Yep. Just gonna go hang out with my dogeared copy of the dhammapada in my bedroom and try to be a nice person.

basically. I’m working from home today and it’s been inoffensively playing in the corner for the past few hours.

He sounds amazing.

I once had the privilege of meeting two baby giraffes. one of them suckled my finger and i burst into tears of joy. It was the happiest day of my life.

Take wednesdays off and do chores you normally do on the weekend. Do half day fridays during the summer. Just give yourself some long weekends.

her nails are longer than mine ever have been, but i know that the shorter my hair is the more i feel the need to compensate with more feminine/stylish clothes, more makeup and usually manicured nails.

ooh, good point.

and to be honest, it’s not even a particularly good version of that song. It’s been covered a million times.

Hot damn i miss the “still fun but getting serious” phase of derby.

Thanks! If i stay at my current company i will be a salaried employee, but I also feel confident negotiating there because i’ve been there for a few years and i have clear lines of communication with management regarding my need for work-life balance. I’m more nervous about going to other companies. I have the option…

Yeah...i probably should have known that already. I remember in one interview they just kept braggin about their amazing overtime policy. we got paid double time, which is pretty good, but they didn’t mention that i would work at least ten hours of overtime every week and that i wouldn’t get a lunch break. My current…

Thank you. I realize it’s a huge priviledge for me to have these choices and potentials in the first place, but balance is critical to me. Luckily my field is pretty female dominated (hence the chronic underpayment...) so work life balance is a little more emphasized than in other fields. Hopefully it will work out.

This is only somewhat related, but I could use advice.

Good Riddance would have been a totally appropriate graduation song for me.

My life is brilliant
My love is pure
I saw an angel
Of that I’m sure
She smiled at me on the subway
She was with another man
But I won’t lose no sleep on that
‘Cause I’ve got a plan

My wedding was an exercise in compromise and lowered standards until it basically was just a family reunion that i was overdressed for. It bugged me a little at the time, but ultimately my reasoning was that it was more important for me to foster good relationships with my in-laws than to have the wedding of my…

for real, i’ve sought treatment for BED a few times but was classified with GAD. then when health issues started popping up from weighing 270 pounds i was just told to lose weight.

He doesn’t give her a library though, he opens a door in a house where he is holding her hostage.

This exists, it’s edible glitter. it’s just expensive unless you make your own.

She’s so pretty i assume she has very little personality, which probably says more about me than her. Her child is going to be insanely good looking.