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Hey all! My partner and I are going a little stir crazy in vic this time of year. Any recommendations for places to go on the island, or things to do to shake up the routine? Got a case of the small-town winter blahs.
(Ideally things that don’t cost a ton for one day like the $500/night prices I’ve seen for pretty basic cottages lately.)
Thanks in advance! ❤️
I am FTM due in March. I’m so excited to meet my baby, but have a really hard time being in the house for a long period of time. I will be staying home with the baby while on maternity leave and am nervous about going stir crazy. Does anyone have advice?
I feel like I'm gonna explode for everytime she talks in that obnoxious, childish tone of voice. She babbles and fills the house with her painfully, high-pitched obnoxious voice.
If there isn’t. There really should be. I would use both regularly as I make all types of food.
My heads gonna explode, I swear. I write for a small fandom and the last book will be releasing literally any day now, and I'm planning a new long-fic. I want to read the last novel before starting, however, to appropriate meld the two worlds together (it will be a crossover). All I want to do is sit down and start planning, but I can't do that because if I do it'll all simply be thrownto the wind the day the final book releases.
Excitement, anticipation and a little bit of stress are all mixed right up inside me. This is kind of a vent, but also not because it's not something I'm genuinely upset about, just a little twitchy wanting to expel that writing energy onto a document.
Anyone else have/currently dealing with something similar?
Hi ladies! I’m hoping some of you would be able to serve me with some tough love, reassurance, experiences, information, whatever!
I’m a 37 year old woman and I’m basically living an ovarian cancer scare right now. I have booked a gynaecologist appointment for early January, but that’s still SO FAR away. (Earliest they could do, unfortunately.)
Some background from this year:
In the spring, I had a period that lasted for 20 days and was really quite heavy bleeding. It normalised after that and I’ve been pretty stably 32 day cycle with 5-6 days of bleeding where 1-2 days have been very heavy flow since then.
About a month ago, I had a bout of an incredibly sore belly—I thought I had appendicitis. It was Sunday evening so couldn’t just nip to the doctor’s. The pain was on the right side of my belly where the appendix is and I honestly thought my belly was about to explode. I went to lie down in bed and my husband was ready to call an ambulance if needed but then I fell asleep and when I woke up the next day I was just a bit nauseous and had an upset stomach but otherwise I felt okay. Now I’m wondering if this might have been a cyst that ruptured?
Over the past few months I’ve had an increasing feeling of pressure in my belly. It’s been notable because I’ve actively been trying to lose weight—lots of yoga, healthy diet, walks—and I still have a bulge in my lower belly that doesn’t seem to be getting smaller. In certain parts of my cycle if I stretch my tummy muscles I can feel a painful “ripping” sensation—as if something literally might burst in me.
My sex drive has been all but gone this past year (in fact my husband’s has, too). I think we’ve both been stressed by covid etc, so the last time we had sex was about 10 months ago and it wasn’t super great for me because it felt quite painful.
I’m not sure I’m peeing more than before but I do feel like sometimes it’s hard to start to urinate and I have to actively “bear down” with my stomach muscles to help me empty my bladder. My bowel movements seem very much impacted by my cycle—up to a week before my period I have a really hard time going and then during my period it’s much softer and more urgent.
In the past few weeks I’ve developed a lower back pain which COULD be totally unrelated, of course. During covid the amount of walking I do per day has dropped because I work from home, so even with concentrated effort to do more walking it could just be that I don’t get enough exercise and
... keep reading on reddit ➡I’m a SAHM and live in the north east; right now the conditions outside are miserable…. I try to believe there is “no bad weather, just bad clothing” but we have about 5 inches of just straight ice outside. It’s hard for me and my 3yr old to walk, and impossible for my 1yr old. After 20min of getting everyone dressed and ready, they are both crying after 30min! We live in a rural town in a community of mostly dirt roads that are poorly plowed, so trying to go for a walk is equally as challenging and dangerous with cars not driving safely.
