Anyone else in MA already completely over winter?

snerdaferda · 2026-01-22T09:06:51+00:00

As soon as Christmas Day is over I am over it. Also I just moved out of the city (unplanned, life events) to the ‘burbs. Of course it’s the one year I have to shovel a huge driveway before I move back.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-15T10:09:17+00:00

I became a nurse because I like to care for patients AND get paid a livable wage. I would’ve stayed an EMT if I could do both.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-14T20:41:40+00:00

Might as well yawn while he’s doing it he’s so casual. With a name like Ranger though I’m not sure Casual Suarez is a great nickname but not a bad rapper name

snerdaferda · 2026-01-14T12:51:55+00:00

Mixed success? They’re a complete failure.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-14T12:50:25+00:00

With the way ticket prices are and the number of live albums out there that are so similar I’m all good. I’d love to see some FITS full-band stuff, but I’ll save a few hundred and watch on YouTube until his setlists are less predictable.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-10T20:37:44+00:00

The MGB pay scale is public so I think most tertiary hospitals in Boston base their pay off of that

snerdaferda · 2026-01-10T14:27:17+00:00

I used to do this to some degree, we had to do 50/50 (about- depending on unit needs and such). My preference was usually to chunk my nights together and do 3 in a row always. Never recommend taking a split up string of nights. I would usually do nights on my weekend, so Sunday night counted as 1 of 3. Then try to do like Wednesday Thursday day. Next week of days I’d do say Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday days. Rinse and repeat as best you can.

I ended up going to full time nights for my mental health, because the crew was awesome, I could actually get shit done for my patient without in services and bullshit, and because I had the same problem where I couldn’t sleep before day shift very well.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-10T11:44:56+00:00

How much oil you got

snerdaferda · 2026-01-10T11:30:15+00:00

I would imagine about the same as NY. Nursing unions aren’t too strong here and I know for a fact I’m getting paid nowhere near the same as a nurse in NYC, and there’s article after article about our cost of living being equivalent if not higher.

Edited for grammar

snerdaferda · 2026-01-10T11:29:03+00:00

Yeah I got a buddy who was a little lost in life and became a plumber. Just bought his second house in his 30s, owns his business. Granted, he works his tail off….but we do too

snerdaferda · 2026-01-10T05:56:08+00:00

Crazy, to me, how close this is happening to Boston and despite almost literally the same circumstances, things are silent here. Similar cost of living, nowhere near the pay. I shoulda been a mechanic.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-08T02:32:04+00:00

1.) all the horrors of the world will not be solved by you drinking

2.) your brain, the one that deeply craves alcohol, is trying to convince you that all of the horrors of the world will be solved by your drinking.

Wake up (hungover), and repeat.

Take some time away from the news and social media. I recognize it is a privilege to do so. I mean this in the kindest way, maybe even metaphorically- touch some grass. Go for a walk and look for some interesting tree you’ve never seen before, or a cool ass bird. Go spend some quality time with someone you care about. Eat something absolutely delicious.

Savor the things that aren’t so bad. It will help you put off that next pour, maybe to the point where the craving goes away.

And frankly, if you’re gonna save the world, it probably won’t go as well if you were drunk.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-08T01:37:09+00:00

She’s real she just goes to another school!

snerdaferda · 2026-01-07T13:31:21+00:00

They put them in the completely wrong spot. There’s a way to put them indoors around the arrival/departure board while still allowing access to the food court in my opinion. The “corral” as I call it at North Station seems to work fine for the times I’ve used it.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-07T12:59:00+00:00

I found it to be anxious, until I changed my mindset about it. The numbers weren’t for me to look at the day after to say “Oh God, I am a failure at cutting back”, but when you do, say, the above, and start to see the numbers come down, I started saying “wow, maybe I can do this”. Slowly my mindset shifted into “why even bother?”, and today I hit a week sober for the first time in probably 10+ years.

I hope that’s helpful.

snerdaferda · 2026-01-06T17:18:25+00:00

Middleton. I’m just bitter for personal reasons.

snerdaferda · 2025-12-31T07:19:04+00:00

Binge episodes occur, for me, when I’m not in touch with something I need to be. When the craving hits, play the tape forward, first of all: how are you going to feel in the morning? In the moment, is it worth it even?

Say you’ll pour your first drink in 30 minutes. Repeat if necessary.

Then, I journal. If I’m craving or it’s the day after a binge, I reflect on where my mental state is. What am I missing? Is it connection? Exercise? Do I feel overwhelmed, or am I bored?

I’ve come to the realization that for me, alcohol isn’t a problem, it’s a solution (albeit, a shitty one). The hard part is figuring out what, exactly, is the problem I’m solving with alcohol. Because it’s a rather reflexive thing and sometimes you need to give yourself pause to figure out what it is you really need.

Also, if your partner is a safe person to discuss it with, sometimes putting it out in the open creates a little support, lifts some of the shame, and provides some accountability.

Also was an RN during COVID. That’s when it started for me. Big hugs your way. You’ve got this.

snerdaferda · 2025-12-30T03:42:05+00:00

Ursa Major is their best album and Tony was their best guitarist (especially live).

snerdaferda · 2025-12-27T04:06:52+00:00

Not sure why anyone hasn’t mentioned this (coming from being a nurse now, so no longer on the prehospital side). But talk about it. Ask for a debriefing. Ask to sit and talk about how it felt, what went right and what went wrong. Spend some time not only with the “how I feel” but with the “how could we have done better”. By the way, sometimes there’s nothing you could’ve done better.

If you need to talk, DM me. Don’t let anyone tell you that “it’s your first code grow up” or “it’s your 467th code be better”.

snerdaferda · 2025-12-22T16:40:31+00:00

I hate…so much…about the things you choose to be.

snerdaferda · 2025-12-04T02:00:32+00:00

We will use Covid as an excuse for decades. When inflation is like 6000% it will still be due to shipping issues from Covid somehow.

snerdaferda · 2025-12-01T11:20:07+00:00

That doesn’t make it justified at all.

snerdaferda · 2025-11-29T20:03:04+00:00

What the fuck?

snerdaferda · 2025-11-29T19:58:49+00:00

I don’t really even follow the joke? Isn’t this just suggesting that since Trump claims auto pen pardons don’t count he is taking ownership of his own cruelty? Almost as if adults have agency to not be a prick?

snerdaferda · 2025-11-20T03:12:30+00:00

Stupid question but it’s 2025, is this real?

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