If they were teens, as to assume from the skateboard comment and the fact that they could spend it on cake... I just want to know where this guy was working that paid $900 on his first paycheck. I want in :D
I spent about $2k giving my little brother the best birthday ever. We went to Chicago for 3 nights, ate and drank our way through the city, kayaked on the lake (where I managed to lose my phone trying to avoid a rogue jet skier) then saw his favorite band 2 nights in a row. It was amazing, and probably the biggest project I've ever taken on with the best possible returns.
He died of an overdose in July and it hurts every day. Sometimes I just cry now. Like, no one did anything wrong, and there's nothing anyone can do to make it better, I just need about ten minutes to have a nice, wailing, snot-nosed sob and then I can get back to my day. But when it gets too bad I log into my google account and look at the last known location of that phone. Smack dab in the middle of Lake Michigan, in the middle of the best time I ever had with him, and I remind myself to be grateful for the pain. It wouldnt hurt like this if I didnt love him as much as I do, and as much as it hurts now I'd rather have the love and the pain than neither. I wouldnt give up the good times in order to avoid the bad times, so sometimes I just go check in on that busted phone at the bottom of a lake and it brings me comfort.
Edit: I love you guys. Please quit giving reddit money on my behalf. If youd like to do something (and I greatly appreciate it if you do) Sean and I both volunteered with the Restaurant Opportunities Center (www.rocunited.org). He had a lot of friends in the organization and an in memoriam designation would make them smile and do a lot of good for people who need help right now.
delano-1 on January 11st, 2021 at 18:09 UTC »
What an amazing last memory
Scout_Serra on January 11st, 2021 at 19:37 UTC »
If they were teens, as to assume from the skateboard comment and the fact that they could spend it on cake... I just want to know where this guy was working that paid $900 on his first paycheck. I want in :D
reverendsteveii on January 11st, 2021 at 20:59 UTC »
I spent about $2k giving my little brother the best birthday ever. We went to Chicago for 3 nights, ate and drank our way through the city, kayaked on the lake (where I managed to lose my phone trying to avoid a rogue jet skier) then saw his favorite band 2 nights in a row. It was amazing, and probably the biggest project I've ever taken on with the best possible returns.
He died of an overdose in July and it hurts every day. Sometimes I just cry now. Like, no one did anything wrong, and there's nothing anyone can do to make it better, I just need about ten minutes to have a nice, wailing, snot-nosed sob and then I can get back to my day. But when it gets too bad I log into my google account and look at the last known location of that phone. Smack dab in the middle of Lake Michigan, in the middle of the best time I ever had with him, and I remind myself to be grateful for the pain. It wouldnt hurt like this if I didnt love him as much as I do, and as much as it hurts now I'd rather have the love and the pain than neither. I wouldnt give up the good times in order to avoid the bad times, so sometimes I just go check in on that busted phone at the bottom of a lake and it brings me comfort.
Edit: I love you guys. Please quit giving reddit money on my behalf. If youd like to do something (and I greatly appreciate it if you do) Sean and I both volunteered with the Restaurant Opportunities Center (www.rocunited.org). He had a lot of friends in the organization and an in memoriam designation would make them smile and do a lot of good for people who need help right now.