u/PlaneCat3427

Is there possible malicious Brujeria or Mexican folk magic behind it? There's more context, before anyone jumps to conclusions - our household is Hispanic as well and my mom and I practice witchcraft as well. And we have a wonderful relationship with our neighbors. One of their sons lives on the house on the other side of ours, so they all walk across the yard all the time, no bad blood.

But he, specifically, spits on the grass/driveway often when he crosses our house. We thought it was just a macho thing, or that he spits a lot because he smokes a lot.
But today, he even rolled down the car window while driving by, to spit on the streetside edge of our driveway.
I've heard of spit being used in both harmful and protective manners, but it's always on OUR side of the driveway/grass. We know he's spiritual in some way, because he's asked my mom for rosemary from our plants to help cleanse his house.

So... those of you familiar with Mexican folk witchcraft... What do you think? What should I do in case it's malicious?
My mom already walked the property line and sprayed vinegar around to cleanse, and we've always had wards.

Trying to reach the non-emergency PD line to file a police report about a series of car break-ins and attempted break-ins last night. Video evidence included.

Called 311 to file a non-emergency police report. Got routed to 911. 911 operator routed me somewhere else to non-emergency. Once there, I explained the situation and the guy routed me right back to 911 emergency. Currently been waiting in line (probably for the wrong department againn) for like 20 minutes.

What the fuck is wrong with Charlotte? Are they deliberately sending non-emergency reports in a loop to make crime report statistics seem lower?

Update: connected to 311 yet again, the op said she'd stay on the phone til it connected to the non-emergency police line. Was on the phone on hold for another minute and it got disconnected.
Update 2: Eventually got routed to the right person, filed the report, & sent the evidence!

Edit: Yes, I did try to do it online however the form requests that you answer certain fields. It makes it difficult to report a car break-in where there was nothing stolen from MY car, even if there were items stolen from my neighbor's vehicles. The form requests descriptions of stolen property when I just wanted to send them the evidence and report a streak of attempted car break-ins.

Looked at a house that sold recently on my street to see if it had been bought by a real person or a real estate corporation. Of course, it's now owned by BTI 1179 LLC, a Texas company that owns over about $40m+ in properties, and flips and rents them out.

Is there any hope in buying a house in this city or will it all be devoured up by multi millionaires?

I've had a lifelong struggle with losing weight and have only ballooned as the years went by, after quitting birth control, and falling into carb marathons after doing keto. But after getting my mental health issues diagnosed and medicated, I've been able to actually stick to my calorie counting, even on days when I go way over and I have to log like 10 different snacks.

I've kept it going since the beginning of June! I'm down ~15 lbs from calorie deficit alone.

And the result I'm MOST happy about... My biggest 'alert' was my foot.

About 1-2 years ago, I noticed my left ankle and foot were a little swollen after a few hours of sitting at the PC. It wasn't TOO swollen, but definitely worrying with a plump ankle. I worried and I stopped eating the super-carb loaded salty pastas I'd been preparing, but it continued. My blood pressure was fine, so I assumed it was a circulation problem. I work from home and play video games, so I spend a lot of time sitting. I picked up walking 3 miles every other day, but they continued to swell at home. I started walking around a bit and stretching throughout work, and using compression socks, but it continued. Through the spring and summer, I quit the walking due to the obscene heat where I live, so that didn't help.

But then I quit a bad daily habit (which was a ~600 calorie coffee that had lots of extra creamer & sugar) and swapped it for green tea.

And then I started calorie counting with an app, keeping a ~1700 calorie daily budget (which I still go over slightly for some snacks, often..)

And my swollen ankle problems are GONE! They don't swell while I'm working, they don't swell while I'm loafing around gaming at night. I can see my veins and tendons and everything move under the surface again. :)

Here's to baby steps to better health! 🥂

It's never too late to reverse these issues, keep going!
And take care of your mental health, it's never too late to figure out if some things are TOO difficult 💜

I put protection spells on some of my jewelry. My bracelet came loose the other day so I set it to cleanse in some salt with some stones. Today my necklace came loose as well so I put it to cleanse too. One piece falling off, I might consider an oopsie. TWO pieces falling off starts to look like a sign.
I guess lately I haven't been setting my intentions and using my shower as an energy cleanse like I used to, or I've been under heavy negative energy regarding an ex. I generally figured spritzing some Florida water & protection oils on myself would be enough, since I do it daily! But the jewelry isn't as easily cleansed, I guess. 😅

Share your tips & tricks and opinions if you have any!
I'm super wishy-washy so I don't do well with timed routines like cleansing things on the full moon.. My wards could use a little refreshing too, honestly.

I wish I knew more specific trim details - but this is a feature my mom's car has. She bought it in 2001, directly from the dealership. When turning the key towards ACC mode, without turning the engine on, this usually powers the radio and lights and things like that... But on my mom's car, it also allows you to use the AC, without having the engine running.

I'm not sure how it works, but it was a lifesaver when she would park and wait to pick me up at school, and it was a lifesaver when my sister and I started driving it to college as well. We lived in a very hot climate so the AC was definitely running, it wasn't just a fan.

Every google search I've made says that this SHOULDN'T be possible, but it is. Does anyone know why? Every car I've driven after hers, I wish had that feature lol.

edit: turns out it was running the blower motor and using the battery, which can drain it so it shouldn't be operated for long. Wish it was a more intentional feature lol 😅

I was so happy to get my diagnosis, like things finally make sense. But now I notice every single fuck-up and I can't write it off as a "totally normal mistake." And my mood swings, while I may still blame my PMDD, I now jointly-blame ADHD.

The other day I left the stove on 'Low' rather than twisting it slightly further to Off. I NEVER did that before - but that's because people usually leave me alone when I'm cooking. My mom let me know that I left it on - but that she didn't tell me or blame me, because she'd been talking to me about a bra she just got and a bunch of other things/wanting me to try it on, etc. (She's super sweet and shows clear signs of ADHD+OCD herself)

And plenty of times, as I'm leaving, and she starts talking to me in the last 5 minutes... I will forget something. I've stepped out of the house plenty of times, and realized I didn't grab my car keys, or my green tea, or my phone. Lots of times that I leave my water bottle in the kitchen because I was busy thinking of something else on the way back to my room.

And with work, sometimes I make small mistakes in the titles of notes or copy-pasting the wrong info into certain boxes. Or when clients call me, I have to verify their full name, but sometimes they talk over me/ignore me and talk, which distracts from what I had JUST asked them. (I still visibly verify the phone # they call from, it HAS to match, but we still have to ask them their name out loud..)

all of these little mistakes, I would say are normal. They seem normal. But it bothers me SO much. The other day particularly when I got into my car and realized that I forgot to grab my green tea...because I had been about to leave, and someone asked me to move like 50 things in my room so that they could fix the AC.

All these little mistakes... I used to write it off and think I was just sleep deprived, tired, easily distracted or something. Now they make me angry because WHY does this fucking disability meddle with my life SO MUCH!

edit: ffs I just accidentally took double my meds today because I saw my phone reminder and assumed I'd forgotten to take it with my breakfast cause I usually forget til lunch. But I had not. I should have had 27 left, I have 26 left. UGHHH! 😭

Edit: called the store and found out I can save the screenshot and get a refund on the difference (either with a receipt or with the loyalty account/credit card to pull up the purchase info) 😄

Original post: I bought this top at their Outlet store YESTERDAY for $30 and just found it on their website for $10.
All my life I'd heard outlet stores were cheaper.
I'm so fucking disappointed and I feel scammed, I want to return it but I had already cut their paper tag off and threw it out with the receipt. I don't wanna go dumpster diving.

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