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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jan 27, 2021 11:38:49 GMT -5
3rd total confinement is apparently around the corner. In March it will be one year since I've been working from home. Some days I think I may take less than 100 steps the entire day. I actually started jogging (which I loathe) just to do something. Whiskey consumption has gone up..God this has to end at some point? I feel ya. They've been closing school more often (had been 3 in, 2 in, alternating weeks) and seems more kids are getting it. Taking the daupne for a Covid test later. She doesnt feel well. Doesnt look like vaccines are getting to my group until the summer at earliest, even the elderly cant get them. (insert you are elderly joke here) And ditto on the whiskey, boy howdy. Fml and fyl too. Im guessing you are in the 45-55 age range as well? Wifne got lucky as a teacher, got hers yesterday. Her 65+ parents cant get an appt yet, even tho eligible. We're fucked until the summer probably, at the earliest.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jan 27, 2021 11:39:50 GMT -5
3rd total confinement is apparently around the corner. In March it will be one year since I've been working from home. Some days I think I may take less than 100 steps the entire day. I actually started jogging (which I loathe) just to do something. Whiskey consumption has gone up..God this has to end at some point? I've worked from home prior to Covid, but at least it was broken up by going to customers. Now, most days I just see the wife and dog. I look forward to going out to pick up groceries just to see other people. Fitness level has gone down, so I've started doing the same, forcing myself to get active. My drinking hasn't really increased, but I'm slowly going crazy. Gov of NY keeps talking about reopening, but they're taking their sweet time. If this shit drags into the summer, watch out. I may be on the news. Seriously some days I go from the bedroom where I've set up a desk, to the kitchen (for breakfast or lunch), go back to bedroom, take a dump at some point...before you know it it's 7:30...I can start drinking sit in the couch and watch tv till midnight
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jan 27, 2021 11:41:31 GMT -5
We're currently having our kitchen and an adjacent room renovated. Whole process should be a month, start to finish. They're currently laying cement on the floor, on which some really fucking expensive tile will be laid. In preparation for the month without a kitchen, we moved all of our kitchen contents to the basement and had an honest conversation with the kids about which toys will be discarded from the toy closet and either chucked or donated to make room. We were able to clear out almost the whole friggin thing. Turns out their iTouches and iPads are more important than playing with actual kid toys. Whatever. We save our microwave, toaster oven, slow cooker, table-top griddle, and coffee maker (not a Keurig - fuck you, environment haters!), and purchase an electric kettle and an electric double hot plate. With those items, combined with our grill and 36" outdoor gas griddle, we've managed to cook dinner every night and prepare the kids lunches. Breakfast is usually mailed in with cereal, yogurt, or toaster oven waffles. With all of the above information, one might ask "Hey stupid fucking dipshit dickface JT. Why in the actual fuck are you getting a brand new kitchen when you have proven you can use countertop appliances and outdoor cooking devices to prepare all meals?" Answer: happy wife, happy life. She's wanted a new kitchen for 10 years and we're in a position to make it happen. The irony of the cooking situation is not lost on her, either. She's very bright and I completely outkicked my coverage in the wifne department. At least she'll have her fucking pot filler on the wall above the fucking oven/range and below the fucking vent hood. We're actually talking to a buddy tonight about renovating our kitchen... which means that, and putting in a sliding glass door to the deck, and removing some baseboard heating. At least the wifne doesn't want expensive tile, but I can only imagine how much this is going to cost. Although its well overdue, kitchen is small, and since I do at least half the cooking if not more, it will make my life better.
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jan 27, 2021 11:42:44 GMT -5
I've worked from home prior to Covid, but at least it was broken up by going to customers. Now, most days I just see the wife and dog. I look forward to going out to pick up groceries just to see other people. Fitness level has gone down, so I've started doing the same, forcing myself to get active. My drinking hasn't really increased, but I'm slowly going crazy. Gov of NY keeps talking about reopening, but they're taking their sweet time. If this shit drags into the summer, watch out. I may be on the news. Seriously some days I go from the bedroom where I've set up a desk, to the kitchen (for breakfast or lunch), go back to bedroom, take a dump at some point...before you know it it's 7:30...I can start drinking sit in the couch and watch tv till midnight There's days I have to remind myself to shower. Its bad.
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jan 27, 2021 11:44:40 GMT -5
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jan 27, 2021 11:48:15 GMT -5
Other thing that's slowly pushing me over the brink: my 12 year olds life evolves around either his phone or playing fortnite. I'd say 90% of my interactions with him are me being a cop and going postal because I caught him with his phone when he's not supposed to.
I've put all kind of safeguards around stupind shit like tik tok...etc..but I feel I'm only pushing him further into computer litteracy and soon he'll know more than me and he'll be able to cover his eletronic tracks..We have to FORCE him at times to just go the fuck outside and play. i understand we didn't have the type of temptations he has today. Even me I can zone out watching videos on instragram. It's harder during the lockdowns because all his extra curricular stuff (soccer, ju jitsu..) are closed..
