Where is everybody?: The sequel
Hi Cuppies 👋 It's your old pal, SweetPea here. Bored and lonely as usual. I'm having trouble viewing the "Where is everybody?" thread, so I figured I'd make a new one. I prefer to use the app instead of the website. On the app it stopped showing responses.
So here we are again, ready to turn up on a Monday afternoon (or Tuesday if you live in Australia).
Oh yeah...where is everybody?
@SweetPea321
Welcome back SweetPea.The room is opened on Wednesdays all day so come on in and chat with us>
Chat room? Which one are you talking about? Chat doesn't work very good for me. I'll type the message and press the send button, and it takes forever for the message to post.
Oh...you meant the 35 and over room, didn't you 😊 I didn't eat my Wheaties the other day so I was dumb lol.
Good morning SweetPea! 😊 By my time calculations and Sherlock Holmes analysis you should be back from the bus stop and starting to get bored and hopefully log in for a chat 🤗… I’m definitely needing some vitamin pea today! Need to be distracted from my problems by something I still can actually enjoy and doesn’t make me feel anxious so need to hear your positive peas of wisdom 😅 some of your Pealosophy…Peailosophy… 😫 awww I was hoping pea and philosophy would go better together… it sounded amazing in my head 😂
Good evening (or should I say early morning) to you, sir! It's Friyay here. Also payday (whooo!). I was busy this morning and I have an appointment to see my pea-chiatrist soon. Gotta make sure I'm taking the right crazy pills. Then I gotta venture over to Wally World and ride the self checkout ride. It's not that fun lol.
I like pealosophy. Is that like...
"If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie."
Or maybe that's pee-losophy?
I'm not sure, but vitamin pea could be good for the funny bone 🤔 Sometimes anyway 😄
Like the terminator said..."I'll be back."
Awww you always make me feel better ☺️… you are Peafect 😊. You could say you give me such Peace of mind when I’m feeling stuck Peacrastinating unable to break out of my pod.
More like...impeafect lol, but thank you 😊 I'm happy to give you peas of mind. You make me laugh with all of your pea-speak 😄
It reminds me of this inspirational post from the internet-
We are human beans.
Together we will rice ✊
More like- Peafectly, Impeafect!
I love signs like that with misspelled words that makes the meaning funny 😆. I like “We are all human beans”
It’s like the classic tattoo “No Regerts”
I actually kinda want to get one…. Sums up my life 😂
I'm gonna get your name (Insertnamehere) tattooed on me in a secret location 🤫😄
Halloween is coming 🎃 Have you all been watching scary movies? What's a favorite scary movie of yours? I was thinking of The Wicker Man from the 70s where a police officer goes to this strange place and searches for a missing girl. Have you seen it? There's a funny little part in it where they sing a folk song about the landlord's daughter-
https://youtu.be/9jQ1s0EkYCQ
The Shining is my all time favorite scary movie-
https://youtu.be/LtI0uG6tjew The Bat Scene
https://youtu.be/tmY4k85_XEE The Bar Scene
Yes, I love The Shining! I watched Insidious the other night. It was so-so. The Exorcist has always frightened me.
I've never seen Insidious. The Exorcist is classic as well.
Spider walk scene-
https://youtu.be/MF-LPsCsdr8
I watched so many scary movies as a child. I can't believe my mom allowed it. The one movie that terrified me was called Monkey Shines 1988. It's about a quadriplegic who gets a trained monkey and the monkey turns evil and starts terrorizing people.
😍 she preeetty
it is a 50 year old movie so she would be well into her 70’s now 😧
But seriously how have I not seen this movie before… seems like something I would enjoy from that and reading the synopsis… I think I want to go for a trip to Summerisle Scotland because it seems like they know how to have a good time 😜 😈
Just looked her up… the actress name is Britt Eklund
She is still alive and is now 80yo. Had an interesting life, was married to Peter Sellers and later after they split dated Rod Stewart for a few years then at 42 went sugar momma and married a 22yo guy and had a kid with him. Sadly they didn’t live happily ever after like in the movies and divorced in 1992.
I just looked her up too. She's still pretty as an elder.
Summerisle? More like Sex Island 😄
Heheheheheh. 🤷♂️ I feel much more comfortable booking my vacation and telling people that I’m going to Summerisle. 😋
That's what they do on the island. They're very amorous! People will know what you're up to if you tell them you're going to Summerisle lol.
Hahahaha. I should just own my shame and tell the truth… I go for the pagan rituals and stay for the orgies! 😝
hi sweet pea. nice to meet you. :) thanks for this thread. it literally made my day. <3
Hello @fearlessWriter78 👋 Pleased to meet you! Thank you for reading the thread 🙂
Hi SweetPea and FearlessWriter :)
@charmingHemlock1141 hello :)
Hi @charmingHemlock1141 Howdy doody? (How do you do?)
