OH MY GOD those are amazing!

Good for you! I just started on buspar a couple months ago after years of avoiding medication and it was life-changing. It’s a long road and a tough battle to deal with mental health issues, but the point is that you’re doing something. I’m glad you’ve got a good therapist. Just keep persevering.

Props to you for putting the sweater down! I wouldn’t be able to justify spending that much, either. But as a gift? Take it and run! Or don’t run! Go with your gut. That was a very sweet gesture on his part and whether you’re going anywhere or not, I’d say just enjoy it for what it is.

Kingwolfpup sounds cool AF. Gloomy Sapling just wrote lots of bad poetry and weird romances.

I buried my old dog with her favorite toy. They still sold the same one at PetSmart and every time we went there, I would pick it up and cry. After about the third time, my husband finally told me I just needed to buy it. I said I couldn’t, and I really couldn’t, but they had a smaller version of it for bitty dogs so…

I’m very sorry for your loss. I know it’s a small comfort but I can promise it’s not your fault. You took him to the vet at the first sign of symptoms and did everything in your power; the fact that you still feel guilty anyway means that you really cared. You are not to blame in this at all.

Happy birthday to you!

You are awesome! I just left my high-stress job yesterday. Best of luck to you!

First day of unemployment here! I had a moment of fear this morning but then I remembered how much I need this break. I’m very much looking forward to discovering what’s next for me. Today I wrote in my journal, sat on my porch, watered my plants, watched my pets playing and enjoying the crisp, cool weather, watched Dr…

I also quit my job! Cheers to less stress.

Yes, but you can’t think like that. My cat ruptured an anal gland a couple weeks ago and I took him to the emergency vet but left because the tech whispered to me when no one else could hear that if I waited and took him to my regular vet, I’d be paying a lot less. They were trying to charge me almost $900, which I…

Tolkien helps to uplift me too. In particular, I find the whole Balrog scene to be a good parallel to how I feel about things right now. Things got really awful and sad but they did get Gandalf back and he was even more badass than before.

You might have just become my favorite internet stranger ever.

As a recovered makeup junkie, I am here to tell you that Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Long Wear Foundation is amazing. A little goes a long way and it’s super long-wearing. A little secret: I used to use it on my legs too when I wore dresses.  

Very nice! I love having electronic backups of my recipes - especially for those times when I forget to add things to my grocery list, so I can just pull them up on my phone. As an added bonus, it makes them much easier to share as well!

It’s been a long day and I totes read “mediation” as “meditation” which led to a lot of questions. Like, where did you find a group meditation class, and why would you go with an evil person, and how in the heck did that result in a no-contact agreement? After the third re-read, I figured it out. I’m glad you got what…

Omg. Omg! Why have I never thought of this?! I want Sithmas!

The holidays definitely give me anxiety. For years I thought I had Seasonal Affective Disorder but nope, it’s just the holidays! This epiphany has helped me better equip myself to handle it, but it’s still stressful. My sister-in-law is always an ass about wanting to do Christmas her way and this year I finally noped…

My mom is an immigrant and I am bilingual and mixed-race. My parents always used both languages with me. I think it helped a lot that they are both fluent, although I don’t think that was the only factor as I have many friends where both parents were immigrants but they speak only one language. It was very convenient…

I’m totally with you. I’ve been in retail the last five years and doing in-law stuff on what has often been my one day off is so frustrating.