Ugh, sunset junction. Like standing on the surface of the sun, every year. And every band started late. At least I could buy over priced drinks at an actual restaurant.

That’s always bugged me since it got big.

I’m in California and when I gave birth last time I got a bill a year later for the newborn hearing test. I kept sending then my health insurance card, they kept sending me late statements. It turned out they needed to bill my medical group but they were trying to bill blue shield directly and it was denied. Same…

My stylist no longer accepts tips through square, only cash tips. I always tip 30% or more because she charges so little.

My breastfeeding support group was all about chiros, essential oils, and elderberry syrups. They also thought circumcision was child abuse and eventually I got kicked out for disagreeing with the admin. But they had some helpful breastfeeding advice mixed in with quackery and I met some nice moms.

Seems to be common, we definitely had covers for our hands back in the early 90s. My mom used to be a teaching assistant and was given a typewriter that had blank keys, maybe that was more common in the 1960s.

I think that’s pretty normal. I know my husband says that his typing improved back when he was using AOL Instant Messenger all the time in college.

It definitely starts before two, I’ve got a 19 month old that is seriously frustrated that I can’t understand him. My 3.5 year old is great at using her words to express her emotion but she uses it for procrastination. “I can’t get in my car seat until I calm down.” “I can’t get dressed until I stop being angry.” “I…

First time I got the recall notice (2005 Toyota Matrix) I tried to get it fixed and they said they didn’t have the parts yet. Then I followed up a few months later and felt like they were chastising me for not bringing it in earlier. Now I just got another recall notice saying that I needed to get it fixed all over…

I don’t know, seems like a lot to me. I’m an environmental engineer and my firm works on a lot of litigation support cases where our owner (a PhD chemist) is the expert witness. I’m pretty sure he charges $350/hour, but there are different rates for deposition testimony and trial than just writing the Expert Report.

I do, I get up at 5:20, do a 20 to 30 minute youtube workout, make breakfast, and eat it while I watch 15 minutes of HGTV with my coffee. I try to be showered before the kids get up around 6:45AM. That “me” time is critical. I’m too tired at night to appreciate that hour after I get them in bed before I pass out.

The first reformer studio I visited required a one hour intro class that inlt had a couple srudents so you could learn how to use rhe straps, adjust the weights, and learn the basic moves. They had a fairly prescribed warm up and then sets of moves in the same position. They also offered a cardio class with a…

Man, he was the best in that movie!

We had an antibiotic once that turned the baby’s poo a shade of maroon but luckily the doctor warned us in advance. It wasn’t even in the drug info.

It’s so hard to prove someone is truly discriminating. They can always find some other cause to blame it on. My cousin’s husband recently lost his job as director of a community foundation, likely because the board just really didn’t like that he was gay. (oh so Ohio) He’d fundraised more every single year that he’d…

Similarly, I’ve started recording my three year singing Happy Birthday for everyone and sending out that video. She’s obsessed with birthdays and always wants to know who’s birthday is next on the calendar.

Need to look into this. It’s just such a pain to mail cards more than once a year. We’re excellent at christmas and fall off the wagon every other time.

This sounds like a great idea. I HATE writing thank you notes but I know that all of my older relatives think we absolutely have to do it or we’re just being ungrateful.

If I was an accountant instead of an engineer I would feel really creeped out right now. Our children are the exact same ages and our morning routine sounds identical. I’m glad my overtime is a bit more sporadic though. I’d love tiki get my husband to pitchin a bit more though, especially since he’s been unemployed…

I also had all those teeth pulled. After two years of wearing a mouth piece and then three years of braces. But I could never keep a retainer in at night and now my bottom teeth are shifting. Oh well, it’s still better than it could’ve been.