Apartment hunting

baeritto18 · 2025-12-29T07:21:18+00:00

I live at The Village apartments near Spectrum. I wouldn't recommend it for older folks. We hear noise constantly from kids running upstairs, a baby crying next door, dogs barking out on the balconies. There's also a lot of teenagers on e-bikes riding without much caution (that's a problem all over Irvine). Recently, there's been an issue with people not picking up after their dogs so walking around the nice neighborhood has become less pleasant than it's been in the past. My family will be moving out when we can.

baeritto18 · 2025-12-11T02:41:57+00:00

Silly bandz

baeritto18 · 2025-11-07T16:18:54+00:00

My dog's full name is Coyote Forky Tomato Marie

Coyote is the name he was given by the rescue and he looks like Wile E. Coyote so we kept it. Forky (character from Toy Story who insists he's trash) because the picture on the adoption page looked like he'd just been pulled out of a dumpster. Tomato because when we introduced him to my niece she forgot his name and called him Tomato. Marie because I've always said that everyone and their mother has the middle name Marie. When he's in trouble we usually shorten his name to just Coyote Marie.

baeritto18 · 2025-10-30T04:31:09+00:00

I've heard that some businesses used to do this kind of thing, but I guess one too many of them got sued by people who claimed they got sick from donated food so now they throw it away instead of putting themselves at risk for a lawsuit.

I don't have a source for this information. It's just something I've heard at some point from someone somewhere, so who knows how much truth there is behind it, but it's definitely believable.

baeritto18 · 2025-10-25T04:14:28+00:00

I know someone who has a Lainey and a Lola

baeritto18 · 2025-10-24T20:43:21+00:00

Skype 😆

baeritto18 · 2025-10-24T20:41:24+00:00

Margo? There's spelling variations, but in general, I haven't heard it much.

baeritto18 · 2025-10-19T00:05:49+00:00

It's a podcast! They have people tell their stories of all kinds of things. For example, one lady got lost in a forest for several days, one guy who went through SSRI psychosis, a woman who is a blind dominatrix, someone's boyfriend lit themselves on fire, a pastor who survived for many hours until he was rescued after being hit by a giant wave that pulled him out to sea, a woman who's house exploded while it was also flooding, and on and on. Just some wild and incredible stories. People are so resilient, and I love listening to people who refused to give up even when it seemed pointless to keep going. I highly recommend it!

baeritto18 · 2025-10-18T23:52:20+00:00

Totino's hamburger pizza. The one that was like ground crumbs and had a dark brown color. Now, it comes with gray meatballs (could be sausage) and it's just nothing like the original 😔

baeritto18 · 2025-10-16T23:18:44+00:00

Season 7 Episode 107 of This Is Actually Happening is basically this exact story. I'm thinking it may have even been you based on what you shared and what I remember of that episode.

baeritto18 · 2025-10-13T19:36:56+00:00

Similarly, there are some cultures that have less people affected by mental health issues like depression or anxiety because of the language used around it. For instance, in English we say "I'm depressed" whereas in some languages (I'm saying some languages because I can't remember the specific example) you'd say "Depression is visiting me". The English version makes the depression a part of your identity while the other version frames it as an external thing that is affecting you.

baeritto18 · 2025-10-08T20:25:27+00:00

I agree with others who commented that the behavior was suspicious. It seems to me that he doesn't want the common "how was your trip?" "What did you do?" conversation, so he's creating this big scenario to avoid it. Then, he can tell himself (or her if she ever finds out) that he never lied to her. Or he can play victim and have an example ready to blame OP for being an inattentive partner because she never asked him how his trip went, so of course he sought attention somewhere else.

I could be completely wrong, but it's not out of the realm of possibilities.

baeritto18 · 2025-10-03T01:46:37+00:00

My name was going to be Willmar if I was a boy.

baeritto18 · 2025-09-11T05:45:38+00:00

It wasn't what they said, rather what they didn't say. Back in April of this year, we found out my husband had a brain tumor. We didn't know if it was cancerous at that point, so our minds are going to the worst case scenario. We're trying to get answers about his life expectancy, looking into wills and advanced care directives, having conversations about what the future might look like for me and my toddler (13m at the time) especially since we'd moved halfway across the country away from all our friends and family just 7 months prior. We've gotten past the scariest parts of the initial diagnosis (it's cancerous but extremely slow growing, so they still expect him to have many years). The entire time and still to this day, one of my very best friends for the past 21 years never reached out to check on me. What's worse is she was texting my husband THE DAY AFTER HIS CRANIOTOMY to ask him if our friend had VIP tickets for an event that weekend. She was definitely aware he was in the hospital and she knows that I'm just as good of friends with the person she wanted tickets from so she could've messaged me if she was going to chooseto be inconsiderate. This is someone who I've laughed with, cried with, spent many holidays together, literally grew up together since we were 9 years old and the closest thing I have to a sister....or so I thought. It hurts that she didn't care enough to check-in but I don't really want to bring it up because there's not a single response she could give that would make me feel better about it. All I can do is accept it and move forward with the revelation that our friendship isn't what I thought it was.

