Mom. Wife. Lawyer. Love music, travelling, cycling, and laughing. And coffee, can't forget the coffee! I'm a goofball who likes to be silly. Toots ≠ advice. #yeg #ADHD
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Last Notes npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Maritimes is not beachfront, not socialist, and not wealthy. I'm talking Newfoundland, PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 So why does this logic not apply in the maritimes, or Scandinavia, or... npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Why - WHY - do almost all new residential builds have to be in shades of black, grey, and brown?? In northern climates where the landscape is white, grey, brown and often dark for half the year, why do our houses have to match?? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 10 has ADHD, and he's easily distracted. We have always read to the kids at bedtime, but with 10, when he outgrew us reading to him, he wanted a different bedtime activity. This turned into watching one particular show, but when there aren't new episodes, then he wants to do something else. It just kind of grew into a monster until I recently put my foot down. He can do a quiet activity before bed, and we will tell him when it's time to brush and change, then we'll tuck him in. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 All I wanted to do was chill with a podcast and a jigsaw puzzle. My kids decided that was the perfect spot in our decent sized house to rough house and shout. #parenting npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I resent that we still have to put in 1-1.5 hours into 10's bedtime every night. I feel like he should be old enough to do a quiet activity on his own for most of that, with us supervising the 10-20 minutes required to brush teeth and change, and for us to tuck him in. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Ah, but that's a complete sentence. "Good day" sounds kind of harsh, or like, snobby British. 🤣 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Ok we are on the same page. My thoughts exactly. I feel like I use "bonne journée" too much, especially in person, like when we were in France. 😂 We would never sign off an email in English with "good day", so it feels kind of weird, but the small Franco part of my brain is ok with it. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Mes ami(e)s franco - Quelle est la meilleur façon de signer un email professionnel, mais non formel? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I have a big ask for the fediverse: npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Yeah that is kind of weird. Definitely an older person thing. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I don't follow. Do you mean like "Congratulations Jane."? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Forgive my ignorance, but since when is peaceful protest illegal? In Canada, we have very strongly upheld constitutional rights to freedoms of speech & association, which protect our right to peaceful protest. I thought the UK had similar laws. What am I missing? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Whenever I try to say "email" to a francophone, I always second guess which term to use and end up stumbling, often using both email and couriel, as I don't know which term they will be most familiar with. I think most will understand email, but I feel like a fake francophone using it. 🤣 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Sometimes when that happens to me, I tap "open in browser" and can view the rest of the thread. It might be a failure of your instance to load the thread for some reason. I don't follow the other people in this thread and I can see it. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I think that depends where you're from. To me, "fantastique" does mean fantastic. We were just in France, and ran into a number of interesting language differences between Canadian and France French. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 This feels like a silly question, but where would I look to find a decent rain jacket in #Scotland? Specifically in the Ayr area. I know, I know, I should have brought one from home...! npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Haha, sorry yes, it's reverse translated. It doesn't actually translate to "I beg you" in context, so I can see how my question was confusing. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 @npub1v8g…xgqt why do the French say "I beg you" for "you're welcome"? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 The kids and many panniers, and the fact that I froze at his rapidfire French and responded in English should have clued him in sooner. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 At the very next stop, a grumpy railway employee got on the train and admonished us in rapidfire French about the trailer bike not being allowed on the trains, and that we had too many bikes in the car. This after an incredibly difficult ride in 40c heat caused us to cut the cycling day short, hence catching the train unplanned. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 We were kind of panicking, with many people watching this crazy family of 4 scrambling to catch the train... 1 lady didn't hesitate to grab my toddler's other hand to help me swing him onto the train, then she and another helped me get up after the toddler swing caused me to lose my balance and the bike topple on me - in the train doorway! 🥴 Another kind lady on the train held my bike for a couple of minutes as I caught my breath, and offered the toddler a seat... 2/ npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 And as an aside, every time we've been to France, we've experienced both extreme kindness and maddening bureaucracy/grumpy people, often within minutes of each other. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 And think about the people who live and work here. 😢 I'm actually really impressed with French people who still manage to look so stylish despite the ridiculous heat and inevitable sweat! npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 It turns out cycle touring in 40c weather is not a pleasant way to spend a holiday. Neither is trying to get kids and bikes onto French trains. We may need to reconfigure the next few days. Next summer holidays will be further north, methinks. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Oh wow! I don't think I'd heard about that. Or at least I don't remember. That's definitely more significant than anything I can remember in Edmonton. I can recall a few windstorms here that caused damage, but not on that level. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 For sure. But environment Canada issues plenty of warnings, and I'm not sure high wind really merits an emergency alert? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Since when do we get emergency alerts for wind? I've seen them for tornado watches, but wind? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 That's a groundhog?? It looks huge! npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Da fuq??? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Dun Dun DUN!! It's that time again. