B!TC# IT OUT!

[SeaGlass Siren]

So glad I moved out. I'd been plotting the move out since the 10th grade. Only came to fruition this year.

[Echidna]

Yea, I'd love to, but health and money problems together can be a bitch.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Yeah your situation is a bit complicated ._.

[PearlieMae]

I'm so glad I live alone. It's no accident that my father lives in Hawaii and I live in New Jersey.

[Merman Dan]

There are always Hangover Island or that parcel at Cockroach Caye to consider. Mermaid Retreat, anyone?

[Sabrina the Selkie]

~~~~sympathy~~~~
The night went as well as could truly be expected, I suppose.

Good luck with the apartment hunt. I hope you can avoid moving in with them!

[PhaylennMurúch]

there are ALWAYS other options than living with your family. Even extended stay hotels are an option.
Do you know what they say when friends ask what you're up to? Bet you it's a variant of "nothing much"
They embarrassed you in front of everybody on purpose, to punish you for not wanting to lay flatter like a good little doormat.

I am so proud of how you did the evening! I know it hurts, disentangling yourself from the situation, removing yourself from the dynamic is so hard but once all the toxicity falls away you will feel SO good!

[Keiris]

I'm so glad I live alone. It's no accident that my father lives in Hawaii and I live in New Jersey.

LOVE living alone! So great not to put up with anyone's BS.

[Mermaid Mystery]

boo at the zoo is a WEEK early, which means my plans of working on Halloween were a waste. I guess I'll beg to work those days, hopefully my bomb costume will be done by then. but seriously, it's a week early and a few days after my birthday, so I'm not sure if I can do it.

[Starfrit]

I'm losing my goddamn mind lately.

>Got let go from work a couple of weeks ago (store went out of business), and finding a job is a nightmare right now. EVERYWHERE here has signs up looking for applicants, but I've only gotten one call back about an interview... And I thought I nailed that interview, but I haven't heard back yet. It's got me nervous and my confidence is at an all-time low right now. With any luck I'll hear back about an interview at another spot tomorrow, but I'm kinda worried...

>I filed for Employment Insurance over a week ago, did all of it online. Now I'm stuck in limbo while my useless ex-boss slacks off on doing up everyone's ROEs... Legally she has until Wednesday to get them done, but even still. I'm just tired of all this dicking around, especially since I haven't been able to afford my own groceries in weeks as it is.

>I'm going to be nearly $300 short on rent this month and that's scaring the shit out of me. There's nothing I can really do about it at this point. My boyfriend can't afford to cover it for me, which means I'll likely have to ask my parents for help... And I hate doing that. They're always cool about helping out with anything, but when it comes to money... I just feel like some kind of parasite. $300 is a LOT of money to me. The conversation is gonna have to happen at some point though, I know, it's just... Awkward.

>I'm turning 25 next month. I'm supposed to be excited about it but honestly I'm just kind of depressed. People are expecting me to do some big thing for it, but... I don't know. Part of me wants to, because I want to do something fun and awesome with my friends ("Treat yo self," right?), but at the same time... Money's a huge problem right now, I don't even know what I'd do because there's not really a whole lot to do here, and I have a pretty long history of my birthday plans turning into disappointing flops anyway, so mostly I just think I'm gonna hide at home with my cellphone off and just kind of avoid people and watch Netflix, or something.

>Ultimately, all I want for my birthday is a ticket off this miserable fucking rock but I know it isn't going to happen. I haven't been off this thing in over a decade. Never been farther than Toronto. I'm sick of feeling caged here where the only thing anyone ever wants to do is get drunk, get high, and get knocked up when they're 17. There's no opportunity here for me to get into the careers I want to and it's killing me. I can't even go swimming in my tail anywhere because it's too cold outdoors, tails are banned indoors, I'm the only one around here with a tail and it's really fucking with my self-consciousness, so my tail's likely going to have to sit in storage for 6-8 months until next year, I guess.

>My creative projects aren't working out the way I want them to and it's only making my low confidence problem worse. I've been wanting to save up for a matching top and some accessories for my tail pretty much ever since I ordered the dang thing, but nothing I can find online fits the style I want, when I try to sit down and design it it doesn't look right on paper, either, so I'm basically stuck. Even if I decided to try making my own stuff, I can't afford it anyway; 90% of what I'd need is impossible to find here, half of it can't be ordered onto the island because of stupid customs crap and what little I CAN order will end up costing over double by the time I've calculated currency conversion, shipping and customs fees (to give an idea, I bought my older sister a pair of Lady and the Tramp dolls from the Disney Store a few years back for her birthday... The dolls were on 2 for $30. Came to just over $40 CAD after the conversion... By the time it got here and I paid the shipping and customs, it was almost $90 CAD. Never again.)

TL;DR — Job hunting sucks, money is the stupidest thing on the fucking planet, this island sucks, self-worth is at an all-time low, birthday is coming up and I hate it, and I can't even do anything right artistically so I'm basically going out of my mind.

[Mermaid Lilium]

*massive Mer-hugs*

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[Adalira]

First of all, as promised here is the link to the youtube video of me and my brother.
