The Harem

[Lex]

I have a few friends that cosplay for the fun of it... and honestly they do ok when they can put the effort in but its a lot of time and money to do it professionally some of them work full time and only go to certain events.

Ive been having some weirdly normal style dreams lately. Like watching another me... in the life i want...it feels kinda sad.

Im so glad you had such a good time and that your littlw one got to have an event himself. Legos are awesome.

Has work been alot since you got home?
How are you doing over all?
*hands you a mai tai and plants you down next to the pool.*
Tell me about your day dear.😊🍹

 

[ShootingStar7123]

Ugh, those dreams sound difficult! I always find it trippy when a dream feels too realistic. I prefer weird stuff if I'm honest!

Work has been up and down, some days busy and some slow. Still working on updating the bedroom, also dealing with ants in the house and air conditioner issues now that it's super hot out! Trying to get it all dealt with so we can enjoy the summer. Spent a lot of the weekend outdoors. Trying to convince my husband that we should go to the beach soon! He's not a beach lover.

I've been a bit tired lately, not feeling very motivated to work or do any of my creative hobbies. I just want to read and watch TV! I'm hoping to get a new surge of motivation soon. For now I will sit by the pool with your and our mai tais!!

How is your week going?

 

[Lex]

Its been a mixed bag!

The renovations to.the basement took a turn today, we found hidden mold and lots of it. So what went to us redpijg the basement floor turned into us getting the mold situation handled because of course.

Had an interview today, and Im excited for the chance to work again, Ill find out next week if the job is mine.

*flops onto the deck chair and picks up a drink*
Honestly its life when thing go smooth you gotta know something is gonna knock you for a loop somewhere else.
Dad getting worse health wise but thats to be expected. He doesnt really take care of himself, he kinda just feela like hes given up.

Ex husband is sorting out his arrangements for where hes gonna be living after something I cant even explain typing, needleaa to say hes saving up and will be leaving soon.

As for dinner Im making Gyros.
*lays back in the sunshine*
Here is hoping the day and months ahead get brighter.

 

[ShootingStar7123]

Ugh, sorry about finding the mold in your basement! We went through mold remediation at an old job of mine and it was no fun!! Made everything take longer.

Yay about the interview!! Crossing my fingers for you! What kind of job is it, if you don't mind me asking?

I have a similar problem with my mom, not so much that she doesn't take care of her health, but that she doesn't take care of anything else. It's more like... administrative tasks? My dad passed away two years ago and she hasn't taken care of everything related to that, like closing accounts and taking his name off things, etc. It takes her months to get one thing done. And she's not willing to get help either. I live far away, but when I offer to help with things she doesn't send me what I need to do them. When I offered to help her hire a part time personal assistant to do this stuff for her, she rejected that idea too. In the end I've kind of had to take a step back and let go for my own mental health because worrying about her doesn't seem to help anything.

I'm glad for you that the ex is working on moving out! You deserve your space without him.

Gyros sounds yummy! Let me know how they turned out. We had homemade pizzas last night and before that I made a pot roast that fed us for about 4 days lol. We were all thoroughly sick of it by the end, so I'll probably not make it again for a long time.

*sits back and sips my drink, enjoying the warm sun and cool breeze*

 

[Lex]

*Pours a tall glass of guiness and cocktails* I need a new life *laughs*

Ive had a few friends call and one random person i used to know in college just tell me the wildest stories of their life and whats happened since... I don't even have words.

I should of gone into couselling our therapy with how regularly people tell me there deepest and darkest.
I wonder if anyone is truly well anymore.

I never imagined this person going into detail... but he legit poored his whole life story on me from his wedding to now. And honestly it was WILD.

*sips drink* do you have friends or people that do this to you? Or just end up on the outskirts of drama listening?

 

[ShootingStar7123]

*Takes a deep breath and drops onto a lounge chair*

It's been a super crazy couple weeks. Work has been very overwhelming and this weekend has been a 4 day weekend for my kid from school!! So I had to finish everything that much faster. Barely had a minute to myself in so long!!!

*Holds out hand for a tiki drink*

I do feel like people will tell me crazy things, but it's not necessarily people close to me (who tend to be pretty low drama). It's people I've just met LOL. I have the kind of face where they think I will agree with whatever crazy take they have and agree with their crazy decisions!

 

[Lex]

*The staff come by and deliver a tray of colourful cocktail drinks*
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Its been a wild few weeks for me, spent some time in the ER with my father, told someone to go touch grass.
Been trying to diversify my reading, just finished the psychopath inside. By ethan fallon....it was interesting.
And make me believe a number of people that like me may very well land on that spectrum.

*sips her drink and lays back*

Since I divorced Ive grown annoyed by people who approach me to date, the whole concept feels fake, and unrelateable
I don't know, but the dream ive been having lately the last couple months have really messed with my head.
When i set up my lapptop ill try to share them. My phone is broken so typings become a bigger challenge

Hows hubby and you son]? An work anything fun going on?

