So sorry to hear that. My sympathies to you and his family.
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Oh no, that’s horrible. All my sympathies to you and his…
How are you holding up?
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Oh goodness I’m so sorry.
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That’s a shame, sorry to hear that. Recently we have been hearing a lot of mental health here (Mental Health Week?) and I feel guilty often for not reaching out to friends that might be in trouble. Be kind. Reach out.
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I’m fine. Very sad for his kids and his wife (also a high school friend, they didn’t become a couple till college). We were no longer close, he’d gone to a different university than I did, and we ended up in different parts of the country, and life is like that. I expect that with out the existence of social media, I would have completely lost track of him. (Ten years after the fact, I learned we had lived 30 miles apart for a year or so…)
Among people I went to high school with, he was pretty low on the “likely to off himself” list.
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A lot of people who struggle with suicidal thoughts are extremely good at hiding the fact that there is anything wrong, for lots of reasons, including not wanting to worry their loved ones. I’m very sorry to hear about your friend, I hope everyone close to him is doing as well as they can under the circumstances.
For anyone who needs it, there is a list of suicide prevention resources and helplines here. The helplines can be used by anyone, including those affected by the suicide of another person who need support.
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Been listening to SVWAG back catalog of podcasts, and the pre-covid talk is making me sad.
Right now #105 False Expectations is the first mention of Covid and very early days, and is all “lets keep this in perspective” and their interest is mainly just production in China taking a hit.
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Huh. I randomly entered a sweepstakes from Exploding Kittens last week for 5 of their games and a $250 gift card to Target, and it looks like I actually won.
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$250 at Target will pay for nearly half of the impulse purchases you put in your cart when going to Target!
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Gods I am tired.
My partner is switching her meds because her anti-depression ones aren’t working the way they’re supposed to any more. That means about 6 weeks of slowly reducing these meds before she can start taking the new ones, and she is constantly jumping down my throat about everything. I’m doing my best to grin and bear it, but I think we’re like… 2 weeks in? And work is ramping up (stupid holiday season), and school is depressing because I’m never going to get a good job and ARGH.
It’s fine. It’s fine! It’s fine. I’m just tired. But this too shall pass, right? Right.
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Oh cool. I love entering stuff when it is easy to do.
You never know what you might win. I’ve won a baby seat and a years free electricity supply by simply spending two minutes to enter stuff
Yes it will. Hang in there
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I’ve been there with a partner before, and it will pass, and will likely be better on the other side.
In my experience, managing depression, like many other chronic conditions, requires the near infinite hope of the people surrounding the person with the condition. Maintaining that hope is exhausting, and requires its own management, but is one of the most beautiful things a human can do for another human. Hang in there, and keep reaching out if you need your hope restored.
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Week of leave starts now. Off to sleep. Or drink? Probably that …
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Tonight in the middle of my SPIEL game night with 7 friends (all vaccinated) present…. I got notification from the German covid app that I had a high risk exposure 5 days ago and was advised to isolate and get tested ASAP 
We were out with friends at a restaurant that night and my friend got the same notice I did. But our partners who sat next to us did not. They only got „low risk exposures“. So tomorrow I am going to get PCR tested (antigen test tonight was negative but those aren‘t enough when vaccinated just a slight indicator) and can hopefully tell my friends whom I saw today that it‘s all a false alarm for them at least. It is unclear if I and my partner will have to quarantine and what that means.
Luckily among the friends present tonight there was a doctor who helped advise us.
Meh. The game night other than that was great though. I‘ll write up something else about the games we played tomorrow. Right now I just want to drink tea and mope.
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Fingers crossed for you, yashima. Hope all is well!
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Ouch, hopefully it all goes well… 
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Got advised to wait with testing until today, got my test this afternoon. Result: negative. Yay. I think I‘ll go sleep now 
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Took Mom and SWMBO to an excellent Bavarian restaurant that I discovered recently. It’s owned by an adorable old German couple that I chatted with for way too long. We all loved it! I was just happy that it was a better experience than the last time I went to a Bavarian restaurant! 
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Lucky you didn’t mention the dirty knife!
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Just learned that Midcon, in Derby at the start of November, apparently has a vaccination/test/mask policy of “we may have one mask-only games room if we feel like it”.
Waiting for them to confirm this explicitly, but I’m very lowered to find that there are people that uncaring about their members even at a small non-profit convention.
Oh well, at least I can cancel my hotel room even if they don’t want to refund my membership fee.
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