Off-loading
Published 1 year, 4 months ago in My life.Envirogirl suggested I solve my sleeping woes by off-loading. Getting things off my chest, addressing all those lingering issues. (follow the link and you will also find Golden1’s best ever hot chocolate recipe - it’s FANTASTIC!)
Anyway, Envi, great idea. I vented. And I enjoyed it so much I had to reproduce it here.
My brother dropped by last night with his COW of a partner. He’d leant me a power tool some months ago and they came to collect it. (My wife and I both recall that he gave it to me, but there you go). Apparently it had a piece missing (a small piece, I reckon about 50 cents from Bunnings). His partner, lets call her COW, went on and on and *&$^ing on about how it wouldn’t work now and we’ll have to buy another one now, well we won’t get that job done now. Well &^%^&*!!! kill me.
They’d just come back from some *&^%$*ing expensive overseas trip and COW also went on about buying a new and no doubt expensive camera and I felt like punching her in her BOVINE face and telling her to buy a new *&%&ing 50 cent clip and shut the *^%^*&U(&^&*&^*(^&*&&*&* up!!
Apparently COW suffers chronic pain and my wife, bless her cotton socks, said “maybe she’s in pain’’.
Well you’d hope so!!!!
Envirogirl also suggested I pray.
OK.
Pease god don’t let my brother and his COW of a partner see this post. And can I please have a few hours shut-eye.
ta.
see you in heaven. Please. God.
Thanks,
Foss.
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you need some therapy foss. someone to massage your temples and lick your bald head.
Hey Fossil
I loved your vent - can you vent some more, I haven’t enjoyed a read so much since you insulted the FOF on mothers day.
-BTW I can’t take credit for the hot choc recipe it is totally authored by my fiance Alain!
Good on you for getting that off your chest (I can see why you might not be having much luck sleeping… people like that can be infuriating). It’s wonderful to vent sometimes.
What I find helps with anger is writing a really clever angry poem. It gets it off your chest and, let’s face it, angry poems are always awesome to read.
But on the down side, if the “poemee” has an internet connection, I always feel guilty putting those ones up on Nook. (Hence the lack of my poems on here since April).
Hope you get a good night’s sleep!
Oh thats pretty funny. Hope you sleep well after that….
Yes, this is a good start foss, glad that you are feeling better.
There is more to be said about this topic, but being so late (past midnight) and given that I’ve been falling asleep for the past hour, I must retire now.
DID SOMEONE SAY THEY WANTED A LICK
CHEERIO
THESHADOW
Mmm - so was it cathartic or did it just keep you up all night thinking of even wittier insults you might have hurled at them? Wish I was a blood relative of yours!!
Good luck with the sleep - I think enviro-girl might be trying to make you jealous.
Very amusing foss, and a good vent is very cathartic, but WHY did you go and bring God into it. I will excuse you on the grounds of sleep deprivation just don’t let it happen again
(Do hope you get some decent shut eye though).
Righto,
mercy, that’s weird. I may just lay awake at night worrying that someone may lick my head - particularly if that someone is shadow, or worse, shadowmaster. No offense guys but… ewwww.
Goldy, glad you liked it but I hope not to be that annoyed again any time soon.
Lady - take a risk. More angry poems please.
Thanks winni but no such luck.
Thanks for rubbing it in envi
Fly, COW is not a blood relative but a blood relative CHOSE to bring her into my life and I hurled no insults at all, whitty or otherwise. I gritted my teeth and told them with as little sarcasm as possible (which was still quite a bit of sarcasm - self control has never been a strong point) that it was LOVELY to see them.
Viv, I didn’t bring God into it, envi did. And thank you, I hope so too.
Definitely not rubbing in- my apologies if that is how it came across. I was actually genuinely really tired (tend to feel that way esp after a nice warm shower and more esp when it’s past 11 pm). I did have alot more to add, but was finding it difficult to focus, so just wanted to acknowledge your post before logging (and nodding) off. If anything, perhaps offering some encouragement or a little positive reinforcement for you .
Anyway, the idea is not to worry about sleeplessness- which will simply compounds the problem- but to address and resolve the underlying causes. There are various ways to do this, just a matter of findind what really works for you.
Good night, sleep well!
Why don’t you go down to Bunnings and spend 50 cents to fix the tool? Maybe you didn’t know it was missing when you gave it back but now you do.
I understand that she may have over reacted but instead of venting….you could fix the problem which after all……you caused.
I was in that situation recently. I returned something I borrowed and didn’t know the handle was broken. Months later when I wanted to borrow it again, I was given the cold sholder and then told what the problem was. I just told the person that I wasn’t aware that it was broken and I will fix it. The amount of money they have compared to you is not the issue….you break it…you fix it.
didn’t see that bit, how come that happens that you don’t see bits sometimes, like shoppong lists there’s always something I couldn’t see on the list till I get home. another of lifes strange phenomena
Hey there whitecat. Great idea. More than happy to do just that. More than happy to buy them a new tool if necessary. In fact I kicked myself for not offering immediately to do so because my brother almost surely would have said it didn’t matter and I could have said it apparently it does matter. Then I could have had a go at COW then and there. It was one of those conversations you play over in your mind. Thing is, she wasn’t “over reacting'’ she was just being a COW. She’s always a COW. She’s COW.
And remember, as far as I was concerned the tool was mine - it wasn’t leant, it was given, then it was leant again and awkward.
The moral? Never a lender nor a borrower be, particularly if the transaction involves a COW.
thanks for the kind words from big fella tours read the report on king island love the big fella dad was always my hero
no worries fella. Hope all is well. Looking forward to a ferrie ride to KI.
Wooo hooo you go and ventilate it will do you sooo much good!
She sounds like a cow. Stand up for yourself, fossil. It’s just possible no-one has stood up to her before, and if she’s in the family for the long haul, she needs to know she can’t put her dirty great hoofs all over you or your brother.
Alternatively, tell your bro she’s a ho and he should dump her rump.