I ain’t far behind ya champ 
Day 315
My cats have been acting strange in our master bathroom. And hanging out by the tub. Then we heard scratching sounds coming from under the tub 
the critter dude came out today and said we got Pack Rats in our crawl space under our house . Apparently common around here. And he said it appears there’s a lot of them and that they been down there awhile
So fucking gross. Are y’all sure now is not a good time to have a drink? Asking for a friend 
I mean if I drank because I got rats under the house wouldn’t they all get up and leave? I’m thinking Pied Piper style. 
Critter dude said he sees this all the time and he’ll get rid of them and seal the whole house. Too bad they’re book all week next week.
At least I’m sober 
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@Dazercat - Just, no thank you!!! 
Day 4. I received four of the (too many) quit-lit books I ordered. All I want to do is chill with you guys here and read them, all night. I have a ton of school work to do before the clock strikes midnight. Procrastination much?
I started in on The Sober Diaries, first. I am enjoying it. It’s entertaining and there are a lot of scary a$$ facts woven in. I just want to read them all at the same time because overdo it is how I used to roll. However, if I were to do that, I wouldn’t finish any of them!
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Day 47. Today is the random day the shelter gave Max as his birthday when he was found last November. Today was so busy, I didn’t have a chance to pick up a treat for him or anything. That’s okay, because I plan to do something fun for his “gotcha day” on November 29.
So many people are hitting milestones here! I’m so happy for everyone, though also suffering from a bit of goldfish memory tonight, so I’m afraid to call anyone out for fear I have all my people and days confused. Perhaps a “well done, us!” Will have to suffice tonight. After all, we’ve all made it through another day sober, and that is definitely worth celebrating.
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Lmao 
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@Dazercat just curious. Don’t your cats eat rats? They could solve your problem faster than the pest control guys. My cat would love it 
but then he is semi wild.
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- Decorated a Christmas tree. First time since I was a senior in highschool…so 20 plus years. Never thought I would, sometimes you do things for people out of love. Blahhhh humbug season is upon us…and I may not be so Scrooge like this year.
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I’m a total Scrooge too but told myself I’m gonna get into the holiday spirit this year. And this year I’ll actually remember it! Fa la la la! 
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Noooooo!! My cats are indoor. They are like my children. They don’t work like that. I suppose if they saw one their instincts would kick in. They’d probably just play with it. But gross!!
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Been there. When I lived close to the mtns, in a house with a dear friend (now ex-husband), I would tell him that I could hear things in the basement walls, where my home office was. He looked at me and used the voice he reserves for children (and people he thinks are going crazy) and said it was probably the water pipes, and had my workload increased, etc?
I tried to get used to it, and some months or a few years later, he tackled a home reno project in the basement that involved removing a portion of wall and ceiling. As I cooked upstairs, I suddenly heard him yell/scream, and unleash a whole new vocabulary (whole new swear word combos, I learned…). The packrats’ stash rained down on him, everything you can imagine, semi-decayed too… their droppings of course, and newspaper, a magpie’s wing, tin foil, dog food, a carcass of some kind. TONs of stuff just like that…
I think my first words were “so, who you callin’ loco now?” 
The victory was sweet, I admit.
We had the carpet cleaned and plugged the hole in the foundation. I think he put himself on a slow wine drip for some time… BUT that’s no excuse for you!
Stay strong. Packrats are actually quite cute. 
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Day 136.
It was supposed to be slow and mellow. It wasn’t. Or more - I didn’t stay totally that way when the day sped up, but hey - I’m still learning where the boundaries are in healthy engagement in my life and healthy detachment from outcomes not in my control. I guess we’re never truly “done” - good thing. 
Seriously though, others have commented about that recently. I’m slowly catching up on a whole bunch of things, big and small, paperwork and condo, etc, etc, that I just let slide when I spent my nights sipping. I think I even tried to sip away the mounting pressure instead of setting a realistic goal and tackling one thing. See above re: live and learn. I got time to get it right now…
@CATMANCAM Happy sober Friday to you. Aren’t they great?
@DanielleRose Sending you and your Mom my 
and strength
@Dragonflygirl82 Do we blame you? 
Who started the whole thing between @Dolse71 and @Conor689908? Can we just go back to fanny, bum, butthole thing?
Speaking of the fanny packs, what happened to that Cutie @anon66577191? I miss him around here…
@Lisa07 – good luck on your exam! You won’t need it.
And everyone - thanks for sharing another day of laughs and levity and worries and woes, all of it. Big love to all
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We live in a beautiful tropical place full of creepy crawlies. We have a bit of jungle around us and my cat loves it. I think cats are the only creatures which kill for fun. My cat loves rats. My wife loves the fact that my cat keeps the local fauna under control. I think your cats will know what to do when they see a rat.
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Well your X is definitely braver than me. That would seriously freak me out. I always call “the man”. Wifey says you’re going to end up calling “the man” anyway so why not call him first and cut out the middle man. Me.
The critter dude said if I check the crawl space and see anything they will come back out. I said NOPE. I’m not going down there. Eric don’t do crawl spaces. Pay the man.
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Just checking in, good morning 
Friday, yeahhhh, didn’t sleep well but I am not hangover or sleepy. It’s okay, it wouldn’t change if I would complain about that.
I relapsed on caffeine two days at work. I almost fell asleep, couldn’t concentrate at all. Think it’s the office dry air and a colleague who likes having 24°C. Having a long walk during lunch time didn’t help but I am confident. Most important is no Coke.
Decisions will be made concerning me soon at work and I think the will try to blackmail me but I won’t give in and am working on my patience.
And yesterday morning I came to my bike and obviously someone vandalised it, the Ebike computer was off, placed on the bike next to mine. I was like wtf!! I knew who it was as I know her bike. So, after running I went to their apartment just to ask what happened. Her husband opened the door and miraculously all of a sudden he lost all his German. He speaks more or less, more less than more but he understands well. And I asked if his wife was there. Three times, slowly. Then I felt anger coming up and I left. Two hours later his wife came down ringing on my door, and explaining the two bikes fell when she put hers. And obviously she didn’t know where this futuristic computer belonged to. I said, it’s okay, it is still working. So, okay, it’s okay for me now, she explained, excused. Chapter closed.
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Checking in on day 21. 3 weeks yay! Happy friday to all of you 
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221 Days. I’m still totally exhausted. My daughter decided she needed to argue with me until 2am last night, when I get up at 6 for work. She thinks I should be giving her feet massages at night. Really?! Wtf?! Today she apologized and asked me to take her for a spa day. I have no clue where this is coming from. I don’t even do spa days for myself. Never have so I don’t know where she’s learning this stuff. Must be Facebook.
@Clarity… hubby is much better. Dr determined it was an abscess in his arm. Medication is helping so no surgery needed. Thanks for asking.
@M-be-free49… I’m not as prepared as I should be for this exam. I’ll just take it again if I fail. It took my coworkers between 3 and 5 attempts which makes me feel better. Thanks for the luck, I’ll need it.
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Sorry, I thought that you were actually Japanese. But I gather that you’re from the UK.
No, I have not done the JLPT and I’m not really targetting that, I’m just learning on my own (mostly), with a Japanese teacher via italki.com, and when I go to Japan, I have been a couple of times to a language school that I like in Kobe.
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Disgusting. I hope you’ll get rid of all of them.
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