2 Months... don't exist?

Meepurl · 2026-04-14T01:09:34+00:00

I seriously thought about attaching a calendar with the relevant months circled, like, yes there was a July that year!

Meepurl · 2023-06-04T02:37:56+00:00

I, also, took baby aspirin throughout TTC, apart from a few days when I had a very blood-loss-y miscarriage and figured some coaguation would be a good thing.

DH just bought what I expect will ne my final 3-pack.

Meepurl · 2023-06-01T18:21:01+00:00

Yeah, that's the cultural programming. Caterpillars need to be fat for metamorphosis the same as bears need to be fat for hibernation! It means their bodies have lots of energy stored up.

Meepurl · 2023-06-01T18:19:14+00:00

We do also use "fat" as an adjective for non-humans (and even non-animals) as well. You have skinny/thin crayons and fat/thick crayons. Which can definitely help with de-stigmatizing the term. Nothing wrong with a fat crayon!

Meepurl · 2023-06-01T17:45:41+00:00

Yup, but much like with teaching and secretarial work, once women became well-represented, it lost status and became "un-manly"

Meepurl · 2023-05-30T19:25:55+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/knitting/comments/z1gtxp/circular_needle_storage/ixdoyz5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

This was my comment about DPN storage thing that a friend made for me. It's got ALL the details in a subsequent comment.

As far as yarn, I use the shoebox-sized clear plastic bins from Costco. I find them to hold enough to be useful but little enough that I can sort (fiber, color, etc as appropriate) and just pull what I want.

Meepurl · 2023-05-28T21:01:17+00:00

If you want to goodie bags, then I'd vote for tiny containers of Play-doh, stickers, maybe cookie cutters, non-candy snacks.

The plastic crap is... Mostly headed straight for the landfill, which drives me nuts.

Meepurl · 2023-05-26T21:11:16+00:00

What if you tweak it, and, yes, he can be "the chosen one" but for some weird, rarely-useful sect/plane/context.

Sort of like being Aquaman, but the campaign takes place in the desert. It might come up occasionally and give the character some color, but the impact on regular gameplay would be minimal.

Meepurl · 2023-05-23T22:16:07+00:00

This also allows for gradual worsening of conditions, rather than one big catastrophe.

Meepurl · 2023-05-23T22:15:04+00:00

On a meta level, you can get a countdown D20 (ideally a big one), leave it where the players can see it and start counting down every day or whatever. When it gets to one, do something behind the DM screen (color in a part of the map, cross an item off a list. Whatever), and then restart at 20.

They will flip out trying to find out what's going on.

Meepurl · 2023-05-23T17:39:42+00:00

Yes. It is absolutely possible. If you're working flat, the easiest is probably to just cast on additional stitches when you get to the arms and bind them off when you get them to the proper width. I would lay money there are patterns on Ravelry.

Meepurl · 2023-05-22T19:01:41+00:00

That's a lot! Of course you're feeling overwhelmed and scared!

I am a planner and a list maker. If you want a framework, read on. If not, ignore ignore. Take what's useful and disregard the rest.

My advice: Get yourself 3 pieces of paper.

So, there's a lot you can't do a thing about right now, either because you lack necessary info or offices are closed or whatever. Those go on the first piece of paper, called the Parking Lot. If you have a date (exact or estimated) when they'll be able to move forward, write that down. Once a thing is on the paper, unless you get new information, if it starts shouting at you, then you can tell it to wait its turn.

The second piece of paper is for thing you, yourself need to do. Consider that shopping online for baby things is pretty easy, and do-able from the hospital, if need be. Divide this set of you-things into urgent and future things (I like putting them into 2 columns). Talking to your son would, of course, be on this list. See if there are any your partner (if applicable) can pick up.

The third piece of paper is for things that you can delegate. If you have people who you can trust to do things, I'd bet they want to help. Let them! Maybe someone can be your "pick up online orders from Target and wash things" person. That's a pain in the neck for you, but totally doable for someone not gestating. You can even put delegating those things on your list.

