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DVMDream said:
Current debate:

Give into exhaustion and head to bed without having studied at all today...

OR

Attempt to stay up for another hour and a half and get some studying done.


Wish I wasn't so tired, otherwise this wouldn't even be a debate... 😴
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Try for 45min. See how you're doing and then decide. Sometimes once I get started I have a lot more energy to continue. Otherwise at least you won't feel like a total lump.
 
wildcatj said:
Try for 45min. See how you're doing and then decide. Sometimes once I get started I have a lot more energy to continue. Otherwise at least you won't feel like a total lump.
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Just got back from a Celtic Thunder concert and it was amazing and the new guy is my favorite and my friends and I were the youngest people there and we were crazy enthusiastic and it was amazing. And yes, I am still pretty hyped up right now (if you can't tell from my run-on).
 
I am still pinning stuff.. Lol Bf wants me to send him some of the wedding stuff I found. Haha
 
PetPony said:
I am still pinning stuff.. Lol Bf wants me to send him some of the wedding stuff I found. Haha
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Weddings are so over-rated. We started planning ours and when we realized it was going to be $20k+ we canceled it!

Instead we went down to the courthouse and got legally married then just had a party with family and friends. Cost us less than $2k!! 😀
 
EngrSC said:
Weddings are so over-rated. We started planning ours and when we realized it was going to be $20k+ we canceled it!

Instead we went down to the courthouse and got legally married then just had a party with family and friends. Cost us less than $2k!! 😀
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I wanna get married on a farm, so I'm gonna see which horse friend has a nice one we could use to save money.

There are so many ideas for deco on pinterest that I want to do myself because I love that kind of stuff.

And so on. Making it cheaper. Haha 🙂
 
Abney said:
Yarrrr! It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day mateys!!! To the plank with ye!
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PetPony said:
I wanna get married on a farm, so I'm gonna see which horse friend has a nice one we could use to save money.

There are so many ideas for deco on pinterest that I want to do myself because I love that kind of stuff.

And so on. Making it cheaper. Haha 🙂
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Good call! Spending a grip of money = NOT worth it!
 
I am lonely......which is kind of ironic seeing as classes just started and all day long I am surrounded by people, but actually it is making me feel more lonely.... ugh....

See all summer I was here by myself and I had only one friend here who I would hang out with every once in awhile (mostly during the day as she did not go out at night really) - and I just kind of dealt with it and made my own fun. Trying out pubs on my own, playing poker, and what have you.

But now school is back in session and I am surrounded by people who all have friends... and I really have none. I am much older than all of the people in my year by a whole lot, so while I can talk to them about a class during class - we do not hang out as friends. Different stages of life really. And my flatmate (who is now back) is super cool and we hang out sometimes, but she is best friends with the girl I hung out with this summer - so they are together all the time. I really am only used as a back up friend for when one or the other is busy - then they will hang out with me - or at least that is how it feels. Ugh.....

I find that the older I get the harder it is to make good friends..... and I wonder sometimes if my flatmate hangs out with me out of pity (albeit she decided to live with me another year - so I know I can't be horrible), but I just wish someone wanted to hang out with me... I want a best friend :laugh: I have always been somewhat of a black sheep and I am just feeling it more now I guess..... I feel like I am back in grade school or something and I am the kid with no one to play with on the playground.... 🙁
 
devyn said:
I am lonely......which is kind of ironic seeing as classes just started and all day long I am surrounded by people, but actually it is making me feel more lonely.... ugh....

See all summer I was here by myself and I had only one friend here who I would hang out with every once in awhile (mostly during the day as she did not go out at night really) - and I just kind of dealt with it and made my own fun. Trying out pubs on my own, playing poker, and what have you.

But now school is back in session and I am surrounded by people who all have friends... and I really have none. I am much older than all of the people in my year by a whole lot, so while I can talk to them about a class during class - we do not hang out as friends. Different stages of life really. And my flatmate (who is now back) is super cool and we hang out sometimes, but she is best friends with the girl I hung out with this summer - so they are together all the time. I really am only used as a back up friend for when one or the other is busy - then they will hang out with me - or at least that is how it feels. Ugh.....

