Colorful and hopefully optimistic but maybe hateful occasionally

[Freida]

Plus different alcohols affect different people different ways

tequila. yep. may have been known to dance on a table or two. No tequila for Freida!

 

[littleoc]

How's she doing?

Great! This morning they fixed up her broken nail, all without hurting her any further :D She didn't even have to be sedated. Which was my hope but I wasn't going to object if they felt it would be safer.

I better invest in some of that no-bleed powder, though, in case it happens again.

This afternoon I took her to a different vet nearer to us to do a routine nail clipping, to help make sure the other nails don't break like that. She doesn't need to be in pain while she works! Or at any other time either.

It's a complex mix of denial, and anxiety -fear of people, and fear of messing something up, and fear of making the wrong choice.

That makes sense. That sounds like it could be what my mom goes through. Now that you mention it, I remember her being afraid to get help from the state or the school for my dad's insane behavior because she was worried they would think she was a bad mother for enabling him. That sounds really similar to what you were talking about. Fear of judgement, maybe?

My mom can be really judgmental about small things, ironically because of some things she says that I won't get into in this diary because it's just normal people stuff. But maybe it's a projection of fearing judgement. I've wondered that as a kid, anyway.

my friend with a tbi had a similar reaction

Like alcohol + head injuries is a bad combo.

Oh -- I have a shit memory about all the advise and insurance stuff I got while the TBI was new, lol. It completely changed the way my memory worked. I remembered sort of being told to avoid caffeine. And excitement like movie theaters. Then had a soft drink my brother got me at a movie theater. That night is still bothering me, if I'm honest. I wish I could forget that.

But yeah, that works as a clear "excuse" to not drink either. I don't need to hurt my head.

Thank y'all.

Plus different alcohols affect different people different ways.

Maybe why the hard apple cider seems more fine than the wine?

No tequila for Freida!

:hilarious:

 

[littleoc]

So when I went to take my dog to get the rest of her nails clipped, my car started acting funny! Check engine light, check oil level light, and check battery light came on. Then gas peddle and brake peddle both became nonfunctional.

So I borrowed my mom's car and that worked out fine.

But I was VERY positive from every class I've ever taken on mechanic-ing (I worked on cars a bit in high school, it wasn't my thing but I could do basic stuff on the ambulances and fire trucks that would come in, and I could put a brake drum together in less than a minute for a funny exam where the teacher told us "this is a drum brake from a bus full of nuns and orphans, don't f*ck up, you get either 0% or 100% on this exam") that this was definitely the alternator messing up.

What else would it be?? The battery was new, but my little bro claims the alternator is too.

So I opened the hood, gave it a look -- and it's not even doing anything o.O And looks ancient. Like, original to the car. Lol.

So whoever sold that car to my bro lied to him. Rude! But it worked out for my brother. He's really not into cars. I asked him when he changed the oil last after checking the oil level and finding something the color of chocolate milk, and he was like, "I don't think I ever did." Lol. Whatever, it was $800!

Alternator is going to be $200. I have enough in my savings for that. So I told them to go ahead and change its oil because why not, it's already at $200. Then, check the brakes while we're at it. And see if the horn can ever be fixed. I like being able to honk at people. I shouldn't have to be mute while driving. lol

 

[littleoc]

Would figure I should get the car that doesn't honk though. We match :D

I haven't named it yet.

 

[Kubash16]

My pickup has the puniest horn lol. It’s comical really. You can barely hear it and it’s all high pitched like.

 

[Kubash16]

And I’m sorry about the needing repairs.

 

[littleoc]

I could name it Broseidon after the first Pokemon I ever had. It was a water-type. My car's blue.

Maybe Baloo? Dory? Gonzo? Eight? (1998?) Duma? Bacchus? Neptune? Hermes? lol

@Kubash16 That's hilarious! Is it better than having no horn, though??

 

[littleoc]

And I’m sorry about the needing repairs.

No worries, I knew it needed repairs when I got it. But getting a car for less than 1000$ makes it pretty worth the gamble in my opinion

 

[Kubash16]

That’s true. And I vote Baloo or Dory!

 

[littleoc]

Good to know!! lol

It's decorated with frogs and a faux plant right now. And the stuffed koala. (Car-ala.) Dory might be fitting.

Baloo is cute tho

 

[Freida]

Dory is fitting but she might get you lost!

 

[littleoc]

:hilarious: :roflmao:

That might be super fitting then