Jolly's posts

My progress slowed a lot cause I got a couple of RCL orders to do >v<
Almost done with the last one. Then onto inking the pages I have already!

In the meantime I colored this random panel just cause x

They're probably just a child. They sound like one. Younger kids tend to have an awkward time navigating sites sometimes, especially if there's any attention disorders involved haha
I wouldn't take it seriously, at least they aren't saying anything rude

Do you know what type of eczema it is?
Does it appear with bumps, blisters or dried, cracked or flaky skin?

I ask cause what might work for me, who has dishydrotic eczema, may not work as effectively for you if you have open sores.
Overall it is recommended to use natural, unscented lotions (like without extra chemicals and such) and there are prescribed steroidal lotions, but recommended to try natural methods first.
I found nothing to work on my type until I tried using Working Hands lotion (they have a Working Feet version too, and you can apply it to your back also, they come in a disc shape container that twists open) and when I apply it, I also wrap my hands in self adhesive wrap to trap in the moisture from the lotion. If my blisters ever popped before I could do this, I would make sure to clean them properly before proceeding with the lotion and wraps. For me, doing this and AVOIDING contact with warm or hot water (dries skin out) with my hands, my break outs completely go away.

@grost:
Thank you for the input <3 It does help. He gets stuck in a mental vortex, worrying about the future day when his father passes and how much he might regret losing the relationship he had with him in childhood.
It's also an emotion I can't fully put myself in the shoes of, since I've lived a very different life.

Buzzfeed's unsolved mysteries and hauntings, or whatever they're called on youtube. These two guys and their camera crew. One of them is a skeptic and doesn't believe in anything supernatural. The other is a firm believer and a scaredy cat.
Which kind of mirrors my bf and I. He's a huge believer in all this stuff and gets spooked easy by it. I'm a skeptic and I'll point the scientific answers to 'odd occurrences'. That is to say, I do believe in spirits, but I DON'T believe that the living can associate with the dead like this. Unless there's some demonic entity toying around, I kind of believe in that, but some days even that I'll be real skeptical about. I teeter on the fence I guess.
It's just fun to watch.

Well I notice my bf has been getting more jumpy lately XD
My sister dropped something the other night and he totally flipped thinking our bathroom was haunted. Like no dude, she just dropped a frame in the other room connected to it..

Usually when I sleep I have this long cat plush I cuddle. Recently turned over in my sleep one night, trying to cuddle my plush again, and woke up to myself hugging his bible instead and HE HAD MY CAT PLUSH. In his sleep he like, swapped the two somehow, and put his bible where my cat usually lies. I still can't let that go, it cracked me up so much. Thank goodness I didn't bend any of the pages, that thing is special to him lol

@tsundererra:
I'll have to look at what my state defines "household income" as then. Thanks for all the tips !

@tsundererra:
After trying some of these options, I remembered why I'm always declined for free/cheap insurance too. Part of the sign up requirement is to give an estimate of household annual income. We can't afford our own place at the moment (of course) so we're living with my parents, who make good money. We're actually living here rent free cause they refuse to let me give them any money, cause they dont need it. So for that, the rest of us don't qualify for any cheap or free benefits and lying will do it no good either lol
I always get quoted around 250-350$ monthly prices for basic health insurance. ;;;;; yay, murica

@priestess of pie:
The bit I said above disqualifies me for a lot of affordable options, sadly. But I will keep trying! I usually try signing up for them here and there just to see if anything changes.
I do have to wait anyways if it comes to paid insurance, since right now I'm teetering on a THIN edge of not having a job at all soon (bf also, we work at the same place). I understand its more scary not having insurance with the virus going on, but I mean.. I am on the verge of losing all finances so it really wouldn't benefit me to sign more contracts right now ;v;'''
Someone else told me to just pay for it while the virus is going on, then drop it when things chill out. Idk what negative consequences come with cutting off insurance early like that. Or if its worth draining my savings, which I'm reserving to cover my bills if my crisis lasts too long.

I just wish that angry old man would understand that kind of logic. But I know his motives are to scare his son into moving back in with him. He does claim to still pray for our demise and that my bf will crawl back to him one day lol so horrible.

@totalanimefan:
Same! They just taste like salt. I know most or all ramen is full of sodium but those... those are nothing else :vanora_xd:

@koneko:
Ohhhh veggie sounds like something I'd enjoy a lot. I'll have to look for them next time I visit our asian market (only have tiny ones here that dont carry, so closest big one is an hour+ away)
They sell their spicy ramen at walmart so I mostly eat those when I haven't stocked up on others <3

@totalanimefan:
I prefer to get the korean nongshim/shin ramyun packs instead of the standard 25c ramens. They taste so gooooooooood with added veggies and egg! recommend if you're okay with spice

I replenished my ramen stash, so I am A O K

I was surprised at how much body soap we had on the shelves when hand soap ran out and people were desperate here.
If its as abundant where you live as it is here, its worth using until you can get your normal hand soap back!

