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Lou Laurinen

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  • I have really bad hay fever right now but I’m worried that I may also have strep throat. I will try to sleep it off for now and call a doctor in the morning. It will be really hard to get an appointment on a long weekend before a holiday though :(
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    What points you to strep throat? Do you have a fever?

    Could be rundown from all the activity lately.

    I hope you feel much better when you wake up, if you are not already awake!
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I don’t have a fever. My throat was really sore last night but it’s feeling better now. It probably is just allergies, but I will still try the suggestions here!
    mysterionz
    mysterionz
    I get hay fever real bad sometimes :( once thought I had a bout of it when I couldn’t stop coughing at work.
    It’s a long weekend, so that means lots of drunk people outside in the middle of the night and early morning. It is past midnight, and 7 cars have driven down my street in the past minute. There are also people a bit too close to my yard for comfort right now.
    Make that 3 more cars since I’ve typed this…
    It’s gonna be a long night. And this is only the beginning of the weekend.
    Aneka
    Aneka
    Do you also have issues with vandalism?The bilance of a single weekend a month ago: Park benches burnt down, a stone wall torn apart and garbage all around. And some people performed interesting acts on a parking lot. And that was just some 13 years old partying...
    Aneka
    Aneka
    This is not a regular occurrence fortunately, but this has been one of the worst for a while.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Omg that’s awful :( Yes we do have vandalism here occasionally
    I’m probably gonna sleep for the next two days, and then I am taking the long weekend off from work, and having a cookout on Tuesday (I don’t personally celebrate July 4th, but it’s a day that all of my friends have off from work so it’s an excuse to have a cookout.) This is why I’m always so burned out in the summer, it’s just like nonstop stimulation. Can’t complain though. It certainly beats being bored.
    DaisyRose
    DaisyRose
    That sounds fun I hope you have a great time. My dad’s birthday is on July 4. We always have a fun cookout too. I like to have hotdogs and hamburgers.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I hope you have fun too! And happy early birthday to your dad!
    AdamG
    AdamG
    You seem to be able to handle social situations better than I do :) I want to cook out this long weekend too, if I can stand up for more than 20 minutes by then.
    Against my better judgement, I let my friends drag me onto a roller coaster. I was even more terrified than I look in this picture lol
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    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    I'd say you look more on the cautiously optimistic side here! :-) You know, I've never been on a rollercoaster ride! I must make an effort to try it out! I hope I am at least cautiously optimistic about it too! :smilecat:
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    Brave!
    I was out all night like I previously mentioned, and I have to be awake in 7 hours to drive to another state for a birthday party at a water park. My life is pure insanity. I’ll sleep when I’m dead lol
    I went out tonight, and I got my hair, lashes, and teeth done beforehand.
    I have no one to impress other than myself and my girlfriend, I just like dressing up because I am a child cosplaying as an adult lol (at least it feels that way most of the time.) Life is too short, might as well enjoy it!
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    I fell asleep so early yesterday that now I’m up at 3am and there’s nothing I can do about it :/ Time to be productive already, I guess…
    People around me keep expecting me to grow up and have typical adult values and interests, as if they think I don't enjoy being an almost 30 year old teenager lol
    Kisa the tea
    Kisa the tea
    Agree. Im a bit younger but i still dont know how to adult and a lot of my interests would probably be seen as childish.
    AdamG
    AdamG
    I'm a 55 year old pre-adolescent. So ... haha whatever?
    Qoyote
    Qoyote
    Half the adult values are copes and half the rest are ways to judge people.
    Once again, I'm going to apologize for not being too quick with private messages right now. I have not been feeling too well the past couple of days and have been falling asleep in the afternoon. Hopefully things will be back to normal soon.
    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    I'm a 43 year old teenager. Make a rude gesture of your choice at perceived convention and carry on as you were!
    An NT friend said to me “Getting along with other girls isn’t easy, especially if they’re on the spectrum.” Ouch…
    This friend has become increasingly ableist and anti-autism and it’s really bothering me.
    Kisa the tea
    Kisa the tea
    To be fully honest this friend definitely has a very harmful and ignorant view of autistic people by the sounds of it. Your very close friend who is a Kindergarten teacher has things right though!
    AdamG
    AdamG
    How close of a friend is this? If it were me, they wouldn't be as close for very long. Rudeness in friendships is untenable for me.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Yeah, I think I’m gonna have to let this friendship go. It’s unacceptable to be around someone who views me (and others like me) this way.
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