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[StuckinLA]

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Sorry you're drinking more than you like, Sun. At least it's not enough for a hangover though! I don't seem to have much interest in moderating, and a drink or 2 doesn't even feel all that great, so not sure why I'm drinking at all or what my plans are. Part of me is thinking that I'll "go back" to drinking, and get some wine to have around the house or whatever. But I was just grocery shopping and didn't get any alcohol at all.

Though there's whiskey in the cabinet due to a couple of unfortunate decisions earlier in the week.

Anyway, last night I ran a couple errands and then stopped at the bar. I had my car with me, so no drinks at the bar and I went to bed without drinking anything yesterday. Did take a little something to take the edge off some anxiety and help me sleep. So, like I said, not sure what my plan is.

Thanks for the congrats on the work stuff. The story is a very, very small thing that I wrote for fun a couple years ago and forgot that I'd sent out anywhere. It's not nearly as "serious" as my other publications but it's at least something I can put on my resume. Forgive me for not giving more details - it's just that it will be online and attached to my name, which I'd rather not share here.

[houtx]

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Lost 2 posts due to not being properly logged in, then scrolled back to look at something, scrolled forward and my post was gone. Oh Hell!!

Briefly, hope alls well w/ everyone. I PM'd "friend" my Dr's info. I'm fine - as well as usual. Not much new.

Nite & better luck next time for me! Don't say anything about me losing posts, anyone. I'm over it. Whatever. BLAH!!! lol It is what it is & aw dat

[sunshinedaisies]

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Oh gosh Houtx - I am so sorry about your lost posts - what a shame for everyone !! Anyway, hope that you are doing well.

Stuck - I just CANNOT do hangovers - which is why I do not drink enough for them. Somehow my body stops me from wanting any more - I could carry on but just don't.

I understand about you not wanting to give details - but well done all the same re your story!

Off to work shortly - brand new week and hopefully it won't be as bad as last week was at work ....

Hugs to all,

Sun XX

[sunshinedaisies]

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Well - hallo - NO-ONE ! Where are you all? When I said I was going to stop posting, everyone was up in arms - now it seems i am often the only one here ........you all have to do your bit .....

Love, Sun XX

[meggie]

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I am here but busy with all that is around me. I am trying to exercise and still searching my new mindset.

[StuckinLA]

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Hi Sun!

Yeah I haven't been around much. Not like I'm doing anything, though. Playing a lot of damned Xbox, that's for sure. Gotta gotta gotta get my life together here somehow, and soon. So the girl is a gamer, more dedicated than I am actually. For me it's like just another addiction and something I turn to for a complete escape from everything else and i pick up the controller compulsively. For her it's entertainment and a story that she can get involved in and that sort of thing, and she gets really invested in games. That's neither here nor there, but for example last night she was playing her game and I was playing mine, and thanks to the wonders of technology we could talk with each other over the headsets while we played - I guess people used to use telephones for that? Well it kept us both up waaaaaaay too late and today I am sleepy.

But no rest for the addicted! This morning I am dealing with all kinds of crazy bureaucratic bulls*t, from a refund from an airline for a cancelled flight to many shenanigans regarding my university bill for the semester. Looks like I'm going to have to go to campus today, which is probably OK since it'll get me away from the TV but campus isn't all that productive for me. Total timesuck yesterday and didn't go to the gym like I'd planned. Maybe I'll make it today (maybe). Still trying to write this f**king article as well as finish up the side job application essays with one chick who's really annoying me. And it's already noon!

So that's what's up with me. So far behind with ALL THE THINGS. :l

[sunshinedaisies]

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Hi there - Stuck, sorry you are feeling so ..... stressed about keeping up with things. I felt like that this past three weeks at work but finally feel that I am getting caught up. Laughed about you and the girl and xbox and you two communicating via headphones - talk about a different generation !

Hi there meggie - nice to see you too - hope that things are going well for you now that school has started.

Hugs to all,
Sun XX

[StuckinLA]

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Well I didn't mean to but I got drunk last night. Went and got a coffee and went for a walk around the park in my neighborhood and then stopped at the bar. But I took my car with me and left it in metered parking so I wouldn't drink. Well, I swear the girl said O'Doule's when she saw me, but she either didn't say that or was just on auto-pilot or whatever, and this isn't The bartender just A bartender, one of them, and she set down a pint glass in front of me.

So I'm thinking maybe - maybe? - she poured the AF beer into a glass? Tasted it. Nope, that's real. Then the tequila shot was in front of me and I realized she just poured the special that they pour 9 out of every 10 drinks in this place.

Well, I drank it real slow, except for the tequila shot which is even more heinous than I remembered, and chit-chatted with The bartender. She asked if I wanted another but I said unless she wanted to drive my car back to my place she'd better give me a glass of water. And some tacos. So I ate and drank my glass of water and talked with her some more and all was well but I still shouldn't have drank ANYTHING when I was driving even just the couple of blocks home. Terrible thing that I cannot do ever 'cause having 2 DUIs is a bitch and don't even get me started about that. Maybe some of you know that story.

