How are you feeling right now?

[Kirika_Madeleine]

Hot ahh our Aircon is broken.

[ReverzerO]

Construction workers beside this building is nearly out, it s gettin quite and pollution are gettin away therefore time to play peacefully

[Sarada]

I don't want to get out of bed today :V feels like a stay in bed day. 

Edited May 17, 2025 by Sarada

[Sasuke]

13 hours ago, Sakura said:

Hope you get to feeling better @Eris

Ngl I'm a little scared atm, there's a lot of thunder/lightning and I don't like those e.e I've been wrapped up in my blanket hiding in Pessi's room like I'm 5 or something  lolll 

At least you had Pessi there with you. I hope it stopped quickly and you felt better. 

16 hours ago, Eris said:

I'm sick today. It's not a major thing but I just feel bad and I've been in bed all day.

Get better soon. 

As for me today I feel good. I had a nice day out and it's been peaceful and I've gotten some things done I wanted to get done. 

[efaardvark]

Feeling a bit apprehensive about Monday's stock market.  Moody's was the last of the rating agencies to downgrade the US's credit rating (to Aa1 from Aaa).  We're already having trouble finding enough people to buy our debt and we've got $6T to roll over here in another couple months!  Any increase in interest rates and the debt service costs go up.  Not that we can pay them even at current rates given revenues (aka taxes).

Everybody keeps saying "don't worry about it, the rest of the world is even worse off than we are".  I'm worried.  Short of a formal default on US debt the only way to make the math work out is extreme inflation.  At this point that's at least a guaranteed recession.  If Congress can't stop spending (I'll take the over on that one) then it could get even worse.  The higher inflation expectations get the higher yields have to go to get people to loan you money.  Nobody wants to loan you money at 5% when inflation is going to lose them 10% or more.

At the risk of dating myself, I graduated HS in '82 so I was there to watch 30-year mortgage rates climb to over 18%.  Even yields on 10 year US treasuries went over 15%.  (Speaking of unaffordable housing, imagine trying to find a place to live on a $6/hr wage and 15%+ mortgage rates.  Mortgages didn't go below 10% again for over a decade.  Minimum wage was only $3-something/hr.  But I digress.)  Back then people lost half of their savings to inflation.  Half their incomes too, assuming they could even find a paying job.  People on fixed incomes were losing their homes due being unable to pay their property taxes.

That was in fact the era that created the term "stagflation".  Now I'm getting deja vu all over again.  Not enthusiastic about reliving that era, especially at my age.  Bad enough when I was in my 20s and could eventually make it all back.  We may be headed there again and I'm too old to start over this time. 
 

[PixxieTart]

been doing pretty good, I recently got into a great relationship a bit over a month ago and it's going great!! But final exams are coming up and I'm really nervous. But then it will be summer and i can watch tons of anime and read a bunch of manga

[Zeref]

18 hours ago, Sakura said:

Hope you get to feeling better @Eris

Ngl I'm a little scared atm, there's a lot of thunder/lightning and I don't like those e.e I've been wrapped up in my blanket hiding in Pessi's room like I'm 5 or something  lolll 

It did get pretty bad for awhile.
 

I'm feeling happy right now after a good day out with @Sakura I think she's feeling happy too because I just bought her a brand new gaming pc. 

[Colu]

Aww man I wish someone bought me a brand new gaming pc! Lol

I’m okay today, maybe a little blah, but I haven’t eaten much either today 

[Eris]

I feel a little better than I did yesterday but still like crap. 

[Sakura]

Yasss I'm so happppyyyyyyy ~ I hads no idea Pessi was gonna take me out to buy me a new PC today  

[Sarada]

I feel sleepy and tired

[Eris]

4 hours ago, Sarada said:

I feel sleepy and tired

Me too. I'm still recovering from this stomach bug. I think I'm over it now just draggy and tired from being sick for those few days. 

[Colu]

I feel quite happy 

[Zeref]

I'm having a good day and I feel great. 

[Sakura]

Actually getting a little tired ~ I'm going back to Chicago tomorrow and I kinda don't want to.. not to say I don't wanna see my sister lol we have some fun stuff lined up to do like going to see the new Final Destination movie but I really don't want to leave home again and I'm not even sure that's best for me right now. 

