I have a lot happening over here. As it turns out Lawn Kid is kind of living here at the moment and he had expired tags from Florida among other issues and I am just trying to keep him alive and apparent;y that is a lot. So if you you could all talk amongst yourseleves that would be great. I am sort of focused on keeping this kid alive and not really even sure where he is right now.
It’s crazy over here. Also my car went in for services today and they never brought it back. So it’s a full on mess over here.
Never a dull moment over there. I hope everything works out for the best.
You be careful TT and drop in even if it’s just to say you’re still breathing
Just got a new car (turned in my 23 year old bomb) and it’s smarter than me. It speaks a language I don’t yet understand with a 423 page instruction manual/bible I am expected to memorize. If I’d paid a couple thousand dollars more it would have had a built in navigation system but instead it relies on an app on my phone. Thing is my phone is also smarter than me so I now drive with a village of complete strangers speaking their own language to each other. Figured out my headlights last night. After someone in the passenger side told me I was driving without any lights. Ah, progress. Hope your old car makes it back to you safe TT.
What a spot on description. Just when I think I got tech somewhat manageable,, boom! I am reminded what I dont know.
I miss rotary phones and party lines
Our age is showing. Kids won’t understand what a party line is.
Rabicate- reading this made me laugh (in empathy with you). I got a car like this a year ago and felt like I was in hell at first! I’m fully convinced that the world is going to reach a point when it comes to operating things that used to be pretty simple, like tvs and cars, that I’m literally not going to be able to do anything, like drive a car, or even watch tv. The world is being ruled by techies and is becoming so unnecessarily complicated, imop…
oh I feel you! My car is a 2001 and has a normal key, then I had to drive my sister’s car that talks to me doesn’t have a key but some kind of fob thingy that was in her purse in the back seat but carrie the car, what my sister calls her car bad reference if you ask me, you just push a button and ok I’ll just keep my 2001 manual everything car until the wheels fall off or I hit 300K miles. At the rate I put miles on my car I will be dead long before that happens as I’ve put 17K miles on my car in 5 years.
It definitely takes a minute to learn how to speak smart car LOL…But when you do ….it’s so cool and there’s a lot a little conveniences. Congratulations on your new ride
Be careful. I don’t want to watch your story on IDiscovery about the trusting, sweet, kind lady who befriended Lawn Boy.
LOL, I was not going to be the one to say it.
Yeah, being the IDiscovery and Oxygen Network queen that I am I did not want to point that out first.
I was getting worried about her!!
I’m going to need a lot more details here. We just hired a new handyman-kid here and I already have a feeling that he will also become part of the family like lawn-kid.
You had me wondering about how you are. You usually don’t go radio silent for this long. Be safe.
Please keep us posted. I’ve been worried about you & lawn kid. We need to name him….LK, Joe, Stevie.
Idk if I will make it through RHONJ tonight anyway. Got my 2nd Covid vaccine yesterday, and I have a headache, arm is sore AF & my normal pains (back, hip, etc) are amplified.
Check in with us!
And fuck anybody who starts in trashing the vaccine. Not in the mood. I live in a town of anti vaxxers, anti maskers already.
Sorry your feeling so bad. Hope tomorrow is better.😊
Thank you. My temp is 101 even w/taking acetaminophen all day. I think I’m just going to go back to sleep.
My oldest child had similar symptoms after his 2nd shot.
My second shot I experienced similar symptoms and had none after my first. I heard someone call them hero vaccines. Thanks for doing your part and it may last a few days but there’s such a feeling of freedom that comes later. Take care.
No trashing here! Hope you feel better. I get my 2nd one and expect it will aggravate my fibromyalgia.
Yes, lawn-kid needs a name. Funny how bonding happens. Having repairs done to to my house using an energy loan…my coordinator is like a son to be. We hit it off immediately!
I have fibro and had ZERO reaction from either.
