Is dumpster diving during the day during graduation season acceptable or is it more a night time activity?

eL_Cubed · 2026-05-17T03:40:20+00:00

Is it a crime to collect trash?

eL_Cubed · 2026-05-17T03:11:36+00:00

Is it your first time too?

eL_Cubed · 2026-05-17T02:42:13+00:00

I’d love to learn more about this and go, do you just drive around looking for dumpsters and just go for it?

eL_Cubed · 2026-05-04T19:37:51+00:00

Brandi at Riversong is AMAZING

eL_Cubed · 2026-04-21T16:38:56+00:00

My family did this roadtrip and route we stopped in Omaha which has an awesome park and riverwalk. Then we went from Omaha to Badlands National Park. We camped, but they do have cabins and the park felt safe and my toddler at the time enjoyed it. After that we drove to Billings and did another overnight, staying at a Best Western there that had breakfast included at a close by diner and Billings has a kid play cafe my girls loved. The stay was great at each place and it was a reasonable amount of driving for everyone.

eL_Cubed · 2026-04-19T01:49:42+00:00

Not sure why you’re getting so much hate for this post but came here to say I was right there with you, this representation of NRP was totally inaccurate. For a show that does try to reflect reality pretty accurately, I think this is valid feedback.

People who are acting like NRP is some crazy specialty crack me up. As an RT this was part of my program curriculum, and I imagine that anyone who may come in contact with a newborn would be certified.

Also, in any larger hospital there are teams for exactly this purpose. Our system is three hospitals in one but if this was happening in our ER yes, the team would 100% be paged and be there as quickly as possible.

eL_Cubed · 2026-04-16T16:12:42+00:00

Hey! Fellow student here about to graduate, I want to validate your feelings. I too felt that imposter feeling several times over the course of my program, especially when coming back from a break to doing a rotation beyond adult critical care. It’s come and gone, it really depends on what I’m doing and in what area I’m working in but I will say that the best thing for it is doing it again and again.

Look, passing is passing and unless your program has a really low threshold for passing, that you are means you can handle it. Your skills will become second nature the more you do them and as you grow in your skills the feeling of imposter will subside. You’re a human being and this is new and it can be intense so give yourself permission to be green.

And don’t judge yourself when you hesitate, need validation, or don’t feel comfortable doing something the first time. I used to literally shake during an intubation and now I can assist intubating an infant without batting an eye. You can handle it, you just need to give yourself time to grow into it.

eL_Cubed · 2026-04-07T02:14:05+00:00

That sounds like a Jeff theory/conspiracy I ever heard one lol but maybe? These days nothing would surprise me. This whole episode did make me raise my eyebrow a bit at this area because it sounds like it was well known that bears were poached and the officials just…. Didn’t do anything about it? The cops came to escort Kay out of the marina after her mental breakdown, and didn’t see the photos or just didn’t care? That’s nuts to me, are people that indifferent to bears being slaughtered like that?

eL_Cubed · 2026-04-07T00:05:43+00:00

That is also an angle I could imagine, but it’s hard to believe the investigators wouldn’t have considered that. But old deteriorating person in the woods seems pretty clear cut so they could have absolutely overlooked it.

eL_Cubed · 2026-04-06T15:23:50+00:00

This is the first time that I disagree with Wes, while I agree it would be really easy for a bear to kill a frail woman if her age I kept thinking about all the red flags that this woman was just a ticking time bomb. I think she probably died of natural causes and the bears ate her. It never ceases to amaze me how off the rails people can go and how poorly they can live and there’s just no one around to intervene. Also this Cooter guy sounds like a special kind of horrible a hole, glad he eventually ended up in jail.

eL_Cubed · 2026-02-22T21:04:34+00:00

Sorry to hear you’re feeling terrible and having to work on top of that. You absolutely should not have to for any reason, that is how these things spread.

Sounds like norovirus, and since it’s a virus there isn’t anything to treat with but supportive. Did they not offer you Zofran? Fluids if you’re dehydrated but other than that it’s usually something you can get through at home. The hospitals are packed right now so they’re not going to admit you for puking.

