OT: 116th Obsequious Banter Thread: October is National Pizza Month

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October is National Pizza Month. What is/are your favorite pizza topping(s)?


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So, I just had kind of a weird experience. Not really weird since I initiated it myself, but it felt weird. Some of you "of a certain age" may remember the old usenet groups in the early days of the internet. One that I used to frequent (not surprisingly) was rec.music.gdead. Back in the '90s it was THE place to go if you wanted to trade Dead tapes. Well, those old news groups are still around on google, and you can search them. So, I searched by my old email address and lo and behold, I found stuff that I posted back in the mid '90s. Very strange because it seemed like I was reading stuff posted by a different person. But it was me.
 
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Thanks. Found out today another one died last night. In her 30s. Had a history of drug issues in the past and was trying to put it behind her. Pretty girl. One almost becomes numb to it all.
Man, that’s tough. I had three friends die in 2020 during the height of the pandemic. It sucks to think that they’re gone.
 
@JojoTheWhale @Magua You people seem like people who would enjoy a 1984 Dune meme

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The little one didn't want to cooperate tonight. Since we've come, my wife feeds her at 8pm and then goes to bed until it's time to relieve herself at 11. Then she'll go back to bed until 2 and gets up to do her thing. I'll be with the little one from 8-11, change her diaper, bottle feed her, and then stay up from 11-2 while the wife gets some more sleep.

Well, tonight, the little one wanter to do nothing but eat. After her 11 changing and feeding, I laid on the couch while she was in her little bed. Usually she'll fall asleep until 2, or until I wake her up, but tonight she didn't want to sleep, she just wanted to eat. I fed her 20mL at 1130 thinking that would fill her up and get her to sleep...nope, not enough. Fed her another 20mL at midnight thinking that'd do the trick...nope. Finally I gave her another 20mL at 1230. She never really fell asleep, after that feeding, just a couple minutes here and there. I brought her up at 1:45 since the wife was awake and she fed her for another 10 minutes. I know there will be many nights that are much worse than this, but tonight was the first night she's actually stayed awake between feedings, and of course it was at the worst time.

tl;Dr version - baby was a hungry one tonight and didn't want to sleep
 
The little one didn't want to cooperate tonight. Since we've come, my wife feeds her at 8pm and then goes to bed until it's time to relieve herself at 11. Then she'll go back to bed until 2 and gets up to do her thing. I'll be with the little one from 8-11, change her diaper, bottle feed her, and then stay up from 11-2 while the wife gets some more sleep.

Well, tonight, the little one wanter to do nothing but eat. After her 11 changing and feeding, I laid on the couch while she was in her little bed. Usually she'll fall asleep until 2, or until I wake her up, but tonight she didn't want to sleep, she just wanted to eat. I fed her 20mL at 1130 thinking that would fill her up and get her to sleep...nope, not enough. Fed her another 20mL at midnight thinking that'd do the trick...nope. Finally I gave her another 20mL at 1230. She never really fell asleep, after that feeding, just a couple minutes here and there. I brought her up at 1:45 since the wife was awake and she fed her for another 10 minutes. I know there will be many nights that are much worse than this, but tonight was the first night she's actually stayed awake between feedings, and of course it was at the worst time.

tl;Dr version - baby was a hungry one tonight and didn't want to sleep
Welcome to parenthood!

This reminds me of last night. My 5 year old had a bad dream (it’s a somewhat common occurrence with him), so I went into his room last night to calm him down. I picked him up and we sat in his rocking chair. He wrapped his arms and legs around me, and buried his head into my shoulder just like when he did when he was a baby. It only lasted about 10 seconds and then he went back into his bed.

It reminded me of that time when he was a baby. He would occasionally need me or his mom to hold him for him to fall asleep. We would fall asleep holding him in that same chair. While I hated it at the time, now it’s some of my most vivid parent memories.
 
Welcome to parenthood!

This reminds me of last night. My 5 year old had a bad dream (it’s a somewhat common occurrence with him), so I went into his room last night to calm him down. I picked him up and we sat in his rocking chair. He wrapped his arms and legs around me, and buried his head into my shoulder just like when he did when he was a baby. It only lasted about 10 seconds and then he went back into his bed.

It reminded me of that time when he was a baby. He would occasionally need me or his mom to hold him for him to fall asleep. We would fall asleep holding him in that same chair. While I hated it at the time, now it’s some of my most vivid parent memories.
Yep, first time where she made me work lol.

That's awesome. That sounds like an awesome memory
 
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