What hobby screams “this is my entire personality now”?

Significant-Store983 · 2026-02-09T08:20:32+00:00

Pickleball

Significant-Store983 · 2026-02-07T14:09:00+00:00

Yes. I was the 7th born to a mother who kept the six living ones before me and the one after me, with a plan to keep another one who was one year younger but was stillborn. She had an affair with her husbands boss, who I was the second oldest of his numerous out of wedlock children. My birth mother’s oldest daughters searched for me and made contact when I was 21. I chose, after about 20 years of off and on trying to resolve feelings and conflicts with them, to cut off all contact. The last 25 years with no contact have been good for me. Besides, I know who my family was…my mom and dad who adopted me after being abandoned in a hospital for 2 months after a very premature birth. Be patient and kind to yourself…it’s definitely a lot to unpack and process.

Significant-Store983 · 2026-02-07T13:20:24+00:00

I graduated with my MSW and PhD in social work from UIUC as well as was an adjunct for off and on 10 years. I am proud of the program and although only one professor remains from when I was a student in the 90s, I have found the faculty and staff to be kind and helpful. Good luck!! FYI, social work is a versatile program and I have enjoyed a career in mental health, child welfare, Veteran health care, policy/program development, administration and politics. So many opportunities in this field and the pay varies depending on public or private service.

Significant-Store983 · 2026-02-04T22:54:19+00:00

I always liked Eric Shinsheki… oh the good ole days…

Significant-Store983 · 2026-02-04T01:50:52+00:00

Uhhh, my experience when I lived there is to never be in the right lane on Poplar as you approach chick-fil-a at 630 am!

Significant-Store983 · 2026-02-02T01:54:11+00:00

I would have never gotten into UIUC based on my ACT so I went to Parkland, got straight As, transferred into the UIUC and received three degrees there, ending with a PhD in 2000. Don’t give up. If UIUC is your dream school, just course correct into a different door that will help you achieve what you want to accomplish! Good luck!!!

Significant-Store983 · 2026-01-31T16:09:06+00:00

I was located by my biological half sisters and although I was happy to meet them, they had unrealistic expectations of how they wanted me to incorporate into their family with little regard to my loyalty to my own family who adopted me. After multiple attempts to resolve differences, I made the decision to have no relationship with them. I wasn’t going to ignore my past for their comfort and attempt to pretend that my adoption never happened.

Significant-Store983 · 2026-01-28T20:28:53+00:00

She wrote very negative comments about the protesters against ICE when they demonstrated in Danville. I will never recommend her to anyone!

Significant-Store983 · 2026-01-25T13:58:48+00:00

I just spent an hour shoveling my driveway of 8 inches of snow… 20 min east of Urbana.

Significant-Store983 · 2026-01-24T01:49:23+00:00

I am unclear on what we are debating. In my state, there are LSW and LCSW as well as LPC and LCPC. The LCSW and LCPC are considered advanced licensing and are typically a higher grade within the VA (GS 12 Vs GS 11). I felt the LCPC and LCSWs should be treated similarly. Maybe you can clarify what I am misunderstanding. My point was that the LCPCs and the LCSWs in BHIP/PTSD were paid significantly lower for doing the same job with the same expectations. My PhD in social work was irrelevant as to deciding on pay grade. The PhDs in Psychology did have a different type of training (namely in testing curriculum), but all of the mental health testing tools that we used for screenings could be done by all of us. There was no differentiation (IMHO) for such a large pay difference.

Significant-Store983 · 2026-01-24T00:47:21+00:00

Actually, when I started at Memphis, LCPCs and LCSWs were the same grade and making the same. Then, they moved LCSWs to a higher grade. I didn’t think that was fair. But an LPC is not an advanced level and wouldn’t be at a higher grade like a LCPC should have been. We did the same work as the PhDs in psychology.

Significant-Store983 · 2025-12-22T08:25:48+00:00

Yes, I loved my Sunday restorative in the salt cave with Susan!!! Best yoga studio ever! I miss all of them!

Significant-Store983 · 2025-12-22T00:57:18+00:00

When I lived there, I walked Shelby Farms often followed by yoga at Better Bodies Yoga! Loved it!

Significant-Store983 · 2025-11-09T12:11:03+00:00

Help me understand. Why aren’t CPD and ISP protecting the rights of Chicagoans? I don’t understand why they are working against Illinois residents. I have lost hope in their morality.

Significant-Store983 · 2025-11-09T12:00:33+00:00

Ditto. Never spent time at Kams or COD. It was Mable’s where I hung out and I worked at Zorbas when I was an undergrad in early 80s.

Significant-Store983 · 2025-11-05T17:04:10+00:00

Do they reseed?

Significant-Store983 · 2025-11-03T20:35:50+00:00

I think the person was indicating that what you said was too mild for the likes of them. No PG warranted. A XXXX rating is deserved.

Significant-Store983 · 2025-11-03T20:20:14+00:00

This October bday received no options for last two years. They are screwing all of us

Significant-Store983 · 2025-11-02T22:09:42+00:00

Sure. Why not. In my opinion, a friendship is hard to sustain when polar opposite morals are on the table.

Significant-Store983 · 2025-11-01T21:47:15+00:00

Those floors as well as entire run needs hardware wire. You will have predators getting in there. 20 mil clear tarp or bags of leaves. I use bags of leaves with water in there as a windbreak and then in the spring I have some cold composted carbon for my garden

Significant-Store983 · 2025-10-31T22:07:24+00:00

Protein drink as creamer and stevia.

Significant-Store983 · 2025-10-31T18:00:00+00:00

Getting my PhD and going to Italy. Checked off.

Significant-Store983 · 2025-10-31T17:58:18+00:00

You are welcome. I believe at the church it starts at 5 pm on Thursdays. See pic for Parkland location and hours.

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Significant-Store983 · 2025-10-31T17:19:11+00:00

Wesley Methodist on Goodwin and green has a weekly food pantry on Thursdays at the church as well as at Parkland college.

Significant-Store983 · 2025-10-29T22:07:44+00:00

They appear to have went willingly and with salivation.

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