The biggest stress is financial, because of course it is.

So when I was smol, my mother and my great aunt put some bonds in my name. They did this for my sister as well.

Both have since passed away

So the bonds were to go into their name or mine, or for my sister, their name or hers

But my great aunt made a mistake

She confused my sister's middle initial and my middle initial

So mine have R when they should have L

And Sam's has the other way around

So both of us tried to make these bonds digital

Sam's went through without a hitch

But mine got blocked and they said "Why do you have two different middle initials"

So I have to do a form and. It was done once but it was done wrong

It also has to get notarized

It's just so unclear what to do

So I've done it a second time but now I'm just nervous because what if something else is wrong that wasn't caught

Anyways, so that's a big stress. It's not a little money too and after Merrill's vet bills good grief I need it so I can do the Masters

Speaking of, Merrill's medication has clearly warn off. She's a bit ill again. I had scheduled an appt for Friday but now I'll be calling tomorrow morning to see if we can squeeze in sooner

Called today, no availability. So we have to try tomorrow

So she's been eating, though less than I would like her to be. But she's also been, well, vomiting. No food though? So I guess she's just timing her food or eating in small enough rounds that it's been okay... still though

She's so miserable when she's ill like this, it's difficult to comfort her and she's very much a cat that clings and wants pets when she's unwell

When she stops wanting pets, like she did with the pancreatitis that was like F.

So I'm not like THIS IS AN EMERGENCY but I'm also being incredibly cautious about it as well because I don't know how much time without the medication working that she'll be okay before a relapse

So that's like a thing. That's happening.

THEN THERE'S THE LINGUISTICS CLASS

Which did a massive info dump that I hated last week

And I lost track of where I was

And then we have an experiment due this week but

The way it works is you finish one lesson, unlock the next

The weekly assignment is only visible if you either skip ahead (you can technically always go backwards) or speed run through everything

I skipped ahead to see what this week would be like and WELP, GLAD I DID.

So it's an experiment and an essay and you need volunteers for the experiment

So a few guildies already agreed to be victims for this experiment. But it's a 10 min conversation recording and then I'm supposed to analyze a sound and see if it's altered, omitted or textbook sound, so to speak

But seriously, had I not skipped ahead and found this out on Friday when it is due Saturday

Like. What would I do

That's not enough time at all

So I'll probably do the experiment Wednesday since hopefully vet is tomorrow, Thursday has other stuff, Friday has more stuff

I'm just exhaussted

-s

And then there's this nonsense with the guild, but that's like low stressor

I talked with another officer who knows the complainer IRL, though knew each other in the guild first

And was like What is going on with him??? etc

And it was a good conversation!

So the two of them did an outing and during the outing they talked about the guild. Cool. Fine. Fair.

But the one brought up the "problem" officer and they both kind of agreed he's annoying. OKAY FINE. So the one encouraged the complainer to talk to the "problem" guy

AND INSTEAD as the other officer explained "He just used you as a scapegoat to avoid responsibility of actually talking to him on his own"

AND I WAS LIKE

Bruh you right.

So I messaged Complainer. Said "so this is clearly a you problem, good luck"

I DIDN'T SAY IT LIKE THAT

Like I said, fragile ego of these kiddos

He gave me a snide remark about the "problem" guy not deserving more chances but giving him one IF HE MUST

fuck off geeeeeeeeeeeez

I can't make everyone get along, there's 100 people

It's impossible

But I can at least encourage them to learn how to communicate their problems instead of having a toddler temper tantrum through the internet

I feel like I am doing toddlers a disservice but it truly just feels like some kind of tantrum/outburst

But for now, I wait and see if he just stews for longer or actually tries to communicate to the person who is upsetting him

And then I'll just brace for the fallout, whatever it is

I already know, these two butt heads

And the complainer is so bitter and angry at him that he will inevitably be rude and do the same "You should know what you've done" nonsense. It will not go well

But at the same time, I think I have to let it not go well and then let them learn from it

They'll blame each other, the rift might get bigger but I think that would happen with any scenario. Even if I tried to help, the complainer will never be satisfied

Haters gonna hate, as they say

I took a, er, stress nap I guess you could call it

My body just kinda nope'd and I was just super exhausted

Very, very suddenly haha