What's Bothering You?
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Dawnpiplup
Kick ass.
Struggling to get outta bed. Sometimes it's the little things that are the hardest.
welpDunquixote
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Have a dentist appoint coming up as well as a doctor’s. Dreading them both especially the dentist’s. I hate when they touch my face with their gloves after they touched the inside of my mouth. And I hate the polish so much. it makes me want to throw up..
Edit: kinda disappointed that my graveyard design didn’t get selected to vote on or any but at least the reward wasn’t something like a cat collectible. Most important thing is that I had fun and got some of the collectibles that I want. Honestly had some difficulty enjoying myself due to stuff going on with my cats and something else that has been depressing me.
The last few weeks have been really some of the worst weeks honestly even with the event which normally would have cheered me off. I’m feeling a bit frustrated and discouraged :/ my mom spent some money to help me put my creations together since we didn’t have enough to work with to make matters worse.
she needs a christmas list soon and honestly i don’t feel like christmas at all, one because i can’t get anyone’s gifts with my own money since i have none and two cuz one of my cats just died. hard to be happy.
Edit: kinda disappointed that my graveyard design didn’t get selected to vote on or any but at least the reward wasn’t something like a cat collectible. Most important thing is that I had fun and got some of the collectibles that I want. Honestly had some difficulty enjoying myself due to stuff going on with my cats and something else that has been depressing me.
The last few weeks have been really some of the worst weeks honestly even with the event which normally would have cheered me off. I’m feeling a bit frustrated and discouraged :/ my mom spent some money to help me put my creations together since we didn’t have enough to work with to make matters worse.
she needs a christmas list soon and honestly i don’t feel like christmas at all, one because i can’t get anyone’s gifts with my own money since i have none and two cuz one of my cats just died. hard to be happy.
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Bob Zombie
Brain food is the best food
Bummed that it seems that, regardless of which event I enter in on this site and how much time I spend on each design, nothing ever gets selected by staff to move to community vote. The short story contest, the egg decorating, and the plushie dress-ups were the worst - spent almost a week on some of these. Seriously depressed about Count von Count... I spent way too much time on that, got a lot of community likes, and still nothing.
Thinking about bidding this site adieu, which is a shame because I want to take part, but tired of the constant rejection. The ramification of spending so much time on each submission is toxic, and not good for mental health.
Edit: I have to make it official. I'm not going to put myself through this each and every event. Not sure who I ticked off upstairs to hate everything I make, but it's enough. I'm full. Some friends are going to get some nice collectibles though!
Thinking about bidding this site adieu, which is a shame because I want to take part, but tired of the constant rejection. The ramification of spending so much time on each submission is toxic, and not good for mental health.
Edit: I have to make it official. I'm not going to put myself through this each and every event. Not sure who I ticked off upstairs to hate everything I make, but it's enough. I'm full. Some friends are going to get some nice collectibles though!
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Bob Zombie
Brain food is the best food
I'm just so tired of seeing the "usual suspects" get selected for all the awards... anyone who watched Sesame Street knows who Count von Count is, and you can't even tell it's Bob-omb under there! (check my profile pic for my plushie entry, and then compare to who go through to voting...). I used a plastic spoon for the monocle!
I spent a week writing/tweaking my story for the short story contest, a week with my diorama for the egg decorating, and used all of those lesson's learned for the plushie drawing.... and nada. So disappointed, I just gave all my collectibles away except for those I can't, and seriously wish I could just have my account deleted but of course, that's a non-starter...
Done for the future... it's pointless to try when you'll never get selected, right?
BTW - I loved your entry for the writing contest!
i feel this. your plush entry is definitely really cool and super creative — i’m honestly bummed for you that it didn’t make it into the poll. using a plastic spoon for the monocle was a genius idea as well.
i completely understand and respect your decision — i’m sad to see you go, but like i said, you gotta do what’s best for you and your mental health. please take care of yourself, and i wish you luck with wherever life takes you next.
and thank you! it’s honestly still one of my favourite stories i’ve ever written. :’)
Bob Zombie
Brain food is the best food
Thank you! I'll be okay... I have enough to keep me occupied away from this board!i feel this. your plush entry is definitely really cool and super creative — i’m honestly bummed for you that it didn’t make it into the poll. using a plastic spoon for the monocle was a genius idea as well.
i completely understand and respect your decision — i’m sad to see you go, but like i said, you gotta do what’s best for you and your mental health. please take care of yourself, and i wish you luck with wherever life takes you next.
and thank you! it’s honestly still one of my favourite stories i’ve ever written. :’)
You take care of yourself too!!! If you ever need to reach me, send me a PM and it will get to me via email!