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Violets? On the lawn?? So cool. I've seeded some microclover, but I think our soil is so poor and compacted that even that might not succeed. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 We finally signed up with a financial advisor last year who manages our investments for us. They have a whole team of people who stay on top of everything so we don't have to. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 What the hell! npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I could have sworn I just posted an update to this, but now I can't find it... 🤔 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 What is a good #Canadian website for buying items designed by Canadians, like T-shirts and things? Like Red Bubble or Cafe Press. #BuyCanadian npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 We need more than a few flowers. We need a Dutch-style tulip-vasion! npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 That's what I found in PEI as well. It felt like going to a pharmacy, and the lady at the counter answered questions and helped me just like a pharmacist. Whereas in Alberta, it's totally stoner skater dudes at the counter. 😂 Service still tends to be good and they seem well-informed overall, but a very different vibe. Depends on which store, too, obvs. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I thought he had backed off this idea. Apparently not? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 It "should" be required, but I wouldn't say that either Musk or Trump give any serious thought to their words or actions or their consequences. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Yeah I haven't been keeping up. 😞 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I absolutely get where you're coming from, and I would agree with you almost entirely, except for the little niggling feeling in my own mind that comes from my experience as a neurodivergent parent to a neurodivergent child. I am also uncomfortable with a claim to knowing the truth - only Musk can KNOW the truth here. We can assume, we can interpret, but without him outright stating it, we can't know the truth. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Munchables for chewelry and fidget toys. Good quality products and reasonable prices. Much better than Amazon. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 To be fair, I think they've treaded very carefully along a neutral line. We're no better than the other guys if we start to portray or interpret things to suit our own world view while overlooking or ignoring possibilities that don't fit neatly within it. It is entirely possible, given his... eccentricities, that he just didn't think about the action at all. Although, he is not denying or explaining the action either, which I think is more damning. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I am so broken that I can't even manage to use a slow cooker. 6 hours in the cooker, and the damn thing hadn't even heated. 😭 I am failing at everything. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Is that true of the general population, or specifically allegations against famous people? My concern is that motivations are different. I get where you're coming from, but money (and bigger revenge/retribution) is a big motivator. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I always feel very conflicted when I read about #sexualassault allegations against famous people. Because it's impossible to know the truth. Yes, fame & power can go to people's heads, no doubt. Creeps & assholes exist in every walk of life. But also, so do scorned lovers and ppl seeking revenge, attention, money, etc. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Gotta disagree - the child care agreements with the provinces was a generational improvement. CERB kept many people afloat during the pandemic, and similar funding for businesses saved many small businesses (including mine). It's not about one individual - it's about the collective. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Boosting this as I have more time to look into options. Ideas? #Scotland #travel #familyholiday https://mstdn.ca/@ECityMom/113473120976994922 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I am so heartbroken. 1 month ago, my dad was at my house, not using a cane or any supports (he maybe should have), was mostly in his right mind, though occasionally confused or forgetful. Now he's a completely different person. He's gotten so frail in just 2 weeks, and so separated from reality. How did this happen so quickly? Why can't the doctors tell us anything? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 A hospital #dementia ward has to be one of the most depressing places on earth. And not one that should be understaffed! These poor frail seniors try to get out of bed without any supervision and end up falling. My uncle died from head injuries after a fall in a hospital. I'm worried my dad will be next. 😞 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I'm so sorry to hear that. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I need to hear that it's ok to take a break. That it's ok that the kids are getting more screen time than they should. That it's ok that I'm taking naps whenever I can. I need to hear that it's ok that I'm not ok. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I am so stressed out and overwhelmed with everything, I just can't get any work done. There are things I NEED to get done, but everything is so hard. I need a break. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I mean, it is and it isn't. I was a big fan of the NDP under Jack Layton, and I liked Singh when he first became leader, but he's rather turned me off in the past few years. His approach has just been too... all over the place. I can't find the right words to properly explain it, I'm just not a fan. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Almost 11 hours in emergency, and my 80-year-old dad still hasn't seen a doctor. 😞 And they told him no food or drink except water. WTF? This is HEALTH CARE? #abpoli npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I am being pulled in so many directions, in about to shut down. My parents are not coping well, and I'm struggling to help them while looking after my family and my work. Nevermind myself. 😞 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Thank you! I'll beg and plead with @npub1xlj…nl5g to give it another try if/when we get another console. I would really hate to lose 15 years worth of data. It's like reliving the childhood trauma of finding out my parents got rid of our Intelivision. 😢 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Thank you! Do you know if it's photo transfer the memory from one wii to another? We were able to transfer it to the wii U, not sure if it's possible to a standard wii? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Our Nintendo Wii died a couple of months ago, completely devastating our 10-year-old (and me, to be honest). Hubby found a Wii U on eBay, and it worked for a couple of weeks, but now also seems to have died. 