Somewhere between Gaaaaah and Things That Make You Happy ...

[Cora Courcelle]

Dear Admiral, I've just read your post on the gaaaaaaah thread and my crystal ball is now suggesting a few drops of essential oils in a saucer of water, as candles will be far too warm if the temperature is rising.

[J. Wilhelm]

Dear Admiral, I've just read your post on the gaaaaaaah thread and my crystal ball is now suggesting a few drops of essential oils in a saucer of water, as candles will be far too warm if the temperature is rising.

Indeed that may come to pass, Dear Cora, but I'm now considering not using that room as a bedroom, but as an office of sorts.

It'd involve buying a room divider or folding screen and turning half of the living room into a bedroom.

It'd ruin a vague plan I had to make the living room look like an outdoor patio.  An idea I had while considering the lack of furniture in that apartment.


Years ago I ranted about a Late Victorian/ Belle Epoch/ Gilded Age theme for a restaurant in San Antonio called "Crystal Baking Company," which I saw in my childhood.

https://brassgoggles.net/forum/index.php/topic,31864.msg690050.html#msg690050

The idea was to have a garden bench, one or more street lamps, some plants and an imitation Tiffany glass ceiling. Windows would have Art Nouveau awnings overhead like a storefront, recalling the Art Nouveau patios of the era, complete with early Coca Cola advertisements and Alfons Mucha posters.

It may still be possible, but the area will be much reduced to the size of a Foyer, unless I incorporate the dining "room" too, incorporating the kitchen's bar to look like an American pharmacy/chemist's soda fountain (a unique American concept of the early 20th C.)

[Justin Time]

The bedroom in my new apartment no longer smells of mold after the freak storm event weeks ago, and no longer smells of wet dog either, now it merely smells like a 1970s southern American motel (old cigarettes).

Open containers of activated charcoal and baking soda will absorb odors. There's no better spray for removing odors from the air than spraying regular isopropyl alcohol around.

I've also seen someone place a large pan of water in the middle of the offending room, then dump a large scoop of Oxyclean in the water and it "boiled". When the "boiling" stopped, they added another scoop until the odor was gone (which took days, but it eventually worked).

[J. Wilhelm]

The bedroom in my new apartment no longer smells of mold after the freak storm event weeks ago, and no longer smells of wet dog either, now it merely smells like a 1970s southern American motel (old cigarettes).

Open containers of activated charcoal and baking soda will absorb odors. There's no better spray for removing odors from the air than spraying regular isopropyl alcohol around.

I've also seen someone place a large pan of water in the middle of the offending room, then dump a large scoop of Oxyclean in the water and it "boiled". When the "boiling" stopped, they added another scoop until the odor was gone (which took days, but it eventually worked).

Sounds interesting.  I've even thought of building a "false floor" like decking on top of the carpet, just in case this happens again.  The storm was a freak storm; a "microburst" with downward winds of 75 mph, and I don't know how many inches of rain in 15 minutes.  It created instant flooding in the area and broke many trees.

[Caledonian]

Well. My GP has deemed me unfit for work due to my mental health.
On the one hand, this opens up avenues to get higher benefits, which will be liberating.
On the other....it comes in as a bit of a blow. Because like I'm only 29, to be deemed unfit to work already feels like I've done something wrong somewhere.

Very dual feeling that

[SeVeNeVeS]

Well. My GP has deemed me unfit for work due to my mental health.
On the one hand, this opens up avenues to get higher benefits, which will be liberating.
On the other....it comes in as a bit of a blow. Because like I'm only 29, to be deemed unfit to work already feels like I've done something wrong somewhere.

Very dual feeling that

Just another bullshit sponger then.

[von Corax]

Just another bullshit sponger then.

That sounds a bit rude, Seveneves.

[Cora Courcelle]

Gaaahh I have covid and while, technically, I can just carry on as normal, in reality I am feeling fairly fragile (while worrying about getting too close to my Dearly Beloved, who is immunosuppressed). But I'm happy that I didn't get it while we were at Asylum. Oh well such is life.
Asylum was fantastic fun by the way.

[Hez]

Well. My GP has deemed me unfit for work due to my mental health.
On the one hand, this opens up avenues to get higher benefits, which will be liberating.
On the other....it comes in as a bit of a blow. Because like I'm only 29, to be deemed unfit to work already feels like I've done something wrong somewhere.

Very dual feeling that

Any and all illnesses take time to heal.  This is as true for mental health as for a wrenched knee.  And just like the knee it is difficult to do any healing while you are still carrying too big a load.  Rest and then put your energy into figuring out how to help YOU, including professionals as appropriate.  (sorry to come over all Mommish but you are half my age and I think you are a very cool person)

[Ceir]

$deity grant me the resolve to recycle these shipping boxes this season, instead of saving them for a "next time" that will never actually come.