And keep writing... you definitely have talent, consider publishing someday?
Dunquixote
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I feel the same way. I spent hours on some of my projects and even spent money and like last halloween event, didn’t get nominated. I do think there were a lot of good entries, but I honestly felt like I did a really good job with my graveyard prompt and it doesn’t look like i spent only a few minutes doing. I used up a lot of materials too. I know I shouldn’t let myself get discouraged and keep trying and just remember this is for fun, but I agree with some points you made even though I think a lot of times the nominees and winners deserved it. Just can’t help but wonder what I am doing wrong.
xSuperMario64x
love of my life 💙💜
the worst part about owning a dog is letting them out at 7am in the middle of autumn when it's literally only a few degrees above freezing 
I feel worse each day as the effects of this poor sleep adds up
DarkDesertFox
Your Typical Trickster
Does anyone else just feel like complete **** lately? My eyes are heavy and I feel low energy all around. I really do feel like it's the change in the weather. My sleep could also be better. The nasal strips I ordered originally were on backorder so I ordered a different brand. Then those got lost or something so I might have to request a refund and order them again. Monday came too soon, I'm just not ready to tackle this week.
I want to take a week long 'vacation' off of work. I'm tired. I want a long break but can't cause this is the busy season. Others can do it thou
It sucks being the reliable one all the time.
It sucks being the reliable one all the time.Like, I don't even have to be on an actual vacation somewhere, just not go to work for a week. During the entire month of October someone at work was always out. First week it was my bosses daughter for her bday, second week it was a groomer, third AND fourth week (2 weeks total) a blow dyer was out and wasn't there for the Halloween rush. Now when I go back to work tomorrow my boss will be on vacation for most of that week. It's, idk what the correct word for it, upsetting(?) that I'm always there, early, I've only ever requested one day off in the year I've been there, I'm a good worker yet I couldn't even get paid min wage, while others are going on vacations or taking time off. And others are gettin paid enough to go on vacations. In my three years being in the work force, I've only requested days off three times; twice for my sister's bday, 16th & 18th, and once for my 21st. Before the pandemic I used to sometimes go on vacation, thou not often. I try to do things on my days off but it never feels like that time is enough. It feels like there's always more stuff piling up to do than what I have time for. On my days off I always try to relax since I barely get time to do that on the days I work. But there's also other stuff I should be doing, more productive things, but I don't do them cause I'm tired from work and don't have enough time to do them. I work fulltime, sometimes 42 or 43 hours in a week. With the holiday season fast approaching and the busy season already on us at work, I work longer days and feel it. My knees feel stiff every day. Some days I wake up out of bed and my knees are already feelin it! Wtf! But it would be bad to take anytime off now since we are so busy at work. I don't leave people short staffed unless with a very good reason. The only one time I've done that was because I got covid from my asst manager at my old job, due to the fault of my manager. So I quit. On top of all the other BS of that job that they knew about.
I'm already thinking of getting a new job, since this one has money issues. They weren't paying me min wage when it was increased for 3 weeks. Once I said somethin then they raised me to min wage. But now I lost the raise I once had. When I got a raise (before min wage was 10$) the person who does some of the money things forgot to put that raise in for 2 weeks. I wasn't compensated for those 2 weeks without a raise. I keep hearing how they're over strained and things are expensive, yet they keep havin to remind groomers to raise prices on the dogs. They'll send me home before I can clean up the back area, but then the boss wants to complain when the back area isn't clean. Gee, idk, maybe it's cause me, the person who is throughout with the cleaning, isn't back here to do it. I come in the next morning havin to tidy up what was left over and should have been cleaned. But I don't say anythin cause if they want to keep sending me home before I clean, whatever. I'll try to use that extra hour to do somethin. But I don't want to hear it when there are still hairballs and dirt laundry to do in the morning. Not my fault.
