Couch 203: The Spam and Cool Whip Couch!

I'm hoping to do something constructive on my three day weekend, like clean out my closet. Is sleeping in productive?

There are battery testing apps that can tell you the amount of life your battery has. The other common piece of advise to try is (and this is not fun) to completely wipe it and start over to see if some rogue app is causing the drain. Other things to check (although I am sure you know them) are the screen brightness, email check times (how often is it checking for new emails, apps that are on using location services even when not using them, etc

@@ I liked your advice. But I also rather her take the high road so she doesn’t look like she is an asshole too. He’s trying to break her down. Mentally. So much so that her lawyer told her to get a therapist to try to manage her emotions and stress levels. I told her to just leave the house. That the house and stuff in it is not worth her mental health. She said she wants the baby in her house. I told her what’s the difference? Just because she’s only 14 months doesn’t mean she don’t sense the tension. But then she also said something about how she can’t just take the baby and go. She also said it’s way too much money to give up. She said she needs money for a fresh start when this is over. But my dad said he will buy her a house and everything she needs. He’s paying her lawyer.

I pulled the charger apart and put it back together and plugged it back in again i must have pulled on the cord and pulled it out a bit. Its fine now.

Sorry for spamming out the couch guys. I’ve been ruminating about this stuff not being able to do anything to really help her and I just needed to spit it all out somewhere.

Yes, I've used a similar app on my iPhone. And if you search "battery draining quickly on iPad," you can likely find lists of settings that drain the battery. I've had issues after some updates on my iPhone, settings I never would have thought to consider that are buried in there. (Some were so random, I don't even recall what they were.)

Hey Jersey - can your sister get the boyfriend to pay all the legal bills? My sister did get that, and it helped slow down her boyfriend in court. I think he racked up $40k in bills. My mom also got that when she divorced my dad.

I could see if she can go for that, but the husband got his own lawyer and she got her own lawyer so I’ll ask her to see what her lawyer says about that. As far as assets go... our state is not a community property state...we are an equitable distribution state but not everything is automatically split 50/50. It can go 70/30, 60/40 and so on. She doesn’t have to worry about her lawyer bills. My dad is paying her lawyer and her husband is paying his lawyer. They paid for the mediation out of their joint account. My dad told her to hire the best. He doesn’t care about the costs. He even told her he would give her all the money to just buy her husband out of the house. If not, he will buy her a new one.

Atsa watta ima talkin about! Fuggeddaboudit!

The important thing is that your sister and the baby are safe. Your dad is being so great

My friend asked me to come over and do some work with her tonight for about an hour and she'd pay me $50. I told her she didn't have to pay me but she is insisting so it looks like I'm going to get $50 tonight. Yeah! Almost makes up for my $90 shoe spree yesterday.

I called L and left her a message. She called me back. Everything is okay...for now. Whew! I didn't mess up the relationship. Until tomorrow that is...

He is being great. I honestly hated him as a kid...but he changed. Turns out he’s a great man.

Scarlet..I didn’t even raise an eyebrow when I read your PM. It should be okay.

45 minutes left of work today, and then tomorrow 8 hours and then three day weekend! I love labor day. I love any three day holiday.

What a difference a day made in terms of my mood and overall well-being.

I hope you enjoy the 3 days SK

A coworker in the NY office asked me for some reports but I didn't really know what she was talking about so I asked some questions and didn't get any answers. I tried skyping and emailing. So I sent what I hope is the right reports. I feel like an idiot though. Or rather that she is going to think I'm an idiot. My former boss didn't know what she was talking about either so that made me feel better. She did this job for 25 years and if she didn't know what it was maybe it doesn't exist by that name.

Thanks! Everyone in the office is super excited about it. 4th of July was in the middle of the week so we didn't get a long weekend. So it's been a while since Memorial Day. I'm overly happy about this weekend.

I'm spamming the couch again. I guess I need some eggs for the spam.

IDK why I'm feeling "normal" at the moment. I'm not having hallucinations. I'm not feeling sui. I don't feel like over the top so I don't think it's mania, it's just nice to feel okay once in a while. It's like, yes, this is what it should be. And I get excited when I feel okay because it means I can still feel okay. I'm not destined to be sui all the time. I haven't lost the ability to be okay. These moments are just few and far between. I have two new books to read so I'm excited about that. But they are #4 and #5 in the series so I am thinking about going back and reading from the beginning. I have new shoes coming. I have two new coins coming for my coin collection. I'm more than 1/2way done with my Christmas shopping. I don't know. I just feel okay for the moment. It's like everything isn't falling to pieces. I can see the rainbow. Not a hallucination. I was speaking figuratively.

Oh yeah, I have 10 days no SH. I'm going to try to make it to 50 because I haven't been too successful at that this Summer. I need to get back on schedule. But I feel like 10 days, that's 20%. That's a chunk right there. See there's some good things. Yesterday I really struggled and I was having so many sui thoughts and I couldn't see anything good. I wanted to end it all. But I spent some time with my friend. I spent some time with my parents. I made myself stay up instead of going to bed childishly early. We have a three day weekend coming up that is full of possibilities. I don't know. I just feel like 50 days is possible at the moment. This could totally change tomorrow but right now, I feel like, yeah, I can do this.

Plus I am starting to work on reading the Latin/English translation of the Bible. I've been intimidated by it but I just have to start and it's going to be great.

When I was with my friend last night, we were talking about if I had attempted SUI over the weekend like I was tempted to. And I said, I probably would have failed at it and just ended up in the hospital. And she was like, yeah, and then I would have had to overcome my fear of hospitals to come see you! And IDK, we both got a kick out of that.

Sorry about spamming the couch everyone. It is just like PC is the only place where I can talk about some of this stuff and be understood and not be judged for it. It feels good to have a place to talk openly about SUI thoughts and MI issues, and even the fun, silly stuff of life. I love all the couchies!

My stomach has been so upset today. I finally took some Imodium. I know it is hormonally linked but it just really sucked today. I feel dehydrated though so I'm drinking some tea. I'll drink some water when I get home. IDK what to believe. Some people say tea is dehydrating. Other people say it isn't. So I don't really know. But I have about 8 ounces left in my drink of tea so I might as well finish it.