How are ya now?

[alpha_q_up]

Glad it's Friday and I can rest and get my head straight, kinda a bag of mixed emotions, I had an incident with a relative that led to a crummy Sunday of dealing with police, and to be honest I just wanna laugh so I've been listening to a lot of my favorite comedians podcasts and stand-ups, I think it's helping. I'm sure I'll be on the up, next week is a short work week for me.

[Cdn_Cuda]

I am jealous your school had a Nerf night! Last time we played as a family my wife shot in directly in the eye. Wear safety googles!

[flyweightnate]

It's cool hearing from everyone - get a better idea of the crazy folk that make up this weird, awesome site.

I've been pretty good. My wife got a new job (public school teacher, cuz two kids wasn't enough?) that's been good, especially financially, but has her worn out. No surprise there.

My five year old is on a Nerf kick right now. His school has a father-son nerf night coming up, and he is STOKED. So I'm spending almost an hour a day shooting him and getting shot. I highly recommend the Roughcut 2x4 - a pistol grip pump that holds 8, and shoots in pairs. No batteries so it matches the school rules.

And my daughter just turned three-nager, which is actually pretty awesome.

[vijil]

Lost my Dad a few months ago too. It's rough, but it's ok. Life.

[chrislognshot]

i live with some and have some one next door to use that should not or can not catch virus i have health issue that do not want me to get virus too.

[punkncat]

Over the course of this progressing year our genetics and knees came to call on my 74 YO mother. She had a knee surgery back some years ago that was a complete nightmare and she did NOT want to go through it again. On top of this she has several conditions that make surgery very dangerous to her. We spent the months since June being beyond worried about the situation, and her knee progressively getting worse. She was supposed to do the surgery back in July and the COVID situation among other aspects made her opt not to have it. Almost immediately she developed a really bad cyst on the back of that knee and stopped being able to get around properly. Way too much sitting, serious edema. She rescheduled the surgery for Sept. and I have been a mess of worry, taking it out on others and causing concentration and performance issues in every aspect of my life.
The surgery itself went well, thank goodness, but the "outpatient" aspect they like to pull turned into a real shit show. Mom had a really bad reaction to the anesthesia and they wanted to just put her in the car and send her home. I had already reserved time off work to help take care of her but the situation quickly went beyond my ability to deal with. All of this on top of the rona thing taking up all the available beds in the hospital and care facilities. I ended up having to show my ass pretty hard at the hospital and apparently voiced my concerns to and in front of the appropriate people. They opted to allow her to stay the night in the maternity ward and after a lot of calling around I was able to secure her a spot in a retirement home/rehab. Thank goodness that we did and her first week was very difficult due to her other conditions.

She was at the facility for 10 days of a planned two weeks. Another COVID outbreak at that facility put it on lockdown and she wasn't getting the PT she needed to recover. I went down, checked her out of the facility and came home with her, where I have been for the last two weeks. It's been a lot of work, but it's also been a tremendously rewarding opportunity for us to spend time together, talk, and for me to 'return the favor' as it were for all the years she has been so awesome to myself and our family. We spent a lot of time talking, eating together, just having wonderful fellowship and it's been a blessing in disguise for sure. It's the longest time we have spent together since I was a much younger man and something that couldn't be replaced at any cost. I count this among some of the best time of my life even if I am half worn out and darned ready to go home tomorrow. I have to get back to the grind and have responsibilities to take care of at home. It's been a really awesome time in spite of the challenges getting here.

[RAZRBAKK]

Jonnydread I appreciate your positive outlook on things man

[gabe]

Choose joy...now that's one I need to work on. I usually just choose caffiene and lowkey hating my job. The Covid paid time off relief from the fed ended yesterday and isn't getting renewed so all employees with covid now have to take 10 days minimum from their PTO or work from home and log at least 8 hours a day. Corporate bullshit is right.

Like most games I've been about 80% of the way through Farcry 3 but never finished it. Same for 4 and 5. Same for pretty much all the Fallout franchise and Skyrim as well. It's a good opportunity as any to get a few hours of gaming in.

[Cdn_Cuda]

Thanks Jonny! And after reading through what some people are going through it's all pretty minor stuff. But it feels good to talk about it and vent. Although the one that hurt the most was when I selected my Personalized Amazon Music Playlist when taking the dog for a walk and the first song it played was Beck - "Loser" lol

[snaparen]

well, not really,
This all came to light from having a stroke on the 18th of Aug. (I am 99% recovered) All the doctors I saw said with my medical history and age I should not be having a stroke. That's when they decided to take a closer look at my heart. They tell me it can be fixed intravenously with short recovery.

[Grendel]

I'm good, happy to be back south with my daughter's family all under our one roof. Being around my toddler granddaughter reminds me to have fun.

Work is good and busy (the way I like it) and only makes me scream at my monitors a few times a day.

I'm getting old and the body reminds me of my misspent youth. You younger guys do all the fun stuff but when you get hurt admit it and let your body heal/go to the doctor. Just because you can tough it out does not mean you will not pay for it later. Currently not sleeping well because of a pinched nerve (s) in my neck that was caused by past injuries that I toughed through.

Overall I'm good and looking forward to next month playing some paintball with old friends and MCB members at Fulda Gap scenario!

Miss you and the reprobate at Dave's outlaw field Jonny hope you guys are having fun!

[homerj]

It’s all good. I’m hoping when the baby actually gets here it’ll snap some grown up in him. The younger daughter will come around sooner than later i think. I’ve played a little Contra & Megaman. I don’t have the skills/patience for games like them anymore. I’ve been spoiled by modern games. When i was a kid EVERY game was punishingly difficult so that was just normal. I’ve been playing a lot of PSVR & just started The Messenger. I’m going to Retropalooza in 3 weeks so I’ll hopefully come back with a decent haul. If there’s something you’re looking for just let me know & I’ll be on the lookout for it there.

[Jonnydread]

Thank you to everyone that has shared so far. Keeping an eye on one another is what bros do and I extend that to mental health as well. I've loved and lost people that I wish I had checked in with more often so now that the seasons are changing and seasonal depression looms I want to make sure we are keep tabs on each other. Happy goddamned October y'all!

[Jonnydread]

That is hilarious! Just start chucking the kid out of his bed and calling it your bed, see how he likes THAT! Keep your family close and keep your optimism. Good on you.

[Jonnydread]

Covid-related work stuff is awful. My wife is in healthcare and her hospital is slated to lose ~600 employees due to covid vaccine and she has been a ball of stress. My heart goes out to you mate, I hope the work stuff ends up working itself out. So fucking stoked for your new pup, please make sure to post up pictures cause 99% of this site is bonkers for critters. On that note, post up some pics of your old girls too! Nothing say love like fond memories. Dude take it slow with lifting/exercise, putting your pride before your body is a great way to get a snap back on your health. I dove head-first back into lifting a bit ago and tweaked my back the first day then had to wait another 2 weeks to get back, getting older suuuuucks.