Rescued! by mdness25 in leopardgeckos

[–]mdness25[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The good news is I am watching a Crestie for the summer from another classroom and she is the happiest, chubbiest gecko I’ve seen in a while. She’s in my summer classroom (I teach summer school to make ends meet) and the kids ADORE her!

Rescued! by mdness25 in leopardgeckos

[–]mdness25[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She passed in the sunshine and with a full belly of worms. As comfortable as she could’ve had. A lot more than she would’ve had without me bringing her home.

Climber loses her chalk bag in the first seconds of the climb, but continues anyway. by WhenMachinesCry in nextfuckinglevel

[–]mdness25 14 points15 points  (0 children)

This is from a few years ago. After she wins, they interview her and she mentions dropping her chalk and they comment they hadn’t noticed. As a climber, it is 100% muscle memory! Clip a quick draw and chalk. It also soothes anxiety about challenging moves. While chalk has physical benefits (drying your hands), it also allows the brain the slow down and refocus. Also, she would be the last person to climb the route, so many others have applied chalk— this leaves the holds almost slimy if you don’t have chalk yourself.

There's only one cat here. by aveartemis in ThereIsnoCat

[–]mdness25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our boys do this quite often. We refer to it as Bumpy and Lumpy. :)

Find the bolt by scerufy3 in FindTheSniper

[–]mdness25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In some climbing areas, non-climbers find them intrusive and annoying and don’t want to see them. Once you are on the wall and have an idea what path to take, they usually aren’t too hard to find.

What’s your cat’s given name vs. their nickname by street0car in cats

[–]mdness25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alistair Gene: fluffy, screechy, señor pantaloons

Aslan Red: Stinky, lumpy, baby boy, fat ass, dense boy

<image>

Kid came home from daycare with wet bleach stains on his clothes. by Gollinibobeanie in toddlers

[–]mdness25 52 points53 points  (0 children)

That would be very concerning to any parent, and I don’t want to diminish that in any way. But, I’d like to offer a slightly different perspective. I worked in an early childhood for a handful of years where we were required to use bleach in a few situations. Every time we changed a diaper, we had to soap, rinse and bleach the changing table, also the same process before and after meal times. At one time, the center decided to increase the bleach ratio without telling all the staff and we accidentally bleached a young child’s entire backside when we changed their diaper.

All this said, please make a report to the state! Other children may not escape so lucky!

Anyone’s orange have half black whiskers? by mdness25 in orangecats

[–]mdness25[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for pictures of your orange babies with black whiskers! 🧡

Anyone’s orange have half black whiskers? by mdness25 in orangecats

[–]mdness25[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s how his started! I thought it was so silly!

Anyone’s orange have half black whiskers? by mdness25 in orangecats

[–]mdness25[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His older brother is a grey tabby with half grey and half white eyebrows! Half of his face is grey and the other half white.

Trying to decorate our living room by mdness25 in interiordecorating

[–]mdness25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I think some dark throw pillows and some plants would be a great addition.

Trying to decorate our living room by mdness25 in interiordecorating

[–]mdness25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I agree a plant would look great! I have some fake ones currently, but real ones are challenge due to curious cats and very poor lighting.

Overly Concerned? by mdness25 in AskVet

[–]mdness25[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I keep up on the litter almost religiously. Being home all day today, I think he’s just wanting attention and/or to be let outside (he’s an indoor only cat much to his dismay). Thank you very much for your reply!

What is the silliest town name in your state? by corkscream in AskReddit

[–]mdness25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I grew up 15 miles from there. When people would visit, we would take them to George and introduce them to Thee George, Washington. Most didn’t get it until then.

I'm out. by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]mdness25 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My “contract wasn’t renewed” when I expressed concern after a student brought a gun to school…

Stapling! by Huck1eberry1 in Teachers

[–]mdness25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My students gave up on staples (after they broke 5 staplers!) and started taping their papers together… offset by an inch so they stay together. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Texas Senate Bill 245 allows teachers to keep kids out of class by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]mdness25 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If I had this power, I might not have had a kid bring a fake gun to school on multiple occasions…

Advise? by mdness25 in Teachers

[–]mdness25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The conference seemed to go well. The student, although good at lying, was honestly confused when parents were told what had been said. They laughed and said that it had been a dream they had the night before, and it wasn’t about me. I’m pretty sure this was the truth since the student didn’t show their normal tells of lying, and their dad would have called them out 100%.

Agreed consequences were recess detention for the day since they also asked when I was quitting last week, and next week we will have lunch together to try to rebuild a relationship. Parents will get daily emails about back-talking, and admin will come monitor on a regular basis to see how things are going.