I like making surfaces in my home shiny, like my microwave or shower. Would you find a sense of accomplishment cleaning something small like your sink and admiring it? Sometimes I like the squeaky sounds when I scrub a surface… Kind of soothing.

I find if I just focus on a little part at a time, the task seems less daunting and it makes it easier to get started.

I am so jealous. My old work had stalls with gaps. The whole room was a bit tight, so you couldn’t just back up far enough to see the feet of the person in the stall. The locks were installed in such a way that if you pulled the door a little, it would open. (So a discreet soft pull on the door was not a good way of determining occupancy.)

The only way to know was to look in the gap.

I was about to go in a stall when I made eye contact with the current occupant of said stall. She just yelled out “YOU CREEPIN?”

I am of course not socially awkward at all and was completely normal when I replied back “no… Sorry.”

Actual privacy in a multi-stall bathroom would be so nice.

Ahh no worries. I was just curious from an internet stranger’s perspective, but thanks for the info you did have!

Interesting! Does he have any issues with other people needing to access near the house, like getting deliveries and the meters for utilities read?

Then you’ll have to source your mold elsewhere. Bleu cheese is an option.

Easier than having them in parallel, like a wanna-be octomom.

I did. I do have sleep apnea, but it is mild. Mild enough that they’re hoping that fixing my bite will make the apnea go away. (My bite causes other problems so that would be a big win for me.) They will prescribe a CPAP if it’s not enough.

I’m hoping I’ll respond to these treatments enough that we won’t need to dig any more, but I want to know just in case. It seems like I keep finding more information about how my brain working differently can make things more difficult for me, so I am always curious to read what others say about it.

Yes please. I am always tired too, but we are working on sleep apnea first for me.

Same. I like the little nipple pillow. Makes it so it is so much less painful when it is cold.

Nailed it!

Not at all. My changes are trash and this button reflects that.

If it’s just me, no problem. My partner and child both have it and now it is just chaos because, while they’re still doing their best, I can’t keep up with them. I miss cleanliness.

I hate the cold. I hate being cold. It is so painful.

But I will still occasionally have ice cream when the weather is cold. Delicious pain.

Here I was, ready to call them out on stealing the joke from The Hangover, since I vaguely remember these comics from the same time period. (Matt’s comics are also my least favorite, and this one has a punchline more than just grabbing random women.) It turns out this strip came out 4 years before the movie.

And as time goes on and more dirt appears, you can do a cool layered look.

Yep. It’s why I try not to lean into anything too hard and get secondhand or minimal supplies. If she latches on, we can look at expanding, but that usually just fizzles out.

I’m already doing the thing. I do not wish to exert the effort to do the other thing. Fuck the ramifications.

ramifications arrive

How could this have happened?

it sucks when I get that wave of productivity and then I try to push myself like that every day and beat myself up when I don’t achieve it.

Nah if I’m on hold for too long I just hang up unless I have no other alternative.

…am I in the minority where I don’t mind making calls all that much? I prefer doing things online, but sometimes a 5 minute call is easier than dragged out asynchronous correspondence.