@tsundererra:
Its incredibly hard for my bf who isn't used to having family issues. This is the first time he's seen this hateful side of his dad (and it not be about his biological mom, whom the man has firmly held a grudge against for for most of his life now).
He isn't used to this feeling of almost hating his father for being such a tit. But now he's recognizing the abuse towards his siblings as well, since he has had this chance to step away and see how another family acts, he can see the contrast. It kills me so much to see this all unfold. Its really heartbreaking.

Thanks so much for that advice! I think its been about a week already since he lost his insurance. But I'll see if he can try ACA when he gets off work later today.
I personally haven't had insurance in a long time already lol I'm older than him, so mine dropped when i was 26. My parents would tell me no matter where I lived, to keep my home address set to their's so they can keep me on it. I was grateful for it. But now I can't even get medicaid or anything xD always declines me.

I dont know how to handle this situation, I'm having a hard time emphasizing with it, but I try my best to sympathize.
When I met my bf he seemed to be in this picture perfect family relationship with his dad and step mom. Things were simple. TOO simple. I knew there was disorder somewhere that I couldn't see, so I thought I had braced myself for when it finally showed itself.

Then my bf decided to move out of his dad's house and live with me. That's when everything exploded and even my bf saw for the first time that something wasn't right with his family. His dad lost his mind at us. He put me on this pedestal (figuratively) in front of that whole family to shame me, insult me, make me out to be a horrible untrustworthy slut, and just overall preaching against me like I'm the devil himself. Never have I felt more humiliated and angry than I did that day, and I can never forgive that man. But I still have to act decent around him out of respect for his children, because for their sake and cause I love them, I also want to stay in their lives.
This man also turned against his own son that day, told him he hates him and will pray that things will go wrong for him because of these choices. Like, I'm no priest or anything, but I'm pretty sure that isn't how praying works????

Anyway, it has been several months. We dealt with that back in september.
Every time he visits his dad without me, the man is always trying to manipulate my bf into coming back. Saying he "shouldn't be living with strangers" and that I only have bad intentions, ect ect. He's always trying to control my bf's every move, EVERY decision he makes.
Lately its health insurance. My bf isn't 26 yet so he was still on his dad's health insurance. Out of the blue, in the midst of this pandemic, his dad KICKS HIM OFF OF HIS HEALTH INSURANCE LIKE YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN NOW BITCH!
I can empathize with the scary feeling the first time you realize you have no health insurance. So I get my bf to relax a bit like its okay, maybe his dad lost his benefits, maybe it wasn't malicious and he couldn't legally put my bf on any new insurance plans cause he isn't living with him. But we'll work things out with our job and see what we can do.

His dad
is prying
spamming his phone
trying to force him to buy insurance immediately, from a specific company just cause he said so
and this company is acting sketchy AS HELL and we cant afford it rn anyway
my bf almost got suckered into it cause of his dad's forceful attitude, before I noticed and halted his phone call right away like NONONONO
He put the call on hold, unsure whether to believe me. But when he picked up the call again, and explained our financial concerns, the agent is like "well do you have a friend who can give you money?"
This shaaaaaaatters my bf, cause he realized I was right, this isn't a good option. He broke down just knowing that his dad would murder him for not going through with it. We tried our job, but they cut our hours too much so we cant get health benefits through them either. Hourly retail, fun.
And now his college classes have also been cancelled until june at the earliest.

His dad and step mom wont leave him alone. But they have him so whipped and abused for so long, that he can't bring himself to tell them to leave him alone, or let him deal with it, or just to ignore them for more than a day. I feel like he has this heavy instinct that there's a really big consequence to standing up for himself. He doesn't want to lose the family that he still loves so much but they're tearing him apart emotionally on pretty much a monthly basis since we moved.

I'm the type of person to stand up and tell someone to shove off when they cross my lines.
But even the smallest situation, like not answering someone's question until a few days later and being like "my bad I was doing something and then forgot until now"
My family will be like "its fine I was just worried about this thing, did you get it sorted" or whatever. Like normal humans.
His family would probably break my door down over it lol There's a drastic difference and I have such a hard time giving my bf any sort of advice, cause I just have to be honest with him. What I'd do is not what he'd do, and that's okay, but that means all I can offer is support. And that my whole family would protect him too.

But, with his passive approach, will this ever stop?