😞 We've never been ones to keep up with the newest gaming tech, so this is hard. It sucks how quickly and easily these things become obsolete and how hard it is to fix them. We have tried. #parenting npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I don't think so. I was not in a loud place and it seemed pretty clear to me. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Why did my #iPhone just vibrate and ding in my pocket, despite the ringer being turned off? It wasn't a tone I have set for anything, and I don't see any notifications. IPhone did a system update a couple of days ago. Is it related? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Those are awesome! What a thoughtful gift. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I am so losing it. My parents are driving me nuts. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 And they brought their cat to our place while stuff is being moved, and... Cat fights. Normally our cat is so chill, I'm surprised he's picking fights. Their cat is also usually pretty chill (and a neutered female), so I'm a little surprised. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 My 80-year-old parents are moving out of their house and into a retirement home this week. It is stressful AF. Please send good vibes. #SandwichGeneration #ElderCare #seniors npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 What why?? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 So... It's bad news? 🙈 I can't actually look. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 You guys are hilarious! 🤣 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Wow, inflation! I don't remember if I used paid toilets the last couple of times in France... I must have, I just don't remember. I think it was about 1 franc in 2001. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Wheeee! Where are you heading? We cycled the Loir valley about a decade ago. It was pretty amazing. Planning to go back to France as part of a longer trip next spring, this time will be Paris and North. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I must have missed some posts, but I gather that you're in Paris? I will try to follow more posts, I love reading travel posts, especially of places I have been to and love. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 passport fiasco? npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 My in-laws sure have opinions. Then again, they have moved rightward over the 20 years I've known them. It's kind of sad. I generally get along with them, but occasionally my MIL will throw barbs out about "my" boy, Trudeau. I am not very partisan, and have been largely politics-averse for the past few years, so not sure where she gets that. And they have strong opinions about the public servants they used to see when they worked downtown. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Menace to society! npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 WTF! npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Haha, c’est raisonnable. Normalement j’écris en anglais simplement parce que c’est plus facile. Mais c’est bon d’avoir quelqu’un pour me défier npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Eh, French is actually a first language - I was raised bilingually in the household, just not in a francophone community, and my French immersion schooling ended after grade 8, so my French is just a bit "immature", with smatterings of business and legal vocab that I've picked up over the years. 🤣 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Immersion npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I kind of want to participate in Read In week at my kid's school, but he's in grade 5, and I think he might be mortified if I read to his class. 😂 I also have no idea what I would read to a 5th grade class. Would it be weird to read to a different class in his school? Or should I just embarrass my kid and read to his class? In FRENCH?? 🤣 (I have even less idea what to read in French!) npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Anyone able to offer some moral support for crippling anxiety? I don't know what is up this week, but my anxiety (and heart rate) have really shot up. I'm stuggling to do anything. I keep thinking about all the things that need doing, seeing little things around the house that are out of place, or need fixing or doing... 😞 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Oof. Tech firms? Reminds me of when Skip the Dishes (I think it was them?) was still kind of a startup and was looking for minimum wage developers. Or something along those lines. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 LOL I remember as a law student going through articling interviews being awed by the fact that some firms provided food and snacks for their lawyers. I later realized that it's usually because those are the firms where people are likely to never leave their office, and have rumours of junior associates sleeping in their offices. You shouldn't need to advertise the perks, and perks shouldn't be intended to lure people into slavery. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 It's so hard. I don't like sleeping so much. I like feeling productive, but I just don't have the energy. Even with max doses of stimulants. I've been reminiscing a lot of summers I had as a kid - which were incredibly boring as a kid, but which I truly miss now. Both parents were educators and had the summer off, so summers were amazingly lazy for me, if not also lonely. I miss the quiet outdoors and long summer days. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Taking the week off, with the goal of resting, but also catching up on some things around the house. I wish I weren't so tired and burnt out! I'm still fighting with myself about whether I should be purging and decluttering, or just crocheting or doing nothing at all. I can't even bring myself to leave the house to get groceries. 😞Everything feels like a struggle. #burnout #ADHD npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Day 1 with the organizer and I feel like I have half a new kitchen! Next time she'll tackle the other half and I am SO EXCITED. She has IDEAS. I might end up with more kitchen than I started with!! 😍 npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 It is very complex. I have seen a lot as a family lawyer, and there is no simple answer. I think a lot of people get pressured into marriage by family, and society (just look at all the magazines, and the expectation that an engagement ring should be, what, 1x or 2x months' salary!) Or they fear being alone, being an "old cat lady". I remember the sadness of being alone for a long time. But I also remember all the assholes. npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 I was wondering if those were petunias. There are a few flowers that look like petunias but aren't. I don't think I've seen orange petunias before! npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Oops! Thanks npub1esvxtmk0p7v5hsvysvsuz93xs8yuy30aahuas2esr640usashfrs7sa7cg WanderingHuman 🇨🇦 Pretty! What are the long white flowers, and the orange and white ones?
