Kay
Sending you some hugs. I can't say what to do with the pork chops
i have no clue.

I hope the traveling around to get the medicines and things is good.

Donna

Kay,


Bizi has a good idea for the pork chops.

They also could be reheated with steam --> on low heat with some water in the
pan and perhaps a lid on top. The microwave will not usually dry them out
either.


I could see your wanting to toss them and start over again.


M

Thank you for the hugs

Believe it or not, I don't eat cheese at all
The pork chops only cost between $2-3, so I decided it wasn't worth the effort of trying to save them, only to have them turn out hard and dry in the end. They were just too thin to do anything with.

When Corey came home to bring in the groceries, he also brought in a 30pk of beer. I told him to put it in the fridge first, so I could work around it when I put the rest of the groceries away. He had a temper tantrum because things weren't going as smoothly as he wanted them to, and when I told him to calm down, he snapped at me, and told me that he had the right to react the way he wanted to. I told him that I wasn't going to put up with any of his s- after his behavior the night before. That shut him up.

He's aware of the stress that I'm under, but he's not cutting me any slack.
I don't really talk about my mental health issues with him, except to let him know something is going on. I'll let him know that I need/needed a med adjustment, or maybe say I'm "off", or something to that effect, but usually that's all. But if his behavior (usually his temper) is really impacting me in a negative way, I will tell him that it's really important that he not do this or that, and he will usually try not to do whatever it is.

I took the extra 100mg of gabapentin for the first time last night. I thought it would be hard to wake up this morning, and I would feel really sedated, but nope. I woke up at 5am after only 5 1/2hrs sleep (unusual for me). I'm tired, but I didn't get enough sleep, so I can't say how sedating it was, but I think it was activating. I'm higher and less dysphoric. I will give it another shot tonight and see what happens because I've only taken a total of 500mg once this time around. But if I feel like it's activating again, I'll obviously have to stop taking it.

We have run out of patience with our upstairs neighbors. They're really loud, obnoxious, and inconsiderate a/h's. In addition to the loud get togethers, we've had beer cans, potting soil, human hair, cigarette butts, and water raining down on our deck. The "lady" who lives upstairs has said many, many times to tell her if we have a problem, and when I have done so, all she does is get angry, and b- to my next door neighbor, who tells her she is the one in the wrong.

They put on quite a performance Thursday night. They're very lucky that Corey was asleep. Even with the window closed and the AC on, they were VERY loud, and there was a lot of banging going on until at least 11:30pm, which is around the time when I passed out on the couch. I decided not to go out to smoke cigarettes anymore after they got really rowdy because Corey was asleep and I didn't want to go out side by myself. I heard my next door neighbor open her door, I think hoping I would open mine to talk about it, but I didn't poke my head out because I wanted to stay out of it...
I have been carefully avoiding them because I'm not quite myself, and I don't know what would come out of my mouth right now if provoked. I didn't call the office either, but I should have. I think somebody else did tho cuz they had at least one person over last night, who is usually loud, but they had their window closed, and they were fairly quiet.
We are no longer going to put up with their s-, and since the direct approach clearly isn't working, we are going to take our complaints to the office now...
But now we're going to record the racket from inside and outside our apartment, so the office staff knows how bad their behavior is.

I'm getting my nails done this morning. It's been 3 weeks, and they still look great. I think I will start going every 3 weeks vs. 2 from now on.

I hope you get a good nap in today.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

I got my nails done on Saturday, and they came out beautifully as usual. And it's always nice to see Judy

I was out on my deck Saturday night when I overheard the "husband" from upstairs say that he took out his "guns, knife, scissors, and his roach clips that aren't sharp like knives... on Thursday night." THAT'S JUST F- CRAZY...
Thursday night was the night that they were out of control. I'm not positive it was him talking, but I'm pretty damn sure. What if I had gone up and knocked on their door that night?
I called the leasing office this morning. The assistant manager was very nice about the whole situation, but I don't know how she's going to deal with it. It may end up causing us more trouble, but I thought I had to call. I told her I wasn't well (which she already knows), and don't need to be dealing with all this BS.

They're so bad, Corey's been talking about the possibility of moving when the weather cools off. I didn't tell the office manager that tho. I like our apartment, and don't plan on moving anywhere until I have to because I can't take the stairs anymore because packing up, etc to move here was really hard on me. And where would we move to? We smoke and have 3 cats. Finding this place was hard enough.

The funny thing is, the b- upstairs just won $10K on a scratch ticket. Good things happen to the nicest people, don't they? Anyway, I think maybe they were celebrating Thursday night because that's when she won the money. Corey thinks it's great because now THEY can afford to move now... but I'm sure they won't.

Who knows maybe they will move????
I hate loud neighbors, and barking dogs. we sleep with the fan on to drown out some of the noises.
bizi
how are you doing?

Kay,

I understand your frustration with noisy neighbors.


It's difficult because we expect our homes to be places of refuge --
with peace and quiet.



M

Kay
I'd remind him of all the work it takes to move. And that this time
it would be him doing the work. I think you might maybe help
him find a place. But he can then do all the packing and
things like moving the stuff.

I would help with my clothes and anything he shouldn't break.
And the kitties.

But that would be it.

Donna

I took my pills pretty late last night, including the extra 100mg of gabapentin (total of 500mg). I woke up all f- ed up about 4 hours after... I mean REALLY f- ed up. Some of it may have been because the effects of my night meds (which should have put me out for longer than that) hadn't worn off yet, but I am still f- ed up HOURS later...

I feel sedated and totally out of it, but I can't sit still. I just realized that I'm experiencing psychomotor agitation. I'm a total f- ing mess...

The first time I added on the extra 100mg of gabapentin, I only got 5-5 1/2hrs sleep, felt tired and/or sedated when I got up, but also felt like it was activating. I felt fine the next day tho.

I hope that's the case tomorrow. But somehow I doubt it because of the psychomotor agitation. I won't be taking any extra gabapentin again, but I want to see how I'm doing tomorrow before contacting my pdoc. I will make sure I take my pills on time tonight so I don't complicate matters, and can see if I'm manic or not. Because right now it feels like I'm manic.

Kay,

That sounds rough.

I have found experimenting with Gabapentin can yield good results. Other times bad. It's weird.

I hope that you are o.k., and if not, that the pdoc can help you.


M