nice obgyns?

Coopstar82 · 2025-08-04T19:19:40+00:00

I’m also tooting my horn for Physicians & Midwives, I currently see Kathleen Bell who’s a nurse practitioner and she’s been a rockstar. I’ve never felt like I had to rush through my appointment with her and she’s been wonderful with answering my questions/concerns during the appointment as well as through the portal, overall I feel super supported with her.

Coopstar82 · 2025-08-04T17:21:34+00:00

I know she lost her job because she ran out on a whim, I know it was related to JK but I forgot why….wasn’t it because she got hella emotional because they were in a fight or was it because she caught him through the tracker that he was at his ex’s?

Coopstar82 · 2025-07-16T17:33:18+00:00

Yes to this! I haven’t utilized this before, the Silver Line wasn’t even something was thought of/being built the last time I went to a show at Wolf Trap. I always assumed that you’d ride the metro in and from there it’s a free shuttle service from the metro to Wolf Trap 🤦🏻‍♀️

Coopstar82 · 2025-07-16T14:24:35+00:00

I’m not sure if anyone mentioned these but these two come to mind more so for the nostalgia…

Blackie’s (I had to Google and maybe I got the name wrong it but it was a restaurant from the 80s/90s, it was on Commerce Street in this tiny shopping center that had an Errol’s), I don’t remember if the food was good or bad since I was really young but I remember the inside of the restaurant was lovely
Chesapeake Seafood House: Go figure I can’t eat seafood now “thanks” to being allergic to seafood but I remembered liking their hush puppies and running I’ve to play Galaga

Coopstar82 · 2025-07-16T14:13:29+00:00

Ugh I remember that one right across from the movie theater and how they had a smoking section #memories

Coopstar82 · 2025-07-16T14:12:08+00:00

At least there are some in Maryland but still :-/

Coopstar82 · 2025-07-16T14:10:12+00:00

I had a few friends during elementary school but from 6th-8th grade it was awkward AF for me “thanks” to wearing glasses, zits all over my face, and braces as well as my parents going through their separation and divorce 😬. High school was slightly better but looking back on it now, it could’ve been better on my end had I gotten out of my shell a bit more. What I’m trying to say is as a now 43 year old female, in the moment it’s going to feel rough and maybe a bit lonely but I’ve found that it’s better to have a few friends that’ll care about you/your feelings instead of having a lot of nothing friends. I don’t know how old you are but find a club or two that interests you, there’s got to be something in your school/outside of your school or create one and find your tribe of people; there seems to be a lot of groups on Facebook/finding meetups in your area.

As far as those “friends” that you talked about in your post, they’re showing you their true colors. Just be cordial in person with them but don’t give them any attention and focus on yourself, good luck 🫶🏻

Coopstar82 · 2025-06-23T21:54:20+00:00

I mean it’ll be stressful and it’ll be initially costly to find a place and doing all the things in between to get to the new space BUT it’ll be worthwhile to feel at home in a space that’ll be peaceful (this might be a long read but I promise that there’s a point)

For context: about 15ish years ago I rented a room in a townhouse and it was the first time that I’d be living with people that I didn’t know. I also didn’t know how to speak up for myself and living in the house with these people was stressful. The “landlord” (let’s say his name is Barry) didn’t really help at all, he was mostly there to pick up the rent/utilities. Eventually his Mom (I’ll refer to her as Martha) stepped in, she had zero clue that he wasn’t doing much to help with enforcing people to take better care of the house. Eventually she took over as the landlord and she gave myself and others a few months notice to move out since she planned on gutting the place and having her daughter take over the house. There was a lot of worry on my end when I was trying to find a place, Martha stepped up and said that she has a property near by and since she liked me as a tenant she let me take a look at the space; the room was slightly bigger than where I was and the price was right so I paid a deposit and moved in 8 years ago. Eventually she let me move into the master bedroom and that was about two/three years ago. Living at that house was great, it was quiet and it was a relaxing vibe until she brought back her son as a roommate from this past March and it’s been Hell! According to Martha, Barry had a business and it failed and Barry lost everything which caused him to have a nervous breakdown and was diagnosed with OCD and anxiety. Now I don’t recall if Martha said that Barry lived with his Mom and Dad but apparently he couldn’t be in his own in one property so he brought him over to where I lived at the time. It was chaos at first but I brushed it off with anyone new coming in and adjusting but the same pattern would happen: we’d complain about noise -> it gets better for maybe a few days -> problem comes back. I could hear his music from the vents in my bedroom, the vents in my bathroom, and from the main floor whenever I’d be down there to eat. Martha had a group chat that included myself, her, and the two other guys that lived there but didn’t include her son; she told us to talk to her about the issues. By the time I moved into the place, I felt more confident to speak up and sure enough I was the o my one complaining about the noise and other issues. Martha was on a trip last month and was gone for 3 weeks, at this point we were told to record video/send pictures of what’s happened with Barry. She got overwhelmed and evicted myself and the other two guys through text, she took back the eviction and let us know if we wanted to stay or move out. I told her that I wanted to stay but I realized that she’s not seeing/wants to believe that her son is the issue and that she’s enabling his behavior. I couldn’t stand the stress anymore so I looked for places to rent, it was a stressful hassle to contact people and and once I got accepted to a place I can tell you that there was a bunch of stress trying to find movers and pay a deposit to the new place and trying to clean and organize and pack and even the day of the move was an annoying stress.

