u/Pitiful_Soup1522

My husband and I are roadtripping 9 hours from Iowa to the UP Michigan and the check engine light came on. We had it inspected by a mechanic yesterday- they luckily squeezed us in last minute since we’re traveling but they aren’t able to fix until Monday with it being a holiday weekend. We have a 2021 Chevy Colorado, 60k miles. We stopped at an autozone and it came back as “B camshaft position- Bank 2 Exhaust Camshaft”. Then we went to the mechanic and he the VVT control solenoid needs replaced. He just had an oil change done 2 weeks ago so it’s not low however he did let it get to 0% for 100 miles. Stupid i know but he always gets it done before 15% and just put it off this time. Anyway question is do we stay an extra day here to have it fixed on Monday when we were planning to leave Sunday or will it be ok to drive 9 hours and fix it back home. The light was on for 4 hours of our drive on Thursday and then once we got to the mechanic he said it wasn’t on and it turned back on today again. The truck also is driving normal. Thanks in advance.

I will be backpacking in the Porcupine mountains for 4 days in August with a group of 18 people. I’ve never done any backpacking so it’s pretty out of my comfort zone. I hike and tent camp often, I went to the UP last fall to Tahquamenon and Munising but my last “big” hike was in 2022 Mount leconte in tennesee I believe 3000 ft incline and it took about 8 hours so it’s been a while since I’ve done a super long/harder hike.

I’m looking for any training tips as this is 2ish months away, packing list of things that aren’t obvious, backpacking tips, tent recommendations, skills I should look into learning, etc. Also, I have some anxiety around moose and bears. Is it likely I will run into one and should I bring bear spray even if it’s not likely? I’m from Iowa so i didn’t grow up around any “aggressive” wildlife and I’ve never run into anything while camping or hiking. Thank you in advance.

I’m 23 and like a lot of people in their 20s I’m a little lost. When I was graduated high school at 18 I graduated with my HS diploma and my associates degree with the plan to be a teacher and get my masters later on. I started college as a junior and dropped after 1 full semester. I kick myself everyday for dropping out now, but at the time I was worried about becoming a teacher at 20 and just questioning if I wanted to teach forever. I feel like teaching is one of those fields where some people are meant to teach and it’s going to be difficult like a lot of jobs are but also rewarding and others go into it for the wrong reason like having summers off or just “liking kids”. I’ve had so many teachers tell me not to go into teaching too especially during my field experience in college. This is what scared me out of the major mostly- I would do field experience and so many teachers said they wouldn’t recommended it. As I get older I do genuinely think I’d be a great teacher, I’m patient, compassionate, organized and love working with children and helping people in general.

Skip forward to today- I’m 23, work full time, bought a house 2.5 years ago, have 2 dogs and I got married recently. I do have a lot to be thankful about and proud of myself for but career happiness is big especially when it’s 40+ hours of your week. I worked at a dermatology office for 3 years and now I’m working a corporate office job the last 3 months that I was super excited for when I got the offer- I had always dreamed of working for this company- but now I can’t say I enjoy what I’m doing though.

When I think about going back to college right now, it’s a lot more overwhelming than when I was 18. The house we bought is 1.5 hours from college I’d ideally like to finish my degree at(the same college I went to at 18). There is a college in the area that is known for teaching, but I just have a deep desire to finish where I started because I loved the program and the city. My husband and I do plan to move out of the area in the next year or two so it’s not completely out of the question but we hadn’t planned on moving in that direction.

I’m all over the place because even if college did workout for me to start at 25, I’d be 27-28 when I graduate depending on endorsements and we plan to start a family shortly after that- I’d like to stay at home to raise our kids until they’re in school. So sometimes it feels like a waste to go back right now too. More than likely that’s me being in my 20s feeling like my life is ending and I don’t have enough time lol. Someone tell me I’m overthinking it.

So I guess I have a few questions

•if you’re a teacher and love it share your experience
•if you went back to college later in life how did you manage it
•did you start having kids in your 30s
•any advice would be great

This is gonna be a long one lol. I’m 23 and like a lot of people in their 20s I’m a little lost. When I was graduated high school at 18 I graduated with my HS diploma and my associates degree with the plan to be a teacher and get my masters later on. I started college as a junior at 18 as an elementary education major and dropped after 1 full semester. I kick myself everyday for dropping out now, but at the time I was worried about becoming a teacher at 20 and just questioning if I wanted to teach forever. I feel like teaching is one of those fields where some people are meant to teach and it’s going to be difficult like a lot of jobs are but also rewarding and others go into it for the wrong reason like having summers off or just “liking kids”. I’ve had so many teachers tell me not to go into teaching too especially during my field experience in college. This is what scared me out of the major mostly- I would do field experience and so many teachers said they wouldn’t recommended it. As I get older I do genuinely think I’d be a great teacher, I’m patient, compassionate, organized and love working with children and helping people in general.

Skip forward to today- I’m 23, work full time, bought a house 2.5 years ago, have 2 dogs and I got married recently. So I do have a lot to be thankful about and proud of myself for but career happiness is big especially when it’s 40 hours of your week. I was working at a dermatology office for 3 years and now I’m working a corporate office job the last 3 months that I was super excited for when I got the offer- I had always dreamed of working for this company- but now I can’t say I enjoy what I do but I do love my team, have great benefits and the company culture is great. When I think about going back to college right now, it’s a lot more overwhelming than when I was 18. The house we bought is 1.5 hours from college I’d ideally like to finish my degree at(the same college I went to at 18). There is a college in the area that is known for teaching, but I just have a deep desire to finish where I started because I loved the program and the city. My husband and I do plan to move out of the area in the next year or two so it’s not completely out of the question but we hadn’t planned on moving in that direction.

I’m all over the place because even if college did workout for me to start at 25, I’d be 27-28 when I graduate depending on endorsements and we plan to start a family shortly after that- I’d like to stay at home to raise our kids until they’re in school. So sometimes it feels like a waste to go back right now too. More than likely that’s me being in my 20s feeling like my life is ending and I don’t have enough time lol. Someone tell me I’m overthinking it.

So I guess I have a few questions

•if you’re a teacher and love it share your experience
•if you went back to college later in life how did you manage it
•did you start having kids in your 30s
•any advice would be great

I bought my car 5 years ago with 139k miles, currently has 189,500. 2012 ford fusion by the way. It only had one owner before me who took good care of it, I have always kept up on maintenance and when lights come on they’re taken care of immediately. I’m wondering as my car is getting older is there anything I should be asking my mechanic to do at my maintenance appointments? Also with oil changes- right now I’m still at 67% oil life but the sticker said 5/15/26 or 189,600 for next oil change. With my car getting older should I just take it in when the sticker says to even if the oil life is good? Thank you!