My boss also wants to keep hiring people who come in for a day a week or they have them come in only on weekends. My boss finally fired someone a couple months ago (this person should have been fired already but wasn't. It wasn't until she stopped showing up for work that my boss finally let her go) and since then hasn't filled that spot. I was hoping this would be my time to go up in position, but other people, even the newbies, keep gettin taught how to do finishing stuff. Meanwhile while I know how to do that stuff, I'm never given the opportunity to do it and I'm always stuck blow dyring the last dog for the day. But I don't say anythin cause I know what the person who teaches the others finishing stuff will say: that I'm slow and need to get better. And I have gotten better. No I'm not as fast as the others but I am good at what I do, esp WITH the dogs I'm given. I do what makes them not get so stressed out. I get alot of special attention dogs; seizures, panic attacks, sick, old, bad legs/back/whatever, mean+bites, scared, also puppies. I'm not going to go fast on them if I feel like they'll get a seizure or panic attack or somethin. I don't get to put a muzzle on them to avoid them tryin to bite, even for the big dogs. And they KNOW these dogs will bite or act crazy! I do what I feel comfortable doing, for my safety and the dogs.
It's the same thing happening at this job that was happening at my other. I've been wormholed into this position with no opportunities for growth because my position is not easy to fill. Others don't want to do it yet I am always on top of it. Plus I am good at some of the stuff I do. So why have their one employee leave that position that is hard to fill and not everyone can do it. But it's gettin really annoying.
I'm already thinking of getting a new job, since this one has money issues. They weren't paying me min wage when it was increased for 3 weeks. Once I said somethin then they raised me to min wage. But now I lost the raise I once had. When I got a raise (before min wage was 10$) the person who does some of the money things forgot to put that raise in for 2 weeks. I wasn't compensated for those 2 weeks without a raise. I keep hearing how they're over strained and things are expensive, yet they keep havin to remind groomers to raise prices on the dogs. They'll send me home before I can clean up the back area, but then the boss wants to complain when the back area isn't clean. Gee, idk, maybe it's cause me, the person who is throughout with the cleaning, isn't back here to do it. I come in the next morning havin to tidy up what was left over and should have been cleaned. But I don't say anythin cause if they want to keep sending me home before I clean, whatever. I'll try to use that extra hour to do somethin. But I don't want to hear it when there are still hairballs and dirt laundry to do in the morning. Not my fault.
My boss also wants to keep hiring people who come in for a day a week or they have them come in only on weekends. My boss finally fired someone a couple months ago (this person should have been fired already but wasn't. It wasn't until she stopped showing up for work that my boss finally let her go) and since then hasn't filled that spot. I was hoping this would be my time to go up in position, but other people, even the newbies, keep gettin taught how to do finishing stuff. Meanwhile while I know how to do that stuff, I'm never given the opportunity to do it and I'm always stuck blow dyring the last dog for the day. But I don't say anythin cause I know what the person who teaches the others finishing stuff will say: that I'm slow and need to get better. And I have gotten better. No I'm not as fast as the others but I am good at what I do, esp WITH the dogs I'm given. I do what makes them not get so stressed out. I get alot of special attention dogs; seizures, panic attacks, sick, old, bad legs/back/whatever, mean+bites, scared, also puppies. I'm not going to go fast on them if I feel like they'll get a seizure or panic attack or somethin. I don't get to put a muzzle on them to avoid them tryin to bite, even for the big dogs. And they KNOW these dogs will bite or act crazy! I do what I feel comfortable doing, for my safety and the dogs.
It's the same thing happening at this job that was happening at my other. I've been wormholed into this position with no opportunities for growth because my position is not easy to fill. Others don't want to do it yet I am always on top of it. Plus I am good at some of the stuff I do. So why have their one employee leave that position that is hard to fill and not everyone can do it. But it's gettin really annoying.
Omg, I’m so sorry, Xara. You must be going through a lot of pain and grief right now. If you need to talk about it or want to vent or anything, my DMs are open. Losing an animal is never fun. I hope you feel better soon.
