Salinger Posted January 20, 2020 Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 Ahhhh Jackson is so cute too, every time i come home (even if like before, i was about 20 mins away - topping up the gas card) i come back and he acts like ive been away for days hahah He rolls over and over purring and stretching his little legs out. Its amazing to have that to come home to cats are amazing. Glad your kitty is snuggling you ❤️ Good luck with your tasks today Mia xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Salinger said: Ahhhh Jackson is so cute too, every time i come home (even if like before, i was about 20 mins away - topping up the gas card) i come back and he acts like ive been away for days hahah He rolls over and over purring and stretching his little legs out. Its amazing to have that to come home to cats are amazing. Glad your kitty is snuggling you ❤️ Good luck with your tasks today Mia xx Ahhhhh give him a kiss for me! In this house we love and adore Sir Jackson ❤️ ❤️ (and his person!) Thank you for your good luck wishes, and same to you! ------------------------------------------------------------- Volunteer Thing Update: B has replied, but told me to contact the person on the volunteer page...whom i'd already, initially contacted and who just told me that it's a great volunteer experience and that i'm supposed to go to the camp website to sign up. So now i've emailed her again to ask if she knows anything about this alleged fund or whom i'm actually supposed to speak with about that. I don't know why it's not a situation of, "yeah we're putting together teams from in the church to do the group volunteer thing so everybody gets a discount and does the fundraising together" but. as it is, it all seems to be individual. Which does lead to another issue that doesn't bear worrying about just yet because since it's all individual, i'm pretty sure it isn't a 'traveling together' situation, meaning i'd have to figure out how to get to and from this place on my own. It's about three hours away, though, so not completely out of range for momsauce to do the transportation, though she'd have to take a friday off >;< 2 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 Any updates Mia?xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Salinger said: Any updates Mia?xx Not really, still waiting for the next reply ❤️ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Challenge Day Whatever It Is: it's not noon yet but it's been a Day™️ . Sibling thing that's got me more upset than it should because it's just the latest thing in a long pattern. Gonna do a workout and then it's mostly Cleaning + Paperwork and other assorted chores. Edit: instead of sitting and continuing to stew about the incident i went and said that i was upset and why and ngl it didn't actually resolve anything but i did discover that i can do confrontation in a mostly casual, if slightly "i'm definitely close to tears" tone and just. say what i've gotta say about things. 4 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 Hope the day gets better Mia xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 Sometimes you just gotta say out loud what is bothering you. 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 6 hours ago, Salinger said: Hope the day gets better Mia xx Thanks, Sal! It did get better 1 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 Did my workout today, did another exam, lots of laundry, fair bit of general cleaning. Soooo the next module of the course is Civics, and it looks like that's going to be where it gets a little more difficult. Definitely lots more to read and remember! But i'll do my best haven't eaten very well today, mostly snacking on some potato chips uwu have had plenty of water, though. Not really feeling the dinner situation but should probably make an attempt, if only to get warm The temperature's finally dropped again around here and it's so cold! I'm thinking oatmeal will have to be on next pay period's grocery list. 4 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
NicTheRugger Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Oatmeal is fantastic during cold and gloomy weather! And civics should be interesting, hopefully? I know a little about civics, so I'm happy to try and attempt to help out if you have any questions! Are you focusing on any particular area of civics or is it going to be more broad, general civics? (the more I type it, the less like a word "civics" looks) 1 Quote Level 4, Amazon Ranger Current Challenge: NicBot-5000 enters Recovery Mode Previous Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, PRE REBOOT CHALLENGES: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Various links and sundry: Battle log, Respawn post, Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 6:26 PM, NicTheRugger said: Oatmeal is fantastic during cold and gloomy weather! And civics should be interesting, hopefully? I know a little about civics, so I'm happy to try and attempt to help out if you have any questions! Are you focusing on any particular area of civics or is it going to be more broad, general civics? (the more I type it, the less like a word "civics" looks) It really is! I'm only just recently getting over a years-long aversion to it and still don't have it often, but it's nice, especially with the weather like it is! Thanks for offering your help! It's all US Government stuff; some history, the Constitution, the different branches of US Government, and then the US Political System. Heh, every time i see the word 'civics' i think of that scene in Doctor Who, "Physics, Physics, Physics Physics Physics, Physics Physics..." ---------------------------------------------------------------- Today: Not much in the way of stuff going on except that i made the butternut squash and golden beet curry...and discovered that i prefer the golden beets and butternut squash kind of...on their own, and not in a curry gave the curry to my brother and used some of the extra squash to make a pasta sauce...and discovered that i prefer the butternut squash not as a pasta sauce either it was still edible if not my favorite ever. There's still some squash leftover so now i know to just eat it plain (it's already roasted with salt and pepper) with some greens. I still have three beets left, so i'll probably use one plain and try one in a risotto recipe i've seen around. Otherwise, got another email back about the camp and was finally given the name of the person i'm supposed to contact about the financial assistance, except now i'm a little concerned about seeming like i'm just out for the church to pay for stuff. <.