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    • TwinkleT
      Twinkle
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      When work is going well, and life is just going well in general. It feels nice to take a deep breath and know that everything is going to be okay.

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      • juniperskyJ
        junipersky Administrators
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        The candidates that want to continue our good work won the school board race.

        The relief is PALPABLE today, even as we hide our joy from the kids. Lots of silent fist bumps.

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        • AriaA
          Aria
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          We shouldn’t take pleasure in the misfortune of others, blah blah blah, but…

          Today I found out that a very-deserved bad something that was a long time in coming happened to a terrible person who did horrible things, treated people poorly, and enabled other people to be even worse.

          I’m pretty fucking happy about it and don’t feel guilty about that at all.

          And before you think I’m just being petty, we’re talking about an executive in the pharmaceutical industry, who worked for a company that absolutely got included in a bunch of the opioid lawsuits. So…

          deserved that

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          • juniperskyJ
            junipersky Administrators
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            My husband and I are officially certified as foster parents!!

            Our certification worker wants to see us one more time before we get a placement.

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              Testament @junipersky
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              @junipersky Forgive my ignorance. For human kids or for the furry kid variety?

              I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021

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              • juniperskyJ
                junipersky Administrators @Testament
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                @Testament

                Human kids! We may still take on the occasional furry baby still, but human is the big accomplishment!

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                • SnacknessS
                  Snackness @Testament
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                  @Testament Around here we like to call them “skin cats”

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                  • SolsticeS
                    Solstice
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                    I’ve been on benzos for my panic attacks for the last 20 years. They’ve been sedating and miserable but have been the only thing that have done the job. Worse, any temporary lapse in them meant I’d be a quivering pile of sobbing withdrawal.

                    With the help of a psychiatrist, we found something else that worked, finally. An anti-seizure med, of all things. Sure, why not. Not questioning it. It works.

                    And after a grueling stepdown process over the course of the last year, rife with mini-withdrawals, I’m finally fucking free of benzos.

                    And that feels just enormously great to say.

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                    • TezT
                      Tez Administrators @Solstice
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                      @Solstice I am forever fascinated by the weird overlaps and crossovers in brain drugs. I’ve been on everything in the world for chronic migraines. Somehow it doesn’t entirely surprise me that it would be anti-seizure meds that finally do the trick for you, and yet it fucking fascinates me. Brains are such weird, dysfunctional lumps of electrified biology. I’m glad you found someone who could work with you to find a better solution.

                      she/they

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                      • WuffW
                        Wuff
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                        Post foot surgery after a few weeks ago. No more vacuum seal on a years long ulcer on the sole of my foot. The bones are healing good, no daggy bits to make the ulcer not heal. And expected to ditch crutrches in another two weeks!

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                        • CobaltC
                          Cobalt
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                          Im out of work until Jan 2nd which isn’t ideal, but have been approved to go back which means I don’t need to frantically look for a new job. Yay!

                          Cobalt@Under the Stars
                          cob.alt@Discord
                          Cobalt#[email protected]

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                            mietze
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                            One of my college kids whose school is very near the Canadian border crossed over with a friend this weekend for a tournament, and snagged some ketchup chips! So now I am getting a care package! He couldn’t wait to tell me, and it’s adorable.

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                            • saoS
                              sao
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                              3 acquittals in a ROW WHAAAAAT.

                              let it be a challenge to you

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                              • DeviantD
                                Deviant @sao
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                                @sao Gratz!

                                Not everyone likes me, but not everyone matters.

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                                • PavelP
                                  Pavel
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                                  He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                                  BE AN ADULT

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                                  • juniperskyJ
                                    junipersky Administrators
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                                    I’ve been holding on to a lot of old RP stuff, even though it only made me sad to think about how some of it ended.

                                    After my google being like “Yo, you’re RUNNING OUT OF MEMORY” (because I’ve had this email address for almost 20 years now), I finally purged it all.

                                    Then I went and did a massive housecleaning on my gmail account since I never delete anything.

                                    Went from 11.5gb, to 5.47gb.

                                    None of it is “real”, but I still feel more free.

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                                    • SammichS
                                      Sammich
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                                      I’m 38 years old and am two days into a Bachelor of Information Technology.

                                      That in and of itself isn’t super amazing really I guess. Not in the context of me being me at least, I’ve flunked out of multiple universities multiple times.

                                      But, at the risk of counting my chickens before they’ve hatched, this time feels different. I’m actually managing my time properly and not procrastinating.

                                      I even noticed today that I was so invested in reading the stuff I was meant to be reading that I didn’t even notice the time going by. It felt good.

                                      So, knock on wood, maybe I’ve got this!

                                      my cuffs are bone dry

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                                      • juniperskyJ
                                        junipersky Administrators
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                                        Our first foster child is arriving any minute.

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                                        • juniperskyJ
                                          junipersky Administrators
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                                          13 hours in. No one has died and/or cried yet. So this is good. She is safe at school and all is fine.

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                                            Selira
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                                            I submitted my first short story to Amazon. It’s cheesy erotica, but… I already have my second ready to edit, I have my community pages built out, and the hard work of just doing the first one is done.

                                            I’m really fucking excited for this.

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