milano
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Post by milano on Aug 6, 2020 11:40:29 GMT -6
No masks anywhere to be seen! Ducking lovely.
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 6, 2020 12:11:55 GMT -6
No masks anywhere to be seen! Ducking lovely. Ugh. Chiros can be so hit or miss. I've had multiple lovely non-crazy chiropractors, but I once got suckered in by one of those "free chiro evaluation and massage!" flyers when I was in college and ended up in a creepy chiro office filled with scientology pamphlets where the chiro sat me down and made me read information about the benefits of chiropractics out loud. It felt very brain-washy and I ended up paying for a $50 x-ray of my neck that I did not need because I was 20 and gave in to the pressuring. He also told me that getting a headache is not normal and something is wrong with you if you ever have one. The massage wasn't even that good. Hope you experience is at least better than that! |
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Post by milano on Aug 6, 2020 12:23:58 GMT -6
No masks anywhere to be seen! Ducking lovely. Ugh. Chiros can be so hit or miss. I've had multiple lovely non-crazy chiropractors, but I once got suckered in by one of those "free chiro evaluation and massage!" flyers when I was in college and ended up in a creepy chiro office filled with scientology pamphlets where the chiro sat me down and made me read information about the benefits of chiropractics out loud. It felt very brain-washy and I ended up paying for a $50 x-ray of my neck that I did not need because I was 20 and gave in to the pressuring. He also told me that getting a headache is not normal and something is wrong with you if you ever have one. The massage wasn't even that good. Hope you experience is at least better than that! I'm pretty sure it was a total waste of my time, but I tried. I was hoping for some sort of ultrasound or tens or something but he didn't really offer anything except adjustment. And then said come back in a few days. Like, cool, but I'm still dying. Hopefully the ortho is more help but that's not for another week. |
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Post by sarenu on Aug 6, 2020 12:26:19 GMT -6
No masks anywhere to be seen! Ducking lovely. See below...  |
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 6, 2020 12:46:51 GMT -6
Ugh. Chiros can be so hit or miss. I've had multiple lovely non-crazy chiropractors, but I once got suckered in by one of those "free chiro evaluation and massage!" flyers when I was in college and ended up in a creepy chiro office filled with scientology pamphlets where the chiro sat me down and made me read information about the benefits of chiropractics out loud. It felt very brain-washy and I ended up paying for a $50 x-ray of my neck that I did not need because I was 20 and gave in to the pressuring. He also told me that getting a headache is not normal and something is wrong with you if you ever have one. The massage wasn't even that good. Hope you experience is at least better than that! I'm pretty sure it was a total waste of my time, but I tried. I was hoping for some sort of ultrasound or tens or something but he didn't really offer anything except adjustment. And then said come back in a few days. Like, cool, but I'm still dying. Hopefully the ortho is more help but that's not for another week.  Might be worth looking into buying a tens unit, they're not that expensive. I didn't use one when I had back issues, but my doula brought one for me to use while in labor and it gave me some relief from contractions. |
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Post by milano on Aug 6, 2020 12:48:31 GMT -6
No masks anywhere to be seen! Ducking lovely. See below... If I wasn't in so much pain and hadn't already gone through the painful effort of driving myself there in the first place I totally would have. I won't be going back that's for sure! |
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Post by charlotte on Aug 6, 2020 12:58:21 GMT -6
I'm pretty sure it was a total waste of my time, but I tried. I was hoping for some sort of ultrasound or tens or something but he didn't really offer anything except adjustment. And then said come back in a few days. Like, cool, but I'm still dying. Hopefully the ortho is more help but that's not for another week. Might be worth looking into buying a tens unit, they're not that expensive. I didn't use one when I had back issues, but my doula brought one for me to use while in labor and it gave me some relief from contractions. Oh yes I recommend this. I got one off of amazon when I started having back problems earlier this year and it has been a lifesaver several times. The nice thing is you can use it when you feel a spasm/tightness coming on before it gets crisis-level bad. |
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Post by milano on Aug 6, 2020 13:18:11 GMT -6
Might be worth looking into buying a tens unit, they're not that expensive. I didn't use one when I had back issues, but my doula brought one for me to use while in labor and it gave me some relief from contractions. Oh yes I recommend this. I got one off of amazon when I started having back problems earlier this year and it has been a lifesaver several times. The nice thing is you can use it when you feel a spasm/tightness coming on before it gets crisis-level bad. Ordered one for free one-day delivery. Thank you! |
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Post by charlotte on Aug 6, 2020 13:55:40 GMT -6
Last night we tried to order Chinese from Door Dash (a fail on the no-spending). My DoorDash app kept crashing so we didn’t think the order had completed and submitted an order on UberEats instead.
We ended up with double Chinese. It was amazing.
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Post by tj on Aug 6, 2020 17:28:09 GMT -6
Last night we tried to order Chinese from Door Dash (a fail on the no-spending). My DoorDash app kept crashing so we didn’t think the order had completed and submitted an order on UberEats instead. We ended up with double Chinese. It was amazing. Best. Problem. Ever. |
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Post by DGM on Aug 6, 2020 18:56:09 GMT -6
Just to balance out the positivi-tea: my SO is burnt the f out, possibly depressed and I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t have an affect my mood. I'm sorry, snowmoon. Many creepy internet social distanced hugs. We've posted similarly about this before and it.is.so.draining. |
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Post by DGM on Aug 6, 2020 18:58:25 GMT -6
I need to remember to clean our over the stove microwave before cleaning the stove 😛
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milano
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Post by milano on Aug 7, 2020 19:36:28 GMT -6
Dramaphile and charlotte. I would like to kiss you both right on the mouth for suggesting ordering a tens machine. It is amazing. I actually was pain-free for several minutes afterwards! The tightness was still there but the nerve pain was gone. I took advantage and actually did some stretches successfully and now the pain is back a bit. BUT IT WAS GONE and I had forgotten what it felt like to not be in pain!
