I had an interview with a nearby university today. They have an arrangement with an ebike leasing company and onsite childcare, so I could see myself riding the boys to work in a cargobike on creek trails and dropping them off at childcare while I work. There were technical problems on my end with the interview though, so I hope that doesn't impact things too much
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Why yes, I think I will use the company uber account to go home after my client meeting.
Edit: client forgot goddamn it
one of my old jobs the boss had to threaten folks with naming and shaming where they were going at 3am on a sunday morning to stop folks using the corporate account on personal trips.
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Milk it hahha
Damn straight!
reminder to run around shut the blinds, get the AC running and all that jazz. Shes gonna be a warm one for a couple of days. More efficent to keep the place cool rather than try cool it down once it heats up. Even just a cardboard box on a west facing window can help HEAPS.
Popped by home about 20 minutes ago to grab something in between stuff, wasn't too hot yet but regret not turning the AC on pre-emptively. Blinds are all firmly shut though. It's crispy outside for sure. Really grateful for my very cool and breathable uniqlo airism top
Cranked the evap at 9 am today
Warmest part of the house is currently 22 degrees
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Meeting great success, churning through cases, will put cricket on laterβ¦today is okay
ad a coffee and it'll go to amazing!
Coffee!! I forgot!
Has anyone here ever had real event OCD? Asking for a friend.
Seen it on tv if that counts.
Isn't that PTSD, or is there a difference????? I'm asking cos I just don't know.
There's a difference. OCD is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. The most well known symptom is being compelled to do a certain thing over and over until it is "right", such as turn off a light switch multiple times until you get it "right", or washing your hands until they bleed because you can see "germs" still.
PTSD is when a person experiences and extremely traumatic event, such as war zone combat, victim of an assault, etc. the brain will rewire and enact pathways to "protect" you from the event/memory. This leads to the brain not storing the memory in long term memory, but always in short term, so flashbacks (essentially being teleported back to the traumatic event) occur frequently as the brain thinks the short term memory is a new event that is happening.
CPTSD is similar, but it's Chronic or Complex. This means a person has experienced trauma over a long period of time, or multiple times. I have this. This can be caused by being stuck in an extremely abusive relationship (be it romantic or familial), and the brain has a plethora of short term memories not stored correctly, so the triggers for a flashback are numerous and esoteric. The flashback won't just be one event, it could be multiple different events.
That's a simplified explanation.
Thanks, that's an interesting article. Have seen this in action before, but didn't know it was a potential diagnosis.
That's a very good article, explains it well π
no sorry
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reckon I stuffed my jaw breathing through my mouth all night. this shit has gotta stop!
Otrivin (or xylometazoline) is a miracle drug, if you haven't tried it already. Highly effective, I'd spray about 30 minutes before going to bed, but check r/QuitAfrin if you need motivation to avoid taking it more than 3 days.
I'm watching Based On a True Story and its so good. It's funny, shocking, you don't know what's coming up and it has a really good storyline. I'm addicted now.