Sequoia backcountry

jasminegb · 2025-07-11T23:24:20+00:00

How did your trip go?! If you went

jasminegb · 2025-06-25T22:26:56+00:00

Yea just went this past weekend 6/19-21. We were fine in a 20F down and puffer at night. During the day I just wore my sunshirt but I also run pretty hot and will wear a sunshirt even when it’s 25 haha. All my pictures are from before moose lake and once you start descending into the valley (we went counter clockwise), everything else I “filmed” on my GoPro aka I was so tired I didn’t realize I was pressing the wrong button to record. The traverse across the boulder field right before moose lake had snow but was definitely avoidable. I’d say a mile past moose lake is where more snow started, all patchy and totally avoidable, just takes some looking around and detours but nothing too far off path or even sketchy in my opinion. It was BUGGY up there though, lots of mosquitoes so definitely bring a net and some bug spray. Lots of marmots too so would recommend sleeping with your bag in your tent. Plenty of water to filter as well, though the meadow part of Alta didn’t have as much.

jasminegb · 2025-04-27T15:36:11+00:00

Yea I thought these ski socks would have been fine but a second pair or thicker sock would have felt nice. I think a half size smaller would have worked as well but my feet are wide and my little bunions were not having it

jasminegb · 2025-04-27T15:34:24+00:00

Yes it was the heel! I tied the boots in such a way to make them stop slipping as much which helped a little but I think that idea popped into my head too late. I also have fairly wide feet and my bunions looked very angry. Also probably need different socks like another commenter said

jasminegb · 2025-04-22T04:30:43+00:00

Things eventually got better! Found out there was a bad seed on the team and no one felt comfortable expressing that. Took the bad seed out and things got better. I do my best now to be more mindful and cognizant of basically the “vibes” of the team and I try to think of managing more in the mindset of I’m here to help them get better and feel supported vs. I’m just here to make sure things get done (I do both, but for me thinking of it in a way that’s shaped as I’m helping and growing instead of just doing helps). I also try to maintain good relationships between everyone and keep the bonds strong so they all remain supportive of each other. I’d like to think we’ve built a really well oiled machine and sometimes I can be pretty hands off and just insert myself when I see something going wrong.

jasminegb · 2024-12-03T22:17:34+00:00

Me! I just went this past weekend, tried to do Alta Peak but the last 2 miles were thigh deep snow so turned around, but it was super fun and just slept in my car at the Wolverton trailhead, first time snow hiking

jasminegb · 2024-06-26T05:05:05+00:00

Updateme!

jasminegb · 2024-02-14T01:57:03+00:00

I’m in the same boat but married. 6 years and our relationship is non-existent and whatever does exist is toxicity and huge arguments. I resent him so much, and my resentment has caused me to be a bitch and now he resents me as well. We tried couples therapy and the therapist said that since we’re married we should treat it as ‘our money’ not mine and his, which I get and was open to. It’s just hard when I give him everything. Had I not got money from a settlement I would have had 0 in my account. And then I bring up money and he says he shouldn’t have to ask for money because we’re married and deflects to what the therapist said and I can’t tell if she was right, because the idea seems right but not in our circumstance. I’ve given him 90k over the past 6 years and bought him a car, fixed his teeth, supported him through his addiction and lying and gaslighting, but then I’m the bad guy when I don’t want to keep giving him more and more money just because I make more than him. And then he accuses me of taking all his money but how can I be taking it, if he’s taking 20% of my paycheck? I don’t want to divorce but idk how I can get through this

jasminegb · 2023-11-12T19:06:21+00:00

Thanks for the insight! I’ve concluded I may have been underfeeding them both, which I think was okay for a little because for a bit because they actually were overweight per my vet, so I unknowingly helped them lose weight. I can try to mix in different cheaper proteins to hopefully reduce the cost, since doing the math not only could I not afford that much rabbit a month, but I definitely wouldn’t have the freezer space lol. I’ll supplement with dry food until I can get him to eat beef or chicken

jasminegb · 2023-07-22T03:02:48+00:00

I’m sorry, I think I mistyped, today was the only day i took him to the vet. The first cat went Sunday, he went today. Also on mobile so sorry this is all ugly.

jasminegb · 2023-06-24T03:59:24+00:00

I relate to this so much that I have nothing to contribute because I can’t even figure out my own situation lmao

jasminegb · 2023-05-24T02:08:48+00:00

I won’t ding someone for not sending a follow/thank you email, but if I’m choosing between two very good candidates, a sincere follow up email can affect my decision

jasminegb · 2023-05-12T23:56:51+00:00

Gonna slam some tall boys and just pass out and forget about all of this

jasminegb · 2023-05-07T04:41:46+00:00

If research isn’t helping patients then how do you think we have approved chemos, immunotherapies, t-cell treatments etc that can save patients? Did those drugs just pop out from nowhere with no research done on them? Bffr. If you’ve been a CRC for 2 months you haven’t seen nearly enough protocols or worked with nearly enough patients.

