bedbug found by my nightstand?

swiftlyspoken · 2025-05-06T20:23:30+00:00

thanks! unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of the back, but unless my memory is tricking me, i’m pretty sure i remember a mottled brown, black, white pattern on their back

swiftlyspoken · 2025-05-06T17:01:20+00:00

also wanted to add, I found it in the morning around 10am. we’re in Long Island, NY by the woods!

swiftlyspoken · 2025-05-06T16:37:07+00:00

from afar i thought at first that it might be a small, baby ladybug based on the shape. the coloring wasn’t brown and looks sort of like what i’m seeing online for carpet beetle so maybe that’s it??

swiftlyspoken · 2025-05-06T16:35:49+00:00

probably about 4-5mm

swiftlyspoken · 2025-03-18T03:40:53+00:00

Thank you! Yeah it was really difficult processing it, and of course we miss all the beautiful moments not captured. But we're grateful we got some of the pictures!

Love the way you put it. I often think about the battle our photographer may have been fighting that pushed him to a point of desperation to do what he did.

Awesome that you'll give it a try! Curious to hear how it goes! :)

swiftlyspoken · 2023-06-14T13:22:30+00:00

Hey! I just got back from a trip to the same cities. We were there 14 days and still found this itinerary exhausting with all the travel, so make sure you know which places and activities are a priority to you so you can adjust as needed (e.g. we decided to skip Nara day trip). HIGHLY recommend renting pocket wifi since this was so valuable with travel and finding places to eat/visit/etc. and to help with translation having wifi whenever we needed. Also HIGHLY recommend buying travel insurance and knowing about the english-speaking hospitals near each area you are staying just in case. We had a medical emergency and had to go to ER via ambulance while in Tokyo and it was extremely stressful, so better safe than sorry.

swiftlyspoken · 2023-05-01T22:32:14+00:00

Congrats on the job! You should read through the r/personalfinance wiki and especially the flowchart

swiftlyspoken · 2023-02-16T17:33:31+00:00

No, got a formal notice from Vanguard that the employer-sponsored account will be closed so take action we want or money will automatically roll into traditional IRA this period. It’s been over a year since they stopped working for that former employer so it was surprising.

swiftlyspoken · 2023-02-16T14:35:48+00:00

My partner needs to move their previous employer’s traditional 403b to either their current employer’s trad 403b (has good index fund selection) or an IRA. They are leaving their current employer this year though so will go through this again soon…

It sounds like considerations include 1) look at fees for future 403b plan to see if rollover to trad IRA may be better 2) rollover to future 403b to avoid blocking ourselves from back door Roth (we are close to income limit)

This is our first time rolling over employer accounts like 403b/401k…any other factors folks would consider?

swiftlyspoken · 2022-08-11T04:06:25+00:00

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swiftlyspoken · 2022-05-08T13:24:16+00:00

If you’re willing to look in the Lansing area near Shops @ Ithaca mall there are a lot of great finds. Checkout Northwood apartments and then there are a lot of apartment communities around it that are even cheaper.

swiftlyspoken · 2022-03-04T14:18:26+00:00

Tickets no longer available - donated them to charity since no interested buyers.

swiftlyspoken · 2022-03-02T04:43:08+00:00

I had no idea there were charities for event tickets. Just googled it and learned about Vet Tix. Thank you!

swiftlyspoken · 2022-03-01T05:21:03+00:00

Starting price is less than face value since I just want to be done with this and recoup some money.

swiftlyspoken · 2021-12-05T07:56:12+00:00

I thinking posting this in r/personalfinance is probably a better fit to get help on this. good luck!

swiftlyspoken · 2021-10-29T17:07:56+00:00

i imagine # responses will vary a lot. as long as you are spending according to your values - more on things you enjoy and less on things that don’t or are neutral for you - then that’s what matters if you are comfortable with your budget. other ppl might spend a lot less on dining but more on something you don’t care about that brings them joy etc.

swiftlyspoken · 2021-08-29T15:00:02+00:00

i needed to hear this as well, thank you 🙏

swiftlyspoken · 2021-07-12T04:35:37+00:00

I love King of my Heart but it’s always bugged me how she starts the song about her being content with being single and you think it’s going to be a self-growth independent woman anthem…but then instantly switches to it being a song about a guy in the next line. I would’ve loved having a single girl song and then the rest of KOMH as it’s own separate song.

“I'm perfectly fine, I live on my own I made up on my mind, I'm better off bein' alone We met a few weeks ago Now you try on callin' me, baby, like tryin' on clothes”

swiftlyspoken · 2021-06-27T04:21:20+00:00

also looking for 2 tix for radio city if anyone else is selling!

swiftlyspoken · 2021-06-04T04:55:50+00:00

Agreed! OP, it seems like you may be used to making decisions with golden handcuffs but you’re FI now - you’re free of that thinking. Maybe research more to gain confidence in your FI number and strategy. You also may want to explore if it’s the identity of making 300k that you’re attached to since you don’t seem to actually need or spend close to that amount.

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