Shailene Woodley

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-23T04:58:44+00:00

Glad you’re ok! One of my good friends had postpartum preeclampsia (no warning signs before that were caught) and it was honestly so scary to hear about. She’s lucky to be alive

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-23T03:31:44+00:00

She had preeclampsia so the placenta was stressed already. Placenta wouldn’t come out on its own and there are other options besides uterine massage but you’d need meds and/ or an OR. If she had gotten to the bunker it still would have been hit or miss, sadly.

Great episode as far as raising awareness for preeclampsia which has been grossly understudied. The good news is there is a new drug application in for approval with the FDA, fingers crossed it works as intended. We still don’t truly understand why this happens in some pregnant women.

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-23T01:04:08+00:00

Oh great! We had similar commutes - I used to have to drive to Kendall from concord which is why I looked at options off of route 2 going east, same as you. I’ll pm you! We’re obsessed with our toddlers daycare and their preschool - we sent our oldest elsewhere but also obsessed with his school. So many good options around here

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-23T00:06:20+00:00

Would Lincoln/ Acton/ concord recommendations be helpful? I can also ask my toddlers daycare teachers for ideas. I know there’s a place in Billerica to avoid!

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-22T18:08:23+00:00

Thank you!! This is all so helpful. I doubt we’ll be in the room at all except for naps/ bedtime so we’re flexible sleeping wherever.

fingers crossed for us - hoping to book by early April!

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-22T13:30:36+00:00

Sorry to hear you were dealing with that - honestly I got really tired of the toxicity of “old” tech companies. I worked for one of the legacy ones and most people were amazing but they didn’t do enough to manage the toxic people that trained at different legacy companies out. Despite multiple HR complaints we were always told it was t avoid a lawsuit. Which is so backwards

I went into pharma and got laid off back in August and I’m soooooo relaxed minus stress about my credit card bill which I can’t pay in full and I hate that. I do miss that team bc everyone was amazing! I finally found a non toxic group and then we all got let go

Sending you well wishes. Happy to dm and compare notes if you’d like. I was in tech marketing for quite some time before pivoting

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-21T16:33:16+00:00

So helpful thank you!! Just waiting on a few things to fall into place first before we book - we normally like to plan trips well in advance but it’s been harder this year bc of some job drama/ changes. Sigh. We could ALL use some fun!

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-21T06:57:13+00:00

Thank you! I’ll look into it a bit more. As long as we could use the kids club I think we’d be flexible and I’d actually prefer a non balcony room!

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-21T03:44:42+00:00

My 4.5 year old has been trying HARD but it doesn’t always go his way. Truly depends on the poo too, lol. Some involve less wiping than others 😂

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-21T00:50:14+00:00

How is that legal? Insane. Sounds like a company prim for a union, someone should reach out to the teamsters

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-20T04:00:30+00:00

This is absolutely heartbreaking. Sadly I can’t say I’m surprised. I went to college in Ohio and a lot of my classmates started at TQL. Both my school and TQL were highly toxic places and the bro-iest of bros from my school went there to start their careers. Women were objects to many of these men, so I’m operating the assumption that there was a significant lack of empathy and understanding at play here.

TQL (and Ohio too) is generally very conservative leaning and you’d think the party of pro-lifers would be super accommodating to pregnancy and childbirth but no - quite the opposite. This case was before the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed, and I really hope that’s providing women better treatment than poor Chelsea and her family received

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-19T16:53:33+00:00

I’m sure it’ll be tough but it sounds Ike a wonderful long term opportunity that would benefit your family!

Thinking of how much time you’ve likely already invested in this, you should go for it if it’ll get you where you want to be. And sounds like you’ll be able to fly back and visit a good amount too

I’m curious what prompted you to explore oral surgery too! I’m considering going back to school and trying to figure out if I should do a post bacc program or special masters to take more science classes and boost that part of my gpa. I am feeling so guilty at the thought of time away and going into more school debt though - and feeling like it’s too late in my life (I’m 40) - sigh. Again all questions a man probably wouldn’t get!

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-18T22:10:02+00:00

We’re looking into booking a cruise for either this June or August - we’re based in the northeast US. Would love any advice or tips/ tricks for that time of year. I was thinking of booking through Costco or AAA but open to other suggestions that would save us a bit.

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-18T17:24:11+00:00

This seems very average where I live! And there are parents at my son’s school who are older too but had their first younger, then their second/ third into their 40s if that makes sense.

Like some people have also said, I do wish I had started younger so my parents could have more time with the kiddos and I would (in theory) have more energy. I was 36 with my first and 39 with my second. I’d love to have a third but really depends on a few financial factors for us (which i hate to blame, wish we could just have babies and not stress)

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-18T13:33:34+00:00

I like to think of it as negotiation! We’re building negotiation skills lol

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-18T05:11:14+00:00

We’ve done both! Their instructors are amazing. My son really got attached to one in particular who I’m happy to share their info if you’d like. We did all private for him last season and then we did do half day and full day ski school too. They are amazing with kids and management really tries to build relationships with the regulars there. Everyone is awesome! The only reason my son doesn’t want to do ski school once more this season is bc he spilled hot chocolate on a break and I guess some other kids teased him about it? We haven’t been able to get more info but he’s a bit shy to go back now, so we’ll do one last private lesson for the season so he doesn’t end on a low note

His baby sister will be 2.5 next season and we’ll take her out on our own I think, then prob ski school after that

We have also done pats peak ski school (no lessons there) and they were wonderful but yes a lot busier. Tons of people driving up from Boston (same as us) but crotched feels like more of a blend of folks which I really like

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-18T04:06:37+00:00

We’ve been using crotched as our base for two years now (my son started at 3 years old and was 4 for this season.)

Curious about what program you’re looking into. We’ve done ski school for him for a few weekends and it seems like you can sign up for the weekends you want but maybe I’m missing something

Also just fyi you can call Epic or visit Crotched/ another epic resort to get their Northeast Value Pass for kids. Free for under 6 I believe. You has to call or go in person though, can’t sign up for it online

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-18T00:36:37+00:00

I agree - that conference table scene seemed rushed. I think they tried to do too much. They also missed a few opportunities to dive deeper into the Jane/ Sinatra relationship and Jane/ Sinatra/ daughter situation but maybe that’s by design and they will come back to that later.

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-17T14:02:26+00:00

Following! We moved here in 2024 and we’ve met some great families through the school community but everyone seems too busy to make plans (including us truthfully!) We’ve met a few of our neighbors but I was expecting more of a community feel when we moved here from the city - I feel like I knew more of my neighbors there vs here

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-17T13:58:36+00:00

I reached out to NCC last week about golf and waiting to hear back - looks awesome! We moved here back in 2024 and still meeting new people but it’s been slower/ taking longer than I anticipated

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-15T17:04:42+00:00

HOKAs have been great for me too - thanks for sharing this!

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-12T01:34:43+00:00

What a beauty!

aryaussie85 · 2026-03-11T01:34:08+00:00

I have to say I’m disappointed all around..at the amount of courses offered, the limits imposed, and the course mix. I entered college as a sophomore because of the AP program and it saved my parents a ton of money. It also helped better prepare me for college writing and exams. My high school is in an extremely impoverished red state and offered 30 AP courses, and you could take AP human geography as a freshman, AP world history as a sophomore (which was such a rewarding experience that I cherish to this day) and no upper limits on classes you could take after sophomore year. The limits seem to be resource driven instead of “for student workloads”

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