< so i've not sent that email just yet as it feels like i might need to slow down and wait a minute to see what's what. Probably take care of that on Monday. 2 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
SkyGirl Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Maggie-Miau said: Otherwise, got another email back about the camp and was finally given the name of the person i'm supposed to contact about the financial assistance, except now i'm a little concerned about seeming like i'm just out for the church to pay for stuff. <.< so i've not sent that email just yet as it feels like i might need to slow down and wait a minute to see what's what. Probably take care of that on Monday. All your yummy veggies sound warm and delicious!! And I don't think anyone would think you were just out for handouts - I think they will think you're an eager and dedicated young woman who's excited about serving in ministry and needs a little help. 1 Quote SKY ELVENWORD NOBLEHEART The Silver Archer, Ranger Level 50 Jesus-follower | Writer | Encourager | Resident Myers-Briggs and Enneagram Geek "Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people." - Fred Rogers Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 14 hours ago, SkyGirl said: All your yummy veggies sound warm and delicious!! And I don't think anyone would think you were just out for handouts - I think they will think you're an eager and dedicated young woman who's excited about serving in ministry and needs a little help. Thanks! I did go ahead and send the email...hopefully there'll be a definitive response one way or the other soon! ❤️ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today: was largely spent at the library! Where the wifi is much faster than at home, so i was able to get a good amount of work done. I have plenty of time for a workout, too. Only foods i've had today have been some fries on the way home...didn't have anything to drink until after 2pm either 👀 so i've been trying to catch up on necessary water intake. It also turns out that the blood donation place that's open on Sundays (meaning i could go do it after church) is actually a plasma donation place...and they pay their donors. Which i feel a little strange about in all honesty. Still going to do it (as are momsauce and broski now that they know about it) until such as a time as we're able to go to the regular blood place on a Saturday. That'll be once the budget is worked out better to allow for extra gas money since the donation places are all in the city. I don't expect the compensation to be very much, but i will definitely be setting it aside for my own little "Church Stuff That Costs Money" fund ( i'm assuming that since the plasma is used for medical things and it's not me asking to be paid for it that it's okay? ) 3 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 I got an email back and it's a yes 😮 I have to fill out an application, but she said she's glad i'm going to help with the camp and that she's looking forward to helping me go. Sooo (insert scream here) it looks like i might be going on my first kinda sorta mission trip! (insert more screaming) I've gone all shaky now I have to have the application filled out and printed in time to turn it in on Sunday. It's not very involved but i do have to write about why i want to do this ( "Explain your mission call" ) and why i need help paying for it ( "explain your financial need/situation" ) which should be an interesting experience in itself. This also means there's some serious planning to do before July, supplies-gathering and logistic stuffs ahhhhhhh i'm. extremely very !!!!!!!!!! edit: also idk what's going on but im so overly emotional rn i'm seriously almost cryin over an episode of Leverage. both because of a sad/heartwarming thing involving a one-episode background character and also just because Parker is the cutest and most adorable person ever and i can't ( Hardison and Eliot have their precious adorable moments too but Parker has all my uwus ) 4 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 23, 2020 Report Share Posted January 23, 2020 7 minutes ago, Maggie-Miau said: I got an email back and it's a yes 😮 I have to fill out an application, but she said she's glad i'm going to help with the camp and that she's looking forward to helping me go. Sooo (insert scream here) it looks like i might be going on my first kinda sorta mission trip! (insert more screaming) I've gone all shaky now This is amazing Mia, im so proud of you!! How exciting xx 1 Quote Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Salinger said: This is amazing Mia, im so proud of you!! How exciting xx Yeeeee thanks so much! I did just realize i'm a bit counting my o's before they wo (OwO) in that i'll still have to put in an application to the actual camp and i don't know that there's any guarantee of being accepted but! One thing at a time. I'll turn in this first application to the church and keep praying about the rest in the meantime! 3 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
