Dating Clint Wright from Real World: Atlanta?

Posted on November 25, 2019 by laurenmikael

Here is the story about the time when I almost dated Clint Wright from Real World: Atlanta.

I’ve been recovering from surgery, and celebrating Thanksgiving early with my family. Things are finally getting back to normal, so I figured it was time to get back to the blog.

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A few days before surgery, I met a guy on POF named Chris. Things were going great at first, really cute guy… (See picture above this post.)

A few days in things started to get weird, he told me he was in Dubai for Military business, and needed $300 to get back home to the states to be with me…Umm, nope!!! That screams scam. First off: The Military DOESN’T charge fees for leave paperwork. Man, quit lying to me, I’m not stupid, I see through your nonsense!

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I played along for a while to see if I could make him break character.

He had been sending me little videos of “him” singing. In one video “Chris” was wearing a construction hat, I zoomed in on the video and notice the name on it said Clint Wright.

I Googled “Clint Wright”, and sure enough, all the photos and videos I had been sent by “Chris” where right there. Clint Wright was a cast member on The Real World: Atlanta this year, he likes to sing and is a farmer in Potterville, Michigan.

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Video is from the real Clint’s Instagram. Which you can find here

Once discovering all of this I called the guy I had been talking to out. He claimed Clint Wright is just his stage name. Of course it is…NOT!!! I then told him that since he was a cast member on The Real World: Alanta he should have more than enough of his own money to get home from Dubai.

I wish I would have saved the conversation thread to show everything to you guys, but I totally wasn’t thinking about the blog and deleted the chat before I started writing this blog post. Sometimes I’m dumb. (…still not dumb enough to send money to Dubai though, so I’ve got that going for me.)

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Too bad though, cause even though I’m not really a Country fan; this Clint Wright dude is really cute, and seems pretty awesome, not even gonna lie, if the real Clint Wright ever wanted to date me, I would totally be all about it!

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PS: I even tried video chatting with him just to see what would happen…he answered and played tiny clips from this guy’s parts of the episodes of The Real World, and then hung up real quick. It was clearly someone pointing their phone at a TV screen while they let old clips of Clint play…I can’t believe they thought I would fall for that mess.

I think I’m gonna need to stay off of dating sites for a while!

-laurenmikael

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Baclofen Pump: Time to get my Batteries Replaced

Posted on November 19, 2019 by laurenmikael

Since I have Cerebral Palsy (you can learn more about that here in my About Me page) my muscles are a lot tighter than the average person’s. I’m also very spastic…a loud noise (sometimes it doesn’t even have to be loud) can happen and I would practically get so jumpy that I swear I almost jumped out of my skin. Until I got a Baclofen Pump.

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When I was 10 years old I went through testing to see if my body could handle having a medicine pump to help me deal with these issues.

Turns out I was a match for the Baclofen pump (thank God!) Up until I got the pump, I had constant nerve pain and spasms in my legs, the nerve pain was like constant bolts of sharp, intense lightning shooting through my legs.

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The sad part is, until the Baclofen pump, I thought that was completely normal, I didn’t really know I was different than other people, aside from the wheelchair of course. I honestly thought everyone in the world had this nerve pain and we were all just supposed to just deal with it. Guess what? I was wrong.

Ever since then I’ve had the pump in my abdomen. It’s like a tuna fish can, or a hockey puck. The pump is connected to a catheter that runs up my spine and continuously bathes my spine in medication.

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Now I very, very rarely have lightning legs, and am far less jumpy, my muscles are a whole lot looser than they would be without it.

Every 4 to 6 months I go to get the pump refilled with medicine and the doctor adjust the dosage, if needed. They refill it by giving me a shot in the abdomen, the pump has a tiny rubber door and as long as the doctor hits it in the right spot it, it is easy to refill.

Every 7 years the batteries of the pump have to be replaced. Don’t want to let that slip up. Trust me, I know.

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When I was probably 14 years old the pump I had malfunctioned in the middle of the night. It was such weird timing. My family and I were watching an episode of House, MD in the episode everyone was on an airplane mid-flight, when suddenly they started breaking out in red itchy rashes. My family has always called me a hypochondriac. So, when I started itching at the exact same time as the characters in the show, my Dad didn’t believe me.