[Animedragon]

4 hours ago, Sakura said:

Actually getting a little tired ~ I'm going back to Chicago tomorrow and I kinda don't want to.. not to say I don't wanna see my sister lol we have some fun stuff lined up to do like going to see the new Final Destination movie but I really don't want to leave home again and I'm not even sure that's best for me right now. 

Leaving home, coming back home and then leaving home again and having to keep adjusting to different surroundings can be unsettling. But at the same time a change of surroundings can also be beneficial. You should think it over carefully and decide what's best for you.

[Sarada]

9 hours ago, Sakura said:

Actually getting a little tired ~ I'm going back to Chicago tomorrow and I kinda don't want to.. not to say I don't wanna see my sister lol we have some fun stuff lined up to do like going to see the new Final Destination movie but I really don't want to leave home again and I'm not even sure that's best for me right now. 

You don't have to stay long just do what we talked about and dad will be okay with it. I think after we talked it's better you stay home too. 

[Sakura]

7 hours ago, Animedragon said:

Leaving home, coming back home and then leaving home again and having to keep adjusting to different surroundings can be unsettling. But at the same time a change of surroundings can also be beneficial. You should think it over carefully and decide what's best for you.

I've kinda planned to just go for 3-4 days then come home. My dad's still too worried about me so I can't really not go but I don't have any intention of staying for the Summer like he wants. 

2 hours ago, Sarada said:

You don't have to stay long just do what we talked about and dad will be okay with it. I think after we talked it's better you stay home too. 

Yup hopefully that works lol 

[Animedragon]

35 minutes ago, Sakura said:

I've kinda planned to just go for 3-4 days then come home. My dad's still too worried about me so I can't really not go but I don't have any intention of staying for the Summer like he wants. 

Dads have a tendency to worry about their children, it sort of goes with the territory of being a dad, but if you talk things over with him and explain that you'd really feel much happier in your own home he should be OK with that.

[Sasuke]

2 hours ago, Sakura said:

I've kinda planned to just go for 3-4 days then come home. My dad's still too worried about me so I can't really not go but I don't have any intention of staying for the Summer like he wants. 

Yup hopefully that works lol 

My dad's the same way even at my age and he's like that with my siblings as well. When I chose to move to England to finish my schooling he was not the slightest bit happy about me being that far away lol. Your dad's the same way given what I know about him. Try to hang out with him for a few days and explain you'll be more comfortable at home. He won't like it but I think he'll understand you need to do your own thing. 

[Lucky]

4 hours ago, Sakura said:

I've kinda planned to just go for 3-4 days then come home. My dad's still too worried about me so I can't really not go but I don't have any intention of staying for the Summer like he wants. 

Yup hopefully that works lol 

Sucks that you don't wanna go and have to but your dad's a pretty chill dude. If you let him know how you're feeling he should let you go back home.

[Sakura]

4 hours ago, Sasuke said:

My dad's the same way even at my age and he's like that with my siblings as well. When I chose to move to England to finish my schooling he was not the slightest bit happy about me being that far away lol. Your dad's the same way given what I know about him. Try to hang out with him for a few days and explain you'll be more comfortable at home. He won't like it but I think he'll understand you need to do your own thing. 

Ya that's kinda the idea so hopefully that works ~ 

6 hours ago, Animedragon said:

Dads have a tendency to worry about their children, it sort of goes with the territory of being a dad, but if you talk things over with him and explain that you'd really feel much happier in your own home he should be OK with that.

2 hours ago, Lucky said:

Sucks that you don't wanna go and have to but your dad's a pretty chill dude. If you let him know how you're feeling he should let you go back home.

I'm hoping that's how it goes lol as nice as it is to visit here I really want to go back home ~ like i'd be fine with moving back here if that happens but I'd rather be in my own bed with my things and quiet. 

[Eris]

58 minutes ago, Sakura said:

Ya that's kinda the idea so hopefully that works ~ 

I'm hoping that's how it goes lol as nice as it is to visit here I really want to go back home ~ like i'd be fine with moving back here if that happens but I'd rather be in my own bed with my things and quiet. 

Being around family 24/7 gets exhausting so I feel where you're coming from. 

[Zeref]

I feel a little tired a typical Monday so was a little exhausting. 

[Eris]

1 hour ago, Zeref said:

I feel a little tired a typical Monday so was a little exhausting. 

Same dude. Trying to get back in the hang of working for the Summer.