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The official nightshift thread....
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jennifer_417 wrote: »Ugh. Semester starts next Monday. 12 credits, plus working 3rd shift on the weekends. 16 weeks w/out a day off.
Glutton for punishment, too, I see! I have done that to myself so many times. (During one episode I got one of my favorite tattoos. It is on my outer right forearm...unfortunately I rarely see it but everyone else does! It is a candle...burning at both ends...with a rose in the center. It is perfect for me.)0 -
sufferlandrian wrote: »Some nights are rough but over all I do enjoy my job. I like to remember that I could be unemployed and living out of my car trying to take care of a family with odd jobs or panhandling or welfare. As frustrated as I am with clients some days, I'm truly grateful I went to school and learned a trade that allows me to support my family. With two special needs kids, the bills can really pile up. I will be eternally grateful for a wife that lets me do what I like for a living and makes sure my kids are taken care of. That way I can come home from a rough night to the sound of kids laughing and excited to see me. Life doesn't get any better than that!
If I died tonight, the memory of my wife and kids would make having lived, worth every minute.
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I got to play with a kitten today! Sometimes when I ride my bike I go to a lawn and garden store that sells pets as well and stare at the kittens. Today they had four, two that looked like my Sonny, two like my Ruby! I never saw my cats as kittens so it was like seeing them as babies! I thought my heart was going to implode holding one of 'em when one of the workers opened the cage and they started crawling out. Sheesh. I have 3 cats but have been wanting a kitten lately. I've always adopted adults. Guess it is baby fever in feline form. A couple months ago they had a little black and white riblet that I was able to pet a little and I've been kitten crazy since then!
There is the chick I watch on YouTube, Mamrie Hart...she has a show called You Deserve a Drink. She is raunchy and hilaaaarious. She put a book out and I got it in the mail this morning. I could NOT put it down and I lol'ed so many goddamned times in the 60 pages I read before forcing myself to put it down and go to bed!
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lilaclovebird wrote: »Alright. I've HAD ENOUGH! I am going to the store after this shift and I am getting some serious prune action going. I don't know what they taste like or if this will cause pain but I haven't pooped in 4 days!
I'm not in any serious pain but being this 'off schedule' is REALLY bothering me.
Is low back pain normal with constipation?
Ugh. As a person suffering from suspected Crohn's...I FEEL for ya! I'll be blessed with a colonoscopy next week...which doesn't sound fun...but being constipated or having urgent diarrhea constantly isn't fun either!
Regular pooping is something that is definitely taken for granted!
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Frankie_Felinius wrote: »I got to play with a kitten today! Sometimes when I ride my bike I go to a lawn and garden store that sells pets as well and stare at the kittens. Today they had four, two that looked like my Sonny, two like my Ruby! I never saw my cats as kittens so it was like seeing them as babies! I thought my heart was going to implode holding one of 'em when one of the workers opened the cage and they started crawling out. Sheesh. I have 3 cats but have been wanting a kitten lately. I've always adopted adults. Guess it is baby fever in feline form. A couple months ago they had a little black and white riblet that I was able to pet a little and I've been kitten crazy since then!
There is the chick I watch on YouTube, Mamrie Hart...she has a show called You Deserve a Drink. She is raunchy and hilaaaarious. She put a book out and I got it in the mail this morning. I could NOT put it down and I lol'ed so many goddamned times in the 60 pages I read before forcing myself to put it down and go to bed!
I love Mamrie Hart, Hannah Hart, and Grace Helbig! They all make me laugh!
I'm slowly getting into Ingrid Nilson and I've been a fan of Jenna Marbles for a while too.0 -
lilaclovebird wrote: »Frankie_Felinius wrote: »I got to play with a kitten today! Sometimes when I ride my bike I go to a lawn and garden store that sells pets as well and stare at the kittens. Today they had four, two that looked like my Sonny, two like my Ruby! I never saw my cats as kittens so it was like seeing them as babies! I thought my heart was going to implode holding one of 'em when one of the workers opened the cage and they started crawling out. Sheesh. I have 3 cats but have been wanting a kitten lately. I've always adopted adults. Guess it is baby fever in feline form. A couple months ago they had a little black and white riblet that I was able to pet a little and I've been kitten crazy since then!
There is the chick I watch on YouTube, Mamrie Hart...she has a show called You Deserve a Drink. She is raunchy and hilaaaarious. She put a book out and I got it in the mail this morning. I could NOT put it down and I lol'ed so many goddamned times in the 60 pages I read before forcing myself to put it down and go to bed!
I love Mamrie Hart, Hannah Hart, and Grace Helbig! They all make me laugh!
I'm slowly getting into Ingrid Nilson and I've been a fan of Jenna Marbles for a while too.
