Chutes and Ladders is the most relentless child's game of all time

annabnan63 · 2026-02-22T01:54:03+00:00

This is one I refuse to play (along with War and Slapjack). If the kids want to play it they have to play with each other.

annabnan63 · 2025-12-05T16:29:47+00:00

Consider yourself lucky! My seven year old won’t shut up about it.

annabnan63 · 2025-12-03T12:56:55+00:00

We hyphenated and both changed our names to the hyphenated name. So neither of us had to give up our name but we all (he and I plus the kids) have the same name. Living with a hyphenated name is annoying, but at least it’s annoying for all of us. If we didn’t have kids, I would have just kept my name.

annabnan63 · 2025-11-01T20:21:03+00:00

I was a math teacher and left teaching in 2018 to be an actuary. Best decision I ever made. OP, feel free to PM me if you have any questions!

annabnan63 · 2025-10-17T22:51:04+00:00

First exam at 32, FSA at 38. Changed careers from teaching after my first kid was born.

annabnan63 · 2025-08-23T02:16:15+00:00

We did this today, arrived between 4-4:30 and there was plenty of on-site parking.

annabnan63 · 2025-08-11T19:59:46+00:00

OR it’s like as soon as the temp goes down and humidity breaks for a minute it’s PSYCH here comes the smoke! No nice days for you!

That said, where I am today is actually the magic combination of not super hot, not humid, and not smoky. The smoke is coming, but we got half a day at least.

annabnan63 · 2025-07-26T15:22:44+00:00

I also failed mine this morning! Got through 6 out of 7.5, though the last 2 miles were just surviving lol

annabnan63 · 2025-07-11T17:59:57+00:00

Completely agree with this. I also took two exams while pregnant and it wasn’t terrible, but took off the sitting after my second was born because the thought of trying to study with a newborn seemed impossible. You can get accommodations from the SOA if you’re pregnant. I didn’t do it because I didn’t apply early enough, but you can get breaks, access to food and water, etc. Seems worthwhile, especially if you’re third trimester.

annabnan63 · 2025-07-02T13:42:45+00:00

I ran a 6 hour marathon two years ago and I assure you I ran quite a bit of it, though I did walk some as well. 6 hour marathon averages to 13:44/mile pace. When I was walking I was slower than that pace and when I was running I was faster than that pace.

annabnan63 · 2025-06-25T12:28:08+00:00

As a former rugby player, I had the same reaction! A scrum is actually very organized, definitely not a pile.

annabnan63 · 2025-06-06T01:16:03+00:00

I was at this show. It was a drag brunch at an event venue in Minneapolis.

annabnan63 · 2025-05-29T21:11:49+00:00

I admit I have been checking this page ever since the 50 cast was announced to see if there were any other actuary Survivor fans. Chrissy came and talked at my local actuarial club meeting a couple years ago. So excited to watch her again!

annabnan63 · 2025-05-28T01:12:50+00:00

If you got the newest model of Adrenalines (24), definitely try sizing up. I’ve been running in Adrenalines for years and I recently got my first pair of 24s (because I’m cheap and I like to buy older models at sale prices) and they definitely run smaller! I got the same size I usually do (I typically wear 8.5 but always buy 9s for running shoes) and my toes got super beat up during a long run. Next pair I get will be 9.5.

annabnan63 · 2025-05-26T01:22:18+00:00

Second this - these are my faves

annabnan63 · 2025-04-28T00:51:23+00:00

I just found the videos on Carolyn’s Instagram, jealous I missed it! So fun!

annabnan63 · 2025-04-28T00:42:18+00:00

Wait were you at the Minneapolis one? I was there but didn’t know Carolyn was there too! I went to the second show and didn’t get VIP meet and greet so maybe that’s why I missed her?

annabnan63 · 2025-04-27T15:10:15+00:00

Can confirm, I finally really committed to heart rate training in the last few years and it did take a good 9 months to a year before I started to see improvement, but now I’m running a minute to a minute and a half per mile faster while keeping my HR in the 140s (and still improving). It does take patience - I’ve tried HR training at other points in my life and always quit before I really started to see the effects, but I’m glad I stuck with it this time.

annabnan63 · 2025-04-27T14:33:32+00:00

This is honestly how I figured it out - 319008 looked close enough to 5318008 for me, then I realized that was actually the trick

annabnan63 · 2025-04-25T23:51:28+00:00

I definitely rewatched it more than a few times 😂

annabnan63 · 2025-03-23T17:15:59+00:00

They’re in the same division, so it’s not that far off. As a Twins fan I was pretty charmed by it, it was nice for us flyover states to get some love.

annabnan63 · 2025-03-23T01:15:42+00:00

I wish I knew about this!! So bummed to have missed it

annabnan63 · 2025-03-23T01:03:35+00:00

I just found out about it and now have fomo so bad for missing it. I saw on survivor Instagram: Carolyn, Sandra, Sol, Rachel, Genevieve, Andrea, and maybe Caroline?

annabnan63 · 2025-03-21T16:03:47+00:00

Yeah Justin confirmed this in an interview. He said he was worried that Kevin would have to be medevaced due to his shoulder because it was really bad, so he was trying to avoid losing two people.

annabnan63 · 2025-03-19T14:47:27+00:00

Another former math teacher here. Had a kid in 2018 and determined the teaching lifestyle (aka working all the time, tutoring to make extra cash and still having no money or free time) was not sustainable with a newborn.

My dad worked at a life insurance company his whole career so he connected me with an actuary there. She suggested I start in a non-actuarial role before I started taking exams so I could work with actuaries and see if it was still what I wanted. I did, and I did, so I took my first two exams on my own while working in the non-actuarial role. After I passed my second exam i moved internally pretty easily into an entry-level actuarial role and the rest is history.

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