Well, it’s possible we’re gonna have some serious snow. There’s a splatfest this weekend. Last time I only went partway through the rewards since I don’t have a lot of use for shells now. It’s fun to just participate as much as I feel like and not worry about the prizes. I kind of wish they would offer the ten chunk reward balls as a prize since that’s the only premium stuff I still want for making gear builds. It is what it is though and really I should be glad they even bother running splatfests at all for a game that’s like 5 years old now? I kinda feel like they should do something more for the people who paid to upgrade to the switch 2 version when the game is kinda out of it’s support window now. I haven’t been convinced to upgrade to the Switch 2 yet. Better screen resolution doesn’t do a lot for my age deteriorated eyes. I need some new games. That Splatoon spinoff will probably be enough depending on what it looks like when it arrives.

I’ll be entertaining guests this weekend unless the weather gets too dire. My intention was to get ahead of my page schedule but I keep being thwarted. It’s not like I can’t get a page together in a rush, but I prefer to have time enough to look at it with fresher eyes if I can. Well whatever. I always manage to get by I probably will this time too.

Something is wrong with my lower back. It comes and goes, but when it at its worst I almost can’t walk. Nearly to the point of not being able to stand up. I think my spine is popping out down there when I sleep and when I get up it slides funny after walking for a bit. It’s a new thing and I’m not sure how to deal with it yet. It’s been very disruptive as I’m sure you can imagine. I’ve been out and about and only managed to stay standing through sheer force of will when it starts. I suspect I need to find a way to lay down without bending that part of my back, but I also sleep better if I’m tilted up a little bit. It’s hard to angle my entire body that way, but it never messed my lower back up before now. I really don’t recommend aging. I think you guys should avoid it if you can.

Anyway, I guess I better let you get about your business. Have a safe weekend. I’ll be back on Monday with something new… Or old. Alright.

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I have a similar issue; I am a side sleeper that also prefers to angle my torso up a bit due to sleep apnea.

I’ve found wedging a pillow under that side between the bottom of my ribcage and my waist when sleeping on it seems to help reduce the resulting irritation.

Have a specialized lumbar support pillow ordered.

I agree with Reggie here, my parents lost a pair of good friends that way. If the other two had told them they couldn’t pay them back everything would have been fine.

Communication is key in any relationship. Being willing to own your misakes is another. Seems like your parents tried to be both Banker and friend and as such lost the friendship by being Bankers at all. Alex *gifted* the money under the guise of a loan. She does not expect even a cent back and in her eyes the matter has already been settled.

Your parents actually made a loan and had expectations and placed trust in those friends. Those friends breached that trust and thus they were no longer friends.

That’s the difference here. Alex didn’t loan anything, she just gave her friends 15,000 dollars to go chase their dream.

That thing about your lower back, given the description sounds like spinal disc hernia. I have it too, I’d say best start doing some stretches and mobility exercises cuz otherwise the pain will only increase. And trust me, have been there and in the worst scenario its a surgical issue, so… Don’t overlook it my guy!

Yeah. You can’t lend a friend money with the expectation of getting paid back and keeping a friend. If you want to help them out you have to just let that money go. Maybe it comes back to you, maybe it doesn’t.

That’s why with one exception I have never lent money. But I will give it away if I can.

If I ever “lend” money, I tell them up front, “pay me back when you can.” But it’s not really a loan, because I always go into the transaction with the assumption that “when you can” will never actually happen. I don’t want them to feel indentured to me.

“Something is wrong with my lower back. It comes and goes, but when it at its worst I almost can’t walk. Nearly to the point of not being able to stand up.”

Yeah, in my world, it’s because I’m now old. LOL At 53, everything starts to hurt, whether I’m in shape or not (I am back in shape, and the aches don’t go away, unfortunately).

My back issues have been soft-tissue only, so I have nothing to recommend others haven’t already. I hope things feel better.

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Names? Like Chubs, Double Stuff, Family Size, Tons of Fun, Chocolate Chunk, Truffle-Sniffing, and Stretch Pants? I can’t imagine.

“I really don’t recommend aging. I think you guys should avoid it if you can.”

Unfortunately, the only way to avoid it really isn’t a viable option.

2931 Every Time.

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