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I wondered if that was why you hated writing them. Paperwork to complete files seems like such a waste of good time which could be better used actually helping the kids.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I'm glad DH got some relief from the surgery. It did sound like it would be terribly painful to have screws sticking out.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I had osteopenia last time my bone density was assessed. I'm probably about due to have it checked again.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I had to look up INCEL... that one had not crossed my path before, but now I know. In my world I refer to them as Creepers, but I know exactly the type of mentally tweaked misogynistic male you mean.
I forget that women were/are treated like objects in this country. I was raised in a liberal household, in a liberal area (my dad was getting his PhD at UC Berkeley in the early 70s) and lived in a region that celebrated the work of Dr. King and embraced the Women's Lib movement. Women being treated as objects is outside of my personal experience. I am grateful for the reminder that it does.
Yes! My kids are struggling big time in this political climate. Not just LGBTQ+ issues but all of the government funding cuts. Will affect us too!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Okay, I get it now. LOL.... Some days I'm just a little slow!
In my brain it translates to "avoiding what you don't want puts you on a path for getting what you want".
Agreed. Seems like the social progress of the last 50 years is getting tossed. It is hard to accomplish social change and so easy to tra**** Discouraging. ds
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on 2/22/25 3:52 pm
Thanks, Liz! This is with the top up and is a definite rattle under the rear center cupholders like a loose screw. I don't hear it on the smoother roads near town, but definitely on the rougher ones closer to my house.
You are doing fantastic! Feel good about yourself!
The noise in a convertible is sometimes something vibrating in the wind.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
Peps, I have wondered how some of the rhetoric is landing on you. I have a seat somewhat out of the rain, being a gender conforming, heterosexual white middle class woman. No one is saying I don't have a right to exist or threatening the legality of my marriage or the legitimacy of who I love.
I do remember in the 80s feeling like it was open season on women, but maybe it still is, and it was my age that made me vulnerable. Just one small example, I was at a college party and some guy goosed me. DH (boyfriend at the time) was with me, and I turned to him and said, that guy just goosed me! DH yelled at him, and the dude apologized to DH, said he didn't realize we were together!! So I do have some of that fear of what can happen to a marginalized group. INCEL rhetoric sometimes has me terrified for my daughter and the entitlement some of these weirdos feel they have to "females". And they're feeling pretty emboldened right now, posting "your body, my choice" all over the internet.
And then there are the fears for people who are quite different from me. Oh my students! Are they and their families going to make it through this? My non gendered young folks, or my 30 year old friends who are transitioned.
It's ugly out there. I have to believe that good eventually prevails, but at what cost before it does win?