Flash forward to about 3:00 AM that morning, I am in the emergency room, going through drug withdrawals, lightning legs and everything. I had to have emergency surgery to have my pump replaced.

I still tease my family about not listening to me when I first got itchy. I’m never going to let them live that one down. Ha!

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Ever since that night I have the doctor check my battery percentage, every time I go for a medicine refill. I refuse to go through withdrawal again. It was one of the worst experiences of my life. itching everywhere, non stop…an itch that could not be satisfied with scratching. I remember laying in the hospital bed, praying that God would just let me die. I couldn’t handle it anymore.

So, anyway tomorrow it is time to get my batteries replaced yet again. I am not in any way a fan of doctors, hospitals, or surgeries. I have major white coat syndrome.

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So if you could please send prayers and positivity my way for tomorrow morning. I would really appreciate it. Surgery is at 7:00 AM.

-laurenmikael

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Coffee Ghost gets Constipated

Posted on November 15, 2019 by laurenmikael

This morning I woke up to find a big bottle of Benefiber sitting between the Vitamix and the coffee maker.

I keep that bottle on a shelf in the kitchen, and haven’t even used it in years; so it definitely wasn’t left out by me… and I have a pretty strong hunch that my Dachshund Dookie didn’t have the ability to move it.

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Which means it had to be Carla. Old people get constipated easily, so it makes sense…and obviously it was by the coffee maker so she could get her fix. I couldn’t remember her name until I asked my friend earlier today. So from now on we will drop the name Coffee Ghost and call her by her real name. Or maybe, Carla the Coffee Ghost. Kinda catchy; has a nice ring to it don’t you think?

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I got up to use the restroom in the middle of the night last night, I smelled cigarette smoke in my apartment, this happens occasionally…comes and goes. I have never thought much of it in the past, but it occurred to me this morning as I was making my coffee, that the day I moved in this place and did the first walk through (or technically roll through) the laundry room had a very strong cigarette smoke smell.

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Guess that is where Carla used to light up. Whenever I smell smoke now I will know she came over for a nice cup of Joe.

She must have needed a smoke and a cup of coffee laced with Benefiber early this morning.

I like to think of her as more of a Guardian Angel; it’s less creepy…but like we talked about before Carla the Coffee ghost just sounds catchier.

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When I started Life as Lauren Mikael I never intended on this blog being ghost oriented, but I will just write about her whenever she comes to visit. The rest of the time it will be as the tagline implies: Disability, Dating and Dachshunds.

-laurenmikael

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(Ghosting) Who Knew Texting was so Hard…?

Posted on November 7, 2019 by laurenmikael

This is something I can’t stand…ghosting.

It happens a lot with online dating.

“I’m not interested in you anymore; but I hope you find what you are looking for.”

Is that too hard to say or to send in a text message? I’ve never understood why someone would rather ghost than communicate.

I would much rather be told that it isn’t going to work between us, than to sit around waiting for a response that may or may not even come.

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Why is it always the ones I really like that do the ghosting? It’s never the guys that I couldn’t really care either way…unfair

I have gotten to the point where I don’t even bother texting anyone anymore, unless they are the one who initiated the conversation.

I have been ghosted so many times now that I don’t trust anyone anymore. Even when I tell people I can’t handle being ignored, due to anxiety and depression… they still end up doing exactly what I asked them not to do. I guess they do it then since they know that is the way to really get at me.

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It’s very childish. I have recently decided that if someone can’t be mature or respect me enough to respond to me, then they don’t deserve a place in my life anyway; regardless of my feelings for them. I used to be that person who blew up their phone until I got a message back. These days I don’t have the energy for that.

Here’s to hoping that one day I find a man that cares about me enough to always respond.

-laurenmikael

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Coffee Ghost Strikes Again…

Posted on November 4, 2019 by laurenmikael

If we are friends on Facebook, you probably remember me posting this status. Make sure read it if you haven’t…that way the rest of this post makes sense.

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Read it?

Good.

My coffee maker died a few days after this. I ordered a new one, it arrived today. Finally! I went way too long without coffee.

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I got a BUNN this time, they brew fast and are the brand restaurants use, so that’s gotta say something about the quality. Tired of having coffee problems, so I figured I should go with the best this time.

I had just finished setting it up so I could brew a cup. As I was doing this, I heard the voice of a sweet sounding older lady behind me say “Ma’am?” as if she was about ask me something.

