The Trivial Complaints Thread ... #3

[Ponyfan]

Thanks BC and Beth.      It's only been a little over a month since we lost her.  We had to keep most of the doors closed inside the house so the dog wouldn't open them and get in to stuff.  It still feels weird to leave the doors open, but there's no point in closing them now.  The vet did make an impression of her pawprints in plaster of Paris or something and added her name.  We also have her urn with her name on it.   A couple of weeks before she died I saw a pet memorial stone at Walmart and bought her one just in case we needed it before Walmart stopped selling them since they looked like a seasonal item.

I've always thought of myself as a little clusmy, but today takes the cake. I was putting together Legos and noticed I had put a few pieces in the wrong spot.  I started trying to remove them, but it was a little hard because the pieces I was trying to take off were flat.  I used the Brick Remover that comes in some Lego sets and still was having trouble.   Somehow I managed to cut my finger while use the Brick Remover.  How is that even possible?


Ponyfan

[Minty_Magic]

So sorry for the loss of your dog Ponyfan, it is never easy to say goodbye.

So you all remember the mirror drama I was having last month where I overpaid dramatically in the live auction and then got hit with a hefty shipping charge on top of everything else? Well the saga continues. Spoiler, it is a happy ending and I wanted to wait to post until everything was settled, but boy has this been a journey.

So the box arrived at my house about two weeks ago. It was massive….way bigger than I expected tbh. I was having some friends over later that evening so I left it out on my patio so the box wouldn’t be blocking their way. My friends came over and we were having a great time. As the night was winding down I offhandedly mentioned the mirror and told them the whole story. They really wanted to see it and offered to help me bring it in and unpackage it. I didn’t mind since I knew I’d probably need help with it anyway. We were having a conversation about how we never turn on the big lights in our homes and I said this was a big light occasion and we went to work unpackaging it, we were having a good time even though we were struggling to get it out of the box. As I was tugging on it I heard a horrible crack and was pretty sure I had just broken something……I told everyone to stop and sure enough part of the frame had snapped right off.

I was devastated of course, but the thing that really kind of bugged me was my friends immediately tried to say we didn’t break it and it must have came like that. Like no….I felt it break. I wasn’t ever going to blame them since I know they were just helping. I’m the one who felt it after all, so I’m sure it was me who put too much pressure on it, but the total lack of any sort of apology made the whole ordeal even more frustrating. Luckily, it was a clean break and I managed to patch it up with some Apoxie and get it back together.

In the week or so since I got the mirror and had it laying on the ground, I’ve had a horrible string of bad luck that has extended to my family too. I applied for a new job that I honestly felt I was well qualified for and got rejected without even an interview. A panel of my car absolutely exploded in the car wash and now a huge chunk of the back is exposed (the car wash offered no apology for this either btw!). My mom found out her department is being partially outsourced and she will have to either work undesirable hours or find a new position. Two of my parents cars have had serious mechanical issues, and one of them straight up is dead. I know it most likely is all a coincidence, but man, I was really starting to feel like I’d bought a nearly $500 curse. Me and my dad tried to hang it ourselves finally on Sunday, but even with the heaviest rated picture hangers it still didn’t feel secure.

I decided I needed to have a pro hang it. I figured I was already financially in pretty deep, so I may as well have someone do this right rather than risk anymore damage to the mirror. The first quote I got was from a company that hung another heavy picture for me once years ago, but their quote was over $250! I don’t remember paying them that much in the past and honestly this job was WAY easier than the last one, so I felt like that was not fair. Luckily I found a guy on thumbtack who only charged me $90 and he did a great job! The good news is he also does light and ceiling fan installations which are jobs I will need done soon, so now I at least have a contact for those jobs.

I think the curse is over. The Paradise Pier Mirror is officially in its new home with a prominent spot right on the main living area! Now that all the chaos has worn down, I think it was worth it. It looks so good and really opens up the room I think!
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[Taffeta]

I'm sorry you had all that hassle, Minty Magic, but it is a beautiful mirror and I'm glad you got it hung safely

[Beth3346]

Minty Magic, the mirror looks great! the whole space looks really beautiful

i want to go do something fun since i'm still on PTO. but i'm tired everything i can think of to do involves walking and driving a lot.

[BlackCurtains]

Wow MM! What a story. The mirror looks amazing though I love the orange lamps


My complaint is I can't get two of my important medications because there's a national shortage. How? Why? My therapist said that the US gets most medications from China, and since China is so... loose, with regulations on things there's a high possibility that the latest batches of these medicines were compromised in some way. There's a shortage on Ozempic and some other diabetes meds too, and people are putting blame on the people who are using it for weight loss, when in reality it's closer to the bad batch idea. And really, the blame goes on the rich no doubt white men in charge of the whole process. Ugh.

Another thing, everything is still so expensive. "They" say that inflation is coming down but at the same time that cargo ship tipped over and tons of product was lost or unusable. I don't see how both can be true and I certainly don't see prices falling. I used to get the occasional bag of Doritos but it's over $5 from Walmart! I'm not paying that much for chips. The Walmart version doesn't taste the same

[Ponyfan]

That's a pretty mirror, Minty Magic.

BC, I hope you get your medication.

Someone asked me today if I was ready to get another dog and I said no.   This person then showed me pictures of the dog even after I told her that I wasn't interested in a new pet right now.  I know the lady would never intentionally do anything to hurt me, but I didn't really appreciate her showing me pictures after I told her no.

Facebook rant ahead.  I'm putting it in a spoiler in case people don't want to read as I mention death (nothing graphic)

Spoiler

Last week my mom got a call that her friend was critically ill and in the hospital. My mom made her friend's sister promise to call her in the worst happened and she said she would.  My mom logged on to Facebook last night and saw a message from her friend's son that her friend had died. 

I always feel a little weird when I see people announcing the death of a person on Facebook.  I have trouble describing exactly why.

That's also how I found out my former friend died. I saw a message from her husband on Facebook.

I thought the game I wanted to get release date was tomorrow instead of today.  I saw it in the stores today but thought someone had put it out early.  I googled after we left the store and the release date was today.  I could have gotten the game today if I had realized.

Also, I had to redo the Legos I was working on because I didn't pay close enough attention to the instructions so I had some pieces in the wrong place.


Ponyfan