epiphonegirl

So I'm sure this question sounds dumb, but I just got my first paycheck and don't really know how to cash it. It is for a Huntington bank, but I'm really not sure where my bank account is through or anything. Never had to deal with my own bank account cuz I just turned 18 not too long ago, and my mom would deposit/withdraw money for me before that. So...where do I go, does it matter which bank, and just generally...what do I do? I would also like deposit part of it and keep some too. How do I do that?

Sorry if this seems like a dumb question.

It is a waste of money. It's like playing the lottery in a way. Either you have something very wrong with you and they catch it, or you have nothing wrong with you that wouldn't go away in a couple days. If not one of those, you have something very wrong with you that they don't catch, or they run a bunch of pointless tests to get more money out of you.

Now, I know there's times when you NEED to go to a doctor. By all means, if you think it could be life or death, go. But why go to the doctor when there might not be anything wrong? Some people have the money for this...but a majority of people don't. Insurance helps, but it doesn't cover everything.

WHY go to the doctor for every little thing?

I haven't had my period in about two months. I also started birth control about two months ago, so that could be what is wrong with my period, yet the pharmacist said I should not be missing them. Anyways, I took a pregnancy test about a week ago and it came up negative. I think I'm just freaking myself out, but I'm really not sure if the test would be accurate after two months. I would think it would, but I wanted to be sure

I'm on the birth control Errin, and haven't had a period in a little over two months. I've read a couple places online that some people have taken it and not gotten their period for a long time, some for a year. However, my mom called the pharmacist, who said that I should not be missing periods. I took a pregnancy test and it came up negative, so I'm pretty sure I'm not missing periods because I'm pregnant. Today I started my third pack of pills, and for some reason the foil/background thing behind the pills is green. The other two were just normal foil. Does this mean that there is something different about the hormones in this pack, and I will get my period this month?

I find it really strange that the pharmacist said I should not be missing periods, yet I still am, and have heard of other people missing periods on it. I'm a little worried that I haven't had it yet.

I've had my tattoo for two weeks since wednesday. I took good care of it, it looks good, but the skin is still a little dry. It's not peeling anymore. The colors seem to have taken fine. I cleaned it and used the A&D ointment on it as long as necessary. No swimming or long soaks. Didn't pick at it. My point is...I took good care of it and it looks good. However, it still feels like dry skin. Like if you wash your hands a LOT in one day and don't use lotion. I've heard unscented lotion is fine once it is pretty much healed, but nothing about scented lotion. All I have is about 5 different kinds of lotion from Bath & Body Works, which are definitely scented. If I were to use one of those lotions on my tattoo, especially now that it has had the normal two weeks to heal, would it have any negative effects?

I would like to say that I am not bitter about it at all. I'm really not. I just do not believe. I'm only 18, and have never had a serious relationship. I also have no desire for one at the moment, and don't know if I ever will. When I try to think about some day having a relationship with someone, it just feels weird. Like how could I think about being with someone for the rest of my life? Even if it's not for the rest of my life, what's the point in getting into a relationship just to have someone end up with their heart broken?

When people talk about being in love with someone, I think they are delusional. I don't say this of course, because who am I to judge other peoples' feelings? I know it's messed up to even think that they are delusional, but I can't help that part. At least I keep it to myself. Anyways, people talking about love just makes me believe in it less. They love someone...then they lie, cheat, hurt, or let the other person do one or all of those things to them, and still call it love. Yes, love should involve forgiveness, but it should not involve doing things like that if you truly care for someone.

Well, I think it SOUNDS messed up that I don't believe in love and I'm only 18, never really given it a chance. However, I think I will be happy like this. I know I'm happy right now. Just wondering if anyone else thinks I'm stupid for it. Nothing anyone says is gonna make me believe, but I'm curious to see what people have to say about this.

I think I am just freaking myself out, but I want to be sure that I'm fine. I also think it is a little early for a pregnancy test. I started birth control two months ago...and that's also the last time I had sex. I also haven't had a period since I started birth control. I can't remember if I was on the pill when we had sex, or waiting to be able to start it. We used a condom, and it didn't look like it broke, but I've heard there can be a tiny pin hole that you can't even see, and the sperm can still get through. Well, if it was a really tiny pin hole, most of the semen would stay inside the condom and only a little would leak out, right? Because the condom looked completely unbroken when we finished, but I'm still worried about there being a tiny hole. I don't think I am having any pregnancy symptoms other than not having a period.

Thank you in advance for your help

this is honestly the worst thing i have ever had the misfortune to download. it doesnt work AT ALL like it should, and i believe i have just lost a very important document to this program. i am very, very unhappy. how do i get this stupid, worthless program off my computer?

the other day, i had a friend over. i told him he could use my laptop while i took a shower. i had a couple of documents saved that were sort of private. one wasnt that bad, but the other had some really personal things in it. some people would say that if it is personal, i should not just leave it on my computer and let him use it. however, my laptop has a password to log on (i had logged in before i got in the shower, he didnt hack it) and it belongs only to me. when i let a friend use it, i would assume that they would have the decency to not go through my saved documents, just use the internet. i specifically told this guy he could use the internet, but did not tell him not to go through my saved things because common sense (to me anyways) says that you dont go snooping through your friends stuff.

so tell me, do i have a right to be angry at him for this? i consider it extremely rude for him to just go through my stuff like that. or am i just stupid for not protecting it better?

the other day i had a friend over, and i told him he could use my computer to get on the internet while i was in the shower. i had a couple saved documents that i had written, that i had assumed would be considered private. he told me he read one that was not as private, but if he read that, he probably read the other one too, which was pretty personal. i think its pretty obvious i am unhappy about this. i checked through my options on the folder and there was nothing about putting a password on the folder, but i am pretty sure there is a way to do it.

