What made me unhappy today ?

New high score for me. I tripped UP the stairs, fell on the landing, smacked my face on a laundry hamper, and lacerated by upper lip almost perfectly dead center through the part in my mustache where it meets my nose. 4 hours in the ER getting stitched/glued together. Could have been worse. An inch lower and I'd be missing teeth. So stuuuuuuupid!
 
I ordered a dress off of Amazon and what arrived was nothing like the pic in the advertisement. What I got was a thin ugly t-shirt dress that probably cost a dollar to make. So, let's do a refund. Got the return label - not only is it in Chinese, but I have to pay for postage.

@Homer Potvin - am I allowed to name the company?

They gave me a link to the seller, but I don't think I will click it.
 
Sorry to hear that! I hope it doesn't interfere with eating.
Eating is fine. It's all the way at the top where the lip meets the nose. Smiling and laughing hurts like a bitch, which is fine because I'm in the mood for neither.

I ordered a dress off of Amazon and what arrived was nothing like the pic in the advertisement. What I got was a thin ugly t-shirt dress that probably cost a dollar to make. So, let's do a refund. Got the return label - not only is it in Chinese, but I have to pay for postage.

@Homer Potvin - am I allowed to name the company?

They gave me a link to the seller, but I don't think I will click it.
I don't see a reason to mention to it, though let's forgo that, please. Feel free to skewer them in the product reviews, though.
 
I just need a hug. A lot happened in 24 hours. Family is safe and sound. But things are just stressful.

I'm not sure what happened, and it's none of my business. I'm just glad you and your family are safe. *hug*

My niece has always warned me - do not order clothes off of Amazon. Always directly from reputable sellers.

She's right. What if you order some clothes from some Joe Schmoe on Amazon, and when the clothes are delivered, they don't fit right, or something is off, or ... or ... or ... ???

Reputable sellers are best. *nod* :)
 
I'm not sure what happened, and it's none of my business. I'm just glad you and your family are safe. *hug*
Thanks. There was a lot going on and yeah, me too. I am glad everyone is safe and well. Thanks again for the hug.
 
New high score for me. I tripped UP the stairs, fell on the landing, smacked my face on a laundry hamper, and lacerated by upper lip almost perfectly dead center through the part in my mustache where it meets my nose. 4 hours in the ER getting stitched/glued together. Could have been worse. An inch lower and I'd be missing teeth. So stuuuuuuupid!
As I recall the protocol, you're supposed to grow the mustache after you split your lip, so as to cover up the scar. But glad you kept the teeth intact.
 
I ordered a dress off of Amazon and what arrived was nothing like the pic in the advertisement. What I got was a thin ugly t-shirt dress that probably cost a dollar to make. So, let's do a refund. Got the return label - not only is it in Chinese, but I have to pay for postage.

@Homer Potvin - am I allowed to name the company?

They gave me a link to the seller, but I don't think I will click it.
This happened to me a few years ago. Never again. I've learned to never buy anything from third-party sellers on Amazon, especially from sellers in China. I bought this cool shirt in an XXL size, but the shirt I received, well, it was Chinese XXL. I'm not sure if it would've fit me when I was a skinny teenager lol. And yeah the same thing - I have to pay to ship it back? Hell no. Just put it in the donation bin and ate the lesson.

That said, buying clothing from reputable Amazon sellers is fine. I do it a few times a year, including an order from a couple weeks ago.
 
Am generally just mad with the world right now as I never seem to be able to find a comfortable, safe space to exist in it and now I've had to give up my car which was the closest thing. It makes sense because I haven't driven it for about a year now as I haven't been well enough but it feels like a huge ending, a finality, and suffocating because now I am wholly reliant on other people to leave the house. In practice, I already was/am but whilst I still had the car then technically, in an emergency, I still had some way of leaving. I'm not in danger now but old habits die hard and it feels like surrender even though it's my 'choice'. I'm trying to embrace and permit the sulk rather than push myself through it with cries of 'other people are far worse off than you so you shouldn't have feelings' like I normally do but even that effort to steer a different course, honour my wellbeing, is grating.
 
Chewed something wrong this weekend and clanked my teeth together hard accidentally. I though I got away with it, but today i noticed a huge chip in my right upper canine. To the dentist on Wednesday to sort it out :(
 
Adjusted the drain plug lift on my wife's bathroom sink -- a simple if awkward task involving crawling under the sink and fishing around for the mechanism. I got it done but managed to slightly cut my finger. No major problem, but with my thinner skin (75 years) and the recent addition of a blood thinner to my pharmaceutical panoply, the cut refused to stop bleeding for quite a while. Strikes me as an unnecessarily cruel, if minor, trick imposed by the cosmos. It's good now, though.
 
Adjusted the drain plug lift on my wife's bathroom sink -- a simple if awkward task involving crawling under the sink and fishing around for the mechanism. I got it done but managed to slightly cut my finger. No major problem, but with my thinner skin (75 years) and the recent addition of a blood thinner to my pharmaceutical panoply, the cut refused to stop bleeding for quite a while. Strikes me as an unnecessarily cruel, if minor, trick imposed by the cosmos. It's good now, though.
Ouch. Elevate any cuts as much as you can (hold your hand above your heart/head) if it happens again, that helps some. And duct tape, but you knew that already 😀
 
I'm going to be honest, it's been over a week and my friend still hasn't contacted me. Long ago in the past, they've ghosted me before or promised to meet but plans would always fall though. It took a lot of time and patience to reconnect and I thought they had changed. The worst thing a person can do is ignore me. It makes me go around in my head. :(
 
I'm going to be honest, it's been over a week and my friend still hasn't contacted me. Long ago in the past, they've ghosted me before or promised to meet but plans would always fall though. It took a lot of time and patience to reconnect and I thought they had changed. The worst thing a person can do is ignore me. It makes me go around in my head. :(
One of the best things I've learned is if people want to be in your life, they will be. People say things so loud with their actions, and it sounds to me like this person is saying without saying what they feel. Protect your peace. We only get so much time to be here, and if people show they don't want to be in your life, don't keep hurting yourself.

None of that stops the hurt you feel for the loss of someone you consider important to you, so on that point I'm sorry you're going through this. It never feels nice to lose a friend.
 
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