Old trick from Vietnam vet (they got a zillion IM injections), make a fist and make a “bump” by sticking your middle finger knuckle out. After the shot, rub the area vigorously before they put on the lame round bandaid thing. No bump, no sore — or BARELY SORE — area.
I’ve heard that the first shot gets our body ready to fight/make the resistors and the second sends out the army. That’s why more people have a more severe second dose.
It wasn’t sore yesterday. After the first one, it was only a little sore. I did switch arms this time like some people have recommended. I was really tired after the first one. I’ve progressively felt like shit today though after that 2nd one yesterday. I feel weak, shaky, headache, I can tell I have a fever & my normal pains from disc issues, stenosis, etc, has been worse. No nausea like some people have, but food doesn’t really sound good.
How are you doing today MelG? Thought about you first thing. I am still deciding when to get the vaccine. I see we have similar pain issues, you may be my warrior to suck.It up. 😊
I felt much better yesterday. Then, in the afternoon my stomach began cramping bad out of the blue and had diarrhea for a bit (I know, TMI). I feel lots better today. I’d still rather have the side effects than the virus. We KNIW multiple people that died from Covid.
Thank you Nanette!!! I zero reaction to first shot and no sore arm (I use a technique similar to what you describe). So thinking positive on my 2nd vaccine.
I am phobic about side affects.
I am on very strong pain meds but rarely agree to change or try anything in fear of side affects.
I am in fear of more pain.
Guess I need to remember my fear of Covid!!
I got my first today and I feel your pain. Feverish, headache, and super tired. No anti-vax crap from me!! Hope you feel better!! If this is the only ‘cold’ flu feeling I get all year I’m totally fine with this so I don’t bring anything home.
I agree. I’d rather have this than to have Covid. I know people months into that hell.
True. And likely we will be getting a new version every year like flu. So we have to suck it up. Or die.
So proud of all you guys getting your Covid shots!
Hope you feet better soon MelG!
I got my first shot Friday of the Moderna. I got the pink rash, developed a hard lump and it was warm to the touch at the injection site. Other than that, I felt fine.
Audrey, and everyone else, I must be lucky. Because I didn’t have a reaction to any of my shots. I did switch arms, but no side effects at all. Didn’t even make me sleepy. I’m proud of all of you that got the vaccine. TT, please drop us a Hey I’m still here even if that’s all you say. We are family and we all care. 💞💞💞
Hey I posted at bottom of comments. We are in the middle of a hail storm at the moment so I can only hope he is inside someplace safe.
No trashing from me! I had a fever for three days and was tired for two more, but never, for one moment, did I think I had made a mistake- I felt blessed to finally be mostly protected and able to get my life back! I also live in an area with lots of anti-vaxxers. I recently posted a statement on our neighborhood site that if we don’t reach a percentage of people who are vaccinated in this country, we will never reach herd immunity, and that getting a vaccine is as much for the community (and country) as it is for us as individuals. I caught so much flack it was ridiculous! You’ll feel better soon…
Which Vax did you get? Got Pfizer and had no issues, except for the sore arm. I also take Vitamin D and C on a regular basis and was told that helps, but who truly knows. Hang in there and thanks for getting vaccinated. My at risk family thanks you.
I got the Moderna. So did my husband, but he didn’t have the side effects I did. My oldest son got the Moderna and had similar side effects like I did. My youngest son got Pfizer and had a 99.4 temp & sore arm. His girlfriend got the J&J and she got really sick…fever, nausea, horrible headache, hurt all over.
If you need help or advice please let’s us all know! Thank you for taking care of him!
I had the Johnson & Johnson shot the day before they advised to stop it. I had a headache for a few hours but 10 days later no side effects. Very glad I got it
Life is crazy, for everyone. Literally, every person that is a fan of your site has their own personal crazy stuff going on in their own life. Take care of yourself and make sure are safe and secure. Love you TT.
