Berttheduck

How do you screw up that bad?! I mean they basically benched the ship it's not even narrow or anything.

I'm glad things are moving in the right direction for you. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the move goes well and you settle into your new place well. Moving house is always super stressful even when everything goes well, change is also hard so not surprising your more nervous than excited. That just shows your being realistic at least. I don't really have any advice on keeping friends you move away from, video games are the only thing that's worked for me and not very well. Best of luck to you.

I might be reading this wrong but I'm not convinced it helps. My read of this is basically we get 1 free go at surviving and can send messages back to the start point for the second go to try and survive.

You could keep a running commentary of what you're doing and where you're going which would give you a little bit of notice of where and when you die but unless you can time loop and continually adjust the plan until you find something that works I don't see how knowing 1 point of failure is enough to keep you alive.

Maybe someone smarter than me has a better idea though, or I've got the prompt wrong.

I work in a hospital so: scalpels, oxygen bottles/ wall supply explosions (hard to do without disabling the safety's which I don't know how to do), plenty of radiation sources in the building, loads of dangerous drugs from sedatives to painkillers to chemotherapy. If I'm lucky the monster might just die of MRSA or pneumonia before they get to me.

Any recommendations on the mods? There are loads!

My wife and I have been playing Vintage Story. We're really enjoying it. It's a block survival game ala Minecraft but it's much nicer to look at and the mechanics are way more in depth.

We're in our first winter currently and doing things around the house we built at the start of the cold season (so we can stay close to somewhere warm). We've just made our first windmill and are building a chicken coop and making our farm look nicer with fences and paths. I've just started tanning to make leather using barrels full of borax and tannins (which you get by soaking oak logs in water for a day or so).

It's also highly customisable with the world gen/ server settings and mods. For example we've moved our default spawn to our base and have a mod that sets spawn at beds for when we are off exploring.

It's in early access but there's definitely enough game to justify the cost at present.

Being single and being alone are very different and I think it's important to differentiate between them. Being alone sucks for most humans, social species and all that, being single is business as usual for a lot of folks. Go on some dates and have fun, be safe though and don't expect a life partner unless that's the standard on the dating app you're using.

I'd recommend going out and doing fun things with other people that aren't specifically dating. Join a club or a sports team. Learn a new hobby and join the local meet up. Socialise without the pressure of finding a partner and enjoy yourself, a good way to be attractive to others is by being enthusiastic about something.

The state of your mental health is not necessarily your fault, but it is your responsibility. It's ok to be having a bad day, week, or year but it's not ok to hurt other people because of that.

Being alone kinda blows but it is really important to be comfortable by yourself and be able to enjoy yourself without a long term partner. A good way to find a partner is to do things you enjoy, grow yourself as a person and put yourself into spaces where you can meet people, take up hobbies which put you in those spaces. It sounds like you are devoted to your kid which is awesome, they are also 17 so nearly an adult so you can definitely do things without them and they can do stuff without you if that is something you both want. It might be easier for you to find a hobby space if you're only looking for stuff you are interested in.

Try to stay positive, there's a lot of people on this planet, you only need to find one of them who's on the same wavelength as you, sometimes all that takes is looking in the right places and having fun while looking.

But those days where you just relax and enjoy yourself count as good days so that's ok too.

You're in a very sweaty situation it seems. The hope is to keep the lower temperature from overnight but if you've not got great ventilation that probably doesn't do much if you can't swap out the cooler night air. You're probably getting the heat from the building below you coming up overnight as well.

Have you tried aiming some fans at windows on one side of the house to create more airflow?

Open all windows and as many curtains as you can manage at night with fans going. Then close everything when you get up in the morning. Definitely helps when it's really hot. Might not get as much benefit in a flat though.