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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Started a new job managing a retail store, so I'm trying to balance my new routine with my study. At the same time, I had to leave where I'm staying for a few days and figure out alternative transport. Tomorrow I only have study in the morning, so I've got some waking hours to myself for once ... I'm probably gonna crash on the couch hard. But looking forward to it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

Not great for money but could be worse.

I should have known better than order from AliExpress, as I've had a $200 package probably stolen. It was delivered to the floor of the lobby in a building that has 300+ apartments, a Friday evening, and I couldn't get home until Monday. There are secure lockers but they were not used. So yeah, no package and AliExpress is like "but it was delivered so it's your problem".

Also, winter is coming here and I hate it, so I'm trying to plan a short trip in the Carribean in a few weeks, and maybe a longer one in January. It's probably going to be St-Martin for now. Hopefully, the planning and the trip itself will help me take my mind off all the recent shitty news.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

American here. I am numb, and profoundly sad for my country.

ETA, I also learned today that I’m probably going to be putting my dog down in a week or two. That will be the second one this year.

My week could be better.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Hey I'm really sorry to hear about your dog. It must be tough knowing that it's coming.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

Thanks, it is. TBH, I’ve known it was coming. We took him to a neurologist today and she was getting red-eyed talking to us. Rough day all around.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago

unemployed and what I believe to be one of the worse presidents of my lifetime has been re-elected with his party winning control of both houses and a judiciary he stacked in his last time. Oh and he appears to have fallen deep into senility in the last year and his vice president is one of the few that can make him look good in comparison. Lastly his thinktank include rfk junior, musk, and host of other nutters.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Quite well. I recently got accepted to one of my top three picks for school!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 hours ago

Ooohhh sorry, school has been outlawed.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago

My condolences

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I’m sorry.

-southern escapee

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Congratulations! You don't have to see the guy with a confederate flag skullcap tattoo around town and resist the urge to bash his face

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Didn't see a guy with a face tattoo, but there are definitely Trump supporters and thin blue line people here too even though I'm in a blue urban area. A guy with huge obnoxious Trump flags attached to the back of his wheelchair was on the bus I took today 😬 Not so many people like that around that I feel like I'm back in The Bad Place, but any is more than you want to see, you know?

I'm sorry you're having to be in the eye of the storm and I hope you can stay safe.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's FAR better to be in the eye of the storm than in the part that has all the winds and rain and stuff.