Hi, you are an angel in disguise to LK. It’s a mitzvah to you! Keep us posted. I had zero side effects from 2nd other than feeling tired. The anti vaxxers are THE WORST!! Stay away from them!
If I were there I would tan his little lawn hide.
NO WAY should he be giving any cop ANY excuse to pull him over EVER. But especially this close to the Chauvin verdict. But we all think we are invincible when we are young …
TRY not to worry. It helps nothing and only makes you sick.
DON’T BORROW TROUBLE!
TT: If you are awake, go to your beloved Twitter and check out the Aldi UK #freecuthbert stuff. M&S, another UK store is suing Aldo over the ripoff of its Colin the Caterpillar cake. Aldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake does look just like Colin.
But whoever runs the Aldi Twitter is having way too much fun with this. Now Cuthbet has jailbars and a padlock on his box.
Emily D. Baker is running with this. A little lightness after all the heavyweight legal shit.
I think helping Lawn Kid is a great idea & I am so pleased to hear the prodigal son has returned home. Keep me posted. This might just be the thing that gets you out of the pandemic slump. Hugs to all of you in the ghetto shack ♥️🙏😘 miss you much
Hi TT- can you weigh in and let us know you’re ok? Or maybe somebody who is a phone friend of TT’s might know what’s happening? Just a little concerned because it’s unusual not to her anything yet…
Echoing everyone else who is saying be careful, while so understanding what your help must mean to Lawn Kid.
Not sure if it’s been mentioned by anyone else, but just in case anyone is looking for (another) distraction/diversion, this season of Big Brother Canada has been pretty good so far(episodes available at the show website.). Relatively intelligent, articulate (and diverse) cast, twists and turns, had an “Invisible HOH” week, this week has “Fake Double Eviction”, production design of set quite impressive.
So last night, the guy next door was supposed to take Lawn Kid to get his car which for some reason he left at Kroger. He left my house and walked in the opposite direction. Leaving the man next door hanging. Both of us are trying to help this moron but he makes everything so hard. I think I’m just going to wash my hands of it. Every time I help this kid or give him a little bit of cash he disappears. I know the neighbors next door have do so many things for him and he is just disrespectful and disappears. He is generally a nice kid but we can’t seem to get him in a safe place. This stupid car is going to be a problem and I have no idea how he even got a car because he is always broke and homeless. The neighbors and I are both pretty much done with him this time. Sigh.
You’ve obviously done everything you can. He knows the help is there if he wanted it he would really take it. I think you can sleep with a good conscience
I agree with Lisa. You can sleep with a good conscience because you cannot make anyone change. They need to change themselves. If he’s been playing you cuz you’ve been nice to him, that’s not on you, that’s on him. You are doing what God tells us to do… Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You. What THEY do with your goodness isn’t up to you. But, you need to be careful. He knows you are a safe place for him but you don’t need him bringing his troubles back to your home!! Just be careful. He’ll be back. He’s like a stray dog or cat that always comes home after his hijinks for some soul needing love that he isn’t getting anywhere else I think.
That’s sad. Not that you’re done…you’ve done A LOT for LK. It is sad that he is throwing away the help you and your neighbor offer. He is at an age where he probably thinks he’s smart, and doesn’t have any fear. I was the same way yrs & yrs ago.
Pray for him. He knows where you are if he gets in trouble. Does he have your phone # ?
Yes he does and he also just shows up at the house here and there. I finally got my car back with a $1,500 bill. My car is a 2007 Honda with about 25K miles on it! I clearly never drive it anywhere but I needed all the fluids, front and rear brakes, all the cabin filters and other filters. Lawn Kid washed it for me before it went in so it is clean and back in top condition. So I feel safer on the road now. You know, for those three miles drives to the Publix. 🙂 This headache is unrelenting though.
I hope you feel better soon. I know Lawn Kid has been kind of like family to you in a way with the way you have worried over him and done for him. The stress of worrying is probably adding to your headache.