End rant
Fuck you
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Post by Jets Things on Jan 27, 2021 11:51:13 GMT -5
We're currently having our kitchen and an adjacent room renovated. Whole process should be a month, start to finish. They're currently laying cement on the floor, on which some really fucking expensive tile will be laid. In preparation for the month without a kitchen, we moved all of our kitchen contents to the basement and had an honest conversation with the kids about which toys will be discarded from the toy closet and either chucked or donated to make room. We were able to clear out almost the whole friggin thing. Turns out their iTouches and iPads are more important than playing with actual kid toys. Whatever. We save our microwave, toaster oven, slow cooker, table-top griddle, and coffee maker (not a Keurig - fuck you, environment haters!), and purchase an electric kettle and an electric double hot plate. With those items, combined with our grill and 36" outdoor gas griddle, we've managed to cook dinner every night and prepare the kids lunches. Breakfast is usually mailed in with cereal, yogurt, or toaster oven waffles. With all of the above information, one might ask "Hey stupid fucking dipshit dickface JT. Why in the actual fuck are you getting a brand new kitchen when you have proven you can use countertop appliances and outdoor cooking devices to prepare all meals?" Answer: happy wife, happy life. She's wanted a new kitchen for 10 years and we're in a position to make it happen. The irony of the cooking situation is not lost on her, either. She's very bright and I completely outkicked my coverage in the wifne department. At least she'll have her fucking pot filler on the wall above the fucking oven/range and below the fucking vent hood. I thought your thing to make her happy was empregnating her. That went away when I got snipped. She's still happy when we bang, but her happy pregnant days are over.
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Post by Jets Things on Jan 27, 2021 11:56:56 GMT -5
We're currently having our kitchen and an adjacent room renovated. Whole process should be a month, start to finish. They're currently laying cement on the floor, on which some really fucking expensive tile will be laid. In preparation for the month without a kitchen, we moved all of our kitchen contents to the basement and had an honest conversation with the kids about which toys will be discarded from the toy closet and either chucked or donated to make room. We were able to clear out almost the whole friggin thing. Turns out their iTouches and iPads are more important than playing with actual kid toys. Whatever. We save our microwave, toaster oven, slow cooker, table-top griddle, and coffee maker (not a Keurig - fuck you, environment haters!), and purchase an electric kettle and an electric double hot plate. With those items, combined with our grill and 36" outdoor gas griddle, we've managed to cook dinner every night and prepare the kids lunches. Breakfast is usually mailed in with cereal, yogurt, or toaster oven waffles. With all of the above information, one might ask "Hey stupid fucking dipshit dickface JT. Why in the actual fuck are you getting a brand new kitchen when you have proven you can use countertop appliances and outdoor cooking devices to prepare all meals?" Answer: happy wife, happy life. She's wanted a new kitchen for 10 years and we're in a position to make it happen. The irony of the cooking situation is not lost on her, either. She's very bright and I completely outkicked my coverage in the wifne department. At least she'll have her fucking pot filler on the wall above the fucking oven/range and below the fucking vent hood. We're actually talking to a buddy tonight about renovating our kitchen... which means that, and putting in a sliding glass door to the deck, and removing some baseboard heating. At least the wifne doesn't want expensive tile, but I can only imagine how much this is going to cost. Although its well overdue, kitchen is small, and since I do at least half the cooking if not more, it will make my life better. The cost is significant, however, I didn't add another detail. Once the kitchen is done, we're adding a master bedroom/bathroom. Plans are already drawn up, using the same GC as the kitchen. Just waiting on a variance approval because we'd be something like 100sqft over the allowed footprint. So not only is she getting a new kitchen, she's getting her own bathroom and walk-in closet. We were fully prepared to move to a larger house before Covid struck. We bid on three houses - all in our current town - with very fair offers (per the real estate agent), but were out-bid each time with all-cash offers. So the adding on to our house now is wifne's solution to that.
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jan 27, 2021 12:42:36 GMT -5
We're actually talking to a buddy tonight about renovating our kitchen... which means that, and putting in a sliding glass door to the deck, and removing some baseboard heating. At least the wifne doesn't want expensive tile, but I can only imagine how much this is going to cost. Although its well overdue, kitchen is small, and since I do at least half the cooking if not more, it will make my life better. The cost is significant, however, I didn't add another detail. Once the kitchen is done, we're adding a master bedroom/bathroom. Plans are already drawn up, using the same GC as the kitchen. Just waiting on a variance approval because we'd be something like 100sqft over the allowed footprint. So not only is she getting a new kitchen, she's getting her own bathroom and walk-in closet. We were fully prepared to move to a larger house before Covid struck. We bid on three houses - all in our current town - with very fair offers (per the real estate agent), but were out-bid each time with all-cash offers. So the adding on to our house now is wifne's solution to that. Makes sense. My SIL went through that in Westchester, looking to buy a house, and multiple all-cash offers coming in and outbidding. My buddy is a contractor, and hes done two bathrooms for us in the past. Im hoping that keeps the cost down a little, but shits expensive either way.
