https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-IceFlow-Straw-Bottle-Charcoal/dp/B08THT1SLF/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_pd_sbs_rvi_d_sccl_2_11/136-8460200-1476607?pd_rd_w=l31rk&content-id=amzn1.sym.a089f039-4dde-401a-9041-8b534ae99e65&pf_rd_p=a089f039-4dde-401a-9041-8b534ae99e65&pf_rd_r=PGE07RH8GDG15GBJMAXK&pd_rd_wg=AZxqO&pd_rd_r=97d0aa0d-6469-4952-9fab-77a01414a29c&pd_rd_i=B08THRYPSK&th=1 I have this one. It fits in the cupholder and works very well. Mine's peachy coral.

I’ve been using a Stanley cup for several months and I didn’t even realize it was a Stanley cup. One of my students gifted it to me and I was like “great! Insulated and dishwasher safe cup! Yay! Thanks” and yesterday I read a similar article about the trend and I wondered hmm. Is mine a Stanley? And it was! I’ve been trendy all this time and didn’t even know it.

It actually is. My 22 yo lives in an apartment with no laundry facilities and she washes at my house and we both fold. It’s kinda nice. I’ve had friends who were swamped with laundry and I’d come help them fold and it was fun.

If you lived close to me I’d totally let you come do your wash at my house. And we could chat while we folded!

The 15 year old that i drove to church my senior year of high school was murdered by her grandfather in front of her two brothers.

I’m also married to some one in essential services so he does stuff in all kinds of weather (2010 Nashville flood…yup he was out there) the last thing he needed when he was working was for me to be calling and checking on him. Because like…how does that help? It would have just distracted him from staying safe when he very much needed to focus. It’s my job to manage my anxiety about things. He’d text me a few times a day “hey I’m fine.” And that was good enough for me. so no you’re not The a-hole for not checking on him. your mom is nuts. She’s a real piece of work and you should have hung up on her when she started.

Yep. About 18-20 years ago we saw one in our yard and it was an oddity. My dh had never seen one up close. Now they’re everywhere up here in tn. I grew up in Florida so they were normal to me but seeing them in tn is still strange.

Farm vets tend to travel to their patients. I'd at least call a farm/large animal vet.

My prediction: The other good employees will start looking for jobs and slowly melting away both because the pressure will be on them to produce the same amount of work despite their teams being slashed and the fact that morale will be crappy. (Who wants to work in a place like that) The head of the company will then increase the pressure on the remaining employees and they’ll start leaving too. It’ll be hard to recruit good people because stories like this get around. Eventually the company will crash and burn.

I’m not going to tell you what to do. But I am sorry you keep coming across duds for dates. That has to be totally disappointing and demoralizing. For what it’s worth, you’re a great person who’s overcome so much, even if the duds can’t see it. I’m sorry you’re hurting and lonely.

Sounds like something that would happen in Nashville. Literally they divide the city in half as in north of I65 and south of it. Generally the north side gets completely different stuff than the south side.

I tend to do this when I’m anxious

Go for it! I started my 2 yr degree this fall and with some clep tests and 2 online classes, I’ve wrapped up 24 credit hours. I’m hoping to finish my associates in 18 months, transfer to a local uni for my bachelors and get my masters so I can do marriage and family counseling. It’s a lot and I’m kinda nervous about how long it’ll take but I’m encouraged as well since I’ve done so well this fall.

I like the Questions for humans conversation cards. I ask my people lots of “what’s the best/worst…” all kinds of things. Lively discussions on best/worst Christmas songs and Christmas movies. Restaurants, snack foods, cereals. I gave my 4 kids a list of 8 kinds of chips/snacks over group text and told them to rate them from best to worst. It was hilarious. They picked at each others choices and argued all about it. So fun!

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Yes it is expensive for some of the training. I might look into companies or utilities that will train or pay for the training. At a utility in Nashville, if you’re hired at entry level and make it into the apprenticeship program, they’ll train and help pay for certifications.

Working at a utility like water plant or wastewater plant. Look up wastewater technician, With the appropriate certifications, you can make pretty good money at this even without a college degree. Also, a young man at our church became a lineman. He went to some training. My understanding is that these people make really good money.

You do not sound awful. You sound like you have tp put up with someone very unhealthy and you've been trying for years to portray her as healthy (perhaps you went through a time of thinking "What's wrong with ME that she treats me like this when everyone else thinks she's great") to your kids. But I think some people are trying to express that you can be open with your kids about how "not right" she is. And it might help to do so. Even something as small as saying "I love your Granny to pieces but sometimes she drives me bonkers. Anyone want to guess how many times she mentions Pot today when we go visit?" And then rather than irritation, you cut your eyes to your boys and you have a private joke to share in the car on the way home. 100 percent positive they know that Granny is "not right" but they may be trying to play along with you. Talking about the elephant in the room allows them to ask you questions that they most likely have already.

I think she's saying that it's quite llikely that you're not the only one who notices this.

This has been my reality with at least 2 of my anxious kids. (kid 4 is still pending..we'll see how it goes) I had to push dd2 to drive. To get a job. To keep going to said job when it was hard. I had to push dd3 to drive at 17, to get the job, to apply for scholarships, to go to college. And on the other side, they're both so glad that I did all those things for them.

I’ll join. I need to get brutal as well

Older peoples traveling stuff is weird. My mil would go with one set of kids/in-laws to places hours away stay in hotels etc, but driving 2 hours to see us was like going to the backside of the moon. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I don’t know why. I’m sorry your feelings were hurt and I’m glad you’re trying to reframe so it’s Not so painful.

It’s cell phones. IMHO 20 years ago when my dh started in his field, work was over when he came home. Every now and then if a project was serious or there was an emergency then he might make a few phone calls or send some emails but now so many people are expected to work around the clock by cell phone. They manage email constantly on weekend and evenings. Because of this they feel stretched too thin. It’s exhausting to always have that in the back of your mind. my dh and I used to host a lot. We had families with kids our childrens ages and it was so fun. As my dhs career has advanced he’s just pooped on the weekend and evenings and it’s fallen by the wayside. (We don’t tend to accept invitations either though)

Do you care if I steal your mother as a character in a future novel?

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