It sounds like Lawn Kid is a lost soul, who has never had any kind of blueprint in his life. But we worry about you, TT- damaged people sometimes damage (there- I said it). You are a frickin saint for caring and always helping him when he shows up. But please look out for you, and (although he doesn’t seem receptive to actual “services”), maybe he could be connected to services that might help?
I have a pounding stress headache today. I almost never get headaches and this one is a doozy.
I am glad you got your car back in ready-to-go shape. That is a comfort. Ever try “even breathing” for a headache? Counting to a number on the intake of air through your nose ( I usually can only get to 5 or so) then release the breath to that same number through your mouth. It can help you relax and might help the headache. You are such a nice person to help Lawn Kid, please don’t let him take advantage of you……
Hope you feel better. Take care of yourself and Banjo. I’m sure it’s from stress. Give yourself a mental health day and make a plan to continue to your kitchen. ❤️
Hope you feel better. Take care of yourself and Banjo. I’m sure it’s from stress. Give yourself a mental health day and make a plan to continue to your kitchen. ❤️
So Lawn Kid has knocked once and called twice. Then I heard my trashcan being pushed back into the yard. I thought it was the neighbor because she does that for me sometimes. So I opened the door to see if she talked to him. But it was Lawn Kid. I just thanked him for bringing the can in and closed the door. I feel like crap today. I don’t have the headspace to deal with his issues of the day. He is wandering around the neighborhood all hunched over and sad. It’s heartbreaking to watch but I just can’t with him today. Once I start helping him he comes around all the time asking for rides, or food, or money. He has got to figure out how to get his life together.
Sometimes tough love is the hardest. Approximately how old is he?
He just turned 20.
Yea he needs to start figuring out how to get his life together. It’s scary though to see a young man that age that is not making good decisions. That is such a risky age…young enough to not use good judgement and old enough to be held accountable for doing wrong.
Rabicate, I’m scared to buy a new car that is smarter than me. The old one gets service so I can keep it alive for another year.
Lawn boy is getting over on you and your neighbor. You dont want him in your house. IMO, your need to help/save him has warped your normally cautious thinking. He is and will continue to take advantage of you because that is what getting over on you means. You and your neighbor are marks. He takes money and disappears. Doesnt show up when he says he will. I’ve been a mark. It’s an ugly truth when its realized. Cut the string.
By taking him in whenever he shows up, it’s reinforcing a pattern that is doing him no good. He needs actual services to have a chance to change his life- whether or not he chooses to avail himself, being near ATL, there must be all sorts of social service/homeless services and help. He likely can’t find these on his own, but If he could be connected to professionals who are trained in offering the kind of help he needs, maybe he’d have a chance at some sort of life. He’s using you because that’s all he knows, but that pattern needs to be broken by connecting him to professional help. After that, you can only lead the horse to water…
Yeah, I know. He seems like are relatively decent kid. Does seem to drink or do drugs at all. Is very polite and grateful for help. However, my help is a never ending hole. He’s just moving around from place to place. I am currently worried he decided to drive back to Pensacola with expired tags and heavily tinted windows. I tried talking to him about the dangers, since he is somewhat oblivious since he never sees the news on TV. I told him not to go to any protests. He said he wouldn’t be because he thinks “protesting seems to make things worse.”
I tried to look for homeless housing for him and other services before. I think my neighbors will do better than that. I believe they have a program through his church.
I basically shut the door in his face yesterday. 🙁
Well- we’re most concerned about you, so as bad as I feel for LK, I’m glad you decided to do that….
Update from the new neighbors. Lawn Kid didn’t go to get the car because he got a ticket for the expired license. Now he has to go to court. She is trying to tell him he needs to pay the ticket and get the license renewed and he won’t have to go to court. I guess he is out just wandering the streets. She says when he comes over he just wants to talk and rarely asked for money. But she understands that we may be doing too much.