Topic: Shit Days (Read 227518 times)

Bal · « **on:** April 19, 2008, 02:17:31 PM »

Woke up this morning knowing I had to do yard work to keep the assholes in the home owner's association off my ass. Work like hell all morning, doing combat with a bougainvillea that managed to shred up my arms in the process. After finishing up I come inside and start to rest, just in time for my cat to wake up and literally scream at me in agony. I take him to the vet (which cost a cab ride both ways), and find out that he has a blockage in his urethra and build up in his bladder that will cost upwards of $1300 to fix. Now, I don't have $1300 for myself, so now I have to have my cat, who's barely an adult, put down because I can't afford to treat him. I miss my cat, and I'm sore as hell.

Brentai · « **Reply #1 on:** April 19, 2008, 02:22:42 PM »

...I can't compete with anyone who had to put down their pet. Sorry, man.

Friday · « **Reply #2 on:** April 19, 2008, 02:27:14 PM »

I... yeah. I'm really sorry to hear that.

Guild · « **Reply #3 on:** April 19, 2008, 02:29:06 PM »

Sympathy.

This week after dropping a college class I came home to find out my mom had nearly been killed in a car accident.

I feel your misery.

Thad · « **Reply #4 on:** April 19, 2008, 03:27:43 PM »

Sorry, man.

Arc · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2008, 03:44:55 PM »

That was a purely No-Win scenario. You made the right decision.

Meanwhile, a friend of the family was shot down and killed this week. Shit Days is apt.

Bal · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2008, 03:51:25 PM »

Yeah, I knew the decision was correct. As much as I love my cat, I'm just not in the position to support one that is that sick, but it doesn't make me feel too much better.

Ocksi · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2008, 10:06:04 PM »

It's a shitty, shitty situation... I had the exact same problem with one of my cats a few years back (and my brother's cat had it last year). I was lucky enough to be in a situation to handle it, despite it costing all the money I had. A similar situation right now and I'd lose the pet. Which is the hardest thing in the world to me.

If you get a new cat, female cats have considerably fewer problems because their insides are snaky like a boycat's. If you do get a boycat, there are special cat foods (which are, granted, considerably more expensive) that prevent urethral blockage and crystallization. I feel your pain; losing a loved one is never easy. :(

Bal · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2008, 06:55:10 AM »

I still have my one cat left, and I think I'll just stick with him for awhile. He's fairly young too, so barring another emergency I hope to not need another cat for a good ten years.

Brentai · « **Reply #9 on:** April 20, 2008, 07:45:35 AM »

Hey, Bal... buddy... how ya doin'?

Bal · « **Reply #10 on:** April 20, 2008, 09:09:33 AM »

Catloaf · « **Reply #11 on:** April 20, 2008, 10:00:59 AM »

If one believes in Karma effecting you in this world, it begs the question: What did you do?
And/Or if you believe in God, it's proof that he hates you.
Sorry, man.

Kazz · « **Reply #12 on:** April 20, 2008, 10:16:59 AM »

let's refrain from discussions about karmic retribution and/or the wrath of God vis a vis dead cats

Brentai · « **Reply #13 on:** April 20, 2008, 10:27:24 AM »

Woah! Buddy! Let's hold the phone here!

Bal · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2008, 10:31:46 AM »

Quote from: Catloaf on April 20, 2008, 10:00:59 AM

If one believes in Karma effecting you in this world, it begs the question: What did you do?
And/Or if you believe in God, it's proof that he hates you.
Sorry, man.

Why is everything you say so stupid?

Quote from: eloH on April 20, 2008, 10:27:24 AM

Woah! Buddy! Let's hold the phone here!

Brentai · « **Reply #15 on:** April 20, 2008, 12:29:28 PM »

Allll right, I's holding thee phone, now wut?

Mongrel · « **Reply #16 on:** April 20, 2008, 01:08:34 PM »

Man... it always depresses me that I 'get' ALF jokes.

GIVE ME BACK MY MISSPENT YOUTH!

Guild · « **Reply #17 on:** April 20, 2008, 01:37:48 PM »

Alf is funny.

I've been told my Alf impression is spot-on. I can't believe I'm posting that.

Kazz · « **Reply #18 on:** April 20, 2008, 01:45:48 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yYEX9dV34I

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #19 on:** April 27, 2008, 10:51:36 PM »

My birthday is coming up. By virtue or merely mentioning this fact in this thread more or less tells you how I feel on the matter. I'll dispense from the obvious reasons: I'm turning 23 and I haven't accomplished shit, boo-hoo-hoo and so forth. The main reason why I'm dreading this day is because I'm pretty sure my dad is going to die on it.

Yeah, see, he's a drinker. Heavy drinker. So heavy, in fact, that his liver has stopped working 3 times already -- two of those times during my 21st and 22nd birthdays, respectively. And it's already looking like it'll happen a forth time pretty soon. It might not happen, of course... nevertheless, I'm not getting my hopes up.

Bonus points: My older brother has the same birthday as me. God's kind of an asshole that way.

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