I have yet to meet a heeler/shepherd/collie or any herding dog that didn’t bite and nip at heels constantly, have boundless energy, and just an overall neurotic mess.

These dogs aren’t happy and fulfilled unless they have a JOB. They need to be constantly engaged and working on a task. Border collies especially, get so bored and destructive without constant mental challenges.

They make great service and competing dogs, but they are horrible pets. I know regulating breed restrictions is impossible; but in (my) ideal scenario, these breeds should require a license with a designated job for these animals.

It’s not like I’m from the outside looking in either. My parents had an Australian shepherd growing up, and it breaks my heart as an adult to think how bored that poor dog was, he became an escape artist and became a notorious harasser of the neighborhoods cats.

I’m taking a trip to my fathers grave in Newport from Portland later in August, I want to bring him his favorite flowers ideally (dark pansies), aside from the general grocery stores like Freddie’s and Safeway.

I plan to stop at the farms on the way but is there anywhere to get more rare/niche flowers in the coastal area? I’m willing to drive up or down the coast to get them. He’s worth driving down to as far as Florence or Astoria if I have to.

My papa was one of the most caring and exemplary men I’ve ever seen. Even if he’s gone, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him ❤️‍🩹

I’m obsessed with this brand, I haven’t been able to smell any yet but it’s so enticing even to read about them. I’m getting myself a sample of practically every scent they have when the money I have coming in finally comes through.

Which ones have you smelled?

Which ones are the ones you think are most approachable for newbies?

Is there one you took one whiff of and wanted to throw out the window?

I love to hear how different people interpret the same scent. Gimme your opinions 💖

I took some drawing and painting courses at PCC a couple years ago to supplement over a decade of self guided learning, got amazing critiques and direction from the instructors, but it was online and didn’t feel like what I was looking for at that point.

I can’t join one immediately, but I’d like to have a head start on places to chat with when I do have the means to attend.

tysm in advance 💖

Edit/PS I have checked google, and while I did find one or two, I wanted to ask the community as well 🙏

By the time I’ve poured and set everything up, I lost my traction. I can have the workaround of taking a break after, but that’s another aspect of the problem.

I have two cats and both of them are Velcro kitties, naturally, they are super curious of all the smells, and what is demanding my attention; despite playing beforehand. If I’m not in the same room or in reach of my oils, they get put away. I wish this was because of paranoia but they’ve been convicted guilty without a shadow of a doubt in a court of kitty criminal law.

So every break, even bathroom breaks, involve sealing the gamsol, putting everything in cupboards, refreshing my rags, etc.

Hopefully you see my problem, it feels like I end up doing more prepping and moving my stuff than actual painting.

I hope it’s clear I am fully aware cats are gonna cat as they say, the back and forth of moving my things has just a hurdle I’ve been struggling with <3

I’ve had it since March and it’s made my pain miles worse when it’s supposed to help.
The cramps and bleeding literally hasn’t stopped for a single day, I knew it wasn’t going to work but the “localized” hormones were supposed make it better? I smelled bullshit a mile away and I’ve wasted two months of my life in agony entertaining these dimwit doctors who think it’s the miracle device that’s going to solve every women’s painful periods

The denial and gaslighting from these “specialists” has been an absolute fucking joke

Update
I needed this thing out weeks ago, I wish I did this sooner, it was unfortunately far from a standard removal.
I went to PP and they couldn’t find the strings but still charted they did for some reason. I called the office that placed it in the first place and the phone nurse was already trying to talk me into waiting it out even longer until I started sobbing and screaming I don’t care, I want it out, it’s making me want to kill myself and I need it out immediately. Then she booked me an appointment with a surgeon without the guarantee we’ll be able to get it out.
so I drove to the other side of town to meet with him, he sorted out the misunderstanding with PP, gave me a double cervical block (fucking ouch) and then had to go into my uterus with the forceps to “tease out the strings” as he put it. It took almost ten minutes of searching and I will not lie, that was the most painful experience of my life. Ten times worse than the actual placement. If we didn’t get it out soon I was going to black out from the pain, but I NEEDED it out.
He was very kind and empathetic while I was blubbering and sobbing on the exam table, the nurse/chaperone was very sweet and encouraging; let me squeeze her poor hand until it turned white.
When he said he found the strings I immediately started desperately begging him to take it out. He did in the middle of my desperate pleas and showed it to me as proof before tossing it in the biobin.

I’m never getting an IUD ever again, I don’t want to scare anyone out of getting one but I’m not going to just pretend it didn’t happen because others have had great luck with theirs either.

Title says it all lmao. I’ve heard good things about THC suppositories for pelvic pain, has anyone seen or bought some from a dispensary in town? I’m willing to travel to Clackamas or Hillsboro or whatever to get some, I’ve been absolutely miserable for almost two months now