RBWells

Slightly off topic but there was an escaped monkey around and people would never report it until they were sure it was gone, they didn't want it caught.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/10/25/163620501/floridas-mystery-monkey-captured-after-three-years-on-the-lam

A citrus fruit, it's tart, reminds me of yuzu somewhat, and sour orange, but different. The puree I have tastes sort of like if you put whole kumquats in the blender with a little bit of grapefruit juice and lime zest? It has enough bitter and sour to add complexity to the drink, and isn't something I'd drink straight from the bottle. I think in the Philippines it's used more in cooking, like we use sour oranges here.

We are in the Southeast too but Florida is diverse as heck I think we have people from everywhere. I did literally order the juice from Walmart :)

I just want to learn to juggle anything! And to whistle. Both elude me still.

Nah it's more like putting soap in a flannel and thinking "where is the soap, oh that's a nice smell, did I feed the cats? Why is he snoring again? Oof it's cold. What was that song? All of the things that I said that I wanted, come rushing back in my head when I'm with you..."

My sister had to take a final exam at college right after having a baby, my mom held the baby outside for her while she did.

I went to university after having my first set of kids while they were little but wasn't working much. Tried to go to grad school while working full time and parenting and it wrecked my life so completely I didn't think there was any amount of future income that would have made it worth doing. Even now, I can't imagine it.

So far, yes. I think being able to be physically embodied is so remarkable. And on top of that, to be able to hear and see (sort of) and think and feel? It's not gonna last forever, so I want to feel it while I can. Absolutely yes.

I found it in the reddit kerfuffle and stayed because it reminded me of a combination of Usenet text forums and early Reddit. The pace here is manageable and it's mostly nice.

So I am here for whatever I was on Usenet then Reddit for, just to have a space to read people's opinions and maintain a niche community.

We had 4 daughters and one bathroom in my old house. My ex had to pee out in the yard and nobody was allowed to use the bathroom for dressing/undressing/makeup or hair styling. It was rough. It wasn't even a small house, about 1800 sq ft! Just the one bathroom though.

One of my friends at work was looking specifically for a small house, they love theirs, it's cozy; but we use the heck out of every square foot of the one we have and I'd call it pretty big. 1,850 sq feet but arranged so it feels bigger than that even. One small bedroom for each kid, we have a pantry, living room and kitchen, a separate living room for the kids, the enormous dog crate (one of our dogs likes to be created, it's her bedroom) and cat tree thing and for us a bigger bedroom with its own bathroom. Plus a small front porch and big back deck and truly, all of it is used every day. One side of our bigger bedroom is all my husband's weights.

Even when the kids leave, I would love to keep all this space and have one of their rooms as office, one for the weights, their living room for a bar/lounge space. I fucking love having all this room. We entertain a lot, and are a space for the kids friends when their parents are not accepting of them, there are often extra people around.

Now if it was just me? I haven't ever lived alone so not sure but if I had enough money to eat out a lot, then probably yeah a smaller space would feel better. Less stuff in general would. But for now I am so enjoying all this, I love it.

Transition your work so it doesn't make others have to figure out what you did or didn't.

Leave your laptop at work or completely turned off, put on automatic replies, do not work, like really do not work.

If you are trying to accomplish something at home, schedule it and do it at a relaxed pace.

Like others here, childhood. I am not at all nostalgic for childhood. It wasn't awful but being an adult is much better.

Music I am not nostalgic about - is this a gender difference? Both my ex and my husband listen to the music of their youth, I like plenty of old stuff but also like so much newer music, it just keeps coming, so much good music. It's just delightful to know there is so much talent and creativity in the world.

Not nostalgic in general, actually. There are plenty of current problems, but people who think the past was better are either old white men, or crazy.

I am not one of these overstressed working women now because:

My kids are older (youngest is still in high school, one in college, the rest adult now)

My husband does as much around the house as I do, including what is referred to as the "mental load", he was a single dad before we got together.

That's it. When my kids were younger and their dad didn't do as much, yeah I was stressed. It's stressful.

My job is demanding but somewhat flexible too, that does help, but mostly its because no little kids and a husband who doesn't think all the kid and house stuff is my job.