Location: Omaha, NE I live at an apartment complex in Omaha that has a dog park, but it has no lighting at all and is completely pitch black after sunset. There aren’t any posted hours saying it closes at dusk, and residents still use it at night. With it starting to get dark earlier, it seems like a safety issue.

The fence has also been a problem. On July 21, my dog was able to squeeze through a loose area, escaped, and was injured. Management slightly repaired the fence afterward, but it still wasn’t fully secure. We told them that it still needed to be fixed and never received a response.

Does anyone know whether Omaha requires apartment complexes to provide lighting and secure fencing for shared amenities like a dog park?

I live at an apartment complex in Omaha NE that has a dog park, but it has no lighting at all and is completely pitch black after sunset. There aren’t any posted hours saying it closes at dusk, and residents still use it at night. With it starting to get dark earlier, it seems like a safety issue.

The fence has also been a problem. On July 21, my dog was able to squeeze through a loose area, escaped, and was injured. Management slightly repaired the fence afterward, but it still wasn’t fully secure. We told them that it still needed to be fixed and never received a response.

Does anyone know whether Omaha requires apartment complexes to provide lighting and secure fencing for shared amenities like a dog park?

I’m 21 and currently 50 credits into a 120 credit degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. I make about $44k/year as an administrative assistant at a CPA firm. My tuition is around $9k/year, and my employer pays 90% of it.

So on paper, I know I have a pretty damn good situation. The problem is I‘ve fucking loathed my job since I started in May of 2024.

It’s not because the people are awful or the workplace is toxic. I’m just incredibly underutilized and bored. Most of my job is scheduling, client communication, scanning and records, mail, basic office stuff, and random one-off projects. I’ve also worked on our website and taken on other things outside my normal duties.

That is all work I’m fine doing, but the issue is I have a LOT of downtime and feel like I’m capable of doing way more than I’m actually assigned. At my review in June, I was told I’d be getting more responsibilities within a month. Since then, most of the “new responsibilities” have either been things I already did or extremely minor tasks that only occur once a week.

I brought it up again and basically said I need more to do. I was told they have plans to give me more responsibility and that more will come after we move offices in December, but they couldn’t really tell me what that would actually look like.

Meanwhile, I’m studying something completely unrelated to accounting. I eventually want to work in criminal justice/investigations, and I’d love to get into a legal assistant, court, government, law enforcement support, or similar job where I could actually start gaining relevant experience.

But walking away from a $44k salary and hefty tuition assistance feels kind of fucking stupid.

I don’t expect to find my dream job at 21, and I’m not quitting without something else lined up. I just don’t know how much I should value being challenged and getting relevant experience versus sucking it up for 4 more years and getting my degree almost entirely paid for.

I’d absolutely leave if I found somewhere that offered comparable tuition assistance or paid enough more to make up for losing it. I just don’t know how realistic that is.

Would you stay? If not, what would another job need to pay/offer for you to consider leaving?

Edit: I’m here for actual advice, not snarky “welcome to the real world, work sucks” comments. I’ve heard it. I know.

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i'm only on chapter 26, so please don’t spoil anything beyond that, but oh my god. i hate this book so far.

i don’t need every character to be likable, but i need to care about someone or at least be invested in the story. natalie is so judgmental, smug, and cruel that i don’t even feel bad for her. caleb is useless, mary is mean as hell, and every other character either sucks or barely feels like a person. maeve is probably the only tolerable one, and she’s a small child.

also, why is nobody concerned that their mother has apparently woken up psychotic, doesn’t recognize her own family, believes she belongs in another century, and keeps trying to escape? everyone just seems annoyed with her. i understand that this is probably an intentional clue and there’s information being withheld, but right now it feels less intriguing and more like everyone is behaving unnaturally because the plot requires it.

worst of all, i hate the writing style and the narrator’s voice. every sentence feels like the author is standing beside me waiting for me to notice how clever, biting, and Important her commentary is. i don’t need to be impressed by the author. i need to become immersed in the story. instead, the narration constantly reminds me that i’m reading something written by somebody who really wants me to admire their writing.

does the story ever become compelling enough to make this worth finishing? or am i about to spend the remaining 30 chapters hate-listening at 1.7x speed?

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EDIT: y’all, i know i can stop reading lol. i’m choosing not to because it’s for book club. to me, book club is a commitment, and so i intend to follow through. book club also isn’t just about reading books we all like; sometimes hating a book gives us more to discuss.

i was asking whether it gets more compelling, not asking permission to quit. and yes, questions can be answered without spoilers. “it gets explained later” works just fine. please relax 😭

Hi all! I recently adopted a red female miniature pinscher, who I suspect is mixed with other breeds as well, and am needing ideas on keeping her busy. She gets bored easily with new toys; she prefers bones and chews to squeaky or stuffed toys. I've gotten her a few puzzles, and once she figures it out and we try it again the next day, she shows no interest because she finds it boring now that she's figured it out. I walk her 3 times a day with 2 potty breaks on top of that, since we live in an apartment. She gets anxious when I leave the apartment. She will knock things over (trash cans, plants), but she never actually eats or gets into anything, so I suspect she likes to use her paws and snout to do things. I sometimes put her dinner in a snuffle mat, with a very lightweight child's laundry basket on top, so she has an obstacle to get through. But I suspect she is beginning to get bored with that, too.

Any and all advice, even unrelated to my question, is welcome! I love my Sunny girl to death, and want to make sure she stays a happy girl.

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When i get angry, i get a "headache". Idk how to explain it except that it just feels like pressure building inside my head.

When i feel abandoned or ignored, i can feel my heart drop, and my face go flush.

When i feel depressed, i feel as if i need to escape my body, like im trying to claw my way out of my own skeleton.

These feelings last even after the emotion goes away or the situation has been resolved.

I need help managing these feelings and shortening how long they last.

I'm 21 y/o f.

I've been on antidepressants for about a year now, and I just don't think they are working. I always thought my sensitivity and tendency to lash out and react quickly were the irritability symptoms of depression, but after reflecting on my past, I'm beginning to think I have BPD. I'm contacting a therapist tomorrow.

What is your advice when working with a therapist? I've never been to therapy. Am I supposed to tell her what I think is wrong with me, or just explain my history to her without saying I think I have BPD? Any other advice you may have is really appreciated as well.

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