I find that the older I get the harder it is to make good friends..... and I wonder sometimes if my flatmate hangs out with me out of pity (albeit she decided to live with me another year - so I know I can't be horrible), but I just wish someone wanted to hang out with me... I want a best friend :laugh: I have always been somewhat of a black sheep and I am just feeling it more now I guess..... I feel like I am back in grade school or something and I am the kid with no one to play with on the playground.... 🙁
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Maybe if you weren't so addicted to WW and SDN, you would have time to go make friends in "the real world" 😉😛
 
devyn said:
I am lonely......which is kind of ironic seeing as classes just started and all day long I am surrounded by people, but actually it is making me feel more lonely.... ugh....

See all summer I was here by myself and I had only one friend here who I would hang out with every once in awhile (mostly during the day as she did not go out at night really) - and I just kind of dealt with it and made my own fun. Trying out pubs on my own, playing poker, and what have you.

But now school is back in session and I am surrounded by people who all have friends... and I really have none. I am much older than all of the people in my year by a whole lot, so while I can talk to them about a class during class - we do not hang out as friends. Different stages of life really. And my flatmate (who is now back) is super cool and we hang out sometimes, but she is best friends with the girl I hung out with this summer - so they are together all the time. I really am only used as a back up friend for when one or the other is busy - then they will hang out with me - or at least that is how it feels. Ugh.....

I find that the older I get the harder it is to make good friends..... and I wonder sometimes if my flatmate hangs out with me out of pity (albeit she decided to live with me another year - so I know I can't be horrible), but I just wish someone wanted to hang out with me... I want a best friend :laugh: I have always been somewhat of a black sheep and I am just feeling it more now I guess..... I feel like I am back in grade school or something and I am the kid with no one to play with on the playground.... 🙁
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You have summed up the story of my life very well. I was always the "black sheep" I had one best friend from kindergarten to 8th grade then right before we left elementary school for high school she simply told me that she, "Doesn't want to be friends anymore." I was rather heartbroken because we had done everything together. Then I went on to high school with no friends at all. I met a few people and I would say that I had some friends but they had all been friends with each other before coming to high school so I was kind of the back up friend. At home, my older sister and I were very close but this was at the same time she started to experiment with drugs and started to become very abusive towards me. My two younger sister didn't really want to hang out with me because they were so close to each other (about a year apart in age). So I was the black sheep at home amongst my sisters and at school amongst my friends. Undergrad was a little better and I made a good friend from undergrad but she moved to San Francisco right after undergrad and I am now over 5,000 miles away so I haven't seen her in 3 years. I also kind of got the short stick moving here because almost everyone chose the 5 week option of staying in the dorms before finding their own place so they got to know each other and create friends before I got to meet anyone. Also, I live out in BFE compared to where the rest of the class lives. I get along with people ok, but I have always had a hard time with meeting new people/making friends. I have also never really liked the "party scene" or the "club scene" (see previous experience with older drunk, drug-addicted sister). So I am not really into the things that other people my age are into doing on the weekends. I know how you feel. I don't mind being independent and I enjoy having my own space but sometimes I wish I could make a "best friend" and not one that will eventually walk away. 🙁
 
devyn said:
I am lonely......which is kind of ironic seeing as classes just started and all day long I am surrounded by people, but actually it is making me feel more lonely.... ugh....

See all summer I was here by myself and I had only one friend here who I would hang out with every once in awhile (mostly during the day as she did not go out at night really) - and I just kind of dealt with it and made my own fun. Trying out pubs on my own, playing poker, and what have you.

But now school is back in session and I am surrounded by people who all have friends... and I really have none. I am much older than all of the people in my year by a whole lot, so while I can talk to them about a class during class - we do not hang out as friends. Different stages of life really. And my flatmate (who is now back) is super cool and we hang out sometimes, but she is best friends with the girl I hung out with this summer - so they are together all the time. I really am only used as a back up friend for when one or the other is busy - then they will hang out with me - or at least that is how it feels. Ugh.....

I find that the older I get the harder it is to make good friends..... and I wonder sometimes if my flatmate hangs out with me out of pity (albeit she decided to live with me another year - so I know I can't be horrible), but I just wish someone wanted to hang out with me... I want a best friend :laugh: I have always been somewhat of a black sheep and I am just feeling it more now I guess..... I feel like I am back in grade school or something and I am the kid with no one to play with on the playground.... 🙁
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I'm in the same boat! I'm 24 but don't really get along with people my age ... I get along with older folk. I have a couple good friends but I honestly don't hang out with anyone except my husband. Sometimes it makes me feel like a loser but with the busy-ness of life and trying to get into vet school eventually I really just want to kick back at home and catch up on sleep when I have an off moment. I just don't have the time or energy to do the party, get drunk thing which makes me feel isolated from those my age.
 
