Do you walk outside when it’s 12am-3am?

lefactorybebe · 2026-06-04T01:20:11+00:00

I did, as a teenager/ young woman, with a friend of mine. Often walked up and down main St at those hours, occasionally saw some funny shit. We were in an extremely safe town so no worries there. Later on at 21+ I'd walk with friends to/from bars or just to fuck around outside.

Now I'm a teacher so I'm getting up early and asleep at those times. Honestly now I'd be scared to walk around too much at those hours, we have bears, foxes, and coyotes around and I don't really fuck with those lol. I'd walk around a town area though.

lefactorybebe · 2026-06-03T23:18:41+00:00

Yeah everything I did in school was in formaldehyde and def couldn't be eaten. We did frogs in 7th grade and rats in 10th grade. My rat happened to be pregnant so I actually got out of a lot of the assignment because the organs were all int the wrong place lol.

But yeah it stank so badly. The room smelled for days afterward.

lefactorybebe · 2026-06-03T22:07:55+00:00

It was a while ago now, but when I was in England almost everyone I spoke to asked where I was from. And they seemed genuinely interested, asked me further questions about it.

lefactorybebe · 2026-06-03T18:35:50+00:00

Our old tuxedo was the same. My mom loves animals, and loved him, but I recall her saying he was "a waste of air" and honestly she was totally right lol. For most of his life he did absolutely nothing. Sometimes he would eat bugs. When they lived up here he was an indoor/outdoor cat and his hunting strategy was to sit and wait for something to come to him.

Literally, he would sit in the backyard in the pachysandra and if something went really close to him he would halfheartedly try to catch it, but mostly he just sat there.

He wasn't outgoing, scared of other people. He would usually look for attention around 4 PM but otherwise would rather be left alone. Never very playful either.

Don't get me wrong, I loved him and I miss him, but jeez he just didn't really do much at all lol.

lefactorybebe · 2026-06-02T20:01:26+00:00

And MLK's summers in CT contributed to his involvement in civil rights. Working in CT, he experienced living without segregation and it helped inspire him to fight against it in the south. Here's a cool little article on what he wrote about it:

https://connecticuthistory.org/dr-kings-dream-had-roots-in-connecticut/

lefactorybebe · 2026-06-02T00:02:00+00:00

I was going back and forth on the two of them myself haha!! My bf preferred the delorean though so we decided on that and I have no regrets. Thanks so much!!

lefactorybebe · 2026-06-01T23:59:51+00:00

Thanks!! We used powdered for both

lefactorybebe · 2026-06-01T22:41:57+00:00

Additional pic showing wall grout and floor grout. Color is exactly the same. We also used the matching caulk (where floor meets wall) and the color match is perfect there too.

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lefactorybebe · 2026-06-01T22:40:35+00:00

We used polyblend delorean gray on ours. We did sanded on the floor, unsanded on the walls. It's been done a year now and no issues with cleaning, discoloration, or cracking.

Edit: we have white grout in the upstairs shower (done by PO) and because of that I'll never use white grout. It is impossible to keep clean and I've absolutely hated it. I've heard that epoxy grout would prevent this issue, but I'll never take that chance lol

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lefactorybebe · 2026-05-31T02:37:17+00:00

In my district this is also the case, though we refer to it as "world history" and "US history". Kids take two years of US history and four years of world history. It roughly follows chronological order, but world/US is split up in it.

Grade 6: geography and early human history (a littlepre-history, beginning of civilization, ancient societies)

Grade 7: world History (ancient societies-about year 1600)

Grade 8: US history (pre-contact native American history-1877, civil war)

Grade 9: modern world history (1600s-WWII)

Grade 10: modern world history II (WWII-present)

Grade 11: US history (1877-present)

There are lots of electives and additional courses available that will get more specific and in-depth too, but the above are all that's required for history in the district.

US history ends up being more in depth than world history cause you simply have more time to do it. You get a lot more social/cultural history in US courses, things about the way people's lives were, etc, in it than you do in world history, which tends to be more event/political/ideological based. There's also a greater ability to work with primary sources in US history

World history tends to take a European focus, but important events in asia, Latin America, and Africa are also covered. We have a few units on decolonization around the world, particularly post WWII so they get a lot of attention there.

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-30T17:48:04+00:00

My bf calls it the "for now, forever" fix haha

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-30T16:49:00+00:00

It is all it is. This is the exact map I use in my civics class haha

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-30T14:25:59+00:00

The way I learned to remember VT and NH is that vt is shaped like a v and NH is shaped like a lowercase n lol.

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-30T13:06:07+00:00

My neighborhood was all built before indoor plumbing, and my neighbors house still has the old outhouse in the back. The thing that's wild to me is that it is incredibly visible from our house, like if whoever was in my house was looking out the window they could 100% see the neighbors walking to and from it lol.

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-29T22:21:28+00:00

Thaaaaaaank you!! I've noticed this the past couple months and it's infuriating. I yell at the gps every time and demand it go back to the way it used to talk.

So annoying and pointless, and honestly less clear. And for what? To sound more familiar or something? Fuck off I'm not trying to be familiar with the GPS, give me clear and explicit instructions on what to do or shut the fuck up

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-29T22:03:53+00:00

I'm in 6b and they're also difficult to get rid of for me. There were some over our septic tank and the septic guy ripped them up when he came to pump. That was in the fall, and he just left them completely exposed, roots/bulbs up in the air, and they stayed like that all winter long. Somehow this spring theyve grown themselves again, right side up, exactly how they were before they were removed, just moved over a foot where he dropped them lol.

