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Kickle
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Cycles of stress....
#9953763 - 03/11/09 07:07 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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What's the deal yo.
First semester, about midway through, I got MRSA (An antibiotic resistant form of staph). Alright, everyone has health issues at some point. Throw on the girlfriend and mother freaking out and it starts to get a little stressful. Throw school in the mix, with a particularly heavy load and we're starting to hit interference levels.
Second semester, I move into a new apartment. The school semester starts up, and everything decides to go tits up. My shower head literally busted out of the wall. About 2 inches deep into the wall, with the plastic still screwed in, so I can't simply screw in a new head. Damn. Then my kitchen smells like shit.. what the hell is going on? Look under, and my pipe, past the trap, has split open. Fuck. Throw school on the pile again, and I'm overloaded yet again.
Third semester, another apartment trouble. Loading myself up on research activities because I feel like I've got a light load... only 14 credit hours. So I'm working under 4 different graduate students, helping place surveys online and run participants in studies, etc. Come home one day, kick off my shoes, and step down... wtf... why is my foot now SOAKED? What the hell is leaking... pull up the carpet a bit, and the floor beneath is sopping wet. What the fuck man. I can't take a day off from work to fix it, because I need the cash to pay rent (just scraping by).
I think by the time I graduate, I'm going to be a pro at home repair. I guess I should be happy that my summers remain uneventful, but really, I could deal with this so much more easily without school deadlines in the mix.
P.S. I should've known I was asking for trouble when the apartment required no lease or deposit, but for 300 a month and a block from the University, I was willing to take the chance.
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Kickle]
#9953777 - 03/11/09 07:10 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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Yeah. Those first few months out of the nest are always rough.
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Kickle
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Crasher]
#9953796 - 03/11/09 07:12 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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Eh? Basing assumptions on anything? This thread is a comment on the timing of life, not on how hard I have it.
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Kickle]
#9953812 - 03/11/09 07:15 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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You're obviously just starting out. If your mom still knows when you get sick I take it you're relatively new to living away from home.
Stress comes at interesting intervals, but I think your situation is pretty generic.
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Kickle]
#9953826 - 03/11/09 07:17 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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If you live in an apartment and pipes are breaking - its the landlords responsibility to get that shit fixed. Hell anything of yours that gets ruined by the water damage the landlord is likely to be responsible for too.
This shouldnt be that stressful for you - just call your landlord and tell him to fix it.
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Kickle]
#9953835 - 03/11/09 07:18 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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I haven't had any water whatsoever the past week, my well is fucked up. I can't fix it myself as I have no idea how or even what exactly is wrong, and the guys that were supposed to come monday to fix it won't fucking come out to fix it. They CLAIM they'll be here tomorrow. We'll see...
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Kickle
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Kickle]
#9953847 - 03/11/09 07:20 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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I suppose that's a fair statement. I've been living on my own for 5 years, but I do of course keep close contact with my parents. As long as I can, I will.
I still am hoping this thread can be more about cycles of stress though...
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You water comes from a well, and you also use the internet?
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Kickle]
#9954005 - 03/11/09 07:37 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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Thats just normal life ,not stress. Stress is when you feel like your having a heart attack or are on downs to keep you from having a panic attack every time there is a loud noise,thats stress.
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: unretarded]
#9954029 - 03/11/09 07:39 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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That just sounds like a panic attack to me. Heavy anxiety at least.
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Kickle]
#9954068 - 03/11/09 07:43 PM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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Stress is doing inventory on your camp's demolition bunker when bad guys start throwing mortars at where you sleep.
This is compounded by finding a dud round in the middle of camp that you have to blow in place, while the medics are trying to save an Iraqi guard's life.
I have trouble relating.
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Re: Cycles of stress.... [Re: Jufin]
#9955989 - 03/12/09 12:24 AM (15 years, 20 days ago) |
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Quote:
Jufin said: You water comes from a well, and you also use the internet?
Not the kind of well you turn a crank on and it lifts a bucket of water... And electric well. I don't live close enough to any towns or cities to have connections to their water
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