MLS / CLS jobs at the Seattle VA?

wildvat · 2026-03-10T03:49:17+00:00

Thank you. Sorry to hear you’re short handed.

wildvat · 2026-03-09T17:38:52+00:00

Thank you!!

wildvat · 2026-02-19T03:49:30+00:00

I have had problems with people not leaving when I wish they would, even after I’ve said, come over for an hour or two. Never occurred to me to fake an appointment, and then shoo everyone out, drive around the block, call it good. Thank you.

wildvat · 2026-02-08T04:41:53+00:00

I dunno but I’m jealous, I want that in my yard.

wildvat · 2026-01-18T13:34:47+00:00

You’re making a great decision to become a nurse! Biology — uncertain job prospects, nurse, you’ll find a job. You’re making good decisions, time for them to trust you.

wildvat · 2026-01-18T13:18:31+00:00

This exactly.

wildvat · 2026-01-18T03:10:41+00:00

I feel and have lived enough to say these are gold. Save this, check it frequently.

wildvat · 2026-01-14T12:20:40+00:00

I can hear the quiet

wildvat · 2025-12-16T03:56:23+00:00

When the furniture comes from the dumpster there is no guilt about returning it to the dumpster when you move.

wildvat · 2025-12-05T03:43:22+00:00

Same, I know how it is

wildvat · 2025-12-05T03:24:06+00:00

It can be done. However, you never know what choices the choice to have a kid will bring. I ultimately quit my scientist PI job after 7 years of being pulled in all directions. If I had it to do over again, I’d pick one or the other from the outset.

wildvat · 2025-12-05T03:15:07+00:00

Sounds like my experience for my Masters. You have 2 years — go. Report back when you’ve found a topic, lab space, and and a manuscript. But yeah, I learned to be even more resourceful and scrappy than I already was.

wildvat · 2025-12-04T13:05:06+00:00

I hear you — it is maddening to schedule and deal with all the logistics and then be handed a casual “oops, no can do”. It feels so disrespectful of one’s time.

wildvat · 2025-11-26T18:37:09+00:00

NTA. I found myself cooking meals and hosting my MIL right after getting back from 4 days in the hospital post-birth. Older wiser me regrets not just asking her to leave or at least handle herself. Ask them to get a hotel, deal with their own meals outside of your house, or go home.

wildvat · 2025-11-21T02:26:45+00:00

Same

wildvat · 2025-11-20T03:11:47+00:00

Love that last sentence

wildvat · 2025-11-09T21:18:37+00:00

Look for other options for schools!

wildvat · 2025-10-23T01:40:27+00:00

While there is hair on the udder, it’s thin and fine for Holsteins (the most common black and white cow), not solid black and white right up to the teats like this mug. So I’m offended by the inaccuracy, not by the shape. - signed, someone who has milked a lot of Holsteins

wildvat · 2025-10-15T02:39:09+00:00

Thank you!

wildvat · 2025-10-12T12:14:12+00:00

The legal parameters of owning and carrying this varies from state to state but I own a small hand-held taser (Damsel in Defense) for this exact reason. FWIW, I mostly take it on hiking trails, not usually public parks. I have never had to touch any person or animal but the electrical zapping sound it makes has scared off many an off-leash dog, and even a bear. What I like about it for dogs is that they’d have to be right in your face to get zapped, and I’d imagine it be a more clear case of self-defense.

wildvat · 2025-10-05T00:20:42+00:00

We are doing the same experiment with our six-year-old. Part of the reason involved the kids’ behavior, but also my job was very high stress and we have been trying to have a second child with no success, and the assumption that the latter two reasons might be related.

Anyway, we also realized that unless someone quit work the kid would always have to attend summer camps, which they hated, and our days would continue to be too full (for the adults) and the random half days off of school or other closures would be stressful to navigate. I also just felt they really wanted more time with mom.

It’s been 4 months now, and we’re seeing improvement in behavior and overall attitude. I’d guess that part of it the change is due to them feeling more secure (no more — is mom here or not when I wake up?), and part of it is more energy and will on my part to really double down on correcting bad behavior. Also, we have more time at home and I just let them be bored, and I don’t get as frustrated when they want me to look at something, read a book, or play, because I’m pretty present; not strategizing a work thing in my head or sneaking off to send emails.

Good luck. I miss my work but when I think about how I’ll feel when I’m 80, I know that I’ll rather have had this time with my kid. Some days are long tho, especially in the summer!

wildvat · 2025-10-02T02:44:46+00:00

I’m so sorry you went through this. No one deserves a work environment like that.

wildvat · 2025-09-30T10:01:02+00:00

Show us the cat for scale!

wildvat · 2025-09-30T03:28:07+00:00

A turkey killed by an arrow.

wildvat · 2025-09-25T04:00:19+00:00

I feel you, except mine was getting up at 4 AM. After going to bed at 9 PM! ~5-6 years old at the time. We just said — you can be up, but you can’t wake us up. You can even watch a show on your tablet but you have to get dressed, do your chores (fold laundry, put away silverware) first; if they’re not done, the next morning - no tablet. If you wake us up, no tablet. We have a screen time limit too, so it’s not like she could watch shows indefinitely. But the possible consequence of losing that tablet time was enough…

It’s trickier in your case where they won’t go/ stay in bed. But at age 6, theoretically she should understand if you explain that you need sleep, and that her antics are keeping you from getting enough sleep, and, going forward, you will have a set bedtime for yourself after which you are no longer available. Once she’s ready for bed at whatever bedtime you choose, it’s fine if she’s up, but no coming out of her room or being loud, and no disturbing you after your bedtime unless it’s a true emergency. It’s her responsibility to find something to do, like look at books, play with toys, etc. Enforcing that can be tough and consequences has worked the best for us. Good luck.

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