Covid is also running rampant in the area so I don’t feel like we can safely do much in terms of indoor activities, since the kids are both too young to get vaccinated. In the summer we were going out to playgrounds, parks and the beach, having fun with friends, and now I am feeling the effects of being more isolated and stuck at home. My best friend and her daughter are moving away this week, and we’ve temporarily stopped getting together with my sister/niece & nephew due to my niece always being sick or possible covid exposure from school.
I don’t like shopping or running errands, and we are trying to limit how much we bring the kids out to stores and stuff right now with so much sickness going around, so I’m finding that we are going days and days at home and it’s making me nuts. They don’t seem to mind but I’m sure it’s not the best for them either. TV is limited to 2hrs a day so we aren’t just sitting on the couch all day, we play and I set up activities for them to do and they have independent play time, and a nap every day. It’s just becoming so lonely for me and I’m losing my motivation to try and get out outside since the effort vs reward is out of balance right now.
Any suggestions would be welcome
Genuinely don't know what to do, where to go from here. Next week will be 14 years together. We haven't had actual intercourse or sex of any kind in 6 years now. My husband has zero desire/cravings of any kind in a sexual nature. He does not watch porn, could give a rats ass about even reading the word sex. His Testosterone level is so low that taking shots/meds have done nothing to improve any attempts on my part to want to be with me in any intimate way. I have been sleeping in our spare bedroom for 5 years now and my husband is just fine with that. I look for a goodnight kiss, Im lucky to get a peck on the forehead. When I try to do something romantic for him or say something loving, I'm greeted by a fist bump (are you fucking kidding me??) The man misses signals that I try to text flirty messages. The only dates we go on are if Ive coordinated them, he's fine with that. He's not interested in sexting. He's not interested in cuddling, seeing me (or any female) naked. My libido may as well be non-existent bc his is. When I bring up any form of intimacy between us, I am told: Im manic, go take a pill, calm down, I stress him out, he's tired, we just watched TV for an hour together-isnt that enough time to spend with one another, he's emotionally drained by me, I exhaust him, go find a therapist to talk to. So, I found a therapist, a marriage counselor, a psychiatrist. I keep being told to wait. Um- what am I waiting for?? The biggest reason I haven't left is because I financially cannot afford to leave. The dynamic has switched to this fucked up relationship where my share of the mortgage is paid by him if I just keep my mouth shut. Pretend to the world, our families, our friends, the doctors that Im somehow fine with this setup. My mom is super Catholic and is "praying for me/us" The biggest kicker- we don't have kids. I was told when we were dating that the upside to not having kids would be sex in any room, anytime and all kinds of travelling bc we don't have kids tying us down. I don't even mind the not having kids part, but I do think it's messed up the way that he dismisses people who do have kids. Now Im in this joyless, sexless marriage, Im getting the impression from those that are older than myself that someday, I'll be thankful for having a man that's so patient to take care of me. Am I nuts?? Is this really what marriage is?
For any parents or kids who don’t know about this, underneath the on ramp to the bridge to the port on 11th st is a small DIY skatepark. Not fancy by any means BUT the bridge keeps it mostly dry so you can get out some of your pent up energy on a scooter or skateboard there during these lengthy wet spells. Seems crazy to me that in a place where it rains 3/4 of the year, Tacoma (and UP) have built a couple ok skateparks but not covered any- but some punk kids with tools made one protected from rain on their own. It’s a cool environment too, surrounded by port stuff and some nice graffiti.
Same tip about the covered basketball courts that most elementary schools have here- you can go shoot some hoops on relatively dry blacktops at the schools that have those courts covered by what look like Thai architecture. We are fortunate to be Y members so can wring energy out of our kid indoors most days, but sometimes you just want to breathe a little fresh air you know. Nothing against taking a hike in the drizzle of course but if you have a kid with skateboarding and basketball on the brain its good to know about these options.
Does anyone have experience with non fault and personal injury claims?
I got side swiped on a roundabout, in the middle of October. I've been stuck at home since, apart from a few slow hobbles to town, doctor and chemist etc. Bike's written off and my back's buggered. I have my insurer's accident management company and an injury solicitor on the case.
