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How are you?

#1

Amy

Amy

Just recently returned home.
a few of you know/knew me
(amy)
So, how's things?


#2

strawman

strawman

Going well. Moved to a bigger house. Expecting our 8th child (first girl) next month. Glad to see you alive and kicking.


#3

Amy

Amy

EIGHT KIDS.
WHY NOT GO FOR EIGHTY?
seriously though, um congrats.


#4

Gruebeard

Gruebeard

Eight is enough.[DOUBLEPOST=1421270219,1421270123][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, I'm the same as always, just a couple pounds heavier, although I may start correcting that tomorrow with a new gym membership.


#5

PatrThom

PatrThom

Margins are still thin.
Future still looks good.
Just have to get there intact.

Next big breakpoint is going to be in April, ask again then.
Also, start writing down your password, even if you have to obfuscate it.

--Patrick


#6

GasBandit

GasBandit

I'm slowly piecing my life back together, but it's slow going and there are good days and bad days. I try to keep as busy as possible, and I got a cat, which helps because now I'm not having to dread coming home to an empty house where I drink until I pass out. As awful as the cliche is, I'm just taking it day by day, and putting one foot in front of the other.


#7

SpecialKO

SpecialKO

World of Warcraft repo'd my soul after almost 4 years of clean living. :(


#8

Hylian

Hylian

I have been doing pretty good although my free time has almost vanished due to my new job.

My old job closed the site I was working at but I luckily managed to get a job at another site nearby but sadly it is a sixty mile trip each way so until I can save up enough to move closer I have been driving over a hundred miles a day in traffic.


#9

strawman

strawman

Cant Remember My PW said:
EIGHT KIDS.
WHY NOT GO FOR EIGHTY?
seriously though, um congrats.
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Because that's more than forty birthday cakes a year. And that's terrible.


#10

drifter

drifter

I got new jeans.


#11

Thread Necromancer

Thread Necromancer

GasBandit said:
I'm slowly piecing my life back together, but it's slow going and there are good days and bad days. I try to keep as busy as possible, and I got a cat, which helps because now I'm not having to dread coming home to an empty house where I drink until I pass out. As awful as the cliche is, I'm just taking it day by day, and putting one foot in front of the other.
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This. Nearly word for word. Different circumstances making such happen, but same result.


#12

Null

Null

Feeling empty and uninspired. Stuck. My own biggest obstacle.


#13

Gruebeard

Gruebeard

Why does nobody have a happy story to tell her?

(Except Steinman....If you like kids)


#14

Null

Null

Gruebeard said:
Why does nobody have a happy story to tell her?

(Except Steinman....If you like kids)
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Because for a lot of people 2014 generally sucked?

I mean it's not even that anything especially bad has happened to me, I'm just struggling to get through this depressive cycle and I'm trying to change my health insurance to cover therapy and medication but that's been more difficult than it should.


#15

Thread Necromancer

Thread Necromancer

Gruebeard said:
Why does nobody have a happy story to tell her?

(Except Steinman....If you like kids)
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I will use the words of my Grandfather before he passed away to make any story a happy one.

Necro's Granddad said:
I woke up this morning. The alternative would have been worse. So I'm pretty good.
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#16

Gruebeard

Gruebeard

Yeah, waking up in the evening is definitely worse. I'm glad I don't have to work midnight shifts anymore.

Here's hoping 2015 is better for y'all.


#17

PatrThom

PatrThom

Gruebeard said:
Why does nobody have a happy story to tell her?
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2014 brought with it quite a bit of change, but no net gain. If I had to write a book about it, it would be titled: "2014 - The Year of the Holding Pattern." And it would be subtitled "Nothing got worse, but nothing got better, either."

--Patrick


#18

blotsfan

blotsfan

2014 was probably the best year of my life...


#19

bhamv3

bhamv3

I have an awesome wife, a good job that gives me lots of fodder to whine about, great friends who admire me a whole bunch, and I get to pass by this hot chick on the way to work every day. She works at the convenience store just around the corner.

On the other hand, I got a nasty sinus infection not long ago, and right now everything still smells like pus, so there's that.

Oh, and hi Amy, stick around, won't you? :D


#20

Null

Null

bhamv3 said:
Oh, and hi Amy, stick around, won't you? :D
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Seconded.


#21

grub

grub

I'm doing well, but you probably don't remember me. Great Job, awesome wife and kids, and I finally started playing D&D again.[DOUBLEPOST=1421279370,1421279233][/DOUBLEPOST]The question is.. How are you?


#22

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

Well here's the happy!
I'm pretty good. So are the rest of the family. We're looking to buy a house here in HI. I'm graduating from college in a few months. Husband is retiring from the Navy in a few months (btw he is @AussieT - though he is not an Aussie and doesn't have a T in his real name anywhere). I'm working as a substitute teacher in an elementary school. And we are headed to Maui on vacation in May. Plus we adopted the sweetest kitty on the planet.


#23

GasBandit

GasBandit

WasabiPoptart said:
though he is not an Aussie
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WHAT.

I was never specifically told he was, but I FEEL I WAS LIED TO.



#24

drifter

drifter

I thought he was just a really big Outback Steakhouse fan.


#25

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Been okay. Making plans to take a short, weekend trip to Toronto with the girlfriend probably in August. Got a new gaming rig that I've poured a lot of time into enjoying. Need to look into new counselling or a life coach or something so I can figure out what the hell to do with my life.

Biggest news of all is that my new book, THE DAME WAS A TAD POLISH, will be out in either March or April. :D


#26

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

blotsfan said:
2014 was probably the best year of my life...
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The years since Amy was last around have been pretty good for me--probably some of my best.

