It looks beautiful, but for the gods sake be careful, don't dive off the waterfalls or play chicken with those cows, etc.

Ah, gotta love life. My son is four days old and my wife will be off of work for six weeks unpaid, at which time we'll be living off of my extremely small amount of income. I've accepted that I'll be eating Ramen noodles and other various extremely cheap, unsatisfying foods for many months.

After work to unwind, I play video games on my 55" flat screen, which has been a massive pain in the backside and has been repaired twice already under warranty. Unfortunately it is no longer under warranty and the pristine example of excrement manufactured by Sanyo has given out on me once again.

Just venting a bit because I'm extremely stressed out. A combination of my tv are video games are my only escape from reality and now I have no access to either of them.

I know how that is. Trust me. We live off of Ramen and the charity of others, lol

I just love it that my tv waited until my son was born to give out. A couple weeks ago when we were both working it wouldn't have been a big deal. Now I'm guaranteed to be without a tv for months.

*mALX bundles up spare TV, sends to Kiln through the Cosmos*

...

"Oops!"

*mALX quickly rips open box and shoves food supplies around TV, reseals box*

What we did was we went to garage sales and talked their prices down. Sure, we ended up with one of those giant, bulky tvs that takes up half the room, but it was a TV.

There's also freecycle.org, where you type in where you live and it searches for what you want. It's all free. all you have to do is be willing to pick it up.

First let me say that Grits, the Mister, and the Youngers are all fine. But there’s been an ongoing horrendous situation in Grits World that promises to get much, much worse for quite a long time. I’m mentioning this in case I’ve seemed a little off lately, or if I take a little longer to respond to PMs. (Or forget entirely. It’s not you, it’s me.)

This is a warm, caring community, and I do not want to cause a big fuss with personal drama. I don’t need anything or plan to disappear, I’m just adjusting to a new normal. These things happen if you live long enough. I don’t want to talk about it (really, I don’t), but I thought I should bring it up rather than accidentally behaving like an ass with no apparent reason.




So, now that I have a reason… Nah, I still don’t want to misbehave.

Love you, Grits!

Ditto. Grits, we respect your privacy, all the while wishing you well and the very best for Grits' world.

I wish you well Grits, but somehow I don't believe this line:

Take good care of yourself, Grits. And may the good forces be with you

Thanks, folks. You all are awesome!



^group hug

Sorry I'm a bit late.

Take care of yourself mate.

*Kiln avoids the group hug and gives a gentle pat on the shoulder because he dislikes contact with groups of people*

Seriously though Grits, hope things are alright for you.

*Sneak-hug-attacks Kiln!*

Congratulations to you and yours Papa Kiln!!

Grits, may you find peace in your adaptations. Life is indeed an unpredictable storm at sea, and we do our best to navigate.

Hey, I manage that without needing a reason!... ...

But mostly... ...

Okiedokie...Fair enough... ...

Good luck with whatever it is though...Hope all turns out well... ...

I just briefly skimmed through the more recent posts. Lots of stuff happening. I am about to add to it...LOL. RL is kicking my shiney white hiney recently, so that is why I have not been reading or posting. ThatSkyrimWife has recovered from her surgery and I have recovered (for the most part) with having to put my cat down. But work has gone in the crapper and has required me to take a second job. I will try to pop in from time to time and even post a chapter or two that are already "in the can", but my availability to be here is going to be extremely limited for the foreseeable future.

Just wanted to let y'all know that I didn't abandon Valrimor or reading the great stories here. Hope everyone else gets there stuff sorted and I shall endeavor to do the same.

Later,
TSG

Ooooh, work problems suck. I hope things work out!

I was wondering where you were, worried that everything was okay with your wife's recovery. My best wishes for your situation, and my best wishes for your wife's recovery to be smooth, painfree, and comfortable. <3