DVMDream said:
You have summed up the story of my life very well. I was always the "black sheep" I had one best friend from kindergarten to 8th grade then right before we left elementary school for high school she simply told me that she, "Doesn't want to be friends anymore." I was rather heartbroken because we had done everything together. Then I went on to high school with no friends at all. I met a few people and I would say that I had some friends but they had all been friends with each other before coming to high school so I was kind of the back up friend. At home, my older sister and I were very close but this was at the same time she started to experiment with drugs and started to become very abusive towards me. My two younger sister didn't really want to hang out with me because they were so close to each other (about a year apart in age). So I was the black sheep at home amongst my sisters and at school amongst my friends. Undergrad was a little better and I made a good friend from undergrad but she moved to San Francisco right after undergrad and I am now over 5,000 miles away so I haven't seen her in 3 years. I also kind of got the short stick moving here because almost everyone chose the 5 week option of staying in the dorms before finding their own place so they got to know each other and create friends before I got to meet anyone. Also, I live out in BFE compared to where the rest of the class lives. I get along with people ok, but I have always had a hard time with meeting new people/making friends. I have also never really liked the "party scene" or the "club scene" (see previous experience with older drunk, drug-addicted sister). So I am not really into the things that other people my age are into doing on the weekends. I know how you feel. I don't mind being independent and I enjoy having my own space but sometimes I wish I could make a "best friend" and not one that will eventually walk away. 🙁
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I think I'm a little bit like you. I don't have an issue with social interactions when it comes to having professional conversations so I have a lot of acquaintances but I'm seriously lacking in the making and maintaining friends department.

Cheers to SDN and the false sense of friendships it provides :claps:
 
Oh yes. When I come back. I'm still not sure 100% what I am going to get done. :laugh:
 
Emiloo4 said:
Maybe if you weren't so addicted to WW and SDN, you would have time to go make friends in "the real world" 😉😛
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Oh I am out and about a lot.... I am quite social... but it doesn't seem to help me find good friends... I am not sure how to go about doing that one....


DVMDream said:
You have summed up the story of my life very well. I was always the "black sheep" I had one best friend from kindergarten to 8th grade then right before we left elementary school for high school she simply told me that she, "Doesn't want to be friends anymore." I was rather heartbroken because we had done everything together. Then I went on to high school with no friends at all. I met a few people and I would say that I had some friends but they had all been friends with each other before coming to high school so I was kind of the back up friend. At home, my older sister and I were very close but this was at the same time she started to experiment with drugs and started to become very abusive towards me. My two younger sister didn't really want to hang out with me because they were so close to each other (about a year apart in age). So I was the black sheep at home amongst my sisters and at school amongst my friends. Undergrad was a little better and I made a good friend from undergrad but she moved to San Francisco right after undergrad and I am now over 5,000 miles away so I haven't seen her in 3 years. I also kind of got the short stick moving here because almost everyone chose the 5 week option of staying in the dorms before finding their own place so they got to know each other and create friends before I got to meet anyone. Also, I live out in BFE compared to where the rest of the class lives. I get along with people ok, but I have always had a hard time with meeting new people/making friends. I have also never really liked the "party scene" or the "club scene" (see previous experience with older drunk, drug-addicted sister). So I am not really into the things that other people my age are into doing on the weekends. I know how you feel. I don't mind being independent and I enjoy having my own space but sometimes I wish I could make a "best friend" and not one that will eventually walk away. 🙁
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Yeah I am the black sheep of my family as well.... so that has been very hard.... I am also the quietest in my family so it has always been extremely hard getting a word in, so after awhile I just gave up and started listening.... and that is how I often approach social situations... I sit back and listen.... which I think is why I have trouble sometimes in social situations because I prefer to sit back and listen - I never think what I have to say really matters... it is what I sort of learned.... I would hate to say something stupid and be laughed at.... ugh...... and my brother & two sisters all are just much closer to each other - I am kind of on the out skirts....

I have become quite independent which I think is kind of to my benefit because I do just fine on my own in another country.... I can be alone and be ok - no problem. But I think then it makes me put up walls almost in letting other people actually get in and fully get to know me.....I don't want to get burned.... it has happened to often in the past....

Being the only outsider in my class and much older - it has just been hard to find anyone to really become friends with and the people in other classes already have friends... I am often alone.