if you know how to add a password to a folder, i would really appreciate the help. thanks!

last night i had a very strange dream. it started out with some weird, gross looking person showing up at my door and asking if i was a chef. i told him yes, and he said great, i need you to make something for me. i invite him in and he pulls out a bag of decapitated heads and a huge chefs knife. i tell him i cant do it. he tells me if i dont he will chop my head off and go somewhere else. with that, i start chopping the heads open like watermelons and digging the brains out to feed them to this guy. once all the heads are gone he thanks me and says he will be back tomorrow. once he leaves, i get worried at the thought of him coming back every day to have me chop open heads. i leave, and realize that the roads are rivers. i start swimming around looking for somewhere to go when i find a friend and swim up to his house. he says i can stay there for a little while till the creep disappears and offers me a beer. my other friend shows up and we remember that we let someone borrow some dvds from us. (we did in real life) this guy lives next door to the guy whos house we are at now, so i start yelling his name and he comes outside. i tell him to come closer and he starts walking up. now, in real life he is extremely skinny. in the dream he was very fat. well, i asked him if he had our dvds and he said he did, and that he would run and grab them in a few minutes. and thats the end of the dream

i have some pretty heavy things on my mind right now, and i need to go to bed pretty soon to wake up early. what do you do when youre stressed out and need to get to sleep?

i will be 18 in three days, and i live in ohio. about a year ago i had paraphernalia charges and got 6 months unsupervized probation, drug classes, and community service. i have court tomorrow, and i will have the chance to admit, deny, or wait to get an attorney. if i admit to it right away, what can i expect? and if i wait to get an attorney, what can i expect the attorney to get the charges dropped to?

im on my second month, almost into my second week of the pack, and i still havent gotten my period. no spotting or anything either. there is no possible way im pregnant, and im not just saying that because im on birth control. i know its not 100% effective. and by the way, i know most birth controls' last week of the pack is a different color and is just a placebo...all of these pills look exactly the same.

anyways...is there any way i can know when to expect my period? i hate not knowing when it is going to come

im in the mood to bake something, but i have no idea what. chocolate chip cookies just do not sound appealing right now. ive got two years of culinary school so dont worry about anything being too complex. any suggestions would be appreciated

we hang out with some of the same people. they broke up a few weeks ago, and he was really in love with her, so hes still upset. he doesnt even like to hear her name. last night i was gonna go party at her house when he told me he couldnt associate with me if im her friend. she did say some horrible things to him the day before. i dont like that she cant just leave him alone and quit trying to hurt him more, but she hasnt done anything to me personally, so i feel weird just dropping her as a friend. i also feel bad about trying to be her friend when she is going to treat him like total crap. ive already decided i cant be her friend because i cant lose him as a friend...weve been friends for too long and weve been through too much. but is it wrong to drop a friend who hasnt done anything to me but hurts my friends feelings, or is it wrong to stay friends with her if shes going to harrass him?

im on the birth control Errin. i finished the first pack yesterday, and havent got my period yet. am i supposed to go a week off the pill, or do i just start the second pack right away?

right now, im so tired i just want to lay down and sleep, and not wake up for about ten hours. havent been able to sleep that well for a little while. yet, when i lay down at night, get comfortable and relax, it doesnt matter how relaxed i am, i lay there and feel more awake. i can be so tired i cant focus on anything, yet when i lay down i just want to stay up. its almost 3:30am and i should be tired since i woke up at about 11:00am this morning. i AM tired and have been all day, but once i lay down i just want to stay awake. what do i do about this? dont have any sleeping pills and cant get alcohol, so those ideas are out.

i dont believe in love or marriage, and this is why. infatuation is the state of being completely carried away by unreasoning passion or love. it can last anywhere from a couple months to a couple years. love is supposed to last forever. people get married in the infatuation stage and never truly make it to love. some marriages dont end, but it turns more into a friendship than love. im not saying true love would be constant kissing and hand holding until the day you die, but it should never get old or boring. "love" is another word for routine. people get married to not die alone. maybe at first its because they are sooo passionately in love that they want to spend every day for the rest of their lives with that one person. at some point, that has to end. when that ends, its become routine to wake up and go to sleep with the same person every night. why change something that isnt really causing a problem? if youre not fighting, why end the marriage? the same could be said about relationships. theyre easier to end than a marriage, but at the same time, if youre not fighting and not completely unhappy, why change it? that surely cant be love...staying with someone because you dont feel like changing your routine. ive never seen any true love. though i havent been alive for too long of a time, only eighteen years, i would still think i would at least see someone truly in love. all i have seen is infatuation that ends with sad, sad people or with being stuck with someone because you dont feel like making a change and taking the risk of being alone. having someone you dont really love thats always there is better than having nobody at all, right? i dont believe in that, but it seems thats the normal belief.

well theres my theory, tell me what you think of it

ive been on the birth control Errin for about three weeks now. i just looked into some reviews by other people who have taken it, and noticed hardly anyone is satisfied with it. the most common side effects were hair loss, weight gain, and moodiness. i havent gained weight or lost hair yet, but i might be more moody. im not sure if its me being stressed or the pills. i had a horrible problem with a combination pill before (Errin is progesterone only, theres no estrogen) and i cant begin to tell how horrible i felt or how horrible i acted towards everyone. i told my gyno about that and she suggested a progesterone only pill, specifically Errin, because it should help with the moodiness/depression. ive heard youre supposed to take birth control for about a month before you really know how it will affect you, but im not sure if i believe that. from the day you start taking it it affects your body.

soooo, would i really start feeling the side effects by now? should i stay on at least for a couple more weeks and see if im okay on it? i really hate being all moody and depressed all the time, especially after the last time i took birth control. i cant get that bad again. well, help please