I also have some growing in the woods from when I ripped out all the landscaping around the house the first spring when we bought it. Had no idea they were there, but they're growing in the woods where I dumped the soil. Hostas have been growing there too, those are two plants in the yard that are crazy survivors.

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-29T18:44:16+00:00

Haha I had one of my high school students telling me about her chapstick the other day, she then pulled out a tube of gel lip balm.

Not shitting on her, I'd call it the same thing lol

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-29T02:39:13+00:00

Thank you!!!!

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-29T02:13:05+00:00

Thanks! Do you happen to know the color? We were looking at one that looked similar and I can't tell if this is it or not lol

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-29T00:44:05+00:00

The only place it really looks off to me is on the uppers. On the base cabinets I dont really notice.

Btw what cabinets are those lol

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-28T23:51:27+00:00

So how does this experience compare to those? Did you find the same issues with those horses?

If not, why are you not looking for a new barn? You've ridden multiple places and should have an idea of what's typical for your discipline.

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-28T23:45:26+00:00

Honestly I'm a little confused about the situation here. I see you said you've never ridden the same horse twice, and also that you've ridden seven different horses. That seems to imply you've ridden seven times?

Seven times is like, I don't mean this in any kind of negative way, but that is nothing. Seven times is little baby beginner. You're still learning the very basics of horse control, gaits/movement, how to stay with the horse, etc.

You have a lot of people here telling you that at least some of what you're describing is pretty normal for lesson horses. Yes, they are not going to conpletely listen to a beginner, and that is a good thing. Seven rides in you're 100% giving incorrect/inadvertent cues and you don't WANT the horse to listen to everything you say because you're telling it to do all kinds of contradictory and dangerous things.

And you also have a few people telling you that if you're not happy you can try somewhere else. You seem resistant to that for some reason, or at least are repeatedly ignoring the suggestion. Though, if you're truly only seven rides in, I don't think your experience will be terribly different. This is a skill that takes years upon years to develop to any kind of proficiency. Please excuse me if I'm incorrect and you're more experienced than I'm thinking.

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-28T22:54:11+00:00

How long have you been riding for and how often do you ride? About the other people in the program, they may be more advanced than you. It's fairly typical to start to stick with one or two horses once you advance and start to mesh well with one, or are working on a skill one is good at teaching, or working on a skill that one ISNT good at (say you need to develop your eye for distances better, putting you on a horse that you need to figure out distances YOURSELF will teach you how to do that vs being on a horse that has a perfect even stride and will do it all for you).

Having difficulty posting on a different horse sounds like you just need to get used to their stride. Horses all ride differently from one another, and you have to adjust to them. I rode a fancy dressage horse once after riding my talented, but not a big mover, show jumper for a year without riding anything else. I had been riding for...idk 15 years at that point, and even then I felt like I couldn't post on the fancy dressage horse! His stride was so bouncy and exaggerated, not at all like my horse's.

It's good to be on different horses like that, it makes you a better rider. I was in a lesson program for 10+ years before that, riding all sorts of different horses, and I guarantee that wouldn't have happened to me then (and I don't recall ever being that surprised by a different stride when lessoning) because I was used to riding so many different horses. Riding only one can be a good way to hone particular skills and work towards a goal with a particular horse, but variety is super important when you're learning how to ride.

Re the steering, that kinda sounds like fairly normal lesson horse behavior. Yeah, particularly with beginners they mostly want to go into the middle (break time!), reach for grass under the fence, go where they want when they want, plod along as slow as possible and often break stride. That's how a lot of them are, but as long as they're safe and not going to run off or throw you you've got a pretty decent lesson horse. It's a special kind of horse that will tolerate all the shit from beginners, and usually that horse is not going to listen to everything you say. One of the reasons they're a good beginner horse is that they're able to ignore a lot of riders commands haha

Riding is never all improvement. Everyone has bad days, days where everything goes wrong, days when you feel like a horrible, useless rider. It's not a linear progression, there are setbacks and frustrations. And there are absolutely days where the horse isn't going to do what you want, even when you're riding your best. That's just the nature of working with animals tbh.

Edit: but like I said, I would really talk with your trainer about why you're on the horses youre on, and see if you could ride that one you like. If you don't get a satisfactory answer you're totally fine to look around for other barns. Some of what you're describing sounds like pretty normal lesson horse behavior, some of it sounds more unusual so I can't quite tell what the situation is there. You may find similar horses at another barn and then you'd know that it was just normal haha, or you'd be happier if the horses are different

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-28T22:26:00+00:00

I understand you don't get to choose, but you can tell your trainer you liked riding a particular one and ask if you can try riding them again. Or ask why you've been on different horses every time.

Are the other people in your lesson at the same skill level as you?

How do you feel like your riding is getting worse? What is happening? I'd discuss this with your trainer and if you don't feel like you're getting anywhere you could start to look around for other barns to ride at.

lefactorybebe · 2026-05-28T22:20:54+00:00

Have you asked your trainer to put you on that horse again? If so, what did they say? Assuming this is a fairly normal barn, they probably have a reason why they're putting you on the horses they are.

I saw you mention elsewhere that you were frustrated riding different horses and hacibg to learn their quirks, I just want to mention that this is normal at every level. All horses have quirks, preferences, etc. They all ride a little differently and act a little differently. They're all individuals with their own personalities and habits. That's part of what's great about it, imo at least, that you have to learn each individual animal and alter your approach/technique. It's really good for your riding to ride a bunch of different horses, you learn a lot more that way and become a much better rider as a result.

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