No Rants???.......I just want to add to my post that it is extremely hard for me to use the word "hate", especially when it comes to people. It's an extremely rare thing for me to say. But it is important to add that I have lived next door to this cigar smoking chavinist for 21 years!!!...21 years of this!!!...He also puts out huge platters of food, (cat food, or left over's from his job). for supposedly all the wild cats, which were at one point up to 16 of them all sitting on my patio furniture, pooping in my gardens, all full of worms and fleas. I know this cause I adopted one of the runts of the litter and the vet said, yup fleas and worms, so the Vet said they all have them. Anyway all this food has drawn tons of Possums, Racoons, and all sorts of wild life into my yard. I live in a highly populated area, blocks from a major city, so besides squirrels & birds we shouldn't see this kind of wildlife!!!...Especially in these amounts. Crazy!...Always gotta worry about my little dog..OK, I guess that was my 2nd rant!...Thanks, it felt good again!

I don't have anything to rant about right now....except the weather and you can't do anything about mother natures mood swings!

But I'm glad you got it out and there is nothing worse than an obnoxious neighbour! I have good ones on one side and not so great on the other, luckily they are a bit further away and not on the driveway side.

I don't have anything to rant about right now, but I'll check in tomorrow!
-Kate

OK, I have a rant.
Here I have this disease, have put 2 kids through school, am putting a 3rd through school, have a disabled kid at home. I work as a nurse for 24 hours a week at a job I like but with people I mostly dont like. Selfish little snots! My husband works 40 hours a week on contract. WE could retire but we are working so we can pay our house off, get my daughter through college without a loan, and set up a trust fund for our disabled daughter.
So, my oldest daughter that we put through college with a BS and a MS, gets married to a guy with over $50,000 in loans so he could get degrees in latin and ancient history. They lived in Florida for 2 years so he could go to school some more. My daughter could not get a job down there in her field, so she was an assistant manager in a clothing store. My son in law taught a class at the university.
He graduated and she got a summer job teaching art at the local art museum. It was to be full time, but most of the time it was about 20 hours. My son in law didnt work as "he needed the time off' because he had been working so hard!!!!
They move in with me because they ran out of money. After they got here, they got minimum wage jobs right away. My daughter works 2 jobs, both part time. My son in law works one 40 hour a week job. He says he has no money left after paying for gas and lunches and is always asking my daughter for money. Last week he bought a new set of $70 head phones and an amplifier! My daughter is wearing clothes with holes in them. She paints, knits, sews and sell this stuff on her days off.
So, now he has been working full time for 3 months and needs time off, so they go to the beach for a week! Meanwhile, I am working, my husband is working. And I am paying the water, electric, and my daughters health insurance, while they are on the beach!
Have I got a right to be royally pissed off????? Do I even need to ask this question????? No I dont! I am Pissed Off!
The payments on the student loans start the end of this month. They better not ask me for money. They are already driving my old car and I had to give them $200 to pay for gas for the truck to move them here!
Now I have complained to someone else except my spouse who is already furious bout the vacation. We understand about the difficulty in finding a good job right now and are OK with them living here as long as they work and pay their bills and save to move out when they can. But the things my son in law spends his ( and her) money on is a problem that is going to cause a break up their marriage. I see my daughters resentment growing along with mine. All the offers I have made to help with budgeting are pushed to the side by him. Shit.
I better stop. I am getting chest pain.
Mary Ann
Thanks for the rant!

MaryAnn, just reading about your son in law makes me feel stressed out. Get them out of your house as soon as you can. You do not need this added aggravation. What are they doing for YOU? How is having them living in your house benefiting your health, your marriage, your disabled child's quality of life? You've already raised your daughter, she picked this professional student and it's up to her to deal with his quirks. Reclaim your life!

