bullet........

[Kratzer]

Knock that toejam off right now.   Seriously.

Nobody in AH is allowed to take themselves out of the game.  I'll send a bunch of FDBs to kick your ass.

[Eagler]

just remember life is a giant sine wave and ....

[midnight Target]

Good one Eagler.

Udie.. It has been shown that the act of smiling can actually trigger a beneficial chemical reaction in your body. So do it! There has got to be something funny about all this.

[Udie]

Sorry guys all I see is a great big stop sign.  I ain't gonna off myself, that's a first class ticket to the big fire dance.  Plus I don't want to hurt my parents like that.

 But for the first time in my life I'm at a place where I have no answers and every avenue I try ends up at the same big stop sign.

 I'm about 90% sure I'll be laid off at the end of the month too.....


 Honestly I'm thinking about just dropping everything and going to join the peace corps or something.  Maybe a trip to help out in the 3rd world will help me learn some big life lesson or something. At least it would get me out of where I'm at now.

[lazs2]

well... u only have so much luck both good and bad..  whenever I have a long streak of bad luck I figure I am just getting it all out of the way so that I can get on to the good stuff..   Less sensitive people who know me feel that it is karma.
lazs

[Wlfgng]

Udie, I have experience with dealing with very severe depression in the form of my Mother having bi-polar.

Hang in there since the way you feel now is bound to change.  Remember that this is a chemical thing and it causes your brain/emotions/feelings to go through huge swings.. both up and down.  

Eagler is right on.  Your are in the depth of a well but will not stay there forever.  It's not easy to believe right now but you will feel better !

You have lots of friends that are pulling for you and
you have to focus on the fact that things will improve!

[Creamo]

It's a Tumor Ooody.

[Udie]

Nov. 1, 2000  -  To get rid of severe depression I change careers and move in w/ my best friend in Austin.

Nov, 2000 - election BS

Dec. 30, 2000 - Middle of nowhere Louisiana 10:30 pm water pump blows out,  I think it's the heater core.  Aprox 5-10 min later engine follows the water pumps lead.

 2 months no transport

March, 2001 - next door neighbor's house burns down missing my house by a slight few degrees of wind direction.

August, 2001 - Neck hurst so I go get xray,  doc says "we saw a spot you need an MRI"  $1000 later MRI says everything is ok.

Sept. 11, 2001 -   ........

November, 2001 -  Best friend at work and one of my best friends I've met in the Austin area dies.

insert a few good months

 June, 2002 - Nasty black/purple mole grows on back.  Doc says "that looks like cancer" surgery no. 1 (minor I know) a week of fright later I get the "all clear"

 June, 2002 - Dick tumor

 July, 2002 - Work dramaticly slows down 2nd round of lay offs in one years time, pushing me up to the top of the list for the next round.

 August 1-4, 2002 - Insert really needed and fun weekend

 August, 2002 - first time I ever give up control of my life and commit myself into mental institution.

 August, 2002 - Doc "over prescribes" a major psychotopic drug.

September 2, 2002 - Toxic reaction to prescribed Depekote, 27 vomits in 12 hours.

 September 3, 2002 - down to $25 with 1.5 weeks to go until my smallest check in over 15 years.

 September 5, 2002 - car dies, $3500 to rebuild engine for 2nd time.

 Thank God in Heaven for fising or I would have already lost my mind.......



there's more bad toejam that happened too, this is just what I can remember right now

[Creamo]

Oh, you did have a dick tumor?

Geez, sorry. I really WAS trying to lighten up the post.

At least you didn't go gay on ElFie...

Oh God, I can't watch...

[Kratzer]

What do you do for a living, Udie?

And how old ar you?