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How Are You Feeling Right Now?
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Thanks, yeah it's an old terraced house and they didn't build the walls with modern soundproofing sensibilities in mind! The bird seems to be in the room with me but the white noise is providing a good barrier. This is good, as the wall provides no barrier at all. It has been a bit of a nightmare, things came to a head this week with other stresses. Hopefully my noise barrier will do the trick and stop me going crazy!
Trying to keep busy but I feel like there's only so much I can do. I've been reading a lot. Then when I'm idle, I think too much. I just wonder if and how I should ask my daughter through text if we should meet after all these years and if I can meet her baby. I don't want to come on too strong. He's 4 months old now. I feel like I'm being chicken but at the the same time I don't want to overstep.
This is how I might do something like that:
Hi Daughter, I'm wondering if you wouldn't give some consideration to the thought, of us getting together at some point here in the near future. So that we can meet & see one another in person, after all of this time. It would really mean the world to me, because of, or given that, how special (of a person that) you are (to-me). I understand, however, if you still have reservations and this is not something with which you would feel comfortable with, or that would suit you best at this time. You are still, in my Heart & on my mind, all of the time. I hope your baby is delivering to you, the same kind of joy & passion, or vibrant energy that you brought to me, upon hyour arrival~ *Lane/Mome.
...p.s) maybe shorten it, keep it from getting or being, too dramatic. I'd try to keep it light, or straight to the point. And without (too) much emotion. She knows all of this, likely^ // & so. . . cut & dry or short n' sweet, but also not - making her feel like she's in a tough spot. Like it's a lot of pressure, so here again, back to my beginning (at this end). 'Light,' i think? may be, "the key!" easy/breezy ~no stress :^)
Hi Daughter, I'm wondering if you wouldn't give some consideration to the thought, of us getting together at some point here in the near future. So that we can meet & see one another in person, after all of this time. It would really mean the world to me, because of, or given that, how special (of a person that) you are (to-me). I understand, however, if you still have reservations and this is not something with which you would feel comfortable with, or that would suit you best at this time. You are still, in my Heart & on my mind, all of the time. I hope your baby is delivering to you, the same kind of joy & passion, or vibrant energy that you brought to me, upon hyour arrival~ *Lane/Mome.
...p.s) maybe shorten it, keep it from getting or being, too dramatic. I'd try to keep it light, or straight to the point. And without (too) much emotion. She knows all of this, likely^ // & so. . . cut & dry or short n' sweet, but also not - making her feel like she's in a tough spot. Like it's a lot of pressure, so here again, back to my beginning (at this end). 'Light,' i think? may be, "the key!" easy/breezy ~no stress :^)My luck - and speakers - seem to be holding out today. As luck would have it my downstairs speakers are faulty, so it's a toss up plugging them in whether I get a weird hissing static noise, the intended noise only through one speaker, or the intended white noise through both speakers as planned. One nudge of the jack or wire can cut the noise out of one speaker or result in the hissing static, so once I have got it working I try to leave it untouched as long as possible. I may buy some new speakers if the issue gets any worse. Worth £20-30 for the bird and child dulling effect (they like to mimic Red Indians next door and seem to have about 20 kids at a time in there as well as the bird). Thanks heavens for white noise tracks on Youtube Premium! And my fences and house seem to be intact which is more than can be said for most of the country.
I have expertise in speaker repair from my past career as a starving musician. It’s too bad I can’t take a look, because I could at least tell you if they are repairable or not. Based on what you have mentioned so far, it sounds like a lose wire inside the enclosure. If the diaphragm on the speaker assembly was damaged, it would be the noise all the time, not on and off. You didn’t say if it is a blue tooth or wired connection, but I would guess blue tooth since it’s playing from YouTube.
Went to bed with energy...
Woke up with energy...
Working on getting some basics done today before i go into work... however it's a bit difficult to reign in the energy because my body won't handle everything my mind wants to get done... so i am taking a small break to recoup my body.