This is the video that was shown at the party Saturday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxLW...ature=youtu.be

Thank you everyone again for your words of support!
I was super tired yesterday from the party and actually fell asleep for a bit in the afternoon.
I was a wreck.
Since i slept so poorly i wanted to sleep in his morning to feel a bit more fresh and energetic but then we got woken up by a delivery guy bringing a package.
For some reason my brother keeps having packages delivered here, the kind you need to sign for.
My mother says she has told me many times now to change to adress to their home in stead of ours since everytime we get woken up early and then i have to hear an entire speech on how the house number was impossible to find.
I agree with the delivery man that it is impossible to fine, yet at the same time it is not my fault or wrong doing here.
I called my mom this morning and asked her to please have the adress number/ house number changed since we are tired of being woken up for packages and having the same speech over and over again.
She said she asked my brother mulitple times already but he has not done it yet.
What does my brother expect when we move and the new owners are here in 2 months? Do they need to handle his packages for him?
So i messaged my brother and asked him to please change it.
He wrote me back with a whole lot of excuses on how it was not his fault. I told him that he can still change it today to have the situation prevented next time.
Plus his business is still on this adress as well so he needs to give an adress change to all companies he does business with asap.
I already made the adress change a while ago to prevent misstakes from happening.
He did not reply to my last email in which i told him he needs to change his adress asap and go to the chamber of commerce as well to have it changed.
I told my mom that next time i will simply not accept the package anymore and have it returned to the sender, maybe then he will learn.
But my mom told me not to do that since she needs the packages.
Honestly i will refuse it next time, i don't care what will happen.
I deserve a good sleep just like anyone else and i do not want others work dumped on me anymore because others are too lazy to step up and make simple changes.

[PearlieMae]

Screw them. Refuse the packages. It's just another way to manipulate you.

[Mermaid Lilium]

Why do customers think that screaming at staff is going to get them anywhere except nowhere OR escorted off the property?

If you're nice to us we're going to be more likely to go out of our way to be nice and do stuff as a good will gesture.

Being a totally aggressive ass because you can't take being told 'no' is not okay.

Calling back hoping to get a different staff member who is unaware of your previous threatening behavior, in the hope of getting a different answer is also not going to get you anywhere cause guess what we were all in, and yes we COULD infact hear you in the next room over the noise of the crowds and music.

Arghghghghhhhh

*rant over*

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[PhaylennMurúch]

Screw them. Refuse the packages. It's just another way to manipulate you.

THIS, you are not his secretary (which is what he is treating you as). Send one last message, "from this moment on I will not be accepting any packages that I did not order. All other packages will be refused"
Then post a note on your door, ATTN Delivery persons, *brother name*, *brother business* is not located at this address. Ring bell only for packages being delivered to *Adalira* or *Mr. Adalira*. All other packages will be refused

[PearlieMae]

THIS, you are not his secretary (which is what he is treating you as). Send one last message, "from this moment on I will not be accepting any packages that I did not order. All other packages will be refused"
Then post a note on your door, ATTN Delivery persons, *brother name*, *brother business* is not located at this address. Ring bell only for packages being delivered to *Adalira* or *Mr. Adalira*. All other packages will be refused

[Imogen Finnly]

Here's my bitch: I'm a college student paying $500+ (in Texas, that's expensive) for an apartment, and of the three bedrooms in the place, only mine has a roach infestation My roomies have seen maybe one each in the past five months but I have seen more roaches in the past WEEK than I have seen in my entire life. I even had one in my bed!

I've sprayed, I've had the place exterminated, I've put out baits, but nothing will make them go away! So, I'm paying all this money and I get to sleep on the couch and shower & use the restrooms on campus because I can't use my own. Lovely.

Exactly what pearlie said. I lived in an apartment loaded with them. We had to wash all the dishes every time we wanted to use them. They come out of drains, pipes, electric sockets, holes in walls etc. and you can bleach, scrub and wash all damn day and they will not go away. If your apartment has them, that means the wntirw building is loaded with them. They have to tent the place. And if you move, you have to check everything you own for nests. And irs expensive rebuying furniture. Say bye bye to your fridge.

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[Imogen Finnly]

If you are allowed a pet, you can also invest in a cat.

I guarantee she'll keep your room bug-free, especially is she is indoors and bored
And totally toxin-free at that!

Be careful if you have posion out though! It might make cats sick if they ingest the roaches with poison.

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[Naufra]

After reading the current topics, my bitch about having to get blood drawn at the doctor's tomorrow seems less important, even if I am a fainter. Damn, guys. :\

[Ashe]

Ouch, that's never good Good luck, all the advice I can give is to take big breaths and let your mind travel elsewhere!