Just one quick bitch, part two

[odeon]

Ugh. I hope it isn't a kidney stone.

[Icequeen]

I just do not get why a "man" turning twenty years of age wants a shark toy looking full body pillow.

Mine will be 20 in another week. He's just now taking an interest in wanting his driving permit. I remember waiting by the door the day after I hit 16. 

I learned to drive a tractor when I was nine. By the next year I was driving a huge four ton cotton truck down the fields following the newfangled cotton picker thingy. I was ready to drive way before I was old enough to do so legally.

But I had my leraner's permit a few days after I turned fifteen and the day I turned sixteen, I had already taken my test with the State Police, just waiting until my license came in the mail. It came about five days after my birthday.
With my job, I had already bought a car that I had to wait to drive.

My son has a learner's permit.  My daughter does not. He was all gung ho about a year ago to go through this "rite of passage" and just lost interest after he had his official state identity.
My daughter is a better "learning driver" than he is but she will not even go and get her permit.

I have trouble understanding. To me at that age, driving on my own was the first step toward "FREEDOM" as William Wallace put it.

Cars, dirt bikes, tractors...couldn't keep me away. Something about the smell of gas and oil and the sound of a motor.

I remember driving a full size asphalt roller when I was around 11 or 12...older type you had to steer with a lever. Guys used to joke with me "you want to try driving this?"..."oh hell yeah...start it up."...."but you can't see over the dash?"..."I'll get a pillow."

[Parts]

Kidney stone

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Sorry to hear that. Those hurt like a motherfucker.

[renaeden]

Kidney stone

My mum has had kidney problems all her life and she said passing kidney stones hurts more than giving birth.

I don't know what either of those is like but I hope yours passes quickly, Parts.

[odeon]

Kidney stone

Ouch. I hope it passes quickly.

[Parts]

I hope it passes quickly too,  it's moved some and might have broken up a bit  I now have two areas that pain me

[odeon]

Headache.

[sg1008]

Odeon- sorry to hear about the headache. I've been drinking ginger tea recently as a preventative. Not sure it works...but its supposed to dilate blood vessels or something. I have not verified this at all....personally, I am hoping for a placebo effect.

Parts- oh geesh man that sounds rough! Best of luck, I hope it passes quickly for you.

[Parts]

Pain is easing a bit at least I can drive again.

 

[odeon]

Glad to hear it. I've only experienced kidney stones once but that was more than enough.

[renaeden]

We're meant to get some electrician come in our house and test stuff. I don't know if it's just our trip switches or every bloody power point. Whatever it is, I don't really want it to happen. I don't like people I don't know in the house and neither does Kayleigh.

So we're thinking of not being home when they come. But this does mean that I have to ring them and organise a time for them to do their checks. I'm thinking the day of our next inspection, which is in early April. I'd be ok with that (grudgingly) because people are coming to the house anyway.

[renaeden]

Just had the inspection. The lady who did it didn't even look at the backyard where I spent a lot of time yesterday tidying up and sweeping up leaves. I'm quite proud of my effort and it wasn't even seen.

She didn't go into the bathroom or toilet either.

[Charlotte Quin]

My oldest cat shat on my bed and the floor of my room last night
Thankfully it didn't quite soak all the way through the mattress protector, but now I have a mountain of manchester to wash and a not big enough washing machine to do it.

[odeon]

Coming down with something. I have a sore throat.