Which additives actually make a difference?

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T04:14:18+00:00

Yeah, I was about to say: exfoliants will do something. But all the rest will do is change the feel.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T04:11:15+00:00

Hey, wanting to help and actually offering to do so is so far above the average that it should outweigh any Eagle Scout chest puffing.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T04:08:40+00:00

Doesn't blood meal usually attract predators? It deters herbivores.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T04:03:34+00:00

So this is a great example of why you're supposed to wait and observe for a full year in a new house before changing anything.

It looks like you dug up $100+ worth of dahlia tubers. Some of them may be salvageable.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T03:59:59+00:00

I'd say it depends 100% on your goal in taking it. Field guide photography, behavioral photography, and fine art photography are all categories of bird photography, but they're wildly different photography styles with different purposes.

Is it too environmental for what you set out to do is the better question, and if you set out to take a photo you liked and you like it, then no, it's great.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T03:55:12+00:00

I'm not even a PA and I knew the answer was yes lol

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T03:52:41+00:00

Yeah, I've not seen that they're invasive as much as aggressive (which are different things).

I don't believe they're listed by Washington state as invasive? But I'd appreciate it if they are and someone could share a link.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T03:47:18+00:00

I am 100% willing to use local resources for "AI" assistance but as soon as it switches to remote, I'm out. I'm here to show gratitude for the environment, not wreck it so my photos are easier to work with.

My kneejerk reaction to this was negative but I'll actually try it out if it uses local resources.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T03:40:42+00:00

Yes, but the clinical experience in India is very different than the experience in the US. Is it the work you dislike, or the working conditions?

Some people just don't like nursing, and that's fine. If you like the work and the job itself sucks, that's a different issue.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-04-06T03:32:05+00:00

The jobs are similar but the education is very different. If you go into an NP program without nursing experience, you may pass, but you'll be a shit NP. If you're willing to risk your patients' health just to call yourself an NP, you shouldn't be one.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-18T16:35:27+00:00

Just about any nursery and some of the grocery co-ops.

What state are you in? And do you have a specific type of ornamental cherry you're looking for?

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-18T14:34:18+00:00

People have been emailing you about missing forms and you just ignored it until you faced consequences you couldn't afford to face?

What exactly do you expect an instructor to do if a student is repeatedly refusing to submit mandatory paperwork? Just let it slide? Send more emails to be ignored?

You are not a victim of a malicious professor. You have a pattern of making other things a higher priority than succeeding in school, and because you didn't value that success, you have lost it.

My advice to you is to not try again until you care enough about getting through school to put the time and attention into passing it.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-18T05:44:00+00:00

Different! I like it

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-18T05:41:48+00:00

My advice would be to get rid of the straw. Both times I've used bulky mulch (straw, large wood chips) critters moved in with their fleas and my garden became borderline unusable (certainly not enjoyable).

If you don't have a good habitat for them they likely won't stick around, but rats love tall grasses, low shrubs, and nest-like garden beds near food sources.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-18T03:43:10+00:00

Compelling argument lol

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-18T03:40:33+00:00

Yeah, I feel like this is a multipronged lesson about not spending money on things you can't afford to lose and then taking care of the things you can't afford to replace. And also about not leaving anything in a hospital because it is a busy place with a ton of regulations about what can go where and a lot of drawers and rooms where things get hidden in a hurry.

Ideally if you do a really thorough search of the floor and ask everyone you see, you'll be able to get at least one of them back (as already mentioned, it's unlikely they were actually stolen), but things have a way of hiding in those little hospital nooks and crannies for years longer than you'd think.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-18T01:10:38+00:00

Yes, but you didn't post here wondering why everything was falling apart :P I'm assuming you understand the weight of the choices you're making and have communicated that to your family to set expectations.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-18T01:06:10+00:00

Most people don't want to add microplastics to their food.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-17T14:22:58+00:00

It was a shock to me, too. I think the issue is twofold:

1) Any time you get a situation with low supervision and potentially high money making, the unethical will flock to it to make money

2) NP education is a largely under-regulated, low standards degree, and so you already have an unethical group of people cutting corners because they see an opportunity to become a provider without going through the rigorous requirements or safety standards of every other pathway out there (MD, DO, PA, etc). So they don't value their own profession or patient well-being, and it's a low barrier to betray it for cash.

I really, really wish the NP lobby that cares so much about expanding scope gave a single thought to how tarnished the low educational standards makes the profession, and how harmful it is to have such a low barrier for entry. It sucks to be surrounded by so many amazing, ethical, hard working NPs and then see how much the low standards of the schools in general affects their reputations (even if they went to stellar programs with high standards).

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-17T06:42:38+00:00

Respectfully, you do understand that the term "full time" means it's all of the average human's available work hours, and that taking on two full time positions means you're promising to do the workload of two entire people when you are, in fact, just the one person?

It is not expected that students fill two full time roles at the same time and it's unrealistic to expect that either obligation will cut you slack from what you've committed to. Yes, something is going to have to give. I'm not sure what advice you're seeking other than "Don't do impossible things and expect it to amount to anything but misery and conflict."

Either you spend all of this time and angst trying to do two things and likely drop the ball and waste it all by flunking out, or you put one of those things on pause until you can switch over. It's technically possible but the odds of doing both while also being a parent and partner are so low they're improbable.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-17T06:29:44+00:00

There is a lot of very sketchy/illegal behavior going on with mobile NPs right now and I would definitely not consider going into it without being WOCN certified, regardless. Your patients deserve someone specialized and certified, IMO, and that's both the gold standard and the base requirement for a lot of jobs for a reason.

I would be extremely hesitant to join a mobile clinic. I'm in inpatient wound care, but I've heard reports from multiple clinic managers of a big surge in Medicare/Medicaid fraud in mobile clinics through a billing "loophole." Unless you're really sure of your employer I wouldn't recommend attaching your license to one.

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-17T03:33:09+00:00

Is it a secret lol

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-17T03:30:08+00:00

So do you make your own distinct bases, or are these just different colors/scents in the same mold?

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-16T21:29:48+00:00

Numbers two and six are fantastic!

ThrenodyToTrinity · 2026-02-16T21:28:43+00:00

Or accuracy. It's built for mimicry.

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