I just never could get the damn slats to stay on the bed so the mattress would shift. The final straw was when I crashed to the floor once night when I was recovering from major abdominal surgery. I ordered a metal platform bed base, and stuck it inside the frame.

Give me some meatballs and a cinnamon roll and I’m happy. They’re better quality than my shitty Malm bed.

I did I once. I pretty much ate whatever but tracked my calories 4-5 days a week and I lost 20lbs. It works but it’s hard to stick with.

There has been a bill bouncing around congress to make it a federal crime, but we all know how effective congress is these days.

So much this. My husband is under a labor union and the difference between my non unionized job is night and day. He has a great salary, a pension, good benefits, guaranteed yearly raises, and access to continuing education and training. We had really great health insurance, my maximum out of pocked when I had major…

Yes, dudes at concerts and festivals need to just look out for this sort of shit in general. If a girl in a crowd at a show looks like she’s in an uncomfortable situation, try to check on her or put yourself between her and the person bothering her. If you can’t do that, alert security to at least keep an eye on…

I have a cat named James but we just constantly change who he is named after when people ask. Lately I’ve take to calling him Jame, like from Silence of the Lambs, because he’s gotten really into bringing me dead rodents.

I’ll accept CGI space mom if it gets us this story line.

This, for real.

The first time I had it it was so mild, I felt better as soon as I started on the medicine and I felt absolutely amazing the week after. Like I had so much energy, it was weird. I jokingly told my husband I’d take another case of the shingles if I could feel that great again for a week. I was wrong to make that joke…

The CP vaccine came out when I was pretty young but after I had already had it. The shingles vaccine is meant for people over 50 because they tend to get more severe cases of shingles. You have to get a booster every 5 years. It’s for people who have had chickenpox, and is meant to prevent or lessen the severity of…

God I love Sahib. Chai Pani, in Asheville is a close second. Ironically what I like most about Johnson City is how easy it is to get out of. There’s are so many great hiking, biking, or water options within a short drive. There’s a great mixed used trail and mountain bike park in the city now. There’s a ton of stuff…

It’s changed a lot over the last few years. I was ready to pack up and go a few years ago but not now. Asheville is hands down a more exciting city but it’s expensive and crowded.

Anyone here who is younger and has gotten a shingles shot? I have the shingles for the second time in a year. The first time my doctor said no shot because of my age (31) and it’s not approved for people under 50 and i wasn’t likely to get it againz But I may ask again now that it’s back and my symptoms were way worse…

Asheville is fun. There’s tons to do, hiking, white water rafting, you have to take a tube down the French broad River. If it’s back open, chimney rock is really cool. It’s closed right now due to flooding. The breweries are fun if you’re into that. It can be a bit pricey to stay there though. If you need…

I’m 31 and can’t do it. I usually just text my snaps to my friends. I’ve accepted Snapchat is not for me.

I definitely can’t either. I’m getting closer but I still have a little bend. My legs are long so it’s probably always going to be there, I just bend my knees as needed and keep going.

I sometimes attended yoga in the park. It’s often 80-90 degrees in direct afternoon sun. There’s always a few sun salutations but this one time the teacher decided to do a whole bunch of them, fast. I’m still tired from that.

My husband was so mad we didn’t get an answer about Renee but I kind of liked that they left it open ended.

Slate has a great podcast about the show and Keri talked about how people wanted the characters punished and losing their kids really is the worst thing that could happen to them. She put it more eloquently than I did but she summed it up perfectly. I really expected one of the major characters to die, but I’m so glad…