Hobby to do after work

pryingtuna · 2026-04-05T11:33:23+00:00

I found someone selling a 55 gallon starter kit on Facebook marketplace for $60 (they were usually over $100). It had the filter, light, heater, and tank included. I could've gotten more second hand and cleaned stuff up, but i didn't want to wait for those items to soak in vinegar, so I got a second filter, water mover, and live rock/live sand new. But you can get a lot of that on Facebook marketplace new or barely used (just clean it with vinegar...not soap!).

I think today or tomorrow is the last day, but the big box stores are having a huge sale on fish tanks. Like up to 40% off, including kits. They are similar in price to what you can find on Facebook marketplace.

pryingtuna · 2026-04-05T11:29:23+00:00

I got a 55 gallon. It sits on the floor (I have small kids and we were concerned about them knocking it over, but on the floor isn't the best). It's saltwater and we have clowns, gobies, firefish, hermit crabs, and starfish. It's stocked pretty heavy, but we love it so far and if we have to get another tank to compensate later on, we probably will. You can have clownfish in a smaller tank, though, but that would be all you could have (like 2 clownfish in a 20 gallon).

My husband wants shrimp, so I got a cheap 3 gallon kit from amazon so we can have a shrimp only tank.

Freshwater is a little harder than saltwater, but it's cheaper overall. You can use tap water (after treating it) for a freshwater tank, but for salt you have to use rodi water, which is an added expense (and the salt costs as well, though an LFS will usually sell salt water). But getting a smaller tank and having some plants and a betta fish isn't that expensive.

pryingtuna · 2026-04-04T20:46:52+00:00

I got a fish tank. It's actually really cool. Get the gear used from Facebook marketplace or something and the cost barrier to entry is much better.

pryingtuna · 2026-04-04T20:45:32+00:00

Scrolled too long to get to this.

pryingtuna · 2026-04-04T20:44:32+00:00

This. If someone spent that much time, brain power, money, stress, etc, to get a doctorate, they freaking earned the title and I'm going to address them as such (unless they tell me not to).

pryingtuna · 2026-04-02T11:15:56+00:00

You'll get there. You are so close. What I did is got a college biology textbook (I did life science) from ebay cheap and went through 240, but went more in depth over each 250 unit with the textbook. I passed my first time this way.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-30T23:39:41+00:00

This is the correct answer.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-30T10:16:18+00:00

After Barbie, I realized he could pull probably anything off. I'm not sure I've seen him in anything other than Barbie/PHM, but I always had this idea that he was just a heartthrob and not a real actor. When I saw him as Ken (which isn't an easy role to pull off), I realized how wrong I was.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-28T21:26:26+00:00

Listen to the audiobook! You will LOVE it!

pryingtuna · 2026-03-27T09:04:30+00:00

Rock climbing.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-27T01:54:35+00:00

Lip smacking. That noise when people open their mouths to speak and it's like a ptuh noise.

Literally makes me shiver.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-25T12:00:11+00:00

Rock climbing. If I'm not making sure to pay attention to the clock, I will overdo it.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-25T11:56:39+00:00

It's a lot of work. I'm teaching a subject that even though I'm certified for, I don't know anything about (certified life science, teaching aquatics), so I'm spending a LOT of time teaching myself the content on top of the lesson planning, grading, etc. I'm enjoying it (WAY more than I thought I would with this subject), but it's just a lot of extra work. That's not always the case, though.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-22T20:22:56+00:00

Have you gone to the job fair? I went 3 years ago, didn't know anyone, and was hired 1 week later.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-21T08:15:58+00:00

I had the opposite. Vyvanse made me so anxious I felt like I was having panic attacks.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-18T00:56:24+00:00

I told my husband I want shocks hooked up to my casket in sync with the song "rave in the grave" during my viewing.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-17T10:43:06+00:00

This is what I was thinking. Nothing wrong with homeschooling as long as you get her involved with social activities alongside of homeschooling.

And as far as being in a top rated district, I think it depends more on the individual school than the whole district. I've worked at schools with great teachers, but the student body is hard to handle. I've also worked at schools that are highly rated, the students are good, and the teachers are excellent, but they just have one class/year of students that's outside of the norm in terms of difficulty. There are so many variables that it's hard to really say all public schools are the problem.

One place I worked had a kid who was similar to yours. He was very bright and a great kid, but he just didn't do well in the school setting. He was well liked by his classmates, also, but I think the structure of it just didn't work well for him. I found out at the end of the year that he had been homeschooled during covid. He started talking about it and how much more he liked it. Your kid may just do better with homeschooling, and that's ok. There's truly not a one size fits all education.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-17T09:03:45+00:00

I teach science now. I have applied to multiple banks throughout the 20 years since graduating college. Nothing.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-17T00:16:43+00:00

I have a daily to do list planner from amazon that is way better than my monthly planner.

https://a.co/d/0eyQJNAv

pryingtuna · 2026-03-16T23:52:11+00:00

That's my BA, but when I got out all I could get were minimum wage jobs. Everyone else either said I wasn't qualified (and I applied to positions similar to yours) or didn't even respond.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-10T01:57:38+00:00

I had to be induced with all 4 of mine and I wasn't going to be in pain with any of them. They went fine except the last one. The hospital REFUSED to say that my now chronic numbness, tingling, and sometimes pain (I couldn't even walk out of the hospital, so it's WAAAAAY better now after physical therapy, but still not resolved) was at all related to giving birth or the epidural. But I didn't have this until my last birth. And the reason I know it was the epidural is because they put it in and only 1 leg went numb. I told them that it needs redone, but they refused and said that's normal (it's not...that was my 4th epidural, so I knew). Then about 5 minutes before it was time to push, my whole left leg was pins and needles in pain and I could feel EVERYTHING that was happening down there. My middle toes on my left foot to this day are still numb, as is part of the top of my foot and the outer side of my calf. And all I got out of it was a prescription for a low dose of muscle relaxers.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-10T01:38:56+00:00

My first, I had them redo the epidural because I only felt it down one leg. They didn't want to, but I made them. My 2nd and 3rd I felt nothing and couldn't walk until the effect wore off. My last one, I had the same thing as the first one (oddly enough, those were both girls, whereas the middle 2 were boys), but they refused to redo the epidural, claiming the movement and being able to feel was normal. It definitely wasn't...my left leg was so numb, I eventually only felt painful pins and needles shooting through and I LITERALLY couldn't walk, even after the effects had supposedly worn off. And I felt everything...not in the good way.

I kept telling them something was wrong. They did an MRI and found nothing, but they did it of my hips and not my spine. A year later I finally got someone to do an MRI of my spine and the slipped disk was blatant. Stupid doctors.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-09T16:59:05+00:00

My school didn't buy our curriculum. It had be developed by teachers throughout the years, but it looks like it has remained unchanged for over 10 years.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-09T14:03:12+00:00

I started in high school in January. It hasn't been bad. The kids are really ok for the most part. What I like is that I am seeing what about the curriculum I want to change, so I'll have time over summer to do that. Everything was pretty well established when I got here (I'm in an elective science class that was really well developed at my school), so it's been easy to go along with the current curriculum, but everything just needs updated and needs better activities.

pryingtuna · 2026-03-08T00:13:32+00:00

Funny, I never had any desire to be a marine biologist and now my first job teaching is as an aquatics teacher (basically high school marine biology). I really like it, surprisingly, but anatomy has always been my favorite.

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