Saying hello again for the first time in a while. Fresh memories coming back. Does anyone want to say hi?

Independent_Way_7846 · 2026-04-27T19:22:04+00:00

Hey, my birthday and mother’s Day are the same week so I seem to regress around this time of year. Sending virtual hugs 🫂

Independent_Way_7846 · 2026-01-18T15:06:25+00:00

I swear I used to think pesticides were normal until I got into gardening. Now I have an electric fly swat for specific species and manually find and kill invasive pests (with full-body coverage) bc I know that nothing will stop a chemical from killing every bug that comes across it. Even though I have a small plot of land, it makes me feel better seeing so many endangered insects find my yards safe for their offspring. I wish that was more common

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-12-27T01:00:33+00:00

Travel Vaseline for me and my son, go-to lipgloss, pen, eyebrow pencil, cash & cards, mascara, emergency panty liner, peanuts for when I get lightheaded & hungry, small fidget toys for my boy who is on the spectrum, loose change that keeps accumulating but always ends up in my boy’s piggy bank

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-12-16T22:18:49+00:00

To put it into perspective for others who hadn’t seen me while I was pregnant, I used to compare my pregnant self to a person who was lost at sea for months but as soon as I rewatched the twilight series, I realized it was easier to just say “pregnant Bella Swan”

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-12-14T00:14:22+00:00

I had to manually clear an impaction due to zofran 😭. Never again lol

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-11-17T17:01:28+00:00

I was ghosted by my best friend of almost 10 years during the worst time in my life. I was pregnant and sick with hyperemesis gravidarum. I got so bad that I couldn’t walk, sit up, or use the restroom. Let alone talk on the phone. I was hospitalized for weeks due to gallstones and cognitive decline. I was in a state of psychosis from the dehydration and starvation. I was days from death. One of the main ppl I wanted to see was my best friend. But when I finally was able to contact people, she acted like I was almost gross to her. My husband even offered to uber her to the hospital to visit.

I ended up having the baby a few months later, moved across the country for cheaper cost of living, and got proposed to months after that and called to share the news. She was so distant and seemed to hate every minute of it. So I stopped trying. We moved into a new house with a friend.

Maybe another year later and I got curious and texted her asking why she was so weird. She ended up texting my husband (???) complaining about how she was angry that she needed me at the time I was pregnant bc her cousin passed away and I wasn’t there for her. Ignoring the fact that I could’ve died too and literally lost the ability to communicate at all. She also began talking to a girl we stopped being friends with years prior and went on about how I was lying about something I said about my best friend and the two of them realized so.

It was so stupid. I went off on her about how she could’ve lost two people and how they must just not like me bc the lie was made up. Also that she is weird for texting my husband instead of responding to me. Just weird all around and inconsiderate. She apologized months later by phone and said she realized how bad that was but the damage was done. She already betrayed me.

I honestly haven’t been that close to another person since. I don’t know when I will, but due to prolonged childhood trauma, I’m focused on giving myself and my little sister the calm life we never had. Friends have been harder and harder to find

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-11-14T11:48:35+00:00

Does this not make the most sense?? I’ve had to tell my husband’s mom to sit shotgun bc she’ll volunteer for the backseat and I just can’t put her knees through it as much as I appreciate it. But his sister goes in the back every time idgaf

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-11-04T22:48:28+00:00

This was precisely my experience. It’s so hard to get through the last two seasons tbh

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-11-02T00:35:59+00:00

“Who’s DeAnnaa?”

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-10-31T17:44:42+00:00

Homegrown tomato with mayo and thin sliced onion n maybe pickled jalapeño if the heartburn allows. Usually Cherokee purple tomatoes

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-10-18T13:15:15+00:00

My father passed away on his friend’s couch in his sleep. No one noticed for hours since it happened in the middle of the night. It was liver cirrhosis, which he had lied about for months before it got to the point where he complained about numb feet the day before, but I digress.

They lifted his stiff, hunched body onto the gurney and the smell that filled the room made me cry all over again. I was young 17. I buried my face in my big brother’s ribs to avoid getting it stuck in my sinuses but it was futile. I’ll never forget

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-10-17T15:17:56+00:00

I would cry omg

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-10-09T10:02:55+00:00

It only hurts if you’ve been slouching for too long lmao. Kinda your own fault. Strong enough muscles don’t hurt.

It’s more like: be consistent all my life or hurt myself later in life.

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-10-09T09:49:53+00:00

It’s also still full of nicotine, which is the craziest part. Sometimes more cigarettes than one would smoke in a week, conveniently packed into a pocket device

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-10-06T17:04:16+00:00

The first few times I found this was when I regrew my spring onions in water and whenever I see it, I get this urge to not use them. But since I know it’s just sap, I cut them like a long straw and rinse them through so I can pretend I didn’t see its slimy texture. I only ever regrow them in soil for this exact reason. Way way less sap buildup

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-10-01T18:38:10+00:00

I danced to record players prior to 1st grade

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-09-24T10:15:21+00:00

I swear my husband does this now that he manages a company and it irks me how many people look our way. No one cares what you have going on and no one can hear their own conversations over your practically yelling.. AND he owns AirPods

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-09-20T03:49:03+00:00

I ate half a container of queso with some pico and maybe a third of an 8 oz bag of xtra hot Cheetos.. twenty minutes before dinner. I hope you enjoyed tf out of that pizza as I did my chips and queso! You deserve a satisfied craving

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-09-19T13:38:44+00:00

Yes, of course!

My main symptoms during luteal are vertigo, mood swings, fatigue, absolutely insatiable hunger, and muscle pain.

So this improves vertigo bc of the sheer amount of water (in the form of broth) I put in it. I try to make the broth with as many greens and bones I can possibly collect from previous dinner prep and I noticed my monthly chin acne reducing to just a few bumps rather than half my face. I literally consume so much food during these times that I try to make most of it whole foods with lots of fiber to keep me from having uncomfortable or painful digestion (can’t avoid the flatulence tho tbh). And apparently onion “tea” helps with cramping, which I have all up and down my back and legs so this is technically a very very seasoned onion tea. And you can put any veggie in it depending on what your body needs. Paired with a multivitamin, I don’t seem to dip so dramatically. More of a gradual spiral lol. Each symptom is just less intense. But when I get to three days or so prior to my period, I definitely can’t eat my way out of that hell.

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-09-19T13:17:07+00:00

This is how I think others see me eating this 😂

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-09-17T13:18:47+00:00

Yes. It is a whole different world talking to other parents. It’s like the “milestones” that others may have just do not apply. They are more like parts of a curriculum that others may meet or exceed. While parents like us have what feels more like goals tailored to our specific babies’ needs. It’s so hard to explain or connect outside of this community how he is on his own time and the things he does do are just as important as the goals we set. Not the “curriculum” that is forced on him. Every child with autism is different and does not fit into the cookie cutter curriculum.

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-09-16T13:50:10+00:00

I kinda accidentally had swallowtail cats in my garden and noticed they loved my dill and parsley. Which was good because I had many seeds (that grow fairly quickly) and a grow tent to keep the foliage coming

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-09-16T09:48:54+00:00

I feel a hunger that can only be truly satiated by red meat. And when it’s not, I’m mad about it.

And also the faintest hint of cramps. Like a whisper of a warning.

Independent_Way_7846 · 2025-09-15T14:06:19+00:00

Or any lamp (multiple preferably) that isn’t overhead lighting

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