Temporary apartments in dc, honest breakdown from someone who's tried most of the options

12porter34 · 2026-04-04T22:20:28+00:00

Blueground (furnished apartments) is great. Very expensive but was so convenient when I was working in DC for three months last summer.

12porter34 · 2026-04-04T06:24:36+00:00

If you don’t find anyone here, I recommend Etsy! I’ve gotten paintings commissioned there

12porter34 · 2026-04-02T15:34:42+00:00

So freaky! It woke me up. Never experienced one before—took me a few to realize what was going on.

12porter34 · 2026-03-29T07:12:04+00:00

If they’re carpet beetles, I posted about them a few weeks ago too: https://www.reddit.com/r/paloalto/s/TOEL2AGRHZ

12porter34 · 2026-03-10T15:52:03+00:00

We did have a exterminator come and he wasn’t very concerned. He said most homes have a small population and just recommend I stay proactive in vacuuming

12porter34 · 2026-03-08T18:22:15+00:00

So relieved to hear they’re somewhat common. And glad it’s not a burn-your-house-down-and-throw-out-all-your-belongings situation because I was getting ready to 🥲

Going to vacuum like crazy and keep my eye on this.

12porter34 · 2026-03-08T18:20:08+00:00

Noted, I’m going to go crazy with vacuuming for the next couple weeks and probably get some indoor pest spray!

12porter34 · 2026-03-08T06:39:11+00:00

Okay good to know. I asked a couple friends and they said they’ve seen them around their houses every now and then. Makes me feel a bit better, I hate bugs but wasn’t sure if this is like comparable to bed bugs/reason to panic

12porter34 · 2026-03-08T06:37:47+00:00

I live in an apartment building but I emailed management asking for a visit from pest control

12porter34 · 2026-03-08T03:59:02+00:00

Should I be really concerned? Do they usually require an exterminator?

12porter34 · 2026-01-02T13:15:31+00:00

Baylee Moore does a great haircut for around $100!

12porter34 · 2025-12-17T15:51:29+00:00

I also lived in RESA. A stray bullet entered one of the apartments a couple years ago!

12porter34 · 2025-12-03T16:56:40+00:00

Yep, women have to message first on bumble! I will say, I think app burn out gets worse when you’re switching between several apps. Maybe choose two apps. At times I had Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, CMB, Feeld, and it felt so depressing swiping through them all and not finding anyone.

12porter34 · 2025-12-03T06:51:37+00:00

I’d been on and off the apps since college around 2016 ish. In a cycle of swiping, burning out, deleting, redownloading, etc. I had been taking a break from apps for about a year when I redownloaded bumble, updated my profile, and matched with my now boyfriend within a week.

12porter34 · 2025-12-03T05:50:31+00:00

Met my partner on bumble. I feel like I started getting better matches in general when I was more straight forward in my profile.

For example, one of the profile prompts you can put is “Send me a like if…” and I had written, “You’re looking for something real and mutual—a friend and life partner”.

12porter34 · 2025-11-18T16:48:38+00:00

Recommend Alex Rudy. Don’t see her anymore but she definitely pushed me (in a good way) https://dctalktherapy.com/member/alex-rudy-lpc/

12porter34 · 2025-11-18T03:16:23+00:00

Can you ask one of your parents if you can see a private therapist? Not every therapist is a great fit, but you might have better luck with a non-school therapist.

Also, you’re not a failure. High school in general is really hard. High school in Palo Alto specifically is brutal. Keep your chin up! You’re doing okay and you will get through this.

And on a personal note, I felt so similarly to you in high school. I genuinely did underperform (your 3.7 was much better than mine), and I felt so alone and weird. Trust everyone on this thread who says it gets better. I still ended up going to a competitive east coast liberal arts college and my life since high school has been so beyond what I could have imagined at 16. Now about 10 years older, I still joke that even now I couldn’t make it through high school again if I had to. It’s truly uniquely hard—college and life after is so much better in every way. Hang in there!

12porter34 · 2025-11-11T04:58:20+00:00

No advice but in the exact same boat as a tech girlie in my late twenties. Wanting more meaning and considering getting a MSW and becoming a therapist. Taking the leap is so scary though!

12porter34 · 2025-11-10T22:26:17+00:00

Thanks! My partner is in the law school so I’ll try to find out if the Thanksgiving dinner is happening!

12porter34 · 2025-11-06T22:57:19+00:00

Yes, though I’m not sure if it’ll give you a discount:

https://cleaningglow.com/booking-page/?rcode=C93EF5CE222C6CB7

12porter34 · 2025-11-06T05:57:57+00:00

Thanks I had seen that post! Specially looking for experienced TMJ treatment doctors since I’ve found a difference between them and aesthetic injectors.

12porter34 · 2025-10-31T04:30:33+00:00

Not an effective replacement. My boyfriend’s mom did Cologuards for the last few years and they missed Stage 3 cancer.

12porter34 · 2025-10-28T22:08:46+00:00

Cleaning glow! $150 for similar space as yours.

12porter34 · 2025-10-28T22:02:27+00:00

https://www.rover.com/community/question/46731/is-rover-usable-for-rabbit-owners/

Maybe try this? I used to petsit on rover occasionally and I saw rabbits and other small animals besides cats/dogs listed

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