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I panicked a little, turned around…nothing was there.

Dookie (my Dachshund) came running over to me looking spooked; otherwise I would just chalk this up to the fact I didn’t get much sleep last night.

If I am remembering correctly I was told the lady who lived here got sick around Thanksgiving, before dying at the hospital a while later.

Curious if that’s why she has been showing up lately…I moved in in February and haven’t noticed anything until I posted that Facebook status on October 20th.

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Also, she needs to dial it back a little…I am not a ma’am yet! I’ll be 30 in February. I don’t feel like 30 is ma’am territory.

I am working on getting a house, so hopefully I won’t have to live in this apartment too much longer.

I promise you, I’m not crazy!

-laurenmikael

PS: After I finished writing this, I went to turn the TV on, and had to reset it, because it wouldn’t come on…it’s brand new, barely even two months old; it shouldn’t be malfunctioning yet. Maybe she had something to do with it…Loves coffee, hates TV? Hmm…maybe so.

Boyfriend(s)

Posted on November 1, 2019 by laurenmikael

If you know me, you are probably aware of how complicated it has been for me to find a lasting boyfriend. How complicated? Well, I’ll be 30 years old in February… and I’ve had one (Two, if 6th grade counts 😜) boyfriends.

Even boyfriend from 6th grade has a boyfriend now. Borrowing a line from Seinfeld: Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

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Moving on to Boyfriend 2: Unfortunately our relationship was pretty short lived, had a lot to do with the fact that his baby mama kept sticking her nose in our business. Fun times! Makes me not want to date men with kids anymore…just so I don’t have to worry about the mamas. Which kind of narrows it down to slim pickings when not only do they need to be (preferably) kid-free, but also be willing to be with a woman in a wheelchair.

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Boyfriend 2 was a great guy. Met him through the oh- so lovely Plenty of Fish. We were basically perfect for each other, personality and interests wise. We got really close, really fast. He moved in with me…like I said things moved fast. Him moving in turned out to be great for both of us. He wanted out of a crowded house, and having spent most of my adult life living by myself in my apartment. I really wanted him to move in, I needed the company. Plus, it was nice having him around if I needed help with something. I’m very independent, and very rarely need or want help, but still it was nice to have the option…you know?

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I really miss living with a partner honestly. As someone who likes to be alone, I also somehow hate being alone.

The bad part is, since my first real boyfriend lived with me pretty much immediately, that is what I’m used to now. That’s normal for me, and as far as I can tell that doesn’t seem to be normal at the beginning stages of a relationship for other people. So, now as I’m trying to find someone new it’s hard for me when they stay a few hours or so and then go home.

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I guess I liked that he lived with me because I’ve been dealt a pretty rough hand so far when it comes to trying to date…most guys come over once and either apparently don’t like me enough to keep coming back, or they just don’t even bother showing up at all; or they take so long to come back in between visits that it’s hard to ever get the potential relationship to really go anywhere.

So since boyfriend 2 lived with me automatically, he had to stick around…seeing as we lived in the same place. He couldn’t just leave quite as easily as a visitor.

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Anyway, that was all about a year and a half ago. He came back for an incredibly short amount of time this past summer. We talked on the phone for awhile one night, he said he shouldn’t have ever left. Continues on to tell me hasn’t dated anyone since me. We both agree that our relationship had actually been pretty perfect. That’s basically how we ended the phone call.

Fast forward: 3 days later, he updates his Facebook relationship status to dating some random girl. Confused…?

Yeah, me too.

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So, you’re telling me you’ve been single for a year and a half now, and right after you get me all excited…having me think that we’re going to get back together, you jump into a relationship real quick with some random chick. How did this work, what did you do…wear a blind fold all that time we were broken up, just to rip it off the second we got off the phone, walk outside and make the first girl you saw your girlfriend; or what?

Anyways, whatever, that lasted about a week.

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He then calls me up and wants to hang out. So…we do. He ghosts me after that. I don’t handle being ignored well, so I wasn’t going to accept that. One way or another, we end up on the phone and he claims he didn’t mean to come over; it was an accident. Hmm? What??? How did you come all the way to my place on accident? Oh well, whatever. Who knows.

Anyway, I still really care about him. I believe once you love someone, you always will.

-laurenmikael

PS: Read about what has happened with us since I wrote the post above here

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