Can I be serious a sec? Could use some opinions/advice.
What do you do when you have an elderly relative who should NOT be driving, wonโt listen to family concerns, passes eye tests, and doctors wonโt intervene?
Why do we, as a society, allow for this kind of endangerment?
Just solved the mystery of why I had a five day headache with migraine to kick off the new year.
I accidentally bought decaf.
I accidentally went cold turkey!
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@wrefinnej
I use full names for general security purposes. If anyone gained access to my phone, familiar labels would be giftwrapping contact info for my entire family.
@Thecheese_again
Like, I'm fine with innovation and improving on existing designs, but acting like it's new is hilarious LOL How about "In efforts to slash carbon emissions, innovative thinkers revisit ancient, time-tested designs..."
More info: there is plenty of help. The relative is not alone and lives with lots of family who dote and drive him everywhere. It is literally only bc he wants to. He sneaks out.
Asking someone to give up their independence is so hard! But there are legitimate safety concerns.
@ambernoelle
One week post c-section I still needed help getting up out of a chair and I was apologizing for still being so incapacitated.
Again...
One week after childbirth and a major abdominal surgery I was MAD AT MYSELF for still being so weak. SCREW SOCIETY for that kind of pressure.
Little bit more: He was a competent mechanic and that car is his baby. Sabotaging the vehicle wouldnโt work.
Discussing hiding the keys. Between his full workshop, children in the household, and a large wooded property, those keys could be anywhere. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
My 13yo needs some encouragement! She is such a perfectionist she is miserable over this sketching exercise.
(Artists with ADHD your voice would carry extra weight! ๐)
Dear Hollywood,
Enough with the reboots. Come to the Twitter
#WritingCommunity
and see the INCREDIBLE things going on over here! Seriously. The author of your next blockbuster is probably in our feeds tweeting about soy sauce.
Sincerely,
#IndieAuthors
I just encountered a palmetto bug in my house. (Folks from The South understand.)
In related news, if anyone is looking for a roommate Iโm waiting by the curb with no belongings, starting over.
I love all the tacit agreements of modern societyโฆ
- Ironing is no longer required
- Walking your dog is โwalkiesโ
- The TV binge has been embraced
- Grammar is flexible online
- X is still Twitter
What else?
My mom not only bought my new release, she READ. IT. ๐ฑ
Despite it being absolutely NOT her preferred genre (it's scifi/horror), she called it "well written" which is the HIGHEST of praises from this literary scholar ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐
Still canโt believe we're nearly a quarter century past 2000! If you were born pre-2K, what impresses you? What disappoints?
I think smartphones & WiFi are magic! But I'm more disappointed. Space/ocean exploration, power alternatives, medical advancesโฆI thought weโd be further.
Thinking about how many years I was confused by the song โNights in White Satinโ bc I am a dreamer and totally thought knights with a โKโ and that is just not practical.
I just committed a small kitchen offense that I often give my family a hard time about.
Do I confess to my crime, or do I hide the evidence and ride this high horse into the sunset?
Unpopular opinion: I like the โfall backโ to Standard Time. First off, it is literally the standard, DST is the exception and itโs dumb. And second, winter is going to be dark *regardless* of how you set your clock.
DST should be abolished.
Remembering the Challenger today. Floridian here, lived just north of Tampa at the time. My whole school was outside watching it in the sky. I was in the 3rd grade. Who else watched it live or, like me, witnessed the tragedy in person?
On This Date In History 1986
At 11:38 on Jan 28, the space shuttle Challenger lifts off from Cape Canaveral and Seventy-three seconds later explodes as hundreds on the ground stared in disbelief, the shuttle broke into a forking plume of smoke and fire. There were no survivors...
Thank you so much for all your comments! The family discussion continues and we are doing our best to come up with a reasonable, dignified, and compassionate solution for everyone.
Turning off comments now.
You have five colored kid plates. Three of them are blue. Do you...
A. Stack the blue ones together
B. Alternate the blue ones to make a little pattern
C. Omg Deidre just put the plates away, this is why you have no time for editing
My husband doesnโt like beans in his chili. Every time he tells me this it is a surprise. I think my brain refuses to hold onto this information because it feels ridiculous. Itโs like he just wants an excuse to eat meat sauce in a bowl lol
12yo, creating word art: Hey, Mom, what should I put after โHelloโ?
Me, no hesitation: โMy name is Inigo Montoyaโ
12: ๐
Me: โYou killed my fatherโ
12: ๐
Me: โPrepare to diโโ
12: Moooommmโฆ ๐
So I noticed somebody was at 958 followers. Then my tired brain went, "Oh, they just need two more!"
Because 958, 959, 10:00.
Mathing is harrd. ๐คช๐
As a parent, you leave your bedroom door cracked so you can hear if your child needs you during the night, but then somehow you donโt hear them slip into your room in the darkness and stand at your bedside like a ghoul.
In prep for my stomach surgery on Tuesday, Iโll be starting a strict liquid diet tomorrow. Iโll be on liquids only for over 2 weeks.
For my last real food (Iโve only been able to eat once a day) I made myself a gooey fried egg sandwich. Couldnโt finish it, but it was glorious.
I just got PAID for a story for the very first time! Wasn't much, it was a flash fiction piece, but they PAID me.
I mean, I'm an indie author, I own an indie pub, & I have some stuff out there, but this was SOMEONE ELSE who paid to publish my work.
Big day for me :)