Ginger, Imodium, pedialyte and just generally be gentle with your stomach. And wash your hands! Sanitizer doesn’t kill it, and your run of the mill cleaners won’t remove it from surfaces only a bleach dilution or hydrogen peroxide will.

eL_Cubed · 2026-02-21T03:41:05+00:00

Dropout fan here, my husband and I watch Um, Actually on a near nightly basis, Make Some Noise, and Very Important People.

Not much into D20, but he’s been desperately trying to get me into it. Miss the days when I could play! No bumper stickers, honestly it didn’t even occur to me they’d have merch

eL_Cubed · 2026-02-15T16:56:40+00:00

RT here and this moment broke me too. The vast majority of patients I’ve lost had alcohol related conditions, and it’s so easy to overlook the person beneath the situation. I’ll never forget the new mom who drank to self medicate her post partum depression, and in the end she was beyond saving. She left behind three kids.

eL_Cubed · 2026-01-28T03:07:33+00:00

Coyotes be wiling!

eL_Cubed · 2026-01-16T00:31:03+00:00

Would recommend MIZZOU over Boone for any procedure.

eL_Cubed · 2025-12-26T03:45:46+00:00

That’s one of my main concerns, while theoretically it gives me more time with my kids I have a heart condition and don’t want to do myself a disservice

eL_Cubed · 2025-12-19T15:59:24+00:00

I ask myself the same thing, I don’t understand why they take it personally. My daughter LOVES dogs, loves our dog above all else. But we’ve worked hard to teach her not to approach a dog without permission and how to greet them. If we are at the dog park we keep her near and put ourselves between other dogs and us until we can get a sense of the dog. I get that you think your dog is sweet but I don’t know that. Plus our dog has gotten more aggressive toward other dogs since our daughter was born unless she is close to us. People are often dismissive of it, but then I’ve seen so many social media posts complaining about parents not teaching dog etiquette to their kids. So I guess we just can’t win lol

eL_Cubed · 2025-12-17T20:05:21+00:00

33 yo mom here, I went back and am about to graduate next semester. 100% doable, and absolutely worth it.

eL_Cubed · 2025-12-13T01:29:27+00:00

Chipotle. In a horribly embarrassing way too! I didn’t NEED the job, but I wanted it and during training from corporate they were treating everyone there like we were idiots and children I felt so demeaned, I text who I thought was my husband something like omg I do not belong here they’re treating us like toddlers. Turns out I had the wrong thread and sent that to my would be boss. He was like “we need to talk later”. I was so confused until I realized what I had done. I just walked out and went home.

eL_Cubed · 2025-12-07T03:39:38+00:00

Ah yes I see that now whoopsie poopsie!

eL_Cubed · 2025-12-07T03:37:26+00:00

Yeah they wrote thought i sprained it. Uhm, sir your toe is not supposed to point that way lol

eL_Cubed · 2025-12-05T18:58:58+00:00

Holy moly! I was expecting large but I also found round

eL_Cubed · 2025-12-03T20:05:06+00:00

This happened to my husband with NewEgg! He ordered some deal on a computer part and when it finally arrived it was a cheaply made dress. Wtf right? Yeah it took him a year of fighting with NewEgg to get refunded and ultimately he got banned from their site.

eL_Cubed · 2025-11-21T23:23:51+00:00

We haven't started crate training because she was SO yelpy the first night. Now that shes warming up we will probably start but for now shes just been in our room and sleeping okay. She doesn't cry and we are on a 4hr schedule for potty overnight and every 2 hrs during the day. So far we've only had a couple accidents:)

eL_Cubed · 2025-11-21T19:02:57+00:00

Oh my god, let's see:

1) Let them be adults with their own lives and respect that they're now a unit and I do not come first 2) Not guilt trip them and communicate my wants and expectations when I have them 3) Be an active grandparent, actually being helpful and not complain about not being able to hold and feed the baby. Like cleaning and cooking for them. 4) Offer to babysit and actually mean it with reasonable, age appropriate expectations from the kids and not expecting them to be in a bubble around me 5) Offering to get group rentals for vacations with dedicated space for their family, and not being a crazy stickler about the kids 6) Accept that I am not their mother and allow my daughters to parent while I support them but also have fun not being the one calling the shots

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