i have a rant.....here goes....ive had all of these illnesses for almost 9 years now...im 31...i have 2 boys...9 and 8...i stay at home and do all of the household duties...DAILY...plus cook every night...and when i say everything at home...i mean everything...my husband helps out with homework and cuts the grass...which i appreciate...he works hard everyday, and i am grateful...BUT..no one..other than my mother...understands what i have been through and still go through on a daily basis..i just feel like a total lack of appreciation...it would just be nice to hear that i am needed...i think its because ive just always done everything for everyone..that ive just become invisible...my husband comes and goes as he pleases, while i stay with the boys...usually my only weekly outing is a trip to the store to get groceries, in which i am rushed, so we can get back home...it sad to get dressed up for kroger (*:....dont get me wong...i love my husband...but i just feel like he could be a little more understanding and responsive to my feelings...its like lately, his friends are his top priority...everything i say goes in one ear and out the other..he pecks on his phone and computer and has his phone calls..and they all put a smile on his face...but i cant...ive wondered if its because they arent sck?? then i think..well...he doesnt lack for anything...even intimacy...even if i in horrible pain...i just feel like he is a ghost and im a doormat...)O;.....ahhhh you were right...that felt good....and about your neighbors....there has to be something that REALLY would irretate them...go ahead and try it....they will get the message!!! i promise!!! hang in there!!!!

I'm glad some of you are taking the advantage of "A RANT"...gosh MToennis, you sure are handling everyone's difficulties, situations, problems, housing, and also the worrying. Added to that you work. I understand how hard it is to back off from your kid no matter how old they are, and make them grow up and take care of themselves, and deal with their own problems. My son still lives home, saving, while his Fiance is in Medical School abroad. But I made him kick in a small rent $200 a month, and pick up the occational dinner. It's so hard for me to not be his Mommy, but to be his MOM. Big difference. I wish you luck!

Luna, I guess your hubby doesn't recognize that you have a "Full Time JOB" talking care of the house, kids, meals, socks on the floors, spills drinks, and the millions of little things that can really add up during the 24 hour/7 days a week job of being a Mom. Your hubby probably doesn't get it, why should he if everything is always done?...Maybe you can gently back-off a little, and let him know that you were not able to vacumn today, so would he mind doing it?...Then maybe, a little more of a push, and ask if he might take care of dinner tonight so you could take a bath. If you show respect and expectations for yourself, others start to recognize it. Treat yourself like a doormat, and you get treated like a doormat. I know this, since I usta be a doormat!...LOL

I'm not Dear Abby, and NOT full of wisdom and not pretending to be. But I just felt that I wanted to acknowledge all of you that responded, even those that didn't add a rant.

I wish you all a quiet, painfree day!...Hugs, Debbie

Ok, I knew I would have a rant today! I'm so incredibly sick of doctors. You go to them expecting answers and you get absolutely nothing from them. Everything is normal they say. Well, why can't I sleep and why do I have lymph nodes enlarging all over the place and why do I have lipomas growing everywhere? Why do I feel like crap if everything is under control? Why is it that doctors get to work their hours and then go home and forget about their patients? When I had a full time job, I was constantly staying to get things done for people and making sure that everything was perfect for our customers, but doctors don't have to do this stuff? They just get to go about their lives and if their patients don't have any answers, well, oh well! Tough Sh** for them!
And another thing, why is it so hard for my husband to put the gd clothes in the basket or in the laundry when he changes the kids clothes? Every day I have to pick up clothes out of the living room! YES, the living room, because he can't seem to walk the 10 feet to the laundry room with the dirty clothes. I could understand the kids doing this, but a grown man?
MaryAnn, you need to tell that boy to grow up and get his head out of his butt! I pray that God gives you the strength to not strangle him!
Luna, I hear you loud and clear! Men can be such a pain in the butt when they do stuff like that! It's like the have no concept of the way the world actually works and how food gets in the cupboards for them to eat!
-Kate

Ok here's my rant! I hurt like hell! Neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers sticking, hip sockets (my butt hurts soooo bad.), knees, and on and on, and on!!!!!!!!! Getting really tired of this! I just wish I could take a vacation from all the pain for even one single freakin day!!!! I want my life back!
Whewww, that did feel good!! ;)
Lynne

This is a really small rant. I was called to jury duty today. That was fine, I was happy to do it ... But I didn't get picked today, which means I have to go back tomorrow. The Judge wanted to pick all the juries today so if we didn't get picked, we'd be released, but the lawyers said they couldn't do it until tomorrow. That means I have to miss my regular session at the gym, which I hate to do. Also means I have to cancel my piano students for tomorrow which means I miss a day's pay. AND there's no pay for jurors here. Not even expenses. Blah, blah, blah. Like I said, really a very small rant. :-)