New Suxs Thread

[Kirahfaye]

Perhaps a call to one or more of the local news stations could help - especially if they have a Help Line kind of service. Human interest stories, especially ones with kids, are something they are eager to take to the airways. Another option is to contact some of the local churches. You don't have to be a member of a church in order to get financial help from them. Its also a good possibility that a church leader knows how to set up a bank account for them so people can donate.

I'm so sorry for your friend and her family.

[Alopecia No Hime]

Thanks Kirafaye...It's appreciated seriously.

[victoriavictrix]

Practically speaking funerals are a royal rip-off. You are charged for many things that are not required by law. A dignified funeral can be held for $800, not the $10,000 a funeral director will try and nail you for.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Tips-When-Planning-Inexpensive-Funerals&id=911592

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cheap/20031118a1.asp

http://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-community/plan-a-low-cost-green-funeral.aspx

[Alopecia No Hime]

Thanks for those links. I'm gonna see if I can send them to my friend's family..I'm honestly not sure what type of thing their doing for my friend's mom that would require 2G given that it's just a visitation and then she's being cremated. (She was Wiccan. Part of her beliefs.)

[Qrinta]

I'm still waiting on a couple shipments but the one that really worries me is my textbook. It is supposed to be here between the 8th and 16th but I was expecting it on the 8th. What bothers me is they haven't even given me a tracking number yet. Which makes me think it hasn't been shipped. >< Now I'm not sure if I'll be able to do my homework or not. >< Will have to bug some people in class to let me see their books I guess.

[DollyKim]

Were you billed for the book? That's usually a good way to tell if its been shipped. And I've had plenty of tracking numbers where nothing is happening but it's already arrived.

[catshem]

Photo lab at hubs work was awful and our product pictures didn't work out at all :c laaame

[SoapBubbles]

I have no idea what this is called in medical terms, but I seem to be extremely sensitive to certain types of noise. For example, if there is a major construction going on near where I live I literally can't sleep properly, get extremely stressed, and begin to show signs of clinical depression within a few days. Even after the source of the noise disappears, the effects remain for about 1-2 weeks.

My mother's shop has a fridge motor that seems to produce these sounds as being in her shop for about an hour makes me feel extremely anxious, stressed, and fatigued. So as much as I want to help her out when she's tired, I have actually pretty much developed a FEAR of going to her shop due to the 'side-effects' I get. Apparently I am an ungrateful and terrible daughter because I don't want to make a an hour's trip to her shop in rainy weather, stand in that fearful environment for 3 hours, make another hour trip back home then drive 2 hours to get back to my university tonight. Up until this year, I used to look after her shop every weekend for around 6 to 12 hours until I really couldn't take it anymore. I don't want to go there anymore. I'm scared to go there now.

I absolutely hate this. I know she loves me and everything, but she doesn't seem to be able to understand just how stressful and painful (psychologically) it actually is for me to just BE THERE in her shop let alone work. I literally feel trapped, anxious, and become VERY stressed when I go there... It just... Sucks. I tried to explain how I feel, but she just doesn't understand why something that doesn't affect her can possibly affect me to such a degree. I don't even know anymore, maybe it really is just me. Am I just going mad..?

[Nella]

You're not going crazy, SoapBubbles. Sometimes frequency and different types of white noise can cause people a lot of trouble. Even something as quite as a wind turbine has been shown to interfere with sleep and increase stress to the people nearby. I would suggest researching the topic a bit and talking to a doctor about it. While the only thing you may be able to do is to avoid that environment as much as possible, by talking to a doctor you'll be able to show your mom that you aren't just making it up to get out of helping her.

[Qrinta]

The money has already been taken from my account but there has been no notification that it has shipped. =/