 

[ShootingStar7123]

*The staff come by and deliver a tray of colourful cocktail drinks*
A
Its been a wild few weeks for me, spent some time in the ER with my father, told someone to go touch grass.
Been trying to diversify my reading, just finished the psychopath inside. By ethan fallon....it was interesting.
And make me believe a number of people that like me may very well land on that spectrum.

*sips her drink and lays back*

Since I divorced Ive grown annoyed by people who approach me to date, the whole concept feels fake, and unrelateable
I don't know, but the dream ive been having lately the last couple months have really messed with my head.
When i set up my lapptop ill try to share them. My phone is broken so typings become a bigger challenge

Hows hubby and you son]? An work anything fun going on?

*sips one of the colorful drinks*

Hope your dad is doing ok after time in the ER. And that you are getting time to relax!

That sounds like an interesting book. I think there's a lot of grey area in psychology. Most things seem to be a spectrum, I guess it just depends how far on the spectrum you are to "qualify" as certain labels.

I read a new fiction book recently that I loved! It was called The Seventh Sister by Lucinda Riley. It's the first in a series about a group of girls who were all adopted by a wealthy mysterious man. When he dies he leaves them all clues about their origins. The first book has the main character travel to Brazil and look into the story of her family. It's got a really interesting historical story woven in alongside the present narrative. It just clicked with me, and now I'm waiting for the next in the series to become available from the library.

I met my husband in a very unusual way, as you know! Haha. And it was a long time ago. I've heard from a lot of people that the dating scene is weird and hard to deal with these days. I don't know if I would want to try again if I ended up divorced or widowed. I also had some vivid dreams lately, but nothing too deep or confusing I think. hope your phone is fixed or replaced soon. I'm a computer typer, I hate writing on a phone myself!

My work has been insanely busy all summer. I'm feeling like I have a moment to breathe this week finally. We just have a lot of new projects and one particularly difficult client. Sucky life news: Our air conditioner has to be replaced and it's costing us $13k. OUCH. Good life news: My son had his first day of kindergarten yesterday, and after telling me all weekend that he didn't want to go, he loved it!

 

[Lex]

Oh Im so glad he had a wonderful time!
Im sure your gonna get all the artwork to put on the frigde soon too lol

*sips her whiskey coke*
Honestly its been worse lately.
I hate that things in the world at large appear so stressful.
So much suffering.

But the dreams ive been having... feel like another place...
Im able to convey my thought better in text... my mouth and brain seem to have a difficult time working together.

*drinks deep and sets aside the glass and picks up what looks like a pinacolada*

Seriously though thats a huge ouch to your pocket book!
But its been so hot I cant picture you without a working unit.

Currently house/pet sitting for a friend in europe.
Him and his family are travelling with their in laws.

Maybe one day itll be me.


Im missing someone really badly right now, but I know they are busy. And it can't be helped I just hope they are alright and things are working out in their favour.
They always hated waiting but they never really got speedy replies where life gave then what they wanted. Lol

Your romance story is ridiculously charming and wholesome lol
Like I adore how you two found eachother and made a go of things. I can only dream of that level of devotion and romance lol

*drinks some more and lays back in the beach chair*

I have to stop trusting people that claim they will help me.
Specially when it comes to taking care of things or my needs/future.

Ive been terribly foolish but youd figure that certain people would have grown up or changed a little at this point. Hey?

Either way my trip and things got sidelined by a series of unfortunate events

My fathers doing well now, and thats good news over all.
But hes still sick over all and that wont change.

Sorry about being vague it just Im still processing a **** ton of things.

I am glad your well I was wondering about you all lol

 

[ShootingStar7123]

It's still been crazy busy with work, I feel like this week has been the first chance I've had to breathe in a while. Still somewhat busy but not so overwhelming just now. And in two weeks I'll be on a real beach in Cancun drinking real mojitos so that's good. I'm ready for a brain break! These clients lately have been super insane and extra demanding. It's been a really busy summer.

I'm glad your dad is doing a little bit better. Can't remember if I told you, my dad died of a terminal disease almost 3 years ago and the whole process was extremely horrible. So I sympathize in dealing with those medical issues that don't go away. Recently I've been writing some fiction that's got components of my real experience in it. Not sure if it's helping work through my grief or just making me remember how terrible it all was, to be honest!

Hoping you'll get some relaxing and traveling in soon. Fingers crossed for good things to come your way!

As for my romance story, I know it would have gone differently if we weren't so young and reckless LOL. But I'm glad it worked out the way it did.

Right now I'm trying to get things organized enough ahead of my trip. And trying to teach my kid to read, lol. We've started an incentive chart. He gets a stamp every time he reads a book on his own, and there are prizes he wants (Mario Kart Hot Wheels) as he reads enough of them. It's the only thing that's motivated him so far. So I've bene scouring the stores and online for the cars he doesn't have yet. Which is an ordeal in itself since a lot of people collect them.

*sips drink, lays back on the lounge*