Loving this energy!
Woke up with energy...
Working on getting some basics done today before i go into work... however it's a bit difficult to reign in the energy because my body won't handle everything my mind wants to get done... so i am taking a small break to recoup my body.
Loving this energy!
extremely anxious, which has caused some sort of arrythmia maybe I don't know if it's real. I am feeling it was wrong to have left. Like I am a bad guy for hurting him. This is an emotion, even though my thinking process for doing so was not wrong. The refusal to talk to me about our relationship issues, the mean little jabs which were passed off as jokes, the drinking every night, the running commentary on how wars are escalating (yes, I know that how could anyone not know that) plus telling me the financial world is going basically blow to pieces soon; I mean how was I supposed to endlessly ameliorate toxic stuff and keep the relationship healthy.
You are a very strong person to have recognized and moved forward with you and your health (physically, emotionally and mentally) at the forefront. (Probably not the words i wanted to explain what i am trying to say lol.)
Basically... You are very strong to have made the choices and decisions you made for you! Be proud of yourself for those choices and know you are better off because you were kind to yourself. You have to come first, or no one else will benefit from you in the way they otherwise could/should/would.
Basically... You are very strong to have made the choices and decisions you made for you! Be proud of yourself for those choices and know you are better off because you were kind to yourself. You have to come first, or no one else will benefit from you in the way they otherwise could/should/would.
Thanks - it's an ordinary wired speaker as bluetooth is one of the other things that only works half the time in my house so I always make sure I get devices with 3.5mm jacks 😂 The speakers themselves are fine - it's something to do with the wire going to the speaker, if I touch the wire anywhere, I get bursts of static, and twiddling the jack around in the socket a bit either gets the static, one speaker, or normal expected sound. It's been playing normally for the last 10 hours, unfortunately it then jumps on to a quieter track and I have to go back and reset it. Not quite figured out how to get it to loop, and if I try to fiddle with the settings, it disturbs the jack/wire 😂
Feeling a little guilty. Friend lives alone in a tiny apartment and is worrying about being alone on Christmas. I am also going to alone so i signed up to do church slides on Christmas Eve (and the day before which I wasn't expecting) and have made arrangements to be with people on part of Christmas Day. Friend is worried what he is going to do. He doesn't have family or significant other close this year but I don't want to be responsible for him all the time. He just texted me as to see if I'm up for tonight so while I will spend tonight maybe with him, I don't want to have to handle his social life. He's 64 like me and while I hate for him to be alone I feel guilty if I have things and people to be with. Maybe this is a question for a different thread in the advice forum.
@AmberMarie thank you. Maybe I am storng. I believe storng people push themselves too far sometimes.
I am sorry you are so anxious, but I hope you don't go back to him. Just remember how miserable you were when you were there. And this is something you have already tried more than once. Living with some one who is so critical and negative, always picking on you, is no way to live. And we all do know that wars are getting worse and more financial hardship is coming. He doesn't need to harp on that.
I wish you could find a way to put him out of your mind and your life.
I wish you could find a way to put him out of your mind and your life.
I was laughing actually out loud reading this. Gosh it seems like your reverse Midas touch with tech extends to simple wires. I feel empathy for you on that front. My curse is that pretty much every time I am a customer to a business, the customer service breaks down in proportion to how much money I spend. Except for cars, which may explain my “petrol-head” tendencies. The $7k hospital debacle was the worst by light years, but I have also had issues with shipping, cable (ok who hasn’t?), and others. It seems to happen somewhere in between the time I commit to the purchase, and the actual delivery of the product or service.
For the reason above, I don’t recommend that you try a repair (because of your awful luck), but if you know someone else who is handy with a soldering iron, well it couldn’t hurt to ask.
For the reason above, I don’t recommend that you try a repair (because of your awful luck), but if you know someone else who is handy with a soldering iron, well it couldn’t hurt to ask.
