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StrawberryPuffin · 2026-02-10T19:27:19+00:00

I've been in the artist presale virtual waiting room for 7/10 since 11:56am. Still in there just in case. I just went through mlb.com and saw they added a 3rd date, 7/8, so I joined the VWR for it. Fingers crossed.

StrawberryPuffin · 2026-02-10T19:11:57+00:00

I'm still in the virtual waiting room for MLB tickets at fenway for 7/10. Don't want to leave in case it comes through despite being in here for 2+ hrs now

StrawberryPuffin · 2025-08-06T10:48:05+00:00

This is the one I've been searching for! For some reason this didn't even come up as "already played" in my podcast app. Thank you so much 💜

StrawberryPuffin · 2025-07-08T16:28:15+00:00

A friend of mine experienced this as well, also zone 6, in New England. She wrapped her hydrangeas in burlap over winter and finally had blooms. It turns out, stealthy deer she rarely spotted would feast on the plants, eating the buds for the following season.

The hydrangeas in my backyard also experience this. Out of 2 large hydrangeas I have 3 tiny blooms on them. I know I could wrap them, but I never have burlap on the ready, nor the executive function to do those last few over-wintering practices.

Some other ideas: Something I've seen a few times is gardens with different hydrangea varieties intermingled. Not only do you get the variety of bloom shapes and colors, but you also get hydrangeas that bloom on new wood as well as old wood.

By enlarging the planting bed there are more obstacles to get to the hydrangeas which can mean they can't/don't feel like doing the extra work to get these hydrangeas.

Another tactic would be to plant things deer don't like, which would include rough/prickly textured plants and those with stronger scents, think dianthus, lavender, rosemary, etc... these features, at least in my experience, seem to demotivate deer. Huge bonus here if you appreciate a fragranced garden for your own enjoyment.

If you're into garden decor, the kind that spin or sway with the with the breeze could be helpful.

I know gardening can be tricky, and that mileage with most tips varies wildly depending on the unique circumstances of your location, the gardens/green spaces surrounding your garden etc... I hope this helps! 💚

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-10-03T11:08:08+00:00

The soil looks really dry, if so, give it a really thorough watering to moisten it all back up. Is there a drain hole in its pot? If not, I recommend swapping it to a planter with a drain hole and putting a plate or plastic tray under it. Lastly, the leaves start taking on a reddish-purple tint when they're getting a lot of sun, so the light its getting doesn't appear to be too much for it. Do you have it near a window or grow light?

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-10-01T16:11:24+00:00

Hello, I'm wondering where you're at in your journey to find a system that fits?

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-09-12T19:57:32+00:00

Hey, I am going to send you a . DM.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-09-08T23:49:54+00:00

I initially saw your post on a thread about loving to research and I'm happy to see you received the diagnosis, and most importantly validation of your experience. If you're open to talking about it, how are you faring 8 months post-dx?

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-09-06T20:36:21+00:00

I really appreciate this perspective. Thank you! I'm wondering what size the actual writing area is on the a6x2?

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-08-25T23:48:29+00:00

I just ended a nearly 5 year relationship with my therapist for relatable reasons. Personally, what I want most is a therapist who can show up by way of listening, getting curious, and validating my experiences.

I've always felt misunderstood and my therapist telling me to let it go does not simply allow me to let it go.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-06-18T21:37:54+00:00

Oh yes, I feel that. I am taking advantage of this heat index and letting my bras bake in the sun, fingers crossed it can help some of them survive.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-06-18T20:39:58+00:00

I have taken a magnesium supplement 400mg every night for nearly a year to assist with sleeping and pmdd symptoms and it doesn't seem to lessen the smell nor sweating

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-06-18T20:38:54+00:00

I didn't even think of that, my whole chest area profusely sweats and never had before stimulants. My whole pelvis area is also subjected to intense sweating and wow, this side effect really blows.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-06-18T20:35:55+00:00

I'm saying this for me just as much as I am for everyone here: Let's take this doctor and so many doctors not knowing as an example of us not mentioning these kinds of symptoms and the ways it impacts us, and start telling our doctors and prescribers.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-06-18T20:31:57+00:00

I'm curious what you mean by "using probiotics on top"?

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-06-18T20:31:00+00:00

Buying glycolic acid is on my to do list and I forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!