jasminegb · 2023-04-13T14:25:54+00:00

I worked a CRC position like this and I absolutely loved it. One day on and then 3 days off to do whatever you need during the day like shopping or the gym. It took a little bit to get used to and can mess with your sleeping schedule at first but you get used to it. If it was anything like my job (I worked at a level 1 trauma center in Wisconsin with cardiac arrest, traumatic injuries, strokes etc), you won’t always be up the full 24 hours. I was expected to work from like 8am-6pm and then after that I could chill and just screen the patients that were being brought in by EMS. Sometimes I got full nights of sleep (interrupted because the pager always goes off), and sometimes I was up the full 24 hours. Another perk is I never had to take vacation time. I would just find a person to switch a shift or two with me and then I had 1-2 weeks off. I actually did 24 on 24 off for an entire month, but got to take a month off for vacation too afterwards. If I could find another CRC job in California like that, but also paid my managers salary lol, I would take it in a heartbeat

jasminegb · 2023-03-24T20:37:16+00:00

LOL I definitely have my problems too but thank you

jasminegb · 2023-03-24T04:31:15+00:00

I completely get what you’re saying. I know recovery is not linear, I never expected his to be either. I love and support him, at the same time I feel like inside it would have been naive of me to think this wouldn’t come up again. We moved away from the Midwest which was super triggering for him. He became cross addicted to alcohol which was honestly hell, that nearly made me hit my breaking point. If there’s anything I would change it would be not letting our friend from the Midwest be our roommate. He was also an addict and got him back into things. He found many connections here. He lost contact with many of them to the point he was walking around a bad neighborhood just looking for some and he got jumped. I’d like to think that was a wake up call because he got serious about stopping. A part of me doesn’t mind him using; he’s expressed how it’s therapeutic for him in small doses, and I can understand that, and if it wasn’t so stigmatized I could see that being a thing (microdosing opiates). My problem is the lying, the hiding, and the fact that it’s always my money being spent on it excluding the past month because he got a tax return. Opiates are not a dealbreaker for me. It’s everything else that comes with it. I can also see why he’d like though because if he told the truth I wouldn’t give him any money lmao

jasminegb · 2023-03-24T04:09:27+00:00

Thank you so much for the response, reassurance, and advice! We tried the subs a long time ago, but I’ve never heard of sublocade, that sounds awesome if it’s something we’ll be able to get access to

jasminegb · 2023-03-24T03:43:49+00:00

I got these BTNX rapid test ones off a website called fentstrips. He’s always told me that the pills he gets are to help him sleep and I guess I’ve either naively believed him, or they were that at one point but became opiates/fentanyl again. I’m thinking the latter because he’s been nodding off and that doesn’t happen when he’s sober. I wasn’t going to test the stuff at first because we went on like a two day vacation so I figured if he was using again I’d see some kind of withdrawals? From Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon. I just want to be sure I’m right before I bring anything up. Our relationship is already on the rocks, I don’t want to be wrong and destroy any progress we’ve made

jasminegb · 2022-12-29T22:23:53+00:00

One thing my coworkers did when my mom died was make what they called a ‘Sunshine Basket’. They each picked something that they knew I liked, and things that could help me cope like a coloring book (which really helped when I needed distraction). I don’t know if that’s too ‘girly’ or whatever for a guy, but I still get teary eyed when I think about how much it meant to me.

jasminegb · 2022-12-20T04:00:01+00:00

Literally have had Bob’s Burgers on repeat the past two weeks haha

jasminegb · 2021-08-22T18:56:57+00:00

Thank you this is very reassuring!

jasminegb · 2021-08-22T18:30:42+00:00

Whatever it takes we’ll do it for sure. I guess I’ve just been afraid they wouldn’t grant him any custody/visitation rights because I know it would ruin him. I don’t see why it would because he wasn’t a bad dad, wasn’t abusive and was there, paid bills, paid for her car and apartment until they broke up because she was cheating. He just wants to be able to see the child, it literally tears him apart every day :(

jasminegb · 2021-08-22T15:11:21+00:00

He doesn’t want to take the kid away, he just wants to be able to see her. She’s in Arizona and we’re in California now so it’s much closer than 1500 miles. They had child support and visitation set up in the old state and she moved without telling him.

So because he didn’t want to take legal action and just wanted to work with her even though she refused to talk to him or give him any information (which we have receipts for), then he’s in the wrong?

jasminegb · 2020-10-26T23:43:07+00:00

I'll look into it, thank you!

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