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Post by rueful on Feb 22, 2009 0:36:11 GMT
Vittoria, I'm glad you feel you can reveal yourself in these threads as well as goof around in the games threads and, most important, alternate analyzing and drooling in the Rufus threads. It's a nice group to be able to share things with.  |
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Post by peach on Feb 22, 2009 2:15:31 GMT
Vittoria, I am in agreement with you. I don't think I've ever felt more comfortable than I have on this board. I recently received good news concerning my health and feel that I've been given a unique opportunity, and I plan to use it wisely. I can get a bit long winded as well, and I'm comforted that this little indiscretion will be overlooked and forgiven.
I think the work you do is facinating to say the least, and I'm sure it frightened you quite a bit but you seem to be doing OK and not fighting it. I truly feel I am among friends here, and love reading all of these amazing posts, and finding out about all you wonderful ladies !
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Post by lizap on Feb 22, 2009 5:30:24 GMT
We took in a new dog today. The intention was to foster him until he is adopted. We weren't sure it would work, because one of our dogs is a rescue abused as a puppy, and as a result he is poorly adjusted and has no self respect or sense of self, of his place in the world, or of how to behave in various situations. As I feared, the new little whippersnapper, who is just one and a half and extremely confident, has no respect for our damaged dog. I don't think that I want him to have to go through this type of humiliation every time we take in a foster dog, and his vulnerabilities are exposed and he gets shoved to the bottom of the hierarchy. So it looks like this is something we won't be able to do after all. Which is kind of disappointing.
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 22, 2009 11:40:34 GMT
Lizap, it would be such a shame if you can't. Can you maybe give it a few more days? I know young dogs can often give an older dog a new lease of life, so maybe once the newcomer has got used to everything, things will work out? Good luck.
Having said that, I could never foster - the thought of getting attached and then having to give the animal up would be just too hard for me. I admire those who can do it, since it's so much better for the animal to be in a normal environment while waiting for its new human to find it, than being restricted in a pen. Kudos to you for trying.
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Post by Vittoria on Feb 22, 2009 21:10:16 GMT
 You're all just so cool here! I just called my parents' place and Mama wasn't well enough to speak. I have to call again next Sunday and hope she can. I just created a Facebook page... and I just realized I'm friggin' starving, so I better eat. Lizap: So sorry about it all. I agree with GEII. I could never do the fostering thing either. It would just be too hard.
Tip: Got your pm, Hon. Thanks very much! I pm'd you back... oh and I did leave some stuff out of the description. There's more to it. Vittoria, I'm glad you feel you can reveal yourself in these threads as well as goof around in the games threads and, most important, alternate analyzing and drooling in the Rufus threads. It's a nice group to be able to share things with. Thank you for your kind words! As long as I'm not freaking people out too much, it's cool. Example of freak out: revealing that I have wings in my astral body (freaks people out). ... and not being able to say- "damn my back hurts today cos my wings have been jammed up from disuse" (freaks me out). Now, some people I know actually understand from their own experience what I'm talking about and if a person has "second sight" so to speak they may see the wings, but most people would scratch their heads in dismay about the whole thing... But that is what happens if they are not used for a period of time. It's like they get jammed up. It's hard to spiritually manifest spreading them out. I just had to do that a couple of nights ago (spreading the jam up) and it's bloody exhausting. I think the work you do is facinating to say the least, and I'm sure it frightened you quite a bit but you seem to be doing OK and not fighting it. Cool! Yes, it sure did! Well, TBH, it has freaked me out bit by bit and in big ways. Adjusting has indeed taken many years... and I'm not so sure I'm totally adjusted to it all. It is very strange to be simultaneously aware of both the spiritual and physical realms while keeping sane. Insanity would creep in if I ever get confused about the difference between these. Luckily that has never happened. However, as new gifts would manifest, I have questioned my sanity until I could just accept it and some gifts I don't want, so I turn them off permanently. Pure sight- which is rather like an hallucination, rather than seeing via inner mind in third eye region. For example, when I was a teenager I slept with my light on. The switch was right next to me. One night, I woke up suddenly, shot straight up like a board in seated position and there were two ginormous green eyes at the foot of my bed straight ahead of me. So, I said, "Ah... no thanks", switched the light off and went back to sleep. Haven't been able to see another thing since, except for fleeting shadows. The unfortunate thing is that there are times when I wish I could see because I deal with various types of spiritual entities and it would be easier for me if I could just purely see everything rather than just feeling it out or seeing via third eye. I have a friend who can see, however, and there have been times when she has been with me and some entity would show up. I could feel it out and she could see it, so we worked like a team if it was necessary to get rid of the thing. It can be very lonely. Although I have met others like myself, we are few and far between and most would not reveal anything like I have here on these boards, so they're not easy to find. So, anyway, I feel I have just come to the point where I'm not running away but I'm not just doing "whatever" anymore either unless I see the justification for it.
