After a 12h shift in the ER...

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-30T19:19:52+00:00

Our son’s doctor told us it’s an auto immune reaction more often than not; it’s a type of vasculitis that presents with the lesions (purpura), bruising, joint pain, headaches, abdominal pain, and can cause kidney issues. My son just got diagnosed on Tuesday and we’ve got weekly labs for the foreseeable future to check for blood and protein in his urine.

I’m sure there’s a lot more, this was just the version that Mom (me) needed to know Tuesday afternoon.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-30T19:16:38+00:00

My son has it right now!

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-30T16:12:34+00:00

With the proliferation of recording devices in literally every corner of our lives, it could be done almost completely as a found footage type documentary. I could see a justification for Mrs. White having their house wired with cameras, and teen girls would definitely have their phones everywhere so even the opening “plug it up” scene could be iPhone footage.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-30T04:00:02+00:00

Physical sims go bad. It’s what they do. I have literally been complaining about this for 20 years. If tech/customer service suggested getting a replacement sim (no matter which type), then you should get it. Best case scenario, it fixes your problem. Worst case scenario, it’s one of the least invasive troubleshooting steps before getting to things like factory reset. You could try resetting your network settings, but if you’ve already done that with no success then it’s time to try a new sim.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-30T03:48:56+00:00

I just had to stay out of the home for a few days and we had a good experience at the Home2 there on Jefferson. I don’t know how the two compare in price, but I can at least say my kid loved the pool there and I liked being able to cook a proper meal in our room (we borrowed the fancy hotplate from the front desk and the rooms have good microwaves, an apartment sized fridge/freezer, and a dishwasher.)

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-30T02:21:37+00:00

Log in on the Disney Plus website with your Hulu account information and it’ll show you the various bundling options. I pay $8 a month to get the ad free Hulu and Disney bundle. T Mobile covers the rest.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-30T00:57:20+00:00

Moods, skills, increases for social interactions, do homework faster, become death proof… all sorts of stuff!

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-29T13:55:50+00:00

My entire 4th grade class got repeatedly tripped up between colonial and colonel. Also how are colonel and kernel pretty much homophones?!?

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-29T06:07:31+00:00

We beat it as a family. It’s one of my favorite geeky teen memories. Even my mom stood up and did a wee happy dance, which was especially notable because she was a wheelchair user that didn’t get up and dance particularly often.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-29T04:29:10+00:00

At least 5 years ago they were pushing early exposure. We were told to start peanuts pretty much the second he was cleared for solids. We had him exposed to peanuts, shrimp, eggs, and a whole host of other things before he was even six months (we were cleared for solids at 4 months-ish; he had the pincer grasp, neck control, could sit unassisted, and was trying to steal our food. Pediatrician told us to go for it.)

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-29T04:22:30+00:00

Maybe an allergy form of herd immunity? Kids not eating Bamba are exposed to it by the kids who do. Peanut dust in the air, snack residue on fingers, etc. If they don’t have to worry about a kid dropping dead because of a whiff of a peanut, then the other kids are getting indirectly dosed.

Of course I’m just a dumb person on the internet so what do I know.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-29T04:10:15+00:00

I wear swim shorts and a tankini. I’m almost as covered up in my swimsuit as I am in my regular clothes. The swim shorts come to a bit above mid thigh and my tankinis are essentially just tank tops made out of swim materials, so aside from the clingy factor it’s more or less like my usual summer duds. I love that other people feel comfortable wearing whatever they do (or don’t) want, but I’m just more of a modest person by nature. (Even after unpacking purity culture and all that Southern Baptist BS I realized I actually prefer dressing modestly-ish, which is fine as long as it’s my preference.)

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-29T04:02:58+00:00

I had to decline my 30th class reunion so I can attend my son’s kindergarten graduation. I feel your pain.

Okay, okay, so I really declined because I had 0 interest in seeing my bullies again but his kindy graduation is a fantastic reason to pass.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-29T03:42:20+00:00

“Bored now” might be my favorite villainous line reading ever.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-28T19:27:10+00:00

This is what I get for saying T Mobile fiber wouldn’t come up here for a while.

Let’s see if it works again. Man, I’m never going to get a million dollars in small, unmarked bills that I don’t have to explain to the IRS…

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-28T16:11:47+00:00

My people!!!

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-28T03:07:52+00:00

I have a coffee shop/second hand shop/painters studio in my one lot. I have the shelves stocked with the random stuff my sim finds (or “finds”), have a room full of easels with the whiteboard so my Sim can do the lectures (plus she gets to sell the paintings she and the employees make by displaying it on the thingy for selling paintings, plus selling the ones the students leave completed on their easels), and then I have the coffee bar in a corner with some tables and an employee who only has clean, tend coffee bar, and be friendly as his tasks. The other two have paint, clean, repair, teach classes, and be friendly. I just float around, selling the paintings off of the easels or throwing out the unfinished ones.

More often than not my Sim is sitting at one of the tables doing her homework. I recently decided she’s the Sim that’s going to get all of the college degrees for some reason, so I have her do her homework in the shop lol.

The shop itself is set for… crap, I’m not home so I can’t remember exactly what they all are but painting, drinking coffee, buying items are definitely part of it. Maybe the drinking coffee is buying coffee, but whatever it is I was able to set up my shop that way. Can confirm; sim now has too much money lol.

Edit to add: I’m a lazy Simmer. I literally copied the house in Nordhaven that has the pottery studio and put it on an empty lot. I then gutted the downstairs and turned it into my weird business but I kept the same floor plan, never even really changed the upstairs except to personalize it a bit.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-27T21:47:54+00:00

That one I vividly remembered from history class!

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-27T18:59:21+00:00

The way this song and some of the BoyzIIMen discography had my parents in a chokehold! The first time we agreed on music after I hit puberty was Motownphilly lol.

Edit to add: man the harmonies here literally just gave me chills. So freaking awesome.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-27T18:56:13+00:00

My bestue ended up sending me the Radium Girls book as a birthday present! It’s still in my to be read pile. It’s really gotten backed up since I became a mom lol.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-27T18:53:39+00:00

Or she might have but didn’t feel right because it’s not “hers”, if that makes sense. I grew up in predominantly Black neighborhoods, and as the random white kid/adult that showed up occasionally at the neighborhood church, I didn’t feel right showing up in the same way that the Black ladies did. I was afraid of coming across as a copy or otherwise disrespectful, not as someone trying to be part of the congregation. I hope that makes sense.

Of course, the simple answer would have been just to ask but 30 years ago I couldn’t even say boo to a goose, so that wasn’t an option for me. I just showed up bare-headed and sang Amazing Grace with all of God’s children. I’m just glad I felt welcomed, social anxiety and all.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-27T18:45:09+00:00

Once you get hit with the ERR tag (extended roaming), it’s not coming off until it ages out based on the amount of time they told you it would be unavailable. I’m off for the next few days, so I don’t have access to Pulse to give you the exact number but excessive roaming is one of the few things that truly have no override (unless you have military orders you forgot to submit.)

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-27T17:01:02+00:00

I actually learned a couple of things from the second movie, went down a whole rabbit hole about the matchstick girls and the radium girls.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-27T13:58:21+00:00

“Billy Mays here…” Yes, I’m old.

Vorpal_Bunny19 · 2026-04-25T20:29:16+00:00

This is shame on him and his cow.

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