That obviously isn't how I got drunk. I got home and poured a whiskey and got on the phone with the new girl and poured more whiskey and we talked about lots o' things until the wee hours and by the end of it I was fairly plowed. Thankfully, I'm not all that hungover though. Managed to get some side-job work done this morning since I'm about done with one side job but now another person contacted me for work on resume and letters of rec and all kinds of other stuff, but she pays on time so how can I say no right. And I have to leave for class pretty soon here, so...

Guess I'm off! Hope everyone's having a great day! :l

[DizzyBee]

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Hi everyone

Stuck, I can relate as A. I go through times of being a total Playstation junkie, but then I can leave it for months or a year. I like Far Cry and GTA, my husband thinks I'm hilarious when I get all 'gangster' and swear at the TV. It's an addiction, as is watching TV Series back to back, we're just escaping from life.

I Also had to change a plane ticket (not cancel) I paid extra so the supplement would be 80 pounds if I changed, now they want to charge me 200 pounds! Bloody sharks. And I have to decide when to go now and as the government has my passport it's likely to be in winter. I don't want 3 Winters in a row, England's Winter is already screwing with my head.

Sorry you got drunk and glad you were responsible about driving (water, eating) Does LA have a big pub culture, Cape Town doesn't because of drink driving. People over 25 just do dinners and BBQs at friends or restaurants close to them. Of course pub culture is huge in the UK with kids and dogs and the whole caboodle. Probably (mostly) smaller house sizes and crappy weather. Tequila makes me gag...

I know I've been absent. Had a huge blowout with hubby about a text on his phone with someone calling him baby. He gave me the phone to enter a competition so I wasn't snooping. There was one night he left as he was pissed off but from the text it seems that they didn't hook up. He could've planted it there to piss me off...

I just spent the week in bed while he's in Scotland, trying to drink enough to dull the pain but not enough to puke as I still have the ulcer and with my depression acting up and my puffy eyes I couldn't bring myself to sign up with the doctors. He keeps promising me nothing happened, and if want to believe him but he doesn't realise how crippling my depression is and thinks I'm just being lazy. Most of the depression is because I gave up my life to be with him and now this...

I couldn't sleep at all last night, caught a few hours this arvo, he is coming back tomorrow night.

Hope everyone else is well.

Sorry to burden you with my crap.

XOX

[sunshinedaisies]

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whatever...;1614006 wrote: Please do keep posting more often D.

Whatever - who are you ? Do you have an AL problem? That is an odd thing to say to Dizzy ......

Dizzy - have Pm'd you, and will post properly tomorrow ... got to get to bed right now XXX

[StuckinLA]

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Hey Dizz,

LA's more of a club culture than pubs. Plenty of little dive bars but they don't pick up until after 8 or 9pm. Most people take cabs though I guess we have our share of carpools and probably plenty of people drunk driving too. But that's not as common and I never really drove here after drinking because everything is so far from home and spread out all over the place. That's why I like my bar right down the hill from my apartment.

Sorry you've been down and sorry your hub is being what sounds like a royal douche. Hang in there sister. And you can tell him he'd better get his act together or you'll just run away with your internet BF Stuck.

:l

[DizzyBee]

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Thanks Sun and Stuck you made me laugh, we'd make quite a pair. Cabs/walking here is cool, safe and decent public transport is lacking in SA and cabs are very expensive if you live in the suburbs. We have lots of cool bars in Cape Town and at the seaside if you live closer to the city or don't mind shelling out a fortune, we usually share between 4 and I also have a fabulous sober (by choice) friend.

I guess he just snapped as he hasn't had a holiday in over a year and then they refused him one over Xmas. His counterpart in work cancelled her holiday as she couldn't go to India but the company MADE her take holidays and him work. And then he had to take care of me on Xmas and Boxing Day, his only days off as I couldn't walk. I've been sick for a long time, almost all of my six months here, my immune system just crashed.

I dunno, I guess I believe him, judging by the state he was in and bottle of whiskey he consumed I doubt there was any life left down his pants, more likely a spiteful mission/blackout, which only happens about once a year. He needed to be angry and turned it towards me.

Yes, hallo Whatever, who are you? Mind an introduction?

Where are you, Space? How are you doing?

:l

[DizzyBee]

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Now I can't find whatever.. on the members list and the post is deleted. There is a whatever username with no posts. This is my safe place but it's hard to feel safe with lurkers abound. This group is about sharing, not ogling.

[StuckinLA]

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No worries, ladies. "whatever..." is a well-known troll on MWO, posting under multiple screen names. Not sure why s/he posted about Dizz but s/he has a longstanding issue with me.

[DizzyBee]

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