YES to ALLL of them! I started with Jenna...recommended by my fiancé. I knew she had to be funny because Number 1 - my fiancé typically isn't a fan of women comedians (not that she is a comedian but ya know what I'm saying) Number 2 - my fiancé isn't a fan of tan & thin blondes with small butts. Lol. So I KNEW she had to be truly funny for him to watch her. I found Grace when I watched her impression of Jenna Marbles. And then of course I found Hannah and Mamrie. Mamrie drove me nuts at first but she became my favorite out of all of them! She seriously makes me lol more than anyone else. Like ACTUALLY lol. She might be my "living celebrity you'd have lunch with"...the word celebrity used super loosely, of course and lunch replaced with drinks, of course. Ingrid I've only seen on other people's but she is cute as a button. I just watched her on Grace's channel a little bit ago!0 -
So you never said whether you took the kitten home or not. Well? Did you? 0
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No. I'm trying to be good...
The other day I went and stared at kittens at the shelter and later sent a pic of one to my fiancé. He asked if there was a kitten at our house. I texted back, "Do you mean Aggie?" Seconds later the phone rang...my fiancé thought I had done it!
It is only a matter of time...and he knows it...0 -
LOL. He'll be smart if he just accepts it and enjoys the newcomer. 0
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I'd love to have a kitten but our landlady hates them and won't let anyone have them. *pouts*0
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jennifer_417 wrote: »I'd love to have a kitten but our landlady hates them and won't let anyone have them. *pouts*
What about a Ferret? They can be litter trained!
I LOVE mine! I wish I could play with them more when my dad lets them out during the day. I know that Carmella spends a lot of time looking for me and when she finds me she tries to climb onto the bed to get to me.
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lilaclovebird wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »I'd love to have a kitten but our landlady hates them and won't let anyone have them. *pouts*
What about a Ferret? They can be litter trained!
I LOVE mine! I wish I could play with them more when my dad lets them out during the day. I know that Carmella spends a lot of time looking for me and when she finds me she tries to climb onto the bed to get to me.
I asked her a while back and apparently they are the only animal she hates more than cats...sigh.
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jennifer_417 wrote: »lilaclovebird wrote: »jennifer_417 wrote: »I'd love to have a kitten but our landlady hates them and won't let anyone have them. *pouts*
What about a Ferret? They can be litter trained!
I LOVE mine! I wish I could play with them more when my dad lets them out during the day. I know that Carmella spends a lot of time looking for me and when she finds me she tries to climb onto the bed to get to me.
I asked her a while back and apparently they are the only animal she hates more than cats...sigh.
NOOO! How could someone hate these adorable rodents?!
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sufferlandrian wrote: »LOL. He'll be smart if he just accepts it and enjoys the newcomer.
He always does! He just grumbles the first few weeks.
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Ferrets!! have a photorealistic black-footed ferret tattoo on my forearm!! I'm a sucker for "tube-bodied" animals! Ferrets, stoats, prairie dogs, otters, etc. I had a photo from a magazine of a black-footed ferret in my wallet for years...because it made me smile. I lost the pic eventually. Last year...I got the same image tattooed! His little face is right on my wrist.0
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They are adorable!!0
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I know, I think they're adorable, too! And you can get them demusked, so they don't smell...but you can't tell my landlady that...!
OH, I found out today that I will able to finish my Bachelor's degree easily in 2 semesters. I thought I was going to have to take summer school classes just to get it finished in 2 YEARS!0 -
Yeah! It will be nice to have the degree under your belt. What are you studying?0
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Psychology. I'm planning on going on to finish a Master's. I haven't decided yet if I want to pursue a Doctorate.0
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jennifer_417 wrote: »I know, I think they're adorable, too! And you can get them demusked, so they don't smell...but you can't tell my landlady that...!
OH, I found out today that I will able to finish my Bachelor's degree easily in 2 semesters. I thought I was going to have to take summer school classes just to get it finished in 2 YEARS!
#1 Getting a degree is awesome! Congrats!
#2 You don't necessarily have to have them descented and it is banned in European countries and considered mutilation. Akacia only really gets musky if you genuinely frighten her and Carmella will musk AND screams when scared. Although, Carmella is a mostly fearless.
"If your ferret has not been descented, you will most likely have no need to do so. Descenting a ferret has no significant impact on overall body odor. A ferret with intact anal sacs does, however, retain the ability to "poof" or "blow bombs" which means releasing some musk from these anal sacs. Ferrets cannot spray like a skunk, and unlike a skunk musk, ferret poofs dissipate within a few minutes. This natural defense mechanism will assert itself if your ferret is hurt or suddenly frightened. Additionally, ill ferrets with intact anal sacs will smell worse because they may not groom themselves, so the odor is an excellent indicator of a health problem." http://www.cypresskeep.com/Ferretfiles/Odor-FUSA.htm
I try to bathe them whenever I do a serious deep cleaning of the cage (where I take everything outside and hose it all down with some serious scrubbing) about 3-4 times a year. They do get baths if they venture into something particularly messy. Their adorable hammocks and cubes get washed once a week and their poop is cleaned out of the litter every day and the litter is fully changed once a week.
