So how's life treating all of you?

[BrooklynKnight]

happy bday

A small err, update to what i said last night.
My Gf dumped me an hour ago.
No biggie I guess.

ArtQ on the hunt again.

 

[MEG Hal]

I already posted BUT let me tell the ones that are feeling low it does get better.

I have 2 kids and am a divorced father, sold the family house and have the kids about 55% of the time. I have a full time job and then have MEG (another full time job). I will tell you that keeping busy is a great hep during the low times, running an RPG company is very therapuetic , it kept me busy and so less focused on the break up of my marriage/family.

I have dated people and was going through the motions and just doing it because I was bored until I met a person who lit up my life and made me remember what a relationship is suppose to be like.

I still have a job in this weird economy and have my kids which are the love of my life... so as low as it gets, keep busy and it will get better.

Listening to reggae is also a nice pick me up. (see DaveO's post)

And LotR: TT comes out Tuesday so, how bad can life be .

 

[MEG Hal]

happy bday

A small err, update to what i said last night.
My Gf dumped me an hour ago.
No biggie I guess.

ArtQ on the hunt again.

dang bro'

If the GF did that she ain't worth the subway fare to her pad man---move on!

Just chalk that one up to practice for the "right one".

 

[BrooklynKnight]

dang bro'

If the GF did that she ain't worth the subway fare to her pad man---move on!

Just chalk that one up to practice for the "right one".

Or gas money
But eh, she was ok.
Its just right now she's very buzy and I'm very buzy, and she's expecting an operation and has lots to deal with. A bf is just something she doesnt need now. And to be honest the relationship did feel kinda...."fake" as if it was just a thing of conveinence for us both to get laid.

*shrug*

These things happen and its just another bump. I'd rather date someone that I can have a conversation with every night anyway.

 

[Holy Bovine]

In the last 2 months my life has undergone its single most significant change ever.

About 3 1/2 years ago I was diagnosed with Primary Scholsering Cholangitis (I know the spelling is wrong but bear with me) a (ultimately) fatal disease of the liver. Fortunately there is a cure - a liver transplant. For those 3 1/2 years though life was miserable - tired, constantly feeling sick, itchy (really, really annoying) and I was yellow (jaundiced). My mood was mostly foul and I was lucky those around me understood how crappy I was feeling.

But all that changed on July 1st, 2003. I got the surgery that saved my life. I got my new liver. I am still recovering but my recovery has been far less difficult than I had any right to hope for. My energy level is back almost to normal, I'm losing wieght that I have needed to lose for quite some time, and I feel happy. Just genuinely happy. I guess its kind of sad to realize that it took something like this for me to see how precious and fragile life is. I enjoy each moment for its uniqueness - even the bad ones (I still have the occassional 'bad day' but nothing out of the ordinary for what I've been through).

I hope everyone who is having a less than stellar few months sees a change for the good very soon. I'm living proof that the best things can happen when you least expect it.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Jeeze, this thread's turning into a country song. I got laid off, my best girl ran off, and my liver's done turned off.

I didn't get a chance last night to talk about good things going on for me, so here goes:

Despite having a booooooring job, I can't really complain about any other aspects of it. At worst, it's just really easy. But I don't have a crappy micromanager boss or tedious office politics to deal with, which is a big step up for me.

I've been getting a lot more exercise, and it didn't take long for it to get easier. You walk a few times a week, and pretty soon it's like nothing. When I started a couple months ago, I could barely get around the track at my neighboring schoolyard without pausing to catch my breath. Now I do 2, 3 laps easy. I wish I could say it's led to big weight loss, but I have to work on my diet more. My girlfriend has been very supportive in all regards, and continues to generally be a ray of sunshine.

Thanks to my nascent blog (everyone go visit, link's in my sig) I've been doing a LOT more writing, which is what I really want to do with myself. I'd been calling myself a writer for years without really, y'know, writing anything. It feels good to have an easy way to express my thoughts the way Blogger allows me to, and I've been pleased with the positive feedback I've been getting. Now, to turn blog into bucks. Hmm. Yeah.

I've had the opportunity to game a little more, and it's been great fun. I'm looking forward to ways I can use AU and Midnight and all the other awesome purchases that have lain fallow for too long.

I'm finally managing to get out from under these monumental debts accumulated from the last 8 years. Who knows, I might even have a bank account by the end of the year. And yeah, I know the irony of being a bank employee who can't open a checking account.

So, life is fine. Not spectacular, but the only people I know who lead such lives are living them at the expense of someone else. So at least I can say, "No animals were harmed in the making of my life."

 

[Rasmus]

My life is GREAT. I got accepted to my dream school (Danish School of Journalism (a very good school btw)), after getting good grades at my BA exams.

I moved to a new town, and have started a new D&D game, set in FR, which I have never DM'ed in. Very challenging!

Moved into a...well its kinda like a dorm...with great, friendly people. We drink lots of beer and play RISK

School will start monday the 1st, and I will be over my head in drinking, partying and a lot of work!

Now, all I need is a sweet, intelligent, beautiful girlfriend

To all those out there who got divorced, or lost their job etc., I can just say that I honestly feel for you. It really sucks being in those low points in life!
I'm personally happy that I always got my gaming friends to count on, when things get rough.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

My life is...eh.

I'm 17, so it isn't supposed to be wonderful, but that isn't the point. I'm just waiting for my Senior year in High School to end...then, I move to Wales with my GF and have a good life for once.

On the more recent things though, my mother has had a rare liver condition(don't know what...but its basically not working at all) that she shouldn't get at her age(only 43). She's been getting better, then getting worse, etc etc for the past 3 years now...but I can just watch it tearing her to pieces. No one else sees it...but my gut feeling is that she's not going to make it another year...annoyingly enough, my gut is never wrong.

 

[LuYangShih]

My life is paradise. Perhaps it could be better, but all in all, I have no major complaints. The only issue I really have is that I should be doing more with the time and abilities I have. I live in the greatest country that has ever existed in the entire history of the world, I have a good place to live, I should be getting a good job soon, my physical prowess and health are reaching new heights, and my prosperity seems only to grow as of late. It is a good day to be me.

 

[DaveStebbins]

To all those out there who got divorced... etc., I can just say that I honestly feel for you. It really sucks being in those low points in life!

I can't speak for others who might be in a similar situation but, other than the time I spend with my daughter, my recent divorce is the best thing that's happened for me for years! Sure wouldn't mind having a GF, but I have great friends, and being alone isn't bad either.

And I'll say it again, a good attitude can create positive changes in your life. There's lots of things you can't change out there (so they aren't worth worrying about), but we're ALWAYS in control of our attitudes.

Wishing the best to my fellow community members.
-Dave