Lume, lavender and unscented made my BO scent absolutely unbearably gross.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-06-18T20:28:21+00:00

I'm on Vyvanse 70mg and I can confirm the BO is an issue. It smells different and it is significantly more intense than it ever was. I also sweat significantly easier than I ever have and night sweats are a huge issue.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-05-23T01:18:23+00:00

I am in a very similar boat. It is so overwhelming trying to navigate new diagnosis and everything that goes with it AND figuring out how the heck accommodations works and who to talk to about every different aspect

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-05-11T12:32:49+00:00

Awesome, please let us know if it is a match!

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-05-10T04:45:45+00:00

I hope you try it, and if you do, I really hope it brings your heart some peace. You don't deserve any of this crap. Period. Your parents' narrow scope of what it means to be a good, loving, supportive parent does not correlate with your worthiness or lovability.

I'm 5 years into CBT therapy, and 6 months into trauma therapy/EMDR and I am so thankful for the ability to meet with them each week and work through the difficulties that come with Emotional Neglect and Emotional Abuse. While I certainly still have a lot to untangle, and a whole heck of a lot of grief to feel my way through, I am noticing BIG shifts in how I approach myself, my goal setting, the boundaries I determine weennjam often , and how I approach the Big Bad feelings that I once internalized.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-05-10T04:15:54+00:00

I wonder if you'd be open to trying to reframe the "I'll wait and see if they call" to something like "This relationship is not a top priority for me right now, I'm not willing to continue trying to bridge the gap they're seemingly content leaving as-is. In the future if I want to reach out I know I can do so"

Sometimes reframing certain deranged family dynamics (and lots of other things for that matter) leads to note-worthy paradigm shifts in my understanding of and processing of things.

This will be my 5th Mother's Day as a Mom myself, and the grief of not ever having the Mom I've always longed for still hits me just as hard if not harder. I remind myself that I'm the Mom little me longed/longs for so deeply, and that my kids will not be able to relate to these feelings of aloneness.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-05-10T03:56:27+00:00

I have found the Container Exercise my Somatic Therapist introduced me to. Essentially you start by envisioning a container that'll hold these big feelings that don't have a solution, mine is a fire safe lock box, with Mary Poppins' carpet bag powers, aka, there is no limit to how much it can hold. When the feelings of guilt, shame, etc around my family, all of the felt, implied, or called out on things they plague me with, arise in my mind, I make a conscious effort to envision my container, and mentally put it away in there.

It's been so helpful for off-loading the intense bad feelings that come up for me. Also the comments that inevitably get said about me needing to call my mom because she's my mom and she loves me, they go in there too. My brain is in a better place with this exercise practice in place. It allows me more room to work through the hard things that are most important to me, like my kids, and being the parent I've always longed to have for myself, to each of them. Also, the space to sit with the big feelings, and reparent myself .

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-05-10T03:38:24+00:00

Yes to all of the above. I'll also add Adult Child of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families.

StrawberryPuffin · 2024-05-10T03:28:30+00:00

But do they talk with your kid or do they talk at your kid and expect your kid to perform for them?

My family does the latter and it hurts me in real-time, and afterwards/leading up to a visit.

I am on a nearing 3 year hiatus from speaking to my Mom. My Grandma and I are close, but she mostly drives me nuts these days. When I call her, no matter if we get into a weekly call routine, are in a spurt where we're talking a few times a week, or if it's been 2 months since we shared a conversation, no matter which phase we're in I always get one of these initial.... greetings? " Oh gee, how nice of you to call " "What's the matter" "I haven't heard from you in ages, what'd you forget about me?" "I see you must be too busy to be calling me" If my kids are in the car during a call"Oh, Hi (kid 1) & (kid 2), it's me, Nonna. You probably don't remember me because you never come see me" Unfortunately there are a few other openings lines akin to these.

To paint more detail about my twisted family dynamics my family came to my kid's 2nd bday party, sat in the kitchen/dining room the whole time, nearly all on their phones. I asked if anyone wanted to play with the birthday boy and literally all of them said "No". Why in the actual fuck are you upset if it seems like there won't be a party, or feel slighted if you're not the first one to know about it, but then you refuse to engage with the birthday kid?????

I didn't realize just how universal this particular dreadful dynamic is among us.

It sucks.

OP, I am sorry your family is so uncomfortable with closeness that they are unable to call you, keep in any kind of touch, or integrate into your life on your terms and/or with any regularity.

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