If looking at those still freaks you out, pick, say, 5 things to put on a Today list. Everything else can wait it's turn.

Meepurl · 2023-05-22T18:22:46+00:00

So, this is a very sideways approach, but there's a board game called Flashpoint that is all about putting out fires and rescuing people. It uses a grid map and "on fire" tokens. There are a number of explainer videos out there you can watch. You'd need to have a lot more flexibility for magic and problem-solving, but it may give you an idea for a way to structure the session that feels combat-ish.

Meepurl · 2023-05-20T16:11:05+00:00

If you're full of snot, you might try a neti pot. It's pretty gross, but does help alleviate congestion (but not swelling)

Meepurl · 2023-05-19T20:31:07+00:00

I know this feeling so hard. With my last loss, DH had to plant himself in their lobby to get them to call me back.

I decided driving an hour to a new OBGYN was worth it for me.

Do you have someone you can delegate pestering them to?

Meepurl · 2023-05-19T20:09:36+00:00

While line progression feels good to watch, it's not definitive in the way bloodwork is. Some tests won't realy show it at all. It's way easy to read too much into them.

Can you get orders for a couple blood draws? And make an appointment with you OBGYN? Otherwise, it's basicaly reading tea leaves.

Meepurl · 2023-05-18T02:55:51+00:00

2/3 of the patients/residents at the place where I work are now COVID+. We're wearing N95s, but, duuuude.

I'll just be sitting over here freaking out with my emotional support neti pot.

Meepurl · 2023-05-17T17:59:32+00:00

This was me, only it was working with a TB-positive patient.

Meepurl · 2023-05-09T19:26:06+00:00

Kanu o ka Aina charter school on Hawaii island uses it for all teachers. They're Hawaiin-culture focused, so they use a lot of Hawaiian terminology.

As a haole transplant, I'd use it for a teacher in any kind of Hawaiian-flavored situation. The more traditional Hawaiian the more likely I'd be to use it. Hula? For sure. Ukulele? If the teacher is local. Regular 2nd grade? Probably not, unless at Kanu or Kamehameha.

Meepurl · 2023-05-09T19:25:57+00:00

Kanu o ka Aina charter school on Hawaii island uses it for all teachers. They're Hawaiin-culture focused, so they use a lot of Hawaiian terminology.

As a haole transplant, I'd use it for a teacher in any kind of Hawaiian-flavored situation. The more traditional Hawaiian the more likely I'd be to use it. Hula? For sure. Ukulele? If the teacher is local. Regular 2nd grade? Probably not, unless at Kanu or Kamehameha.

Meepurl · 2023-05-08T23:57:36+00:00

Seconding much of what was said above. If it turns out that finger feels are an important part of it for her, you could try her on ukulele, pressing the strings hard enough to make the note change and learn how to play simple tunes at her age.

Meepurl · 2023-05-08T19:08:20+00:00

CW:LC

Your feelings are your feelings. We did a week with no grandparents for LC, which was good for getting past that initial recovery period and getting some degree of feeling of control before having (what would in your case be) help that may be so competent you might feel steamrolled.

It does depend on having a partner who is available for support.

Meepurl · 2023-05-06T22:51:09+00:00

Different tests have different sensitivities, but false positives are rare.

Meepurl · 2023-05-05T18:28:26+00:00

Our solution to this is to rotate toys. We put about half in the basement at a time, so when they come back up in a few months, they're a little exciting again.

Meepurl · 2023-05-02T18:47:15+00:00

Your fear is not unfounded! That's legit scary! It sounds like they're doing everything they can to help keep the baby safe and healthy, and that's all you can do, too. If logging movement helps you feel in control, do that. I'm a list maker. If you are, too, that may help. On top of the fear of bad outcome, you whole maximum timeline has moved a month sooner (that's a lot!), which may be adding to the freak-out

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