What's on your mind?

[sampa]

All I was doing was giving them a heads up and trying to get started.

That's an awful feeling. I've had similar situations when I thought I was doing something good and was treated way differently. Later I learned that there might have been a better approach to how I communicated things. Praying for you and the situation.

have many times already tried upping my radio to a moderate volume just to be able to hear it well enough over the loudness next door, and it creates a cacophony that's even more unbeara

just hearing about this brings a lot of uneasiness for me. Noise and loud music are sort of kryptonite for me. One of the reasons that I have to live in the country. I've had similar situations where I asked the landlord's son to turn down the music so my floors were not shaking.. but the conversations fell on deaf ears. When I was much younger it didn't bother me, but by the age of 21 it became an issue. I remember a situation and the Army barracks where a guy across the house would play the same song over and over again. I think it was Alice in Chains Rooster. One early morning, a Christian older living next to him, cranked up his 70s music. I captured it on video. But getting even doesn't always work. Praying that a transfer happens sooner than later.

 

[Saucy]

I could use some prayers. The surgery did hurt me financially as I've been off work for two weeks, then my editor who assigns work was sick and that keep me off another week. It's going to be another 2-3 weeks before I get paid. Really tough times. Thank you for your prayers.

 

[SarahsKnight]

One early morning, a Christian older living next to him, cranked up his 70s music. I captured it on video. But getting even doesn't always work. Praying that a transfer happens sooner than later.

Thanks, Sampa.

I am also considering requesting a switch with one of the folks on B crew who either work in my lab or the alternate one that I have secondary training in (I have always been on the D crew ever since i started working there 4 years ago). Whenever i am on that crew in the past, from time to time, things seem more peaceable in a general sense as well as the two in the lab next door never turning the radio up, so, yeah. The other guy would have to agree to a permanent switch, and it doesn't seem likely either will want to. Still, if it were to happen, not only will I get away from the mainlab radio with all of that insufferable techno and R&B crap, but I would also be covering two or three weeks' less worth of my coworkers vacation time every year. It'd be a weight off my shoulders, for sure.

 

[bèlla]

Yeah, that might help. Although I do like someone who is somewhat of a homebody. These days, I feel too tired to do anything. Works really made me into a zombie this past year.. and I don't see it ending anytime soon.

Sorry, I forgot. A little adventurousness doesn’t hurt and it will make the moments at home enjoyable for you both.

Is it the hours, workload, or something else?

 

[bèlla]

I am also considering requesting a switch with one of the folks on B crew who either work in my lab or the alternate one that I have secondary training in (I have always been on the D crew ever since i started working there 4 years ago).

It seems you’re experiencing disturbances on both fronts and I pray the Lord moves swiftly to provide the relief you lack. I hope the switch comes through. Hang in there.

~bella

 

[SarahsKnight]

I do want to say, though, it is certainly a pleasant aspect of work to have the newest coworker Mary on my crew, though. For one, she definitely helps in making a chemical lab environment smell better with her perfume (a Billie Eilish brand, I think she said it was), but she's super cute and so easy to get along with.

Really, all sorts of unpleasant chemical orders dominate the plant site throughout different times of the day (and night; we never sleep, after all). In particular there is benzene, which strangely smells very strongly like gasoline (for some I had always imagined it as being sort of minty in odor beforehand), brine water with its sulfurous tinge, and worst of all, H2S. Ugh ....

 

[GodDoesListen55]

I'm sorry this kind of feeling is befalling you now, Chelsea. That is rough. I actually got that sense out of many of the characters in the movie I just sat through in the theatre earlier this evening, that that was the kind of struggle they were having, and it did make me empathize with them.

Yeah, it is definitely a struggle. But, I mean I just had to get it off my chest because I used to bottle my thoughts and emotions. However, I am trying to do better with that. So, here I am venting, lol.

 

[sampa]

Whenever i am on that crew in the past, from time to time, things seem more peaceable in a general sense as well as the two in the lab next door never turning the radio up, so, yeah.

