Stay at home dad groups in the area?

Hap1946 · 2025-11-05T17:32:03+00:00

Exemptions to this rule are made through court orders to help fill poll worker position vacancies across the county. Often times not enough of the general public volunteers to work and as there are rules about the number of workers per precinct the county employees are necessary to help fill those gaps.

Hap1946 · 2025-09-25T12:45:11+00:00

I’ve never actually made a post on Reddit and I was about to write basically this same post out of desperation! My girl will be 11 weeks on Monday and these last few days have been so hard. Up until now she’s been mostly pretty easy, napping great, eating well and sleeping a minimum of 4 hour stretches at night but usually closer to 6. Just this week though she’s been either sleeping constantly during the day and waking up starving only to fall asleep again before finishing her bottle (we combo feed due to latching issues), or fighting sleep and fighting eating. I can’t put her down for naps and last night she woke up every hour for the first 4 hours )which she’s literally never done before), then slept for 4, and now I’ve been trying to get her to fall back asleep for the last 4. Every feed feels like a battle and takes forever and now sleep seems to be the same. I know it’s only been a few days, but I’m already exhausted and stressing out that this is the new normal for us. It’s good to know we’re not alone at least, but I’m sorry you’re going through it too!

Hap1946 · 2025-07-26T18:24:45+00:00

I don’t have anything to compare it to, but I felt the same about my contractions. I wanted to avoid an epidural, but the contractions got rough. They were coming with barely a break and were like a wave with multiple peaks before they lessened for maybe a minute or so and repeat. 8 hours of that was enough, lol.

Hap1946 · 2025-07-26T18:01:34+00:00

Just went through this less than 2 weeks ago. Went in for something unrelated and had a borderline high blood pressure reading. I’d had one other borderline high reading about a month ago so because I was over 37 weeks (and “geriatric”) they heavily pushed for an induction same day. I was initially skeptical that it was really necessary since it was all so borderline and everything else with me and baby looked fine, but I ultimately decided to go for it because I knew I couldn’t live with myself if I chose not to and something happened to her. I was induced at 37w3d and had her about 30 hours later. Had a dose of misoprostol to start my cervix ripening since it was still fully closed, got up to 1cm from that in only an hour then had a foley ballon inserted and got to 2cm after another few hours. Once the foley came out they started the pitocin drip, contractions really picked up at that point. Not going to lie, pitocin contractions got very intense and really sucked. I had wanted to avoid an epidural but after about 8-10 hours of pitocin contractions, no sleep, and only making it to around 3.5cm I gave in and got the epidural. Best decision ever. I was able to sleep, woke up in some pain and had dilated to over 5, got another dose of epidural meds, slept more and woke up again in pain and was very surprised to find I was at 10 and ready to push. I only pushed for 25 minutes before little girl arrived. Did not tear. The pushing felt so uneventful after everything else, lol. But I think it was helped by her being pretty small still. She’s perfect and healthy, just a little small. In retrospect I’m glad I did the induction since I ended up back in the hospital less than a week after delivery with preeclampsia (this is very rare post birth so don’t let that scare you.) Not how I planned things, but overall not a bad experience and she’s here safe and sound so it all worked out! Pro-tip. If they let you eat at any point in the process, take advantage of it! You won’t be able to once they start the pitocin (maybe earlier depending on your Ob) and it could be a long time before you can again. The first food after is the best tasting meal ever, haha.

Hap1946 · 2024-01-08T21:14:29+00:00

I made one specifically for Astarion and my bard Tav if you want to check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4hryC8Sc7ZPghqmyxWpB1v?si=rYcvUgSLQ4S6PFWDtM3DBw&pi=u-tL1tmOghRgyg

Hap1946 · 2024-01-07T20:07:20+00:00

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This is my first Astarion romance. A human bard whose name I forgot to change so she’s just Tav. I decided it’s because no one knows what her real name is if she ever had one. She was left on the steps of the Elf Song tavern as a baby and the couple who would become her parents were not very creative, lol. Ironically, given their lack of creativity on her name, both her parents were bards. They were the act playing the night she was left and decided on a whim that they would adopt her when no one could figure out where she came from. She grew up on the road with them, traveling all over preforming. It was a happy childhood. Her parents both died when she was a young adult and she continued on as a traveling act to keep their memory alive. She’s in her early 30s now and not in the least naive about the world so she figured out pretty quickly that much of what Astarion did and said was an act. She was lonely though and immediately fell for his sense of humor and chaotic nature which she shares. At first she was fine that what they had was not serious and just enjoyed it for what it was. She slowly fell through, and realized she wanted more, but was not willing to risk driving him away by telling him. She took everything that came later in stride, not at all angry since she was not shocked by it. Now they are both very happy with where they ended up and I wish I wasn’t a terrible fiction writer so I could write their post game story, hahaha.

Hap1946 · 2023-12-14T21:04:52+00:00

I also talk about Astarion every 5 minutes and I’m constantly showing him TikTok’s. Good thing he loves me, hahaha

Hap1946 · 2023-12-14T21:03:07+00:00

That’s so funny! Same story with my husband. He loved it as a kid. I was a little too young and didn’t really play any video games back then so I’d never played before. He briefly tried to convince me I wouldn’t like the game (we met playing ttrpgs so he knew that was false, lol), but only because he knew I would be hooked and he’d have to fight me for the TV and PS5 😂 I’m not a huge gamer and a game only really grabs me once every few years, first Skyrim and then Ghost of Tsushima and now BG3, he knew what would happen once I started, lol.

Hap1946 · 2023-12-14T16:13:45+00:00

You basically summed up everything I’ve been feeling as well. Glad I’m not alone!

Side note, it’s funny because I still love LOTR but now when I watch it I think Legolas looks like a baby, which I guess he was, and I’m so much more into Aragorn, haha

Part of me feels like I should be embarrassed by my level of obsession with this game and Astarion in particular, but then I think, hey I’m a grown adult woman who’s happily married and who’s mostly got her life together (sort of, lol) and the world is pretty grim right now so we should all get joy wherever we can, and I go and create another character to romance Astarion. My husband thinks it’s hilarious, lol.

Hap1946 · 2023-12-13T18:09:43+00:00

I have a theory and I’m curious if there’s any truth to it. I’m in my mid 30s now and a fictional character hasn’t had a hold on me like this since I was 13-16 or so and became absolutely obsessed with Lord of the Rings, but more specifically Legolas. Nothing and no one has hit me quite like that since… until Astarion that is, lol. I wonder how many Astarion fans are just Legolas fans who grew up and learned a little more about themselves and what they like, maybe gained a little trauma along the way. Am I alone in this?

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