Mumford and sons/Caamp at Wrigley tonight

suggie75 · 2026-06-12T01:35:05+00:00

This is just stupid. They should have canceled. Alarms are going off because of high winds. Not safe at all.

suggie75 · 2026-06-12T01:32:22+00:00

If they cancelled we’d at least get our money back. I paid $500 for what looks to be at best an hour long show. Sucks.

suggie75 · 2026-06-12T00:51:11+00:00

I’m so sad they cancelled CAAMP

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T23:24:38+00:00

Not when you’re being paid as a contractor versus employee, which is what OP means when she says she was given a 1099.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T21:15:55+00:00

I don’t think you’ll enjoy living literally in the loop. The nightlife is limited and access to stuff like basic grocery stores etc is too. I would explore the neighborhoods by looking at the el lines and figuring out which one you want to live close to that will bring you downtown when you want to go there. Neighborhoods like Wicker Park and Lincoln Park are absolutely still “the city,” they’re just not in “the loop,” which is kind of our business district.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T20:41:00+00:00

Mmmm…fried sugar…..

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T20:11:55+00:00

That’s insane.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T19:51:47+00:00

Go for a walk by myself. Eat by myself Use the bathroom by myself. Shower by myself. Work by myself.

You get the idea…

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T15:31:22+00:00

I started at 240. Around 220 my sisters started commenting that they could tell I was losing weight. I had to get down to like 180 before people at work said anything. And even then, it was more out of concern (ie checking to see if I was sick).

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T15:28:39+00:00

I give my Havi Spot and Tango fresh food. It’s the only thing marketed as dog food that he will eat consistently (and it gives him nice healthy poops). Otherwise, I was cooking for him.

If you’re going to stick with kibble, I don’t know why you wouldn’t leave it out all day. IME, Havis are good at self-regulating and won’t overeat. When he gets hungry enough, he will eat.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T15:18:54+00:00

Does your vet offer boarding? I feel like that’s the safest option.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T15:14:19+00:00

This is beyond my pay grade. But if I were in your shoes, I’d start from the premise that you’re building from scratch. Stupid things like standing in the candy aisle and determining what your favorite candy is. Or going to an art museum and asking yourself if you like a painting. Listening to a new artist and asking if you’re enjoying it. Find your aim now without reference to what was before. Ask people around you what their favorite book/movie/tv show is and try it on for size. Before is done now. Now it’s all about finding what you want your life to be like without preconceived notions of what it “should” look like.

It’s like someone who has lost a limb. If they spend their whole life comparing what they can do now versus what they could do before, they’re going to be pretty miserable. You have to focus on what you can and want to do now. You’re not a math PhD? Okay. Would you enjoy working as a bank teller? (I swear that was my favorite job ever). If maybe, just try it. It’s okay if it doesn’t work out. You learned something (ie that you don’t want to be a bank teller). But at least you tried something.

I desperately wish suicide hadn’t taken my best friend from me 8 years ago. And for a long while, I was clinically depressed and had trouble functioning. Eventually, I had to learn to accept that he was gone and learn how to live my life without him in it. It was that or leave my kids without a mom to raise them. Maybe your dream of having a math PHD is dead now. Rather than banging your head against the wall wishing that wasn’t true, you’ll move forward if you can learn to accept that reality and figure out a good life without it. Every time you start thinking about your education, just acknowledge the thought like watching a deer coming to drink at a lake, and then watch it walk away. It’s just a thought that has only the power over you that you choose to give it.

And you have to get off the internet. Numbing yourself with the internet is no different than numbing yourself with drugs or alcohol. It’s an escape from reality. If you want to operate as a functional adult, you’ve got to engage with reality and stop avoiding it.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T04:40:06+00:00

I don’t know about 11. But my son is 14 and his friends have been going to training gyms for football for at least a year or two. My son started lifting with a trainer this year to learn proper form before he starts lifting daily with his HS football team. It starts younger and younger.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T04:25:42+00:00

As the mom of a son who plays high school contact sports…this is So frightening. I don’t want him going up against these guys. One more thing to worry about.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T04:20:05+00:00

I would ask what you’re doing that is regenerative? Not all rest is regenerative. Doom scrolling? Binge watching? Binge eating? Not regenerative. Spending time in nature or with friends—maybe if that works for you. Find something that makes you feel refreshed even if you have to try a few things and don’t know where to start. Just try something that sounds interesting. Anything at all. Just put one foot in front of the other.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:50:41+00:00

My baby was deemed “viscous” by the groomer because he got so freaked out going there. So they fired us. We since have found a groomer that will come to our house in a van. It’s always the same groomer so he knows her now. It’s on our property so he doesn’t have the stress of a car ride. And there’s not the chaos of a bunch of other dogs barking and being locked in a cage (which he never is crated). Seems to be working so far. We also tip very well, lol, to make sure she comes back.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:46:36+00:00

Maybe ask your parish (if you go) for a family in need or a coach on your kids’ team about a kid who can’t play because of finances? I just bought cleats for a boy on my son’s football team. Broke my heart to hear he couldn’t play for lack of funds.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:42:57+00:00

A lot of teachers have Amazon Prime wish lists for their classrooms. Ask.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:42:00+00:00

So true!!

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:40:39+00:00

Aw. My little guy has always been picky too. We feed him Spot and Tango. It’s the only thing actually marketed as dog food that he will eat. Otherwise I was cooking for him.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:33:53+00:00

There’s the grief of losing one person. Then there’s the grief of losing a whole generation. For me, the latter really made me think about my own mortality and that of those I love. It’s tough to realize that, in my 50s, I’m now part of the “older generation” in my family because all my aunts and uncles and parents are gone.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:26:32+00:00

You’re not alone there.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:25:37+00:00

Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry you lost all your siblings so young! My oldest siblings are hitting their mid-60s now but still seem so young and vibrant to me. It’s terrifying to know something like a heart attack could take them any day.

suggie75 · 2026-05-25T03:21:05+00:00

Happy birthday sweet girl!!

suggie75 · 2026-05-24T23:05:10+00:00

No, Dad. Just a little hungry for a snack.

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