Believe it or not... when I first got here I rarely drank....it was something I just had not really done in awhile - hadn't really felt like it...... and so when I first got here I would go out to pubs with people because I knew I had to try to meet people and that was where the social scene was and I would have one drink if that - otherwise I would just order a diet coke. And I slowly got back into it.... I have never been a true partier and I would say I am still not.... I drink now more than I did.... but I drink because I like the taste and I do not drink to get drunk..... and I still very rarely get drunk....
 
Don't even get me started on being the black sheep of my family! My brother is a total loser yet my family treats him like he's a god 😡

EDIT: Only my grandpa sees me for who I am and has always been supportive of me (even though my career change). He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's a month ago :cry:
 
I am exactly like you guys, Devyn and DVMDream! It's scary how much you two just described me. 😛

OK, here's the before and after pics of hair cut/color. I didn't go too crazy this time, just wanted to try it out. Never colored my hair before and I've only had highlights twice. After a few weeks, I might go get some dark purple streaks in my hair! 😍

Before:
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After: not too different cut wise, just cut off the couple inches of yucky hair.

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devyn said:
Oh I am out and about a lot.... I am quite social... but it doesn't seem to help me find good friends... I am not sure how to go about doing that one....
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Oh I know you are, just teasin 😉

Getting ready to go to trivia with some classmates. Lots of fun 😀
 
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devyn said:
I sit back and listen.... which I think is why I have trouble sometimes in social situations because I prefer to sit back and listen - I never think what I have to say really matters... it is what I sort of learned.... I would hate to say something stupid and be laughed at.... ugh......
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probably like 95% of what people say in social situations doesn't really matter, lol. it seems like you aren't very confident. that's really fine, a lot of people aren't - but making friends does require kind of...putting yourself out there, too. from the perspective of someone who tends to be a little TOO dominating of the conversation sometimes, if someone is just sitting there listening most of the time and doesn't really contribute i find it really difficult to connect with them at best (at worst i figure they're just sitting there silently judging me), and eventually i'm going to stop trying because while i do really like the sound of my own voice and think that i'm hilarious 😉, i'd rather hang out with real people who interact with me, even if they say dumb things sometimes. i don't trust quiet people. :laugh:

also learn to laugh at yourself, and people laughing at you will get much easier to take. 😉
 
Someone save me. Memorizing 76 scientific names, common names and family names of plants and how to ID them. I hate botany.
 
Leaving to go add money to my bus pass because as I discovered this morning the hard way, my bus pass is out of money. That lead to a rather long detour which included walking in the rain to get money out of an ATM to get enough change to be able to get onto the bus.

BUT, I have no idea exactly where the office is to add money to the bus pass, I have a general idea but the website is not working so I do not know the exact location. Time to go wander around in the rain, hopefully not too aimlessly.
 
nyanko said:
probably like 95% of what people say in social situations doesn't really matter, lol. it seems like you aren't very confident. that's really fine, a lot of people aren't - but making friends does require kind of...putting yourself out there, too. from the perspective of someone who tends to be a little TOO dominating of the conversation sometimes, if someone is just sitting there listening most of the time and doesn't really contribute i find it really difficult to connect with them at best (at worst i figure they're just sitting there silently judging me), and eventually i'm going to stop trying because while i do really like the sound of my own voice and think that i'm hilarious 😉, i'd rather hang out with real people who interact with me, even if they say dumb things sometimes. i don't trust quiet people. :laugh:

also learn to laugh at yourself, and people laughing at you will get much easier to take. 😉
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Yeah I know this.... and I actually have gotten much better than I used to be... I used to be ridiculously shy on top of it.... but I am not that bad anymore...... I am much better.... I try to contribute and add things to the conversation a lot more now then I used to (not as much with my family as they are still domineering), but out with friends and new people I do try to connect with people..... and I am actually quite sarcastic so I do have to tone that down a bit depending on who I am with so as not to offend.... :laugh:

But I am getting better.... I just wish I could find a best friend here..... if that makes sense....
 
Today I have: Completely cleaned my flat, waited around for the lady to finish doing the inventory check of my flat and helped her with it since she did not know what belonged in the flat and what was mine, called the letting agency because the fire alarm started beeping he spent about 5 minutes looking at it and it stopped 😕, scared the crap out of the guy at Scottish Power, filed to get my city council tax exemption (yes, I would like to save over 700 pounds, than you), and I dropped off all the registration papers over at the doctor's office.

Now I have finished taking a bubble bath (thanks for the recommendation, nohika :laugh: ) Now it is time to relax and enjoy what is left of the night. 🙂
 
Typing up my chem notes...I should not have put this off so long...
 
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