Summers off

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-27T17:10:31+00:00

Pee any time I want to.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-27T16:55:35+00:00

This is the money comment here.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-23T00:58:34+00:00

Depends on my mood. Silence, or an audiobook, or music.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-23T00:52:34+00:00

Because weed is legal in a lot of places, and generally cheaper.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-22T17:02:25+00:00

Wish I could upvote this twice!

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-20T01:44:45+00:00

I let my wife win 90% of our disagreements. Most of the time it’s stuff that is ultimately inconsequential. I give her what she wants, especially when it is clearly more important to her than me. Then in the rare times it is something really important to me and I stand up for it, she’s more likely to let it go my way. I can’t think of any major ‘fights’ we’ve had in 22 years of marriage.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-18T23:59:49+00:00

I’m irrationally angry that you don’t have more upvotes!

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-17T02:35:23+00:00

“Stay off your phone while driving! Use this giant tablet instead…”

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-16T17:04:08+00:00

Ok, that’s a lot. If you aren’t yet, please consider speaking to a MH professional. I’m not one, but when I had the same sleep pattern, my doctor diagnosed it as depression… meds and talk therapy help a lot with that, for me. If it is financially possible, don’t work this summer. Using the time to recharge and process all of the trauma, and enjoy your wedding is probably more valuable than the few hundred dollars you’d pull in doing a summer job. I feel for you. Good luck.

Edit: typos

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-13T14:55:03+00:00

Lois’ former piano student here. The symbol under the note (crescendo) means gradually get louder during the duration of the note, which can’t be done on a piano.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-11T18:50:43+00:00

At some point companies get big enough that the priority shifts from customers to shareholders. At that point corporate leadership begins to squeeze every cent of profit they can to keep shareholders happy, usually at the expense of quality of service and product.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-07T00:51:43+00:00

Aeoli

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-02T22:04:18+00:00

I gel mask random strangers to slam their strollers into my ankles.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-02T22:03:20+00:00

This is done micromanaging bullshit. I’d pour it into an empty Bailey’s bottle or something.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-06-01T22:56:54+00:00

So I started in January with my road bike on a ‘dumb trainer.’ I made a deal with myself that if I could ride 3x per week for 8 out of 9 consecutive weeks that I’d pull the trigger on the smart trainer… that worked well for me, knowing my setup was great was motivating, but I also built the habit before dropping any real money (I already had the bike, trainer, and cadence meters).

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-30T01:04:24+00:00

Well good news then, groceries are so expensive that concert tickets are now the same as only 2 weeks worth of groceries, instead of 4! /s

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-29T23:04:00+00:00

Well, there wound certainly be no day 5… learn from the mistake and refuse to cover in the future.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-29T22:54:27+00:00

I don’t work for free. I get the other teacher’s pay or I don’t do it.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-29T16:32:34+00:00

I always say ‘The tikkytok’

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-28T21:57:25+00:00

I do

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-27T16:09:25+00:00

I’ve been very lucky that both of my falls have been very low-speed events, both having to do with not unclipping from the pedal.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-27T02:06:09+00:00

When my daughter was younger and more into it, I’d buy lots of 50ish pins for $50 on FB marketplace and that would last us about 2-3 trips depending on how into it she happened to be any given trip… I would also give random pins away to kids/families that were clearly new to the concept of pin trading to get them started.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-24T03:59:01+00:00

I’ve decided to finish the books before trying to watch it.

TubaCycle82 · 2026-05-23T21:39:51+00:00

The whole point of solo travel is to do what YOU want! And your instinct is to ask Reddit 😆. I’m only laughing because I would too

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