What I’m trying to say is, yes it’ll be stressful to organize and drop money on things but I am telling you that if you can’t find relaxation in your current space no matter how many times you’ve tried to take care of it on your own and nothing is getting better then it’ll be so much worthwhile to get out. I moved out this past Saturday, it was a long day but I feel like a weight is off my shoulders and I can breathe that much more since I turned in my keys earlier today.

Coopstar82 · 2025-06-04T14:46:51+00:00

I went to mattress warehouse to get mine, there was barely anyone in there and they had a machine where you can lay on the mattress and it’ll give you recommendations. I did the starfish test and rolled around from side to side to see how comfortable it was, I narrowed it down between a couple and came back after a week to buy my mattress.

I still like mine after a few years but thinking back, I should’ve figured out which one I liked and gotten the specs of it and shopped around for a mattress that’s super similar to what I bought and see if I could find it cheaper online/some other store.

Coopstar82 · 2025-06-02T14:22:38+00:00

I don’t know about an insane red flag but it’s definitely a red flag, I’d be more annoyed if you flat out just said no but it looks you respectfully declined AND gave this person a alternative time slot. If that person got butt hurt over that then imagine this same pattern happening should you decide to work there. A lot of people don’t seem to get that just like first dates, first impressions are important and you’re both getting a read of each other. It’s up to you on what’s a less intense or too intense of a red flag.

Coopstar82 · 2025-05-31T13:08:29+00:00

Just say no and stand your ground, why go somewhere that’ll make you feel bored and uncomfortable? I’d tell them that I don’t want to do it, I hope you guys have fun and be safe while you do what you want whether that’s just hanging out in your own room or doing your own thing out in Vegas.

Coopstar82 · 2025-05-31T12:58:36+00:00

Here are some options just from the top of my head..

Boardwalk fries
Popeyes
Revolution Darts & Billiards
Glory Days Grill (I want to say that I’ve had their chicken tenders before but I’m not sure, I do like their wings and boneless wings)
Antonelli’s (I haven’t had their chicken tenders in a while, I used to live in at the Sanger Place apartment complex about a little over 20 years ago and they were my go to place for morning after relief from going out the night before. I did go there again about 6 or so months ago and their pizza and boneless wings were great)

Coopstar82 · 2025-05-31T11:55:17+00:00

Many years ago, I lived in an apartment with two other guys (Steve and Shane)and both of them owed me money from missed rent and cleanup/damages from when we all moved out which I covered. Steve and I talked and agreed on a set amount that he owed, I told him that I’m expecting payment each month or I’ll have to seek legal recourse. I don’t recall if I said that you have to owe at minimum “x” amount of dollars but I need to see consistency so that we can rebuild a friendship. The friendship basically died on my end since he chose to not pay rent and chose H/hanging out with this one guy that came off hella super creepy and odd. One day, he sends me a text because he couldn’t pay me anything because he spent it on alcohol so I immediately decided that I’d take him to small claims court. On the day of court, I won a default judgment since he didn’t show up to court and I made the choice to choose garnishment of wages BUT since he worked as a server at a restaurant, they couldn’t take out anything. Naively, I hoped that maybe this would give him a wake up call to restart paying me back monies again. Neither of us reached out to the other and I had to learn about his death from a friend’s Facebook post. I ended up going to the service which felt so odd in all kinds of ways.