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jan 27, 2021 13:06:51 GMT -5
Other thing that's slowly pushing me over the brink: my 12 year olds life evolves around either his phone or playing fortnite. I'd say 90% of my interactions with him are me being a cop and going postal because I caught him with his phone when he's not supposed to. I've put all kind of safeguards around stupind shit like tik tok...etc..but I feel I'm only pushing him further into computer litteracy and soon he'll know more than me and he'll be able to cover his eletronic tracks..We have to FORCE him at times to just go the fuck outside and play. i understand we didn't have the type of temptations he has today. Even me I can zone out watching videos on instragram. It's harder during the lockdowns because all his extra curricular stuff (soccer, ju jitsu..) are closed.. End rant Fuck you From what I hear, thats pretty much kids in general these days, so dont feel bad.
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Post by shakin on Jan 27, 2021 13:22:42 GMT -5
The cost is significant, however, I didn't add another detail. Once the kitchen is done, we're adding a master bedroom/bathroom. Plans are already drawn up, using the same GC as the kitchen. Just waiting on a variance approval because we'd be something like 100sqft over the allowed footprint. So not only is she getting a new kitchen, she's getting her own bathroom and walk-in closet. We were fully prepared to move to a larger house before Covid struck. We bid on three houses - all in our current town - with very fair offers (per the real estate agent), but were out-bid each time with all-cash offers. So the adding on to our house now is wifne's solution to that. Makes sense. My SIL went through that in Westchester, looking to buy a house, and multiple all-cash offers coming in and outbidding. My buddy is a contractor, and hes done two bathrooms for us in the past. Im hoping that keeps the cost down a little, but shits expensive either way. bought my place in ct a couple years ago basically took it down to the studs with my wifne and sopnes redoing everything myself except plumbing and electric almost done. but the last few projects drrrrrraaaaaagggggg. i think i don't wanna be finished, because then wifne will be like "so what are you gonna do today" every day
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Jan 27, 2021 13:46:34 GMT -5
Makes sense. My SIL went through that in Westchester, looking to buy a house, and multiple all-cash offers coming in and outbidding. My buddy is a contractor, and hes done two bathrooms for us in the past. Im hoping that keeps the cost down a little, but shits expensive either way. bought my place in ct a couple years ago basically took it down to the studs with my wifne and sopnes redoing everything myself except plumbing and electric almost done. but the last few projects drrrrrraaaaaagggggg. i think i don't wanna be finished, because then wifne will be like "so what are you gonna do today" every day I do a lot myself, because it never ends, the fixing/replacing/updating. When it comes to cutting holes in the side of my house, or knocking down walls, the wifne feels better with a professional doing it lol
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Post by 32Green on Jan 27, 2021 20:09:17 GMT -5
I feel ya. They've been closing school more often (had been 3 in, 2 in, alternating weeks) and seems more kids are getting it. Taking the daupne for a Covid test later. She doesnt feel well. Doesnt look like vaccines are getting to my group until the summer at earliest, even the elderly cant get them. (insert you are elderly joke here) And ditto on the whiskey, boy howdy. Fml and fyl too. Im guessing you are in the 45-55 age range as well? Wifne got lucky as a teacher, got hers yesterday. Her 65+ parents cant get an appt yet, even tho eligible. We're fucked until the summer probably, at the earliest. Yup, a few years older tho (not 60...yet). Daupne's rapid test came back positive so now we're all on lockdown for a couple of weeks. Her symptoms are cold-like so far so I guess that's a blessing. But I really dont want to get this fuck'n virus at my age. Been loading up on NAC, C, D, Zinc and multi's since April. Fingers crossed.
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Post by bxjetfan on Jan 27, 2021 20:35:53 GMT -5
Im guessing you are in the 45-55 age range as well? Wifne got lucky as a teacher, got hers yesterday. Her 65+ parents cant get an appt yet, even tho eligible. We're fucked until the summer probably, at the earliest. Yup, a few years older tho (not 60...yet). Daupne's rapid test came back positive so now we're all on lockdown for a couple of weeks. Her symptoms are cold-like so far so I guess that's a blessing. But I really dont want to get this fuck'n virus at my age. Been loading up on NAC, C, D, Zinc and multi's since April. Fingers crossed. Thoughts and prayers 32. I think in the Coronavirus thread I read you can get HCQ after doing a zoom call with a doc and they'll ship it to your house.
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Post by 32Green on Jan 27, 2021 20:41:48 GMT -5
Yup, a few years older tho (not 60...yet). Daupne's rapid test came back positive so now we're all on lockdown for a couple of weeks. Her symptoms are cold-like so far so I guess that's a blessing. But I really dont want to get this fuck'n virus at my age. Been loading up on NAC, C, D, Zinc and multi's since April. Fingers crossed. Thoughts and prayers 32. I think in the Coronavirus thread I read you can get HCQ after doing a zoom call with a doc and they'll ship it to your house. Cool to know. Sis-in-law is an MD so we'll rely on her as well. Thx.
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