How are ya now?

[Jonnydread]

Wow man. I don't have kids, but that sounds heart-rending. I hope your daughter's partners get their shit together and take care of each other properly. Bummer about the car, what happened? Something worth making a stink about to recoup anything?? As long as you keep your head above water I truly believe you WILL be stronger for it. Play any good classic games lately?

[Jonnydread]

ah that's a bummer about your team man, that's such a blow to your extra curricular mental health. That's awesome you're getting involved with your kids' sports, I'm sure they'll be happy to have you around. Weird that the coach is like that. Between that and getting berated at work methinks some of these people really need a crash course in effective communication. It doesn't excuse anyone's shitty behavior, but I think the stresses & strains of covid are really starting to manifest in people. We all need to take a moment before we speak to one another to make sure what we're saying is productive and kind, it's really not that hard. I don't think anyone is their best self, especially at work, these days. It's fucking awesome that your home life is good, having an 'anchor' at home is so important for happiness.

[Jonnydread]

Yeah corporate culture is bullshit. I work for a small company that is slowly coming around to adjusting to things, but that back-of-the-mind expectation to answer off hours emails and join meetings just makes me mad. Why can't people go away once in a while lol. Video games are fun though, were you putting off Far Cry 3? I have a backlog of games I've been meaning to beat. I'm fucking good man, on days and off days, but my spirits are high and I choose my joy every day. Thanks for asking!

[Jonnydread]

Lock down can be rough man, you been using this time to learn anything new or do something for yourself?

[Jonnydread]

Hey man that's some kind of wave, so glad you and your family will be okay in the interim. There's something to be said for being a house husband. My wife is the primary breadwinner in our house especially since I'm still partially furloughed from covid and I ain't gonna lie I kind of love it. Been able to get to projects I've been putting off and there's something extremely satisfying about your spouse coming home and being pleasantly surprised at how much you killed it domestically. Another great attitude at the end of your post, this is your time to evolve!

[Jonnydread]

Having time to do stuff like reflect is one of the silver linings to this whole thing. I hope it's beneficial for you. Here's to you granny!

[Jonnydread]

Man you are gonna CRUSH that 5k. Go get it!

[Jonnydread]

Hell yeah man! I'm all about homies helping homies and the first step for anything is to ask. I know a lot of you bastards like to keep your emotions close to your chest, but that shit ain't healthy. Gotta purge that ichor yo! Glad for the negative tests, this covid thing is lame.

[Jonnydread]

Another GREAT attitude. That's some crazy right there man, you going to have to make lifestyle changes?

[Tarsun2]

2 kids (2 and 4).
4yo started preschool and the entire class got sick. he gave whatever he had to us and the 2yo.
the 2yo got the worst of it. (nothing some meds cant fix)
now the 4yo keeps coming in our room at 12-2 AM and kicking me out of my own bed. lucky for me though, i actually like his bed. The wife got him a full size memory foam incase this happened. lol

but all in all, these problems are immediate and fleeting. in the grand scheme of things, its going well. Projects are taking hella long but im told thats the norm for a full time job, wife, and 2 kids.

[BrickHaus]

Me?

First of all, amazing topic. Our society puts such a shadow on vunerability and mental health, its nice to see so many share raw emotions on here.


Man, depends on the day., and the lense I have. Over all, lifes great. Just got back from a week long vacation celebrating 5 years of trouble free marriage. Have a decent paying job thats stayed busy through this whole covid deal. We are getting a new puppy ( pending adoption process) after having to put both of my old girls down this year, so we are excited to start a new life of awesome with a new fur baby.

But on the other hand. I came back from vacation into a storm of OT at work. Over 40 hours already today, and the stress of work pressure is already settling back in 4 days after my return. Ive been battling with my self talk, and mental health as of late. Even though life is seemingly good, I struggle with feeling worth while at times. Been on the verge of tears for no good reason for a while now.

To boot. My company does DOD contracts, and sent emails to my non vaxed co workers to give verbal confirmation they arent getting vaxed, or present their cards. That being said, looks like Im gonna lose a bunch of co workers real quick which only stresses me out nore. We found this out yesterday.

Ive been working out every morning in an attempt to feel better both mentally and physically. Its been helping, but as I type this, Im laid out on my floor. I was trying to get back into my regiment this week after a vacation. I just put 155 lbs on my squat rack as thats where I worked up to prior to my vacation, and felt a twinge down low on my second set. Now Im hoping I can get my ass to work today. This is not helping my self worth a lick worst part is, I looked at the rack, and thought I should just put 135 up for a welcome back, but decided Id feel it out at full weight and now Im gonna have to work just to be able to tie my boots.

Thats where my head space is this second. It may change in the next few hours, so we shall see.

Hope you all have a great day!

[homerj]

My oldest daughter is pregnant & her husband won’t keep a job. I haven’t heard from my youngest daughter in over 2 weeks because the piece of $h!+ she lives with is a piece of $h!+ & did i mention she lives with the piece of $h!+?

Oh, i also just spent waaaaaay more on a car repair than i should have because a local dealership totally screwed me.

But, hey, whatever doesn’t make me stronger will kill me right? Or is it the other way around in reverse?

[Cdn_Cuda]

Great idea Johnny, thanks for doing this!

Generally I’m doing well, home life is great, everyone is healthy and mostly happy. Work has been very busy, and will continue that way.

Unfortunately I’ve lost my main recreational activity due to Covid. I’ve played on a beer league hockey team for over four years now. Hadn’t played due to Covid, but with vaccines available was hopeful. Long story short, my team has collapsed, so no hockey. I will be helping with my oldest’s sports this year, so at least I won’t be a total slug. I need to get exercise and an outlet.

Another issue I have had is people being complete asses to me for largely no reason.

The worst time was the head of my major client for work. He basically yelled at me and called me a liar in front of a room full of clients. Really inappropriate, disrespectful and frustrating. It was bad enough someone in the back of the room came up and apologized to me. It definitely made this person and the his organization look pretty bad. My company was worked with this client for more than 50 years, andI’ve worked with them for more than 15 years. We have never been treated as poorly as we currently are being treated.

And more recently I had volunteered to help assistant coach my daughter’s soccer team, as the coach requested help. It’s 7 year old girls playing fob a team for the first time. Head coach at a game thanked me for volunteering even. Show up at practice, walk into the field to help the coach, get completely ignored for several minutes before he and the kids run off, leaving me standing their like an idiot. Message received, so I returned to parents at the sideline and I even get asked why I wasn’t helping as the assistant coach. Clearly the guy doesn’t want any help. So now it’s awkward as hell. Am I helping? Am I not? No freaking idea and I don’t want to make any drama. I think next game I’m just going to bring a camping chair and sit there. He needs help he can ask.

[gabe]

Same here. Caught the 'rona last weekend and despite feeling pretty rough on sunday and monday I've been fine since but can't go back to work for 10 days. Just been kind of puttering around the house playing video games and watching hulu shows alternating. Beat Farcry 3. Yeah, pretty boring stuff.

The boss still expects me to join in online meetings a few days during the week and the company culture is to keep working at least a few hours a day from home. Seems kind of lame that catching covid doesn't buy you some time off work but I guess that's America.

Hows Johnny these days?

[chrislognshot]

want to do more but virus has me on lock down and only go out when need or when 2 place we go to eat is nearly empty