Being tired, alone and momentarily overwhelmed took its toll and she was miserable. I talked to her over the internet, and knowing that she was miserable spurred me into action. My first instinct was to hop on a plane, however logic won out, and I tried to reassure her that it would be better if she could give it more time.
I don't remember much about the depression I had in years 4 & 5, but sitting here unable to offer anything other than supportive words while Alana was so completely distraught was the most miserable I have ever been.
The next day wasn't any better, after a meeting with a landlord that went very poorly, based on him being a bit of a jerk, Alana was determined to come home. To say I was dissapointed is a lie, I hate being apart from Alana, but I also knew that if she did come home she would regret it. So I encouraged her to think it over some more.
What a difference a day makes. After a good meeting with a job agency and possibly lots of time for her body to catch up Lana is feeling confident that although it may be tough, she is determined to stay.
I am SO jealous of her, but I look at the big picture. She is doing what she needs to, to get to NY, and so am I. Its just that hers is so much more exciting.
Its been a bad week money wise. I lost about $1500 on the sharemarket. Now that things have crashed a little, its a great time to buy (Duh). Im thinking about moving more into shares, but how deep into the rabbit hole do I go?
Right now im split about 55% Cash -45% Shares. I think if I take the view of shares as long term investment than I should move more over. Right now I only think of unrealised gains.
I just now moved more money over, Ok Alice lets check it out. (Sorry for the references Im reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland now, through DailyLit of course).
My Top Tips:
Stop drinking coke. Take a look at what it does to your body:When somebody drinks a Coke watch what happens…
- In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
- 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
- 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
- 45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
- >60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
- >60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
- >60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth
Caught in the Web:
I do like hearing the real telling of fairy tales. Here is a list with a few of them on it.
Taken from McSweeneys
HALO 3 CHEAT CODES, AS EXPLAINED BY NEGLECTED GIRLFRIEND JANET IVERSON.
BY ANDREW KIRALY
X, A, B, DOWN, RIGHT, Y
God mode. Total invincibility to all attacks. You can just stand there and the aliens can't kill you. Heck, you could even put the controller down and they still can't do anything. You could even walk away from the Xbox and—crazy idea—talk to someone who's been sitting here for the past hour wondering if that was in fact an actual conversation she had earlier about going to the movies this afternoon and not just an incredibly realistic dream. In fact, you could come back to the game three hours later and you'd still have all your health. You could even come back to the game tomorrow—while a certain someone is working a 10-hour shift at Lane Bryant to pay the rent since someone else was recently "downsized" from Golden Swirl for "managerial reasons" that I'm sure were totally unrelated to his habit of napping in the service hallway—and you'd have the whole day all to yourself. Incredibly enough, Master Chief would be in fine, fine shape.
UP, RIGHT, A, Y, B
Invisibility. Remain unseen by enemies, no matter what you do! You could shoot them in the face with a Mark V pulse rifle and they still wouldn't see you. Or you could, say, sit here on the couch, theatrically flipping through a copy of Elle that you've already read twice, praying that somebody still has enough of a brain left that he can take a hint, but, no, you'd still remain totally undetected. You could probably even leave and he wouldn't know or care. Seriously. Walk right out that door and he wouldn't even notice. Walk out that door and maybe call his best friend, Jeff Harshak, and see if he wants to lick Cool Whip off your naked body. Did you hear that? Jeff Harshak? Cool Whip–covered nipples? Hello? Yes, invisibility can sure come in handy.
RIGHT, X, RIGHT, LEFT, DOWN, B
Infinite ammunition. Nonstop, heart-pounding action guaranteed to get boring, repetitive, and pointless 50 percent faster, shortening the time before you finally, I don't know, take a shower and eat something else besides Bugles and Dolly Madison mini-dughnuts
B, A, X, Y, Y, DOWN, RIGHT
Receive all weapons. Instantly gives you the complete Halo 3 arsenal, including the Mark V pulse rifle, covenant carbine, bouquet of flowers, chainsaw, plasma blade, flamethrower, gift basket with scented bath crystals, trip mine, magma cannon, some chocolates or something once in a while, submachine gun, wanting a foot massage does not make me "high-maintenance," needler, missile pod, I'm not asking for the damn Hope Diamond here, railgun, and flak pistol. Oh, and the occasional-compliment-giver ray would be nice, too
B, X, Y, LEFT, UP, B
Shield boost. Plasma shield is impervious to fire from projectile weapons such as needlers, covenant carbines, and, oh, I don't know, a Glade Plug-In hurled in frustration across the room, maybe? And you never know when you'll be caught in a flurry of bottles of nail polish or even—crazy as it sounds—the apologetic thank-you card I just realized someone never sent to my sister for having us at her party to celebrate her making partner at Kenscher & Foley—yes, that party, where a certain someone drank too much Crown Royal and kept inviting her friends to "join his firm" before he managed the monumental feat of embarrassing himself even further by spitting up the Better Cheddars he'd eaten too much of all over his only dress shirt, which I happened to buy him for his birthday. Shield not impervious to melee attacks. I said, "Shield not impervious to—" Ugh! Never. Mind.