Took a bit for me to develop a cleaning schedule for everything but it does help keep the odor down. When I get ill and can't clean the cage as well, you can definitely tell. My mom and Uncle try to help out as much as they can.0 -
jennifer_417 wrote: »Psychology. I'm planning on going on to finish a Master's. I haven't decided yet if I want to pursue a Doctorate.
My old biology professor told me that if you get your Bachelor's, go ahead and get your Master's because that's pretty easy. Getting a doctorate is a BIT more difficult.
He only had a Masters. He always corrected you if you called him 'Doctor Sofge.' He never finished his doctorate and it didn't bother him one bit. He always complained that he made too much money.0 -
My brother had a music teacher at the school where he teaches that insisted the students call him Dr. Smith. Once of the students was complaining about it and my brother told him, "I think that's a great idea! And all of you should call me Master Aldrich." 0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »My brother had a music teacher at the school where he teaches that insisted the students call him Dr. Smith. Once of the students was complaining about it and my brother told him, "I think that's a great idea! And all of you should call me Master Aldrich."
Brilliant! the next time I see my old professor I'll call him "Master Sofge" and I can't wait to call @jennifer_417 "Master" tee hee.
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lilaclovebird wrote: »sufferlandrian wrote: »My brother had a music teacher at the school where he teaches that insisted the students call him Dr. Smith. Once of the students was complaining about it and my brother told him, "I think that's a great idea! And all of you should call me Master Aldrich."
Brilliant! the next time I see my old professor I'll call him "Master Sofge" and I can't wait to call @jennifer_417 "Master" tee hee.
*gigglesnort*
@Sufferlandrian, what's your take on de-musking ferrets? I was always under the impression that you sort of had to if you wanted to keep one as a pet, but I'd rather not if it's not really necessary!0 -
It's amazing to me how many times someone will create a forum thread, get solid advice that they don't like from a bunch of people who have successfully lost the weight, and basically respond with, "Yeah well, you're all fat..!"0
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jennifer_417 wrote: »lilaclovebird wrote: »sufferlandrian wrote: »My brother had a music teacher at the school where he teaches that insisted the students call him Dr. Smith. Once of the students was complaining about it and my brother told him, "I think that's a great idea! And all of you should call me Master Aldrich."
Brilliant! the next time I see my old professor I'll call him "Master Sofge" and I can't wait to call @jennifer_417 "Master" tee hee.
*gigglesnort*
@Sufferlandrian, what's your take on de-musking ferrets? I was always under the impression that you sort of had to if you wanted to keep one as a pet, but I'd rather not if it's not really necessary!
I would also like to hear @sufferlandrian 's think piece on descenting the fuzzies.
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The scent glands from a ferret are only part of what makes ferrets smell. Their scent glands are the same as Anal Glands on a dog or cat. Getting a ferret when it's young and getting it used to be bathed or groomed will usually eliminate the need to have the scent glands removed. The nerves that supply the rectum are right where the glands are so removal of the glands runs a risk of the leaving the ferret incontinent where he can't hold his feces in. Some ferrets have problems with infections in the scent glands and they have to be removed. The clients are always surprised they still have the musky smell. Grooming like baths and rub downs and keeping the bedding and housing clean are usually the best ways to reduce the scent from a ferret. I don't do the surgery and I work on a lot of ferrets.0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »The scent glands from a ferret are only part of what makes ferrets smell. Their scent glands are the same as Anal Glands on a dog or cat. Getting a ferret when it's young and getting it used to be bathed or groomed will usually eliminate the need to have the scent glands removed. The nerves that supply the rectum are right where the glands are so removal of the glands runs a risk of the leaving the ferret incontinent where he can't hold his feces in. Some ferrets have problems with infections in the scent glands and they have to be removed. The clients are always surprised they still have the musky smell. Grooming like baths and rub downs and keeping the bedding and housing clean are usually the best ways to reduce the scent from a ferret. I don't do the surgery and I work on a lot of ferrets.
They are still have a scent no matter what. Just like people! 0 -
I'd love to get my masters. I have a BA in criminal justice which isn't going to get me anywhere and I've been dispatching for 7 years, been out of college 8 (eek). Let's not even discuss student loans! I'm kinda stuck myself.
@jennifer_417 I love seeing people continue their education and it's awesome that you only have 2 semesters to go! Get to it!!0 -
Yes, Master Jennifer. We here and obey. 0
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