SkyGirl Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Eeeee this is so wonderful Miau!!! I'm so excited for you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm not surprised you're emotional; this is a huge exciting thing happening! I'm so proud of you for taking the leap and making this happen! I'm horrible at remembering to pray for people but I will do my best to pray for your excitings!!! 1 Quote SKY ELVENWORD NOBLEHEART The Silver Archer, Ranger Level 50 Jesus-follower | Writer | Encourager | Resident Myers-Briggs and Enneagram Geek "Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people." - Fred Rogers Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 11:17 PM, SkyGirl said: Eeeee this is so wonderful Miau!!! I'm so excited for you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm not surprised you're emotional; this is a huge exciting thing happening! I'm so proud of you for taking the leap and making this happen! I'm horrible at remembering to pray for people but I will do my best to pray for your excitings!!! Thank you thank you thank you Turns out the Emotions™️ were also a portend of coming down with a cold but this really is super exciting! ------------------------------------------ So! Application still needs one more box filling in and i'm struggling a bit...it's "explain your mission call" and while i do know exactly what that is, every time i go to write it in i just feel kind of...fraudulent and bad? like i genuinely do feel like my whole point of being is to do whatever i can to serve, that if there's anything i can do then i should, and that this trip would afford probably the best opportunity to do that. a lot of local volunteer opportunities are out of reach due to transportation, but with this i'd be on location for the entire time. so it just feels like a good chance to be useful and help out...even though i in turn need help to do it. Which i think is all pretty...okay...but typing it in the actual application feels different. Today: is a very definite sick day and also a Saturday so today's only real job is to eat some food and finish that application. momsauce and i might be going to the library later if i can get rid of this headache first. been having some sensory overload type issues since yesterday, everything being too loud and too much...had a bit of a depressive episode yesterday as well but it seems to have leveled off. I've got my hashbrown casserole in the oven right now so maybe eating some of that later will help with perking up a bit today. Edit: The casserole has indeed helped. 1 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted January 25, 2020 Report Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Maggie-Miau said: So! Application still needs one more box filling in and i'm struggling a bit...it's "explain your mission call" and while i do know exactly what that is, every time i go to write it in i just feel kind of...fraudulent and bad? like i genuinely do feel like my whole point of being is to do whatever i can to serve, that if there's anything i can do then i should, and that this trip would afford probably the best opportunity to do that. a lot of local volunteer opportunities are out of reach due to transportation, but with this i'd be on location for the entire time. so it just feels like a good chance to be useful and help out...even though i in turn need help to do it. Which i think is all pretty...okay...but typing it in the actual application feels different. Include what makes you so excited to get to go on this trip. 1 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 Sent the application! We tried to donate plasma today, but only my brother actually got to do it. I met the weight requirement, blood pressure was good...but my heartrate was just a little bit too fast and even though they sent me to go drink some water and try to chill out a little bit it wouldn't come down enough to proceed we also realized that it's something we need to be doing on Saturdays rather than Sundays because it took for-e-ver. We wound up not being able to go to evening church either. Ah well...i might still be able to meet my donating goal for the month but if not it's fine i suppose, i'll keep trying. 2 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 27, 2020 Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 Hey Mia, try again next time, no worries Great job sending the application! Ill send positive thoughts to you xx Quote Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2020 6 hours ago, Salinger said: Hey Mia, try again next time, no worries Great job sending the application! Ill send positive thoughts to you xx I will! Sadly can't do it next week as momsauce will be on call and it would be pretty awkward to be in the middle of the donation process only for her to be called in. So we've determined to do it in two weeks instead. Your positive thoughts are much appreciated! ❤️ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some bits i forgot to mention about yesterday, which might have contributed to my higher-than-optimal heartrate or might not, but were interesting nonetheless. At church, a fellow we'll call K was directing the morning class and, instead of following the usual format, he had everyone split into groups of half a dozen or so to talk among ourselves, specifically about what's going on in our lives and what we might need praying-for about and such. the designated leader of the group i wound up in directed the discussion and not only did that lead to officially talking about my current lack of high school diploma (which everyone seemed pretty chill with) but a little later on she also asked why i wear gloves somehow i failed to just land on "oh it's bc i like them/my hands get cold" or any more 'normal' response