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Post by lizap on Feb 22, 2009 22:17:50 GMT
Lizap, it would be such a shame if you can't. Can you maybe give it a few more days? I know young dogs can often give an older dog a new lease of life, so maybe once the newcomer has got used to everything, things will work out? Good luck. Thanks, GE2! Today has gone pretty well and doesn't seem to have been overly injurious to Theo's dignity. We'll give it a few days at least before we make a final decision. |
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Post by catdishy on Feb 22, 2009 22:44:27 GMT
Lizap, your new little whippersnapper is probably overexcited and anxious himself . Given his own spot and consistent handling on your part, he may settle in nicely in a bit. He needs to know he can count on you to be in charge. I think you're marvellous to take on fostering.
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Post by lizap on Feb 23, 2009 6:17:18 GMT
Excellent words of advice, catdishy! Thanks for the encouragement!
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Post by ambra on Feb 23, 2009 8:22:52 GMT
I admire you for giving fostering a chance. I also think if you give it some time, the two dogs will adjust to each other. I know the first time I brought a new cat into the home, Prima, who'd never had another feline companion since I'd gotten her, wasn't too crazy about the new addition. Within a couple of weeks, however, the two cats were best buddies and stayed that way until the other cat passed away a few years later.
Ok, I just can't believe the things some people will complain about. My last call this evening was from an old man who was mad because the dish network commercials were too loud! I explained to him that we, as techs, have no control over it, that it's the way the audio is set up by the folks who produce and broadcast the commercials. He ended the call by saying if things didn't change he was going to cancel. While I wanted to say, "Go ahead and cancel you crazy old coot!" I had to "show empathy" and explain to him that he would get the same issue with any other provider. At least he didn't keep me on the phone venting for several minutes about things I have no control or say over.
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Post by rueful on Feb 23, 2009 16:06:26 GMT
Ambra, that is what I really hated about my customer service job years ago: The absolute inability to do anything at all useful to help the caller. The job I had was essentially to apologize and calm the caller down, until such time as they finally made it to the top of the "fix it" pile and someone else tended to them. It was just a miserable job, since it involved nothing but insincere schmoozing and b.s.-ing. In your case, as a tech, I hope you do have times when you can help so that you can let the annoying calls roll off you.
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Feb 23, 2009 17:48:56 GMT
gotta love customer service...
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Post by Vittoria on Feb 23, 2009 18:43:25 GMT
Ambra, what a sucky job! I feel for ya.
I just thought I'd drop by for awhile this morning. Might come by later as well. Not sure how long I can be on.
I just woke up to find what all the hormonal acne was about... Let's just say that I feel like a blowfish thanks very much but no thanks. I can't have kids due to surgery I had when I was only 23 (unless by invitro), so I have had all these years (since age 11) of a system telling me I'm oh so fertile.... and all the pain that goes with. .... and it's not even necessary!... and let's not forget about the hormonal acne and hormonal mood swings. They're oh so fun too. The pain has always been so bad that I started to take prescription meds in my late teens (before then I suffered through it) and I can end up in bed for anywhere from 1- 3 days.
I know I'm on here pretty much every day when possible and sometimes more than once a day. So, if I don't post much you know why. I'm ok. I haven't fallen off the planet or anything.
On a lighter note, I found my old friend Erik Von Markovik on Facebook and he's accepted my friend request. He's the Master Illusionist I've mentioned here somewhere before... but now he's made a business out of teaching men how to be pick-up artists.
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Feb 23, 2009 19:37:51 GMT
pick up artists? okaaaay...
I just volunteered to spend 8 months in Kuwait. OH Lordy...
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Post by tipou on Feb 23, 2009 21:12:36 GMT
pick up artists? okaaaay... I just volunteered to spend 8 months in Kuwait. OH Lordy... somehow, i liked the idea of antarctica better... |
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Feb 23, 2009 21:46:24 GMT
heheh me too. plenty of manchots to play with.
but it's a Expeditionary Field Hospital in Kuwait...safest country in the Middle East and it's only 8 months. i'll train at Camp Pendelton first.
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You're all just so cool here!
