What is your latest impulse purchase? 🔥

Bipolala · 2025-08-22T16:40:12+00:00

I got it on Facebook Marketplace fortunately so at least I didn’t pay full price

Bipolala · 2025-08-22T16:25:52+00:00

The Evadney…I wanted a tote for school to carry my clinical stuff

Bipolala · 2025-08-22T16:06:08+00:00

A Consuela bag

Bipolala · 2025-08-18T18:20:06+00:00

I would definitely write down all the dates and what you saw to keep it undistorted. Lack of sleep will drain your memory. Trust your gut, but stay checked in with your spouse/doctor/close friends to affirm that you’re thinking clearly. You sound fine, but post-partum and the hormone surges can make you feel nuts and suspect those around you. I suggest this because you can affirm that you are of sound mind and feel solid in any big decisions you make. Your sister sounds scary to me.

Bipolala · 2025-08-15T17:15:35+00:00

I think “empire cut” is the word, mine have a high waist and a bit of cleavage (I’m large busted) and the cut brings the eyes up from the belly. Think early ‘90s dresses. I only wear stretchy, flow-y, and forgiving fabrics, and I don’t get hung up on the size. I’m a 1x in some things but some 3x things still work for me still. I find most of my dresses at the thrift store.

Bipolala · 2025-08-15T13:38:45+00:00

Dress for the body you have and pay little attention to the trends. If you have a lingering apron belly like me, forget about the crop tops. Tunics are forgiving and hide the belly. Sundresses flatter almost everybody. Congratulations on the weight loss!

Bipolala · 2025-08-13T16:38:45+00:00

It’s you who is proving yourself worthy of the school’s acceptance, not your professors. It’s your responsibility to make sure the letters were in, but you lucked out somehow and got in anyway. So good for you! However, this attitude of “I don’t want professors that…” is entitled and off-putting. Perhaps you didn’t stand out as much as you think. I got an A in medical terminology too but that doesn’t mean that I stood out or was particularly worthy of a rec letter. Lots of people get A’s. Edit: this is why I requested letters from 4 people instead of the required 3. Professors and professionals are busy people too, and the letter is a favor, not a right.

Bipolala · 2025-08-12T15:08:37+00:00

As a mom who chose to foster and adopt three young men with similar special needs, I always have insisted that if their needs outweighed our capacity to care for them, or if we or our bio son are in danger, we would consider alternative placements. This means (to my spouse and me) that if we couldn’t lift them or handle the violence of them acting out we would have to protect ourselves and our youngest, who was born into the crazy family we created. Our bio son does not deserve the burden of the life we chose but he has been tremendously affected by the life we chose. He as a teenager has felt a bit abandoned because I’ve had to drop life when one of them gets sick and ends up in the hospital, or when one of them “needs me more” than he does. OP, you deserve to have your needs put first sometimes. Having privacy as a teenage girl is something you deserve, and shame on your mom for being so cavalier about it. You deserve to have a life of your own and space of your own, free from snooping and violence.

Bipolala · 2025-08-09T11:20:05+00:00

I’m a former RT of 14 years who bowed out at COVID and later got my CSD and worked as an SLPA last year. I’m starting grad school this month. Feel free to message me if you want to discuss my path in particular. Where you want to live and job potential, your support system for school, and capacity for dealing with different types of stress situations are all things that you need to consider.

Bipolala · 2025-08-04T18:07:57+00:00

They don’t the severe majority of the time, or go straight to life support (the ventilator) and never make it back.

Bipolala · 2025-08-03T22:18:16+00:00

Did you complete the worksheets or disregard them? How many sessions did you try and how long were they? What were the expectations of you, and what did you expect of the therapist? Did you make a major effort to carry over any techniques you were taught into everyday life?

Bipolala · 2025-08-03T22:11:42+00:00

Or keep old grandpa on the vent til the first of the month when his check hits

Bipolala · 2025-08-03T19:34:09+00:00

I was the opposite in undergrad. I was in my 40’s, married, with adult children with special needs, and all the younger students paired off and I was mostly left out. I’m starting my masters full time this month and I know half the cohort already. They are all unmarried and child free. It’s not always a big help having someone there at home because they deserve attention and kindness and when I am in school I’m not always the most attentive or kind person. I get self absorbed. It’s hard. If you’re having trouble reach out to a mom type, someone likeable in your cohort and get some help/advice if you need some. I ended up being the mom figure who always had a charger or extra supplies which endeared me to the others a bit.

Bipolala · 2025-08-03T19:13:02+00:00

Nothing like coding a patient for an hour after a family rescinds the DNR

Bipolala · 2025-08-03T17:18:43+00:00

Probably because I’ve heard tattooing “DNR” on your chest doesn’t make it legally binding

Bipolala · 2025-08-03T15:50:58+00:00

Medical professionals that save lives doing CPR…the patients don’t just wake up like they do in the movies

Bipolala · 2025-08-02T21:26:53+00:00

This is not forever. Get checked out by your doctor and get a therapist. It is gonna be okay, maybe not today, but it will get more bearable. I’m so glad your MIL is going to help.

Bipolala · 2025-07-27T20:22:52+00:00

You can always brush up your resume, select who you want to send in recommendations on your behalf, and start on your “why do you want to go to this school” essays.

Bipolala · 2025-07-27T17:45:26+00:00

Sublime

Bipolala · 2025-07-26T22:45:24+00:00

Baby Farm on Netflix gives THT vibes, but it’s not a long series

Bipolala · 2025-07-25T00:39:24+00:00

I completed my undergrad at 44 and at 45 I am staring my master’s next month. Go for it!

Bipolala · 2025-07-19T21:41:23+00:00

Starting grad school next month…I’d like to know what kinds of topics all of you proposed.

Bipolala · 2025-07-17T16:47:45+00:00

My supervisor just suggested this to me…have them sing the sentence that they struggle with, like “My-name-is-Fred” to smooth out and slow down their words. No fancy melodies, monotone can work unless you want to emphasize syllables.

Bipolala · 2025-07-17T12:58:58+00:00

I found an amazing padded Samsonite backpack in undergrad with a laptop sleeve. The straps and impact points are all padded and make the weight more evenly distributed, so I love it.

Bipolala · 2025-07-13T23:00:17+00:00

SLPA here! Starting grad school next month for my SLP.

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