DH found gas at $4.89 today and was super excited.

We still had the washing machine in our garage, and it was the neighborhood garage sales today. So I ran through the house last night gathering junk treasures, and I put out about 3 tables. Made a fairly nice profit and freed up space in the house. Washing machine and punching bag were the two big items that sold. I closed up around 1 pm because it was looking pretty spare and people were just slowing down but not stopping since we didn't have much then. Have 2 boxes and 2 larger things to take to Salvation Army and 2 boxes of books for the library. Only brought 2 prom dresses back into the house - we'll sell those next prom season (DD can't fit into them anymore). My paycheck next week should have a little bonus and a raise. Yay! Also, I worked an extra 1 1/2 hours due to it being the fiscal year end this past week, so that paycheck will have a little bump in a couple of weeks. Finally, I should get 3 days' pay from my second job due to getting the 4th as a paid holiday (normally, I only work 2 afternoons a week there).

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We had a couple of nights with big storms (so hail & thunder noise) which meant no fireworks those nights. Apparently, the neighbors still have the fireworks because they were going off last night.

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Whomp, whomp! My 150ish day streak is gone... Wordle 383 X/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩

Whoo-hoo! I saw my first gas under $5 ($4.98) at 2 different stations today!

My go-to starting word was a bust today. Wordle 382 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Which completely negates Illinois' red flag law because as I understand it, the family members have to say that they want the guns removed. Only individuals with certain relationships to those who are at risk are eligible to file a FRO petition against them in Illinois; eligible individuals include blood relatives, presently married spouses, former spouses, persons who have a child in common, and household members (e.g. roommates, unmarried partners). https://icjia.illinois.gov/researchhub/articles/firearm-restraining-orders-in-illinois/

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DH just walked out of the bathroom with a grumbling, "Well, that was a horrible night of sleep." They went until about 2 am in my neighborhood, as they have been all week. I expect about 2 more days of it.

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Pulled it out: Wordle 376 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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My cousin was unable to get a hysterectomy until after her marriage at age 35 "because she or her future husband may have wanted children". Even though she tried treatment after treatment for years - even though doctors told her there was no other option left except a hysterectomy at age 25 - even though she was often unable to hold a job due to absences and weighed 85 pounds because she couldn't eat without excruciating stomach pain and/or vomiting. She got married at age 35, and husband told off the doctor (after watching cousin suffer in pain for about a month); next month, full hysterectomy. She's healthy and happy and almost 50 now.

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My story: I was eligible for the 12 week FMLA unpaid leave at my job. I used 7 weeks in March 2001 to have a uterine surgery - I had to have this surgery to get pregnant. It worked really, really, really well, and I was pregnant 8 weeks later. DD was born in February 2002. Unfortunately, FMLA is on a rolling 12 month calendar. I had only 5 weeks left due to getting pregnant so quickly after surgery. Doctor put me on bed rest 3 weeks prior to birth. So, two weeks left following birth. Doctor wouldn't let me return to work until 6 weeks after the c-section. So, work had to stuff it even though I was no longer covered under FMLA. But... DD was born on a Thursday. I decided to take my 6 weeks and then 1 day (the Friday) and return to work on the next Monday. They called Friday and fired me since I was no longer covered under FMLA or medical leave...

Wordle 372 3/6 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Finally got a 3 again - it's been a while. And I realized that I must've missed a day about 10 days ago because my 124 day streak has ended and I'm on Day 9 ... Boo!

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Right there with you: Wordle 370 4/6 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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