The other side have admitted liability, yesterday. I'm getting an independant medical examination and they've offered me physio, which I'll take them up on. I just want to ride again, but I'm not up to it. I've tried a couple of times, but it was too sore and nerve wracking. I had to get the hire bike taken back.
If I'm on permanent painkillers, I'll also be out of a job. I'm bored out of my skull. I've even considered housework, but the hoover's too heavy. 😂
Sorry for rambling. I'm bored as I might have mentioned.
How long do these things normally take, roughly?
Can any of y’all relate to this? When I don’t have a routine I feel myself become agitated more often, i feel more depressed, and really anxious. But when I do fall into a routine, I pretty soon get sick of it and I want to do something spontaneous. The only thing is that I almost immediately regret wanting to be spontaneous & ill wish I had just stuck to my routine…. 😅
The Paper Tiger might as well be it's own pocket universe at this point. They are too hot to do anything but drift in deep deep space for awhile. They aren't actually in the void but they might as well be.
Gloria and the Chief make up and Bunny has a moment.
The rest of this series can be found here
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“J12D15 to J13D15… Good,” The Chief said from the charred machinery space of Gloria’s Reaper.
“J12D15 to J13D15 good, aye,” Gloria replied as she tapped on a tablet.
“J12D16 to J13D16… Good.”
“J12D16 to J13D16 good, aye.”
“Well that’s that bit,” The Chief said as he pulled himself out from underneath a tangle of wires. “Oof,” he added as he shifted himself uncomfortably.
“So how’s your Little Chief?” Gloria smirked.
“How do you think, asshole?” The Chief growled. “I still can’t believe you shot me.”
“And I still can’t believe you let a fucking xeno jack up my loadout,” Gloria replied.
“Yeah,” The Chief winced, “I sorta had that coming didn’t I?”
“You think?”
“In my defense I double-checked those fucking pacs...” The Chief said as his eyestalks drooped.
“And I double-checked them again,” Gloria chuckled. “Don’t beat yourself up too much over it. I would have green-lit them, too… That’s why I only used a stunner.” she added with a cute smile.
“Bitch...” The Chief snickered. “I still have no idea how she knew those were the right pacs for the mission.”
“That’s the part that gets you?” Gloria laughed. “Did you fucking see the footage?”
“Impossible,” The Chief replied shaking his eyestalks. “There is no way those components can do what they did… and it wasn’t a ‘fluke’. Each missile was identical and I mean identical in performance with a precision better than… It just doesn’t make any fucking sense!”
“Speaking of not making sense,” Gloria said as she handed The Chief a beer, “Any ideas about my freaking hull?”
“Dude,” The Chief said, performing a full body wiggle-shrug, “I have no fucking idea… From what I can tell this is pure Iron-56… I think… Fuck… I’m not even sure about that… The scanner says that there is nothing there half the damn time and the other half the AI says that I need to contact its manufacturer immediately because it is clearly damaged.”
“No shit?” Gloria asked as she cracked open her beer.
“Let’s put it this way,” The Chief replied as he poured his beer into his upward facing mouth. “We thought you had somehow restored your
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I work at a school/partial hospital program and while I’m not a teacher (I’m a classroom therapist), I was hoping I could post and vent here.
There are 3 designations of jobs on the milieu of the building. There are special education teachers, classroom therapists and support therapists. The support therapists are (typically made) staff to assist staff in the class when children are unsafe or when clinical staff need to take a break.
At our job, it isn’t uncommon for staff to become close. We go through a lot of vicarious trauma with our clients and really appreciate a good support system.
Well, I’m part of a big group of mixed designation staff- teachers, classroom therapists and one support therapist. We all gather together to eat breakfast and converse before the workday starts.
My supervisor (who’s working from home (due to a severe health issue) and watching us on cameras) saw us all meeting and in my friend’s (the sole support therapists) supervisor with her, she pointed that out.
She told him that he needed to be with staff of his designation and bond with them. She said he should be preparing for the day with his team. He’s obviously not going to listen to her, but it’s so disgusting that THAT is the only thing she addressed during his supervision.
TL;dr- Big Brother Supervisor nitpicks the coworkers a staff spends his morning with in an official supervision.