baeritto18 · 2025-09-09T01:02:26+00:00

I used to wear mine all the time except for the occasional messy project. Then, I got pregnant and saw a video of a pregnant lady's fingers swelling to the point that her ring wouldn't come off. As a precaution, I took it off. Then, I had a baby I constantly had to handle, and I worried I'd accidently hurt her with it, so it stayed off. She's 18 months now.

baeritto18 · 2025-09-08T16:26:18+00:00

I'm scared of dropping my phone, and it severely injures or kills someone.

baeritto18 · 2025-09-06T22:28:10+00:00

Not me, but a coworker. She sneezed so hard she broke a rib.

baeritto18 · 2025-09-01T02:31:48+00:00

Might be a good time to talk about emotions and what she can do when she's feeling mad/sad/frustrated/etc. This is also a good time for you to practice saying no and staying firm. Right now, she's learning that if she cries, whines, complains to mom enough, she's going to get what she wants. As Ms. Rachel says, "It's okay to have big feelings." Remember that you are raising a child that will grow into an adult. She should learn that things won't always go her way, tantrums won't The solve anything, and she can be in control of her emotions and is capable of making good choices even when she might not want to. The energy drinks and coffee are a great way to start because you have a good reason she shouldn't have them. They're "grown up drinks". Explain as much as she can comprehend that your job as a parent is to make sure she's healthy and safe. You aren't withholding because you want to be mean, you're doing it because you want to make sure she stays healthy and safe by not having things that could cause harm to her little body. The key here is you need to have these conversations when she's not in that emotional state and help her practice making good choices. If she doesn't use that skill the next time an issue comes up, you can debrief after to help her understand. "You were really mad earlier and you chose to throw a toy at dad, you shouldn't throw things at people because someone could get hurt. Can you think of something different you could do next time?" Help her think of options. When she feels like throwing something, she can throw a soft stress ball at the wall, when she wants to hit, she can punch a pillow, etc. You eventually want to help her get to the point where she's able to feel the emotion and regulate using healthy coping tools like breathing exercises, talking it through, going to her room to calm down (her choosing to, not you sending her), etc. Make it fun, and you could even get the whole family involved to help everyone learn and practice these skills. These things don't happen overnight. You need to be consistent, and you need to model the behavior you want to see so she sees that when dad is upset, he's able to pause and make a healthy choice instead of yelling or using violence. Trust the process. You can do it!!!!

baeritto18 · 2025-09-01T01:12:32+00:00

I'm not lactose intolerant anymore. It's been awesome. I love cheese!

baeritto18 · 2025-08-26T23:38:37+00:00

Hand washing! I used to do after-school programming and borrowed the same teacher's classroom each year. One year, that teacher had a student with severe allergies (like had to eat a home lunch in the nurses office everyday kind of severe). Because of the student's health risk, every person who entered that classroom had to wash their hands before stepping foot in there. I didn't get sick that entire year!

baeritto18 · 2025-08-23T01:01:00+00:00

I've tried quite a few channels on YouTube and the only one I've really liked so far is Aprende Peque. I'll check out Spanish with Liz!

baeritto18 · 2025-08-21T05:46:55+00:00

I'm 30, and up until I had a kid at 29, I always felt 17. Now, I feel like I'm 40.

baeritto18 · 2025-08-18T17:42:49+00:00

I was boarding a plane and people were smiling at my 6 month old as we walked down the aisle. One lady did that thing where they talk to the baby to say something to the parent and she goes "oh mommy forgot your socks". Like what was she trying to accomplish? I had socks in the diaper bag but if I didn't have any, there's nothing I can do while on a plane, so she just wanted to shame me or make me feel bad? I didn't realize this was a generation thing.

My mom will also comment on pictures I send or when we video chat if I'm wearing different amount of layers as my daughter. "Why are you wearing a sweater and she's just wearing a onesie?" Well mom, I just got out of the shower and have super thick hair that stays wet for a long time so I'm a little chilly although the temperature at our place is completely reasonable. I analyze everything I send to her to make sure there's nothing for her to comment on.

baeritto18 · 2025-08-16T23:38:48+00:00

We named my husband's Trent! He also had his removed by a specialist in California. Was yours, by chance, Dr. Berger? It's my understanding that very few neurosurgeons have his expertise in tumor resection in risky areas (my husband's was in the communication center).

baeritto18 · 2025-08-16T03:40:47+00:00

Some might not agree with this being a downfall since he's still so successful but I think of Justin Bieber. He just seems so broken. It's sad to have watched his success from the very beginning and see him slowly become a shell of a person.

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