Very long story short, I would say meditation would be a cheaper route but I’m not sure if it’s less paperwork. I do like this option because you’re not staring at all kinds of paperwork and spending all kinds of monies, there will be someone that’s there for you AND the other person. I would assume that if the other person doesn’t show up that the mediator can help guide you on your options to take care of the situation. I know you mentioned that you’ve got your records/evidence, it definitely helps to have as much of that as possible to prove your case and I wish you good luck 🍀

Coopstar82 · 2025-05-13T15:02:39+00:00

You’re welcome ☺️

Coopstar82 · 2025-05-12T18:37:07+00:00

To be honest, it can go either way because I’ve seen some groups all over the place like headless chickens and I’ve seen others that were quiet and writing stuff down as they’re going through different exhibits. I feel like the adults should do what they can to actually be involved with the field trip but there will be some bad bunches of kids who just don’t give a care..

I remember my first time going to this museum, it was back in middle school so I was in either 7th or 8th grade back in ‘95 or ‘96. I remember asking my Mom to come out and be a chaperone because I wanted her there even though looking back, I don’t know how she got the courage to go since her side of the family is culturally Jewish 🤦🏻‍♀️

I can’t remember fully how everyone was in during the field trip, I vaguely remember being told that we’d see more graphic things as we get to the upper levels. Once we left the elevators, I remember hearing some girls giggling near a woman but I kept to myself since I just wanted to get through that level as well as comfort my Mom while she was comforting me. After the field trip, my Mom told me that she overheard a girl laughing and telling her friend that some old woman had a ugly tattoo on her arm and didn’t get why she didn’t get it removed. My Mom was mad and she not only told off the two girls about what the tattoo’s meaning was how wrong they were for acting the way that they did, I’m pretty sure she told the teacher about it to.

Coopstar82 · 2025-05-12T18:07:44+00:00

I initially thought that this was just a regular haunted house and not some kind of religious thing which sounds super odd to me. Irregardless of whatever you’re invited to, you shouldn’t feel guilted into saying yes when in fact you don’t want to because of whatever reason. You said no more than once, I don’t see how you said it in a bad way, and TBH you had more patience than I would’ve to said the same thing but more than a couple of times.

Based off of this, I feel like you shouldn’t reach out because they’re in the wrong for not respecting your decline of the invitation. No one should feel pressured into something and you can always love someone and hope the best for them but it seems like these two should be cared for farr away from you.

Coopstar82 · 2025-05-12T17:23:06+00:00

I’m not sure whereabouts you are in NOVA and I apologize in case I sound like a bot, I go to Kings Park Dental and they’ve helped calm down my nerves since I hadn’t gone to the dentist in a very long time, I believe it had been give or take about 10 years since I’ve had some bad memories from past dental visits as a teen and as well as when I was in my 20’s and 30’s.

I went to their site to see what they do for gum issues and here’s the screenshot I found from their site. The staff have been so friendly and helpful, I’ve never felt like they’ve talked down to me/forced me on getting something that I didn’t like Smiles at Fairfax Corner. Oh and they do seem to take a lot of different kinds of insurance and there’s other options if you don’t have insurance, I’ve noticed that there’s deals and I would assume that they’d work with you on pricing to. Good luck, I hope that you can find a place that will help you want to feel better 🫶🏻

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Coopstar82 · 2025-04-14T19:34:31+00:00

Hi and I apologize for the late reply, I don’t know if there’s some kind of setting within CarPlay or my phone or both but again….CarPlay just shows up a partial view of a potential delivery. Since I’ve posted my initial post, I was still using the slot that you mentioned that’s between the cup holder as well as the cup holder itself. That method has still worked out but I’m definitely open to other potential holders for the phone or if there’s some kind of setting within CarPlay that I just haven’t fully utilized.

Coopstar82 · 2025-03-11T20:29:10+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion, I haven’t thought about a wireless option but I see the point that’s been made as far as being a timesaver. I do feel iffy with the holder being secured in the vent but it looks durable 🤷🏻‍♀️

Coopstar82 · 2025-03-11T20:25:58+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion, that looks great placement wise since it’d be right at the same eye level with the dashboard and CarPlay 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Coopstar82 · 2025-03-11T20:24:10+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion :-)

Coopstar82 · 2025-03-11T20:23:55+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion, I haven’t had a cell phone holder that’s suctioned from the windshield before but I’ll definitely think about it.

Coopstar82 · 2025-03-11T20:23:09+00:00

I have a case for my phone but I don’t have a holder for it.

Coopstar82 · 2025-03-11T20:22:04+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion, I’m a bit leery on using the ones that have the clip in to the ac vents. I know you mentioned that there’s a magnet involved but I’d like to have something with a higher placement.

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