@Insertnamehere82 that is a really interesting fact about schizophrenia that i didn't know about. my dad had schizophrenia. luckily i don't have it but i do have depression and anxiety. i hope you're feeling better right now. i was feel so anxious earlier because of noise from my neighbor's apartment, happening literally all day long, i was ready to either pull my hair out or lock myself in my room lol or bang a brook against the wall. luckily the people left and it's quiet now and i've been able to calm down. i'm going to be moving a floor above me next month so it will be a better situation for me in so many ways which is good. anyway... too-da-loo!
bang a broom* lol not a brook. what did help calm me down was i did lock myself in my room, went to the farthest window, did some deep breathing and ended up crying a bit. then i saw a raccoon and was like. oh my a raccoon, how funny. scampering away into the woods. eventually i saw headlights leaving - i thought glorious me, it must be the a-holes leaving, and sure enough it was. hopefully they won't be back tomorrow lol
Hi @fearlessWriter78
Anxiety and depression are my major problems also… I’m managing a little better at the moment thanks… glad to hear you got some peace finally and you had a nice moment with your Raccoon 🦝 friend. I have a barking dog next-door that drive me crazy. Hopefully they are going on a nice long holiday or get seriously lost on the way home or something 🤣.
So considering that you have a random raccoon saying hello… I’m assuming you are in Nth America? I guess you could have a geographically confused raccoon… but I do believe they are native to Nth America.
@Insertnamehere82 the noises from my neighbor's apartment were actually people coming and going all day long, in and out every few minutes. there are two sets of doors, but of course the idiots didn't prop any door open. so bang bang bang, doors opening and closing all day long. and then they were rustling around in cupboards inside the kitchen, etc. happened yesterday too. only thing i can think of is she's moving. she doesn't seem to be in there today. if so, yahoo, it should be quiet in the coming days lol and hopefully your neighbor will take a good vacation too. :D barking dogs are so annoying. i love doggos but i love my peace and quiet.
the raccoon was nice he didn't say hi though i just saw the back of him scampering away. first one i've seen since i've lived here. i moved into this apartment this year. so far i've seen chipmunks (or chippymunks as i like to call them), bunnies, squirrels and tons of birds of course. there's a forest surrounding the apartments.
yes, i'm in north america, in the north east US. i think you said here you live in Australia?
I love dogs too and have one but this dog constantly goes crazy and their owners don’t stop them often enough so it’s just unpleasant and makes my dog anxious so I don’t blame the dog but the owners really. I love dogs more than or equal too humans.
Yes I’m an Australian, I live on the east coast right on the bay and actually live on a Peninsula so it’s kinda like an island but easy access to the mainland with a connecting roads and a long bridge also for easier and quicker access to the city but and has everything you need on the peninsula so I really don’t leave often these days.
i almost love dogs more than humans too lol i also despise irresponsible pet owners.
wow sounds lovely. i would love to live closer to the beach some day. right now i can visit the beach, i'm not too far from the coast- at least an hours drive.
I’m about 700meters 🤔 (weird America non metric system conversion time) okay, that’s 765yards or 0.4miles from the water 🏝 so I’m about a 7 to 10min walk away and 1min drive.
Sadly I don’t get down there much as I should because of my anxiety, it’s difficult to get through that and just go… but when I do I always enjoy it and say I’ll go more… then the reality sets in again and it’s the same challenge of needing to break through the wall of anxiety holding me back constantly. It is exhausting constantly having to push through it and it doesn’t seem to get any easier but you just have to keep trying I guess. 🤷♂️ 20 plus years of trying and counting 😅
Literally you are-
Levelling up in life!
Moving up in the world!
😂
Movin' on uuup, To the east side, To a deeeeeluxe apartment in the sky! 🎶
the jefferson's theme song 😂 https://youtu.be/MYcqToQzzGY
That was already going through my head. It wasn’t even on tv in Australia but I know it from popular culture and whenever anything good happens it definitely pops into my head as a celebratory them tune to my realisation that things just got much better 😂. Definitely a song that makes me feel happy and positive when I think of it, or hear it.
@Insertnamehere82 i have anxiety too going places. i always want to go places but my anxiety holds me back. it's a daily struggle. same for you?
i like the song too. i listened to it last night after not hearing it in forever and it got me smiling and dancing! 😂
update on the neighbor and her noisy family: they're back again today, early. sigh. i heard her son say, "hello, mother," and didnt sound enthused at all saying it lol so her son and grandkids are here to make a ruckus the entire day probably. i'm going to hide out in my bedroom as much as i can. i went to take my trash out this morning, ran into the hoard of them. i propped the door open for them but they just closed it again. anyway... they're moving her stuff out themselves and putting it into a mini van. 🚐 no they didn't hire movers like normal people. instead they do it themselves, take forever and make a ton of noise disrupting anyone who lives on this floor.
anyway, enough about them! i hope you're having a good weekend.
