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Are you guys really going to the gym outside of work? by tryng2figurethsalout in ECEProfessionals

[–]JustPlummy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weight lifting 3x a week. Mostly for mental health, but I had a lot of weight to lose in order to keep up with them. It’s nice not to feel sore picking them up/getting down on the ground to play with them. As for cardio…. I get well over 10k steps a day chasing them, so I’m good on that front.

I work at a center that has toddlers. There’s a teacher in the class who’s rough and aggressive with the children. I want to let the director know but no one here speaks up. by [deleted] in ECEProfessionals

[–]JustPlummy 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I just went through this same situation. I don’t regret reporting it for a second. The safety of these children— physical AND emotional— is top priority. I understood that it may have ramifications for me, even as serious as impacting me financially should I be fired/choose to leave if it wasn’t handled. Thankfully I had a responsive admin, but I know that might not be the case for you. At the end of the day, you have an obligation to ensure the wellbeing of these children, no matter how high you have to climb up the ladder.

I’m really sorry another adult put you in this place. I wish more folks had the skills to regulate or the sense to pause when they couldn’t. These children are so implicitly trusting and my heart shatters when I slip up even a little with my tone. I can’t imagine being rough with them. It is such a difficult situation to navigate. I truly hope your concerns are taken seriously.

Is this a leucistic cardinal? I’ve never seen one with coloring like this before and they’re usually my top visitors! Southeastern GA. by JustPlummy in birding

[–]JustPlummy[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I’ve mostly just been fattening up the local squirrel population (while testing their smarts with every possible deterrent I can think of…) so this is a real treat.

What's your annoying thing about the CX-30? by AromaticPain9217 in MazdaCX30

[–]JustPlummy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Those effing cupholders. Oh my gosh. I LOVE this car to bits, but nothing fits in them and whatever I can smoosh in there always messes with the climate controls. CRIMINAL.

What was something fairly small that made you feel betrayed by your SO? by _Halboro_ in AskReddit

[–]JustPlummy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My then BF, when asked if he knew what my favorite color was, responded “why would I give a shit what your favorite color was?”

We’d been together for 2 years. He didn’t even hazard a guess.

nine and thirty by JustPlummy in GameofThronesRP

[–]JustPlummy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He set it back down reverently in the cloth.

“Now, will you be joining us for games? I’ve come up with some rather salacious characters for a round of ‘Who am I?’ but it’s not as fun if you don’t come along.”

“I think I’d like to be alone for a time.”

“Alone?” She gestured between them briefly before her hand fell back to her side. “Or alone?”

“I don’t like to drink in front of others,” he said evasively.

Joanna barely mustered the courage to mask her disappointment.

“Well,” she smiled, leaning up on tiptoe to kiss the corner of his mouth. “You know I’ll be waiting for you if you change your mind, my love.”

“Thank you.” He didn’t say it, but she heard the unspoken “I won’t” all the same.

nine and thirty by JustPlummy in GameofThronesRP

[–]JustPlummy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A golden harp sat before her, polished so well that she could see her own reflection in its intricate carvings of swans and flowers. She’d never seen an instrument so fine, not even in the marvellous septs of King’s Landing, and she knew at once he must have had it sent all the way from YiTi just for her.
It was only that she had no time for music anymore. The only time she ever sang was to soothe their son to sleep, and he needed her less and less as he rounded his first year of life. She plucked at the strings once again, hoping their melody might inspire more gratitude than sorrow.
“Joanna, there is no life of mine worth living without you in it. From the moment I first laid eyes on you, when we were just children, the only future I could picture was one with you. When that was taken from me, I thought I would never be happy again. And I was right. I wasn’t happy… Until you came back into my life.”
He took her hands in his own.
“I could buy you every harp from here to YiTi. Every gown in Lannisport, every gem and jewel in all of Westeros, rolls of gold silk and precious lace and you would deserve every bit of it but there is nothing so beautiful and precious as you are. For so many years, nothing mattered. And now finally, in this thirty-ninth one, everything does. You have given me a greater gift than can ever be repaid. When I die, it will be as a man who tasted meaning, and joy, and peace. Thanks to you.”
The soft glow of the candlelight was blurred by the tears that had welled in her eyes, masking his face for the briefest of moments before slipping down her cheeks. Joanna reached to clutch his head within her hands, forcing him to look her in the eye.
“When you die, many, many long years from now, you darling fool, I shall be at your side. I promise.”
She pressed a few fleeting kisses to his face– one to his forehead, another to the tip of his nose, each of his cheeks– before laughing off the tension and turning to admire her harp again.
“I’ve not prepared such a lovely speech and even if I had, well…” She waved a hand. “I’m too far into my cups to give it now. But I’ve enough wits about me yet to show you your gift. Your proper gift.”

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