This sounds like a favorable option.

mainland radio with all of that insufferable techno and R&B crap, but I

Haha, I used to like techno in my early twenties and went to rave parties in Nashville, TN. Right now I could only handle it in short spurts. Not continuous. I know someone I befriended when she was 16 in New York that lives in Hawaii now and she still goes to rave parties and technotype of things. I can't imagine doing that in my forties. The funny thing is I was the one to introduce her to rave parties and techno. She has gone a different direction than her father who is in the ministry of Navigators.

I do want to say, though, it is certainly a pleasant aspect of work to have the newest coworker Mar

sounds like you will have to pick your poison.

 

[SarahsKnight]

that lives in Hawaii now and she still goes to rave parties and technotype of things. I can't imagine doing that in my forties.

Really? Because I could totally see you as still being a party gal like that in your forties.

 

[SarahsKnight]

sounds like you will have to pick your poison.

It would be a disadvantage to no longer have her as my powder tech counterpart (that's what the two people in our respective labs are called on each crew, with the two guys sharing the mainlab room next to me where that radio is located being called the liquid techs), yes.

Just with Mary's appearance and demeanor, everyone has long already taken to calling her Mer-Bear, which sounds just like the affectionate nickname that a guy would have for his girlfriend named Mary when they are in their teens or twenties. I can't tell if she is agreeable with this nickname or not, though (there's one for nearly everyone in the lab), so I myself do not address her as such.

 

[sampa]

It would be a disadvantage to no longer have her as my powder tech counterpart (that's what the two people in our respective labs are called on each crew

It sounds like you have made your choice. Just like a marriage nothing is ever perfect. I'm glad that you find her an asset to your team. It is hard when you do find a good team to work with.

 

[MehGuy]

Sorry, I forgot. A little adventurousness doesn’t hurt and it will make the moments at home enjoyable for you both.

Is it the hours, workload, or something else?

The hours.

Seems like everything is micromanaged now. Have about 2 hours of relaxation time a day. Just don't want this to continue one.. especially as an atheist... I believe this life is all I get. Seems criminal to waste most of it on work. I look at the northern European Nordic countries with envy.

 

[bèlla]

I believe this life is all I get. Seems criminal to waste most of it on work. I look at the northern European Nordic countries with envy.

Maybe you need a change? Check this out.

The Silicon Valley of France. The weather’s nice. Younger demographic. A global melting pot.

 

[sampa]

So I was reading news articles and came across this one. Of course Google knows what I've looked at and tries to sell me different articles. This one's about a girl who went on 30 1st dates. Everything seemed okay with her approach and what was happening until I read the last couple paragraphs, they were alarming. I don't think she resolved red flags that she saw initially with her husband if I'm reading it right.

Insider: I went on 30 first dates in under a year before I met my husband.
After ending a 6-year relationship, I went on 30-plus first dates looking for The One. In less than a year, I met the man who became my husband.

 

[GodDoesListen55]

I can't stop yawning, I am so tired.

 

[MehGuy]

Maybe you need a change? Check this out.

The Silicon Valley of France. The weather’s nice. Younger demographic. A global melting pot.

I'm tempted to move. There is a woman from a Scandinavian country who wants me to move in with her.

That'd be nice. Right now.. I just feel like I need a great reset in my life.

 

[Saucy]

These bariatric vitamins make me feel sick after I take them.

 

[bèlla]

These bariatric vitamins make me feel sick after I take them.

Is a liquid option available?

 

[bèlla]

I'm tempted to move. There is a woman from a Scandinavian country who wants me to move in with her.

That'd be nice. Right now.. I just feel like I need a great reset in my life.

What’s holding you back? Are you able to find work?

 

[Saucy]

Is a liquid option available?

I don't know what part makes me sick. They are chewable and I don't mind the chewing, but once it hits my stomach it doesn't agree with me.