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Mental Health Support for a Friend in Crisis
Hi all. I know I don’t post very often, but I’m still lurking around. I know GT has mental health thread with a comprehensive list of free/cheap mental health services. I have a young friend (18) who is going through the fucking ringer, has very little support and shitty insurance. She’s not sleeping, she’s not eating…
KINJAAAAAAAAAA!
This frigging site. I can only log in on my laptop with Safari. With Chrome and Safari mobile, I keep getting redirected to set up a burner account. I’ve cleaned all the caches, turned off ad blockers and logged into Chrome with my kinja gmail account and the minute I go back to my usual log-in, I’m booted out to…
Denver/Front Range Meetup
Would anyone like to do this? I know it’s getting into busy holiday season, but I want to meet y’all! I’m in Lakewood, but have wheels and can travel.
I think I just figured out Tinder and boy howdy do I feel stupid
I thought I’d try an experiment to swipe right on everyone and cull down from there. I always delete the one-pic-no-bio dudes but a few slip through the cracks occasionally.
I do not like Denver.
1. There is no good food. I trust yelp even less here than anywhere else. 5 stars in Denver is 3 stars in Chicago. Anything less than 5 stars is wretched.
Getting a service dog
Hi all! So I’ve decided to take the plunge and get a service dog. With fibro, I qualify for one by ADA standards and I think it will really help. However I have a couple of issues:
I Need All the Swim Gear
Welp, after an insanely hard move and epically bad start at my job, things have settled down. Job is going better, I’m mostly recovered from a terrifying fibro flare-up, my apartment is in decent shape, and my sweet old man cat is doing better.
Switching from gas range to electric
My new apartment in Denver has an electric range with coils (not a nice flat-top range.) I’ve never liked electric and I’ve had gas ranges since 1992. So how do I adjust? What do I need to do? Tips and tricks from anyone who’s switched?
I'm having a lot of feelings about leaving Chicago
I know that moving to Colorado is personally and professionally a really good thing for me to do. And I haven’t been happy with Chicago for a long time. But I also haven’t been miserable and it’s home. I’m so, so sad to leave. I’m going to miss my friends, and my family, and my city so much. I’m not feeling any…
Best short-term car lease/rental? 3-6 months
Hi all! I’m moving out west (Chicago->Denver) (Woohoo!) and I’d like to lease/rent a car for a few months before I settle on buying one. I’d prefer a compact/crossover SUV like the Ford Escape or Subaru Forrester. I looked at Avis and it’s almost 4K for 3 months, which seems kind of nuts. Has anyone does this before?…
I'm moving to Denver!!!
OMG OMG OMG! I just got an official job offer in Denver. I’m leaving Chicago! WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO! Relo included, of course. I have so much to do in the next month, but I’m psyched. I haven’t spent much time out there, but enough to know I like the energy. People from Denver, Colorado, and western Mountain regions in…
Stupid friend won't respect my political boundaries
I have a guy friend I’m very, very fond of. He has some stupid white male bullshit, but he’s a good man in general. We’ve worked together before and likely will again, and have a good friendship in almost all ways. We see each other pretty frequently. Personally and professionally, he’s a great person to have on my…
Guise...GUISE...I HAVE ADHD!
I got diagnosed last week, and have been on meds since then and OMG it’s amazing. I feel like myself again. I don’t know if I’ve had it since childhood (I mostly did really well academically,) or if it’s something that was brought on by messed up brain chemistry as an adult, but Jesus Rice Crispies, I can not believe…
I just rejoined OKC
Just for shits and giggles. It is way more of a shit show than I remember it, and there are zero giggles. The last time I was on was in 2013. I don’t know wtf happened, but it is out of control.
OMG! My doc just ok'd medical marijuana for me!
I live in a state where it is heavily regulated and hard to get a doctor to approve it. I went in to my appointment sweating bullets, totally prepared to make my case and my doctor said “Sure. You have fibromyalgia. Just send me the form.” I am SUPER, SUPER happy! It’s still stupid expensive here (same as street…
Erin Johnson is a badass Boss.
If you haven’t been following, Erin Johnson, who is Chief Communications Officer at JWT, the oldest (and one of the largest) ad agencies in the world is suing the (now former) CEO for creating a hostile workplace. First he denied it and the parent company WPP (largest advertising company in the world) backed him up…
I am Superwoman
“Why?” you ask? Because I put this bed together all by myself. Not to mention disassembling my old frame. Although I really do need to invest in good tools, including a ratcheting screwdriver set with allen key heads. I’m pretty sick of using the crappy ones that come in the packaging.
I Might Be Moving
And I’m a little freaked out!
Worst. Job. Ever.
I really want to think this is a hoax. It's really freaking long. I hope you make it to the end.