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Post by Speedy on Aug 8, 2020 18:28:41 GMT -6
My bestie is out of town this weekend so I went to water the garden this evening and while I was there I picked whatever was ready. I came away with 10 cucumbers 🙈 I guess I'd better get to pickling!
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Post by milano on Aug 9, 2020 8:04:36 GMT -6
I'm having one of those weird days when I'm simultaneously not motivated to do anything but also feel strongly compelled to scrub my windows (the part that is under the window when it's closed, wtf is that called?). They are gross and I was up last night thinking about it. But...15 windows.
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Post by ovenrack on Aug 9, 2020 16:24:22 GMT -6
I'm having one of those weird days when I'm simultaneously not motivated to do anything but also feel strongly compelled to scrub my windows (the part that is under the window when it's closed, wtf is that called?). They are gross and I was up last night thinking about it. But...15 windows. This was me today! I ended up caulking about 1/3 of my bathroom beadboard. It's bothered me since we moved in 4 years ago. |
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Post by milano on Aug 9, 2020 18:32:31 GMT -6
I'm having one of those weird days when I'm simultaneously not motivated to do anything but also feel strongly compelled to scrub my windows (the part that is under the window when it's closed, wtf is that called?). They are gross and I was up last night thinking about it. But...15 windows. This was me today! I ended up caulking about 1/3 of my bathroom beadboard. It's bothered me since we moved in 4 years ago. I need to do a lot of caulking in my house too. Old houses! |
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Post by ovenrack on Aug 9, 2020 18:36:56 GMT -6
This was me today! I ended up caulking about 1/3 of my bathroom beadboard. It's bothered me since we moved in 4 years ago. I need to do a lot of caulking in my house too. Old houses!  |
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 10, 2020 8:11:42 GMT -6
milano Yay! So glad you got some relief!
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 10, 2020 8:13:02 GMT -6
This was me today! I ended up caulking about 1/3 of my bathroom beadboard. It's bothered me since we moved in 4 years ago. I need to do a lot of caulking in my house too. Old houses! I need to caulk my bathtub, the caulking is soooo gross. I have the caulk, just need to actually do it. Should put that on my TaT this week and maybe I'll actually do it. |
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 10, 2020 8:59:07 GMT -6
We booked a house on the Delaware shore for a weekend stay in September and I'm really excited. It's pretty isolated, walking distance from a private beach and wildlife refuge, 20 minute drive to restaurants and a more populated beach area (which will hopefully be pretty quiet since it's mid september).
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Post by milano on Aug 10, 2020 11:25:30 GMT -6
We booked a house on the Delaware shore for a weekend stay in September and I'm really excited. It's pretty isolated, walking distance from a private beach and wildlife refuge, 20 minute drive to restaurants and a more populated beach area (which will hopefully be pretty quiet since it's mid september). Delaware shore, you say?! |
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 10, 2020 13:07:16 GMT -6
We booked a house on the Delaware shore for a weekend stay in September and I'm really excited. It's pretty isolated, walking distance from a private beach and wildlife refuge, 20 minute drive to restaurants and a more populated beach area (which will hopefully be pretty quiet since it's mid september). Delaware shore, you say?! Apparently I missed a whole thread where you said you were thinking about moving there! it's a 2-ish hour drive for us depending on how far into Delaware. We'll be staying sorta near Rehoboth. I've actually never been there, we're not usually Shore People, but we needed a getaway and Nugget loves the beach. Apparently we can go crabbing near the house, which sounds both fun and scary. |
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milano
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Post by milano on Aug 10, 2020 13:39:30 GMT -6
Dramaphile we are moving there! We're actually going there mid-Septemher as well, during the week for a vacation/research trip. I hope you have a great time!
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 11, 2020 6:47:53 GMT -6
milano nice! I have some friends who live in the larger beach town area and have an irish fish and chips food truck. We'll be just north of there
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Post by milano on Aug 11, 2020 8:33:35 GMT -6
milano nice! I have some friends who live in the larger beach town area and have an irish fish and chips food truck. We'll be just north of there Yum to a fish and chips truck. Will definitely seek that out! |
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 11, 2020 8:35:20 GMT -6
milano nice! I have some friends who live in the larger beach town area and have an irish fish and chips food truck. We'll be just north of there Yum to a fish and chips truck. Will definitely seek that out! it's called Fiona's  |
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Post by charlotte on Aug 11, 2020 18:56:44 GMT -6
Hey guys. Guys. Guys. Less than 90 days until the election. HANG IN THERE  |
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Post by milano on Aug 11, 2020 19:19:44 GMT -6
Hey guys. Guys. Guys. Less than 90 days until the election. HANG IN THERE      |
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Post by nikkipal on Aug 12, 2020 17:42:55 GMT -6
I had a super stressful, emotionally draining day. I was driving home and was rear ended at a stoplight. If this sounds familiar, it’s bc I was rear ended in November last year.
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Might be worth looking into buying a tens unit, they're not that expensive. I didn't use one when I had back issues, but my doula brought one for me to use while in labor and it gave me some relief from contractions.
