Hi everyone! Thank you to all of you who gave me advice re: road tripping with my furry friend. It went great and she seemed to actually enjoy the experience. All your tips really helped! (especially the reminder to take paper towel- life saver) Here’s our vacation photos!

We’re planning a cruise for next summer. I’ve always wanted to cruise to Alaska and Mr. Bells told me to start planning it while I’m recovering from surgery this winter. I love him for remembering that I wanted to do that.

Eat alfajores, choripan, empanadas de carne and all the meat.

I’m really sad about that. There is so much to see there, especially in terms of ecotourism possibilities. When I was in Cartagena pretty much all of the bar staff and vendors I spoke to on the beach were expat Venezuelans. They make more money selling piña coladas to tourists than they could make back home right now.

Argentina sounds amazing. I am jealous! I know a couple of people who have been to Patagonia, and they say it is spectacular.

Argentina is great! Please come back and post pics!

I am seeing a new person and we are getting to the point where making out and sex are likely imminent and...I am out of practice! It’s been a while and I feel nervous. How do you psych yourself up to get back into physical intimacy when it’s been a while? And is with someone new?

Ohhhh. I am here early enough to comment rather than read!

The phrase: “The mother of all meltdowns,” attached to Serena when male tennis players like Andy Roddick and the guy literally famous for his short temper, John Fucking McEnroe really REALLY puts into light how sexist tennis is.

Ran across this on Wonkette earlier and I think I hurt myself laughing. Enjoy

Tthink about a city or area you’d like to visit. Make a plan. Check your vacation days in advance and figure out your budget and save up. Print a bar chart with the target savings and watch the bar fill up.

I’m sorry things are so hard.  But I promise you that living with your parents at 29 does not make you a loser.  Lots of people have to, and there’s nothing wrong with it.

i want to tell you 29 is younger than you think.  take it day by day.  you aren’t a loser, and you can totally reinvent your life.  you may very well not have the same friends in your 30s as you are hanging onto now.  focus on how to be productive and be patient. find ways you can tally how you are making progress…

You’re 29, you’ve got plenty of time to get where you might be happy. You do need to decide to take the first step, whether moving somewhere else, finding a new job, or even riding a bicycle for an hour a day.

I’m so sorry that things are so rough right now and that you’re having a hard time finding a therapist just when you need one most. Having to play therapist roulette can be just the most exhausting thing. Hang in there. For what it’s worth, here’s one internet stranger who doesn’t think that you’re a loser.

Jezebel is boring, and this is going to come down to pets vs. solitude.

I’m totally afraid of an IUD, I don’t want that in me! ! I’m shocked I got that implant thing, come to think of it. I really did not like it.

That sounds horrible, I’m sorry! I tried those pills that are supposed to make you get it less and that implant were you are supposed to really get it at all, and i basically just spotted all the time, and/or would get my period every 2 weeks. I never knew wtf was going on. Those thing seems to have the opposite…

I’ve been off birth control for 7 years now. I actually really like it. My period isn’t worse than it used to be, actually a bit better. Just have to be more careful. But I’m lucky in that other than some bad cramps and sore boobs, my period has never been that bad.

Exactly. It’s the anti-bracket bracket and I’m here for its ridiculousness.