Your sister sounds very much like Me Ma, a badass Irish nurse who was cold as fuck to us growing up but in a crisis was the One you wanted there - calm, clear-headed, persistent. I've always thought those traits are what make a nurse as essential a public service as a firefighter or cop.

I know: I LOVE NURSES. My sister is a nurse and she is fucking awesome.

White privilege

*jinni madly googles Berocca*

And some alka-seltzer for heaven’s sake!

We Aussies are smart enough to bring water as well as our beer...for the inevitable hangover :)

A beer. A beer. I don’t know a single person who drinks beer who would go out without at least a 6 pack, probably a 12 pack.

As a Canadian, I feel like I can say this is the result of too much cheap beer and picking the wrong wild mushrooms.

I often think about what I would do in these type of situations and tricking a wolf into getting attacked by a bear is not something I would think to do.

This woman is so badass.

Hang in there! It’s only temporary (this would so be my mantra during that internship). The Foreign Service (hopefully) is going to be way more exciting :]

Bread is the best. Sadly, I can’t hang up—I have to treat all the constituents very well, or else it ends up becoming a Thing in the press in the home district. So I try to ignore it, and do my deep breathing so I don’t have a panic attack.

I’ll be going into the Foreign Service after this; the congressional internship is a required part of the program. I’ve realized that I do better in public service when I’m not interacting with the actual public.

My cat will stick his paw in my Sauvignon Blanc and then lick it if I leave my glass unattended.

Hugs! It was that kind of stuff that drove me into the research and analysis side of policy work.

I knew a lady with a ferret and she would take a gulp of wine, tip her head back, open her mouth, and let the ferret drink the wine from her mouth.

Kitteh loves his wine.

I kinda want to get a bottle just to see if my cats would drink it. They already like to sniff at my drinks as it is. And one of them (Loki) likes to eyeball my margaritas. I keep telling him he’s too young.