I floss everyday.

Dax formulas

There are many people in the world. You don’t have to stay attached to this person if his behavior isn’t something you like. And it is ok to wait for a person to come along that treats you the way you would like to be treated (you deserve to be treated well). Best of luck!

Working 40 hours can be tough. I think it is about a finding a setup that can work for you. Here’s how I set it up to work for me (I work more than 40, so some of this is just so I don’t die). Maybe there’s something in there you can try out.

• I work with family so I can double up work/family time
• I work from home so I don’t have to commute and I can pause to see my kids off to/come home from school
• My husband does not work so I see him throughout the day and he takes care of household chores
• I let my kids play in my office when I’m working (even on conference calls)
• I like my job and coworkers
• I take naps on the weekend
• I have given up on hobbies outside of what my kids like
• I get up at 4am and start work most days by 5am to ensure I have evenings with my family

Oooo, I should try that! I have been using KU, which I know isn’t awesome, but did allow romance authors to break the publishing model (fascinating story: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/romance-novels/). And there’s a part of me that wants to give the middle finger to publishers who took in a bunch of money from romance books to pay for books/authors that would never recoup their costs.

I read ebooks.

Your question made me think about comedian Ryan Hamilton’s bit about the New Yorker visiting rural Idaho and wandering off to get gluten free cupcakes never to be seen again.

We for sure have it easier today.

I’m sure she could if she wanted. But what if she doesn’t want to? Side thought: if she was a man, no one would bat an eye at a solo status.

New technology is harder to adopt.

My first meetings are at 6am, so I usually get up around 4am. I use two alarms because I’m fairly sleepy deprived. And I play on my phone for like 20 min while I wake up.

I share my birthday with my mom and son, which makes it easy for everyone to remember.

Christmas Wrap by the Waitresses.

I don’t think there is a good reason for anyone to buy Bitcoin, let alone the US government.

Talk to your boss before your next shift - being proactive is key. Explain that you had a momentary blib of a reaction that embarrassed you and you left early. If your boss is anywhere near human, they will understand and offer guidance on what you can do if it ever happens again. Not that you owe your coworkers an explanation, but if you feel you need to address it, you can say something casual like, “sorry for the flip out yesterday, I’m not a great speller and can be embarrassed about it.”

This is a learning experience (albeit a terrible one). And if it makes you feel any better, anything I’m good at is because something terrible happened. I’m good at lots of stuff now. 😉

Hang in there!!

I’d be really curious about what is really means and how you manage or cope with it. If I knew you for a while it would be just another thing to file away about your personality. It probably is something you would share with people you are close to, but you may need to educate them on what it means.

That a bon fire was a “bomb” fire and therefore, very loud and very dangerous.

We hosted one while I was in college. He fit into our family well and we still stay in touch 20 years later.

Maybe… I depend on it for a bunch of stuff: my calendar, my personal and work email, communication with friends and family, getting my news, taking pictures of fun stuff I’m doing with my kids, reading books, grocery shopping, etc. During a recent power outage, I ended up going to a bookstore for a paper book, since that seemed to be the thing I missed most.

I don’t decorate, but my husband does (he’s super into it and I am not). He decorates the house for Halloween, thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter. One year, my kids made me put a waving jack skellington on my back windshield wiper.

This did in fact blow my mind!