and so admitted that i do not like physical contact and that in a society where handshakes are the expected norm the gloves are my socially-acceptable compromise. Everyone seemed to take that in stride, though they assumed it was a germ thing and seemed just a little less in-stride when i said it's not a germ thing so. that was a thing. but then also at the plasma place, of course they do a little vitals-check and screening before you actually get to donate, and part of that was they had me roll up both sleeves so they could check my arms for any open injuries, bruises, or track marks. which was fine because i have none of those...except then they noticed the scarring on my hands and wrists and wanted to know what that was all about and i just froze because i don't really have an explanation for that. telling them it's just scarring from old injuries (last month counts as 'old' right?) satisfied them enough to continue, but i'd not even thought about that being a potential problem extra motivation to leave it alone next time the inclination comes up, i suppose. There's only been one other time when someone who doesn't Know asked about my hands, but that wasn't for anything important. 3 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
SkyGirl Posted January 28, 2020 Report Share Posted January 28, 2020 Those are super awkward questions to try to answer on the fly, so don't worry about how you did!! Your decision to wear gloves is no one else's business, and honestly I doubt anyone thought twice about it once you'd explained. "I don't want any of your sweaty palms touching my skin" is still a reasonable explanation in my opinion. 😂 And regarding your scars, I'm sorry they put you in that awkward position. But!!! I'm so excited you got the application filled out and turned in, and I hope they get back to you quickly! This would be such an exciting opportunity for you and you ABSOLUTELY deserve the chance to go!! Thank you for keeping us posted!! How's your cold feeling today? 1 Quote SKY ELVENWORD NOBLEHEART The Silver Archer, Ranger Level 50 Jesus-follower | Writer | Encourager | Resident Myers-Briggs and Enneagram Geek "Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people." - Fred Rogers Link to comment
Maggie-Miau Posted January 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 1/27/2020 at 6:25 PM, SkyGirl said: Those are super awkward questions to try to answer on the fly, so don't worry about how you did!! Your decision to wear gloves is no one else's business, and honestly I doubt anyone thought twice about it once you'd explained. "I don't want any of your sweaty palms touching my skin" is still a reasonable explanation in my opinion. 😂 And regarding your scars, I'm sorry they put you in that awkward position. But!!! I'm so excited you got the application filled out and turned in, and I hope they get back to you quickly! This would be such an exciting opportunity for you and you ABSOLUTELY deserve the chance to go!! Thank you for keeping us posted!! How's your cold feeling today? Aye, i think she genuinely meant well and wasn't trying to make me feel weird or anything, she's a very nice person from what i've seen of her so far I wish it wasn't such a shocking thing to just refuse physical contact greetings like hugs and handshakes but it's gone beyond normalized to, so expected that anyone who doesn't want to participate is the rude person in the equation. But i'm a weirdo who will feel that contact for hours afterward so nope nope nope, gotta have the gloves! Thank! Haven't heard back about the application just yet, though the lady i sent it to asked about it on Sunday and so knew she had an email to look for, so i expect she's seen it by now and must be doing whatever gets done with applications. Waiting is exciting and scary. The cold is feeling better, thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TODAY: i quit procrastinating on Civics and finally took the first exam, got a 100! it was considerably more of a struggle than the previous courses, though! Way more reading and the bits pulled for the actual exams were sometimes bits that didn't stand out in that reading. There was a section on the American Revolution, which happens to be a special interest of mine for a few years now, so it was fun to get to a few bits and get to go "HEY I KNOW ABOUT THAT" i know it's technically another week or so on This challenge, but i'm just calling February its own separate thing so today's job is to get set up for that. And it's going to be a Rawring 20's Challenge. Dinosaur themed! Ooh or maybe 18/1920's Dinosaur themed. Hopefully won't ruin it by talking about it but! At the end of February there's actually a dinosaur-convention sort of thing coming to a city close enough to travel to so. I'm hyped. Gonna get to see some life-sized animatronic dinosaurs and hopefully get a ride on a t-rex so! The February Challenge Hype is Real! also, it feels like i've been doing no-sugar forever but it must only be three weeks now because there's about one week left to go and while i don't want to go nuts with it when it's allowed again i do have some very definite plans for some cookie-dough oatmeal next week so there's that. ( got my menu for the next fortnight all planned, though grocery day isn't until saturday or so ) 3 Quote Matthew 25:34-40 Link to comment
Salinger Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Hey Mia, go you on the 100!! Dinosaur themed yeahhhh i love them sounds amazing... you are doing so so well ❤️ xx 1 Quote Link to comment
shaar Posted January 30, 2020 Report Share Posted January 30, 2020 Grats on that killer test score girl!!! ❤️ 1 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 56 Bardic Time-Mage; of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
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