Hahahah, well good news is it seems they are moving out… I did just have a horrible thought… hopefully it’s not the grandkids moving in with grandma 😱.
yes anxiety is a daily struggle for me too and holds me back from doing so much that I want to do in life… I’m “high functioning” whatever that means… but basically I do stuff that has to be done but can’t do stuff for enjoyment easily because it’s more me just white knuckling through the things that have to be done because they have to be done… but it’s much harder when it’s supposed to be for pleasure and it’s just not pleasurable because of having to manage the anxiety. I hope that makes sense lol.
I put Moving on up on and was grooving away to the song… something wrong with you if it doesn’t make you want to start dancing and moving with the music 🎶 🕺
I really hope you get some peace and quiet soon. I think you need some good quality noise canceling headphones 🎧 to help block them out when you need a break to recover. But the door slamming would probably shake the appartments walls and headphones will stop the noise but not the vibration in the walls.
@Insertnamehere82 "the grandkids moving in with grandma ." omg 😂 what a dreadful thought. i don't think that's the case though. luckily they didn't stay long here today and it's been quiet. i'm able to relaaaaax! :D don't tell your neighbors but i was secretly thinking today, wouldn't it be great if my neighbor and your neighbors got together and moved to some island far away? 😂
regarding the anxiety you describe, is it that your anxiety gets in the way of doing activities for pure enjoyment, because while you're doing stuff for pleasure you're anxious worrying about all the other stuff you have to do (like a to do list)? is that correct? just want to make sure i understand :) if that's the case i can definitely relate to that.
that's a great idea 💡 - noise cancelling headphones. i think with my depression and anxiety sometimes i have a hard time problem solving. i didn't even think of that!
Hahahah, I hope you had a peaceful day and have ordered some noise canceling headphones 🎧. I’m glad my suggestion was helpful it makes me feel happy to know I helped in even a small way 😊
I think our neighbours would be a great match! but it seems the universe likes to balance itself out and put noisy inconsiderate people next to the quiet and considerate people 🤷♂️ Must be the whole opposites attract thing going on.
I am pretty much anxious doing most things, so I focus all my energy fighting the anxiety to do the things that I need to do to keep the ball rolling and not coming to a complete stop.. so I do that “survival” stuff and neglect doing anything “enjoyable” because it’s not a survival need it’s a added pleasure, which is hard to enjoy anyhow, because of the anxiety, so it gets put in the too hard basket in favour of the basic responsibilities which must be done to survive otherwise everything snowballs, and I get overwhelmed and start really struggling, and have to dig myself out of a deeper hole and is something I try and desperately avoid getting to these days.
I hope that makes sense. 🤦♂️ 😅
yeees everything snowballs for me too. i spent hours sunday just going through all the junk on my computer and organizing everything 😅 and still didn't even finish it all lol i do feel a lot better getting most of it done though. lately i have felt in a hole digging myself out but i got motivated sunday, because i'm feeling pretty good health wise (my health can change on a moments notice, i've learned lol) so i'm kind of telling myself ok you're feeling good, GET STUFF DONE lol yes i kind of yell at myself a bit. but it's a daily struggle.
@SweetPea321 Hi Pea! Thank you so much for the thread! I'm happy to be here personally. What's beautiful with our community is that for every person that is not available, there's always someone there! Support and positivity never ends. Thank you for the thread and the post!
Welcome to the thread @calmDew1576 I'm happy to be here too. This is a great community. Thank you to 7cups for existing!
@SweetPea321
Ahhh sorry I haven’t been on forums for a little while. I am struggling bad lately, how is everyone doing? I hope u all are safe and warm lots of higgles, swifty.
Hey @Swiftygirl13 👋 I am safe...for now! Sometimes I like to play a little game where I pretend there's a killer after me and see how fast I can get my door unlocked and get inside 😅
Seriously though...sorry you've been struggling 😔 You're gonna be ok. We are are here for you, Swifty. 🤗
@SweetPea321
Lmaooooo I do that when I turn the light off and have to bolt to my bed...
These days I have been getting the nurses to turn off the light lmao because I cant get to bed fast enough lol.
I hope you are doing okay @Swiftygirl13
Sounds like you have been having a hard time lately but are in a safe place now anyhow if the nice nurses are turning your lights out for you. But I hope you have a good recovery while you are in care and I’m always sending you positive thoughts and hoping you are doing okay and safe. 😊
@Insertnamehere82
Thankyouuu, I have been struggling and no good news for a while, but hopefully soon
I'm still scared of the dark. I have 3 nightlights. 2 plugin ones and my moon light.