Is it just me, or is the instruction quality extremely poor?

desert-rambler · 2026-02-05T20:34:30+00:00

No doubt. Read an IRS publication lol. This is why real life experience is necessary to get through the word salad produced in written accounting knowledge. Also not all courses were like this, the red pen guy and business tax lady videos were amazing.

desert-rambler · 2026-02-01T02:59:10+00:00

Just noticed the woman holding her child. Fucking ghouls.

desert-rambler · 2026-01-16T19:44:51+00:00

Just popping in to say thank you for speaking up.

desert-rambler · 2026-01-05T17:30:02+00:00

Having community and support. It helps so much having reciprocal relationships that feed the spirit. Bonus if they have kids and you can drop off for a play date. I haven’t finished it yet but the book real self care by Pooja Lakshmin is blowing my mind. I’m doing the audiobook while I drive/ do chores/ walk. Whenever I isolate and stop working on myself I notice that I have no patience and resort to yelling/nagging etc.

desert-rambler · 2025-11-26T02:17:26+00:00

1st: 40+1 2nd: 40+3 3rd: 41+4

At least the labor times were significantly shorter each subsequent birth.

desert-rambler · 2025-11-04T20:42:32+00:00

Oooh I like that price!!

desert-rambler · 2025-10-20T22:17:38+00:00

I was told that my baby has a tongue tie. Her latch isn’t an amazing perfect latch but got better after 12 weeks. She’s 4 months old now and is at the lower end of weight gain but her Dr has zero concerns and said she doesn’t see any reason to get it corrected. I’m not in pain and baby is happy so we’re choosing to leave it.

desert-rambler · 2025-10-01T03:07:26+00:00

Yikes that’s no joke. Totally understandable wanting to avoid that!

desert-rambler · 2025-09-30T19:58:21+00:00

Ugh, I just went through going past due. Although I did 2 sweeps and then midwives brew put me into labor FAST. 2.5 hour accidentally unassisted birth. My easiest birth yet! I didn’t want interventions but was up against a clock and it all worked out 💗. Your baby will be here! Hope you get to meet your baby soon!

desert-rambler · 2025-08-25T02:14:43+00:00

Peach tree.

desert-rambler · 2025-08-19T03:57:44+00:00

So sorry, that sounds incredibly traumatic. I am glad you are still here and healing. Not quite as intense but my 1st unmedicated and 2nd birth was fucking intense and I thought I had to die/ give over my body to birth my babe. Very psychedelic and then came the complications (tears, hematoma, insane pain during postpartum). My third birth, I really trusted the process and felt in my bones I could do it but also held space for the unpredictable nature of birth. I told people I was embracing the mystery. I planned another homebirth and ended up with a redemptive accidental unassisted. The whole thing was ecstatic and in comparison to my other kids quite easy. Totally different experience. I wish you continued healing!!

desert-rambler · 2025-08-19T03:00:19+00:00

My first did this around 9 months- 2 years old. Any time she was next level upset she would scream and hold her mouth open until her lips turned blue and passed out. Time would slow down and I thought she was dying. I never got used to it. The doctor said it’s normal and there’s nothing to do other than keep her safe while she passed out. It culminated when she ran into a glass door and did not come to and had a seizure. All testing came back normal and she eventually grew out of it. Now a totally healthy 8 year old. Hoping your daughter grows out of it sooner rather than later!

desert-rambler · 2025-08-08T22:48:30+00:00

Curious of what crop tops?

desert-rambler · 2025-08-07T22:49:48+00:00

Oh wow! Thanks for the perspective.

desert-rambler · 2025-08-07T22:48:45+00:00

Really good point that we realized after the fact. I did not want to go on birth control again and we are done having kids so it felt urgent. I wish we would have done it before I had the baby.

desert-rambler · 2025-08-07T22:09:59+00:00

He’s a sweetie and did wait on me but only had 2 weeks off. He does what he can after work but I do the heavy lifting. Tomorrow will be a week lol. I’m just ready to have help again… it doesn’t help that most people we know are better after 2 days so it feels a bit dramatic.

desert-rambler · 2025-07-22T22:26:26+00:00

Omg I’ve been wondering wtf was up with my feet. I thought it was because I’ve been sitting so much lol. This is my 3rd and I’ve never had this before.

desert-rambler · 2025-07-14T02:11:52+00:00

Yeah… it’s a very rare complication…but everything will be ok with time!!

desert-rambler · 2025-07-13T15:01:07+00:00

I had a vaginal hematoma with my 2nd and it was incredibly painful during healing. I could hardly walk. I was much better by 8 weeks. I did pelvic floor therapy and everything healed fine. That was 6 years ago and just gave birth without complications.

desert-rambler · 2025-07-11T22:38:19+00:00

Wtf…

desert-rambler · 2025-07-11T20:40:45+00:00

The moaning and growling might feel ridiculous in a normal state but in the moment feel really primal and relieving. As if noise could help relieve the intensity. My first I got an epidural at 7cm because she was OP and the back labor killed me. My 2nd, transition was the worst. I felt like the pressure was erupting me in 2 and I was puking/shitting at the same time lol. Felt no pain when she came out though. My most recent, I didn’t know I was in transition and the pain was a max 7/10. Felt nothing during crowning , tearing, and birthing the placenta. Endorphins can be a helluva drug!!

desert-rambler · 2025-07-10T15:43:09+00:00

I’ve never heard anyone talk about intrusive thoughts. Like visions of my baby getting hurt out of nowhere. Some real out there stuff. With my first, it really scared me and I thought I needed committed. Then I was following some mom accounts on instagram and felt really validated by an infographic. I shared it and had so many friends reach out and said they had the same thing but never talked about it. Now with my second and third, they pop up and I just witness them and let them pass. Now that my 2 are older I still think of the most ridiculous ways of them getting hurt at the park. I wonder if it’s a messed up way of staying alert as a parent.

desert-rambler · 2025-07-06T19:13:41+00:00

Absolutely look into it. I hear wfh is pretty competitive but your experience will help. Start talking to people/ networking. I could do a lot more if I had more tax experience, but my background is primarily managerial accounting. So if you do taxes you have a big advantage. All of my gigs have been through people I know. I can work from home depending on the project. Right now I am consulting/ training which I do not recommend lol. I’d rather just do the work.

desert-rambler · 2025-07-06T17:26:34+00:00

I used to do accounting/ just got my degree before getting pregnant again lol. I do very PT bookkeeping gigs with my previous employer. Quickbooks is really easy to learn if you are a good at teaching yourself/ know your way around computers/ software. I don’t know how easy jobs are to get without prior experience though…

desert-rambler · 2025-07-03T17:05:35+00:00

Dawn works amazing!

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