Published a couple of books (one of which outsold George R. R. Martin for a few days) and earned a position in the Authors Guild.
Had a house built and moved me and my family into it.
Earning more at the day job than I ever have in my life by a comfortable margin. There's talk about spinning my division off into it's own company, of which I'd either be a director or the guy who runs the whole shebang.
Bought a new car. New new. My last couple were used.
After a huge weight gain, my wife has lost like 150 lbs and is now thinner and hotter than when we first got together.
I've lost nearly 40 lbs myself.
Got back into homebrewing, and have a nice setup in the basement where I crank out 5 gallons of the stuff every couple of months.
We are slowly overcoming the challenges of having a brilliant but autistic son, and this year was one of his best at school.
Paid off my back child support (from my 1st wife) and back taxes (all of which were ongoing consequences of the tech bubble bursting back in 2000).

All in all, it's been pretty good. Which is nice...because I've spent a large percentage of my life with Reality kicking me square in the teeth. Gotta stay humble, though...never know when Lady Luck will turn back against you.


#27

Dave

Dave

Not as good as Tin, but I'm pretty fucking good. You?

How's the family? Back from where? Should I mind my own fucking business?


#28

Bowielee

Bowielee

Going to grad school for my masters, so that's new.
Course, I wasn't as prolific when you were prolific when it comes to posting :p


#29

jwhouk

jwhouk

Oh GOD. You do not wanna know what's happened to me since you were last here, Amy.

I live in northern Wisconsin now, because Scottie W got convinced my workplace was the worst place in the world and needed to be closed. I've been freezing my butt off ever since. Barely managed to get our old condo sold (for essentially what we paid for it) before we would have had to stop making mortgage payments. New workplace doesn't believe in hiring extra staff; lives by the mantra "force* first, ask questions later". And I'm a good 30 minutes from the nearest Starbucks, which is a tenfold increase from my last location.

This week, I've had my ass kicked by a viral infection that still has me coughing.

Hope all's well with you, though.


* - "force" = required unscheduled overtime since they cannot find enough staff to work their regularly assigned shift.


#30

Frank

Frank

Is still a stoic but codependent liberal as fuck Canajun po-po who only lets his real unstable self out in places like this.


#31

Cajungal

Cajungal

Life's been mostly good. Lots of nice memories but some tough stuff too. Trying to find a new job before the next school year.


#32

WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

GasBandit said:
WHAT.

I was never specifically told he was, but I FEEL I WAS LIED TO.
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I even think when he first joined I might have posted some where about how *I* don't understand where his name came from.[DOUBLEPOST=1421295988,1421295897][/DOUBLEPOST]
drifter said:
I thought he was just a really big Outback Steakhouse fan.
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Truthfully, when I first saw his username I thought of bloomin' onions.


#33

Simfers

Simfers

PatrThom said:
"2014 - The Year of the Holding Pattern." And it would be subtitled "Nothing got worse, but nothing got better, either."

--Patrick
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This... Pretty much sums up my 2014. And a few other years, too. I'm kinda stagnating, but I'm in a reasonably good place, so I don't mind it much. Got a girlfriend, then broke up with said girlfriend, gained weight, lost weight, gained some of it back but in a not-as-awful fashion, still have awesome friends and family, left this place without really meaning to, then came back and got welcomed with open arms which brought warm fuzzies...

All in all, I'm good. Life is good.

And you? All's well I hope?


#34

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Here's the rundown:
Got married in 2010
Graduated in 2012
Had a baby girl in 2013
Moved to the East coast in 2014
Trying to figure out what to do next

(no major terribleness in my life (thankfully)) - over than my brother being a total chump and needing a serious thumping.


#35

MindDetective

MindDetective

Built a new house in May.

Kid number 2 born last june.

Life with two little kids is HARD.

Got promoted to Associate Prof in September.

Life with 2 little kids is STILL HARD.

I miss vidja games. And board games. And reading. And movies. And fun.

Expecting to upswing, though.


#36

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Kids are good.
Work is good.
Wife is ridiculous.
Currently enjoying rubbing a long piece of wood in the basement.


#37

Thread Necromancer

Thread Necromancer

HCGLNS said:
Currently enjoying rubbing a long piece of wood in the basement.
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There are better websites for browsing than halforums while you're doing that. I'm not going to argue if that's your thing, but I could also recommend maybe something along the lines of :

woodworking for mere mortals


#38

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Glad to see you back! Missed you!

After two miscarriages, we had our 2nd child (boy) last year. He's currently on track to become an evil genius.

Have been working a metric fuck-ton of overtime, clearing out debt and actually getting into the black the last year or so.

Work sucks, but that's the nature of the job. Working on not letting it get me down, and trying to rediscover the fun that I used to have with it.

Don't be a stranger, mmkay?


#39

Amy

Amy



#40

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

I drew a butt the other day


#41

PatrThom

PatrThom

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
I drew a butt the other day
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Just one?


...yer slippin'.

--Patrick


#42

Bumble the Boy Wonder

Bumble the Boy Wonder

When it comes to butts, I always try to slip one in


#43

GasBandit

GasBandit

Bumble the Boy Wonder said:
When it comes to butts, I always try to slip one in
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#44

bhamv3

bhamv3

GasBandit said:
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For anyone wondering, yes, those characters do actually say butt love.


#45

PatrThom

PatrThom

I never doubted the characters said "butt love," I just wondered whether or not the characters said "butt love."

--Patrick


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