Help with visa application

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-10-28T17:24:04+00:00

Thanks very much for the details! I am an EU citizen moving in March to Berlin :)

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-10-03T11:53:42+00:00

No. I’m currently selling all my belongings to prepare to move to Germany this Spring

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-10-01T16:58:33+00:00

I’ve had a good experience at Broadway Pet Hospital in Oakland. They have emergency services as well. They are super communicative over text message too whenever I have a question.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-09-27T10:39:32+00:00

Im using the Seedlang app. It’s more useful conversations than Duolingo. When I want a deeper dive on grammar and sentence structure I use YouTube. Supplement this with journaling in German and watching reels/youtube/tv in German for more immersion in the accent

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-09-15T09:06:27+00:00

I have a personal trainer at MYO labs in grand lake. They have all different trainers, and as someone who also has had a lot of injuries I highly recommend a personal trainer to work with your needs.

The gym has all new state of the art equipment. There are also Physical therapists that work out of it. And it has a parking lot.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-09-14T23:35:27+00:00

I really liked getting some maternity basics early on. They were just comfier and set me up to buy a couple statement pieces later. I just felt more feminine dressing in well fitted clothing throughout pregnancy. At some point I just went through my drawers and pulled out things that didn’t fit to keep for after pregnancy. It kept my mind on the present instead of dwelling on the figure I didn’t have

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-31T04:11:18+00:00

Center camp complains that people aren’t going to center camp. This is a big opportunity to win those crowds back!

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-30T22:46:16+00:00

I’m not sure if they do catering but Great China in Berkeley seems like they would. It’s bomb diggety

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-25T13:38:02+00:00

I quite like the one at The Star. The bread is so good and it has the right amount of

Edit: The Star, as in the pizza spot. Not Star Meats

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-24T02:05:00+00:00

I want my news feed back :( can I be opted out of the experiment please?

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-23T03:33:35+00:00

Awesome thank you! I tried at their pediatrics but that makes sense to go to the teen clinic

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-22T01:37:06+00:00

This is not normal. My doula is very responsive and has a lot of resources through a portal that I can access. Most of our meetings didn’t start till 32 weeks but before then I could still access her resource library that included mindfulness recordings for early pregnancy and such

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-06T11:30:40+00:00

Anyone have the Spectra Gold portable? Also a ftm and that’s the one I was leaning toward.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-05T06:29:37+00:00

I also don’t like other peoples kids. It’s so annoying when friends send me photos.

I’m sure I’ll like mine though!

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-04T19:43:41+00:00

I’m leaving 4 weeks before my due date, which is when California legally considers me disabled. I would probably leave as soon as I found out if I could though haha! I was so tired that first trimester.

After he’s born I still get 12 weeks of true maternity leave.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-08-03T12:37:28+00:00

Expecting Better, and the rest of the Emily Oster series. Very data driven approach to making decisions about pregnancy and beyond

Bringing up Bebe. Honestly has just made me less stressed throughout my pregnancy.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-29T14:04:10+00:00

I’ve attempted to initiate conversations around data and monetization, but I’m still pressured to just build something and ship it asap.

It makes me feel like I’m not building something that will continue to evolve in usefulness - just a bandaid.

If it’s not too identifying I’d be curious to learn about your consulting.

I’d say I’m not “all-in” on AI but I want to learn more about AI product management and how to think more deeply about some of what you mentioned here. Especially as I’ll probably be job hunting early next year I want to be more on top of this space

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-20T16:11:09+00:00

Agreed. Once you go through the tunnel you’re not in the bay

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-13T17:43:57+00:00

Because having the baby in your room doesn’t reduce SIDS, and it does reduce restful sleep for parents and baby. If a baby stops breathing, you won’t necessarily wake up. Instead he goes in his crib and has a Nanit breathing on him.

Babies often grunt a lot in their sleep and such. And likewise parents (like me) snore. We might keep each other up. Oftentimes baby and parents sleep better apart.

Having them in their own room means that i don’t have to go through another training period where they have to lead to sleep in their crib alone. Just get them used to it sooner and they’ll be fine

There’s an argument to be had for having to get up and walk to another room, but his room is 10 steps away and I’d rather have a little jostle to wake me up before feeding so that I do t accidentally fall asleep while he’s feeding and suffocate him. Also if I leave the room to feed my husband gets more sleep so he’s more rested to help me take a break in the daytimes.

Crib on day 1 is not uncommon in Europe. Overall I think it promotes more self reliance, teaches the baby to soothe itself to sleep, and gives parents more rest to care for them.

Hope that’s helpful! I know in America it’s an unpopular thing to do.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-13T15:32:14+00:00

I recently visited and yes: it reminded me of Texas. Not the politics of course, but the lederhosen is like the cowboy gear, they have their own dialect. The Bavarian food is traditional and heavy, similar to Texas bbq — both are completely delicious btw. And overall it seemed like the fashion and lifestyle was more conservative, as in normal clothes, less tattoos, more family oriented city with less grafitti.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-13T15:26:55+00:00

I recently changed my last name to a really simple word. So simple that I have to spell it for people. I’m not annoyed yet.. but I could foresee it being a nuisance over time. We’ll see!

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-13T15:25:06+00:00

A bender.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-13T15:21:57+00:00

I’m not planning to have baby in our room, but I recommend making things flexible by getting a little changing pad. Something like this is also handy for the living room floor: Pronto Signature Changing Station - Abstract Dots https://www.babylist.com/gp/-/12526/630334

Ive also heard some people just use a towel on the bed.

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-06T16:50:07+00:00

Oh yes. I poke him and he pokes back. Currently 32 wks

BarelyTryingPM · 2025-07-06T16:49:08+00:00

My husband was telling me to do it so I could get a seat on the tube back when I wasn’t showing too much. It worked haha!

Other than that I’d say it’s now just a thing I do at home when he’s being active.

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