u/Puzzleheaded_Ant9047

Idk what else to put this in. So I was at the crosswalk walking to work across from the eastern mkt metro at like 8:20 today and I saw a crash happen live! I was staring in shock and looking at the ppl around me to see if they saw what I saw. As I was crossing the crosswalk, dude just says “Maryland on Maryland crime!” Couldn’t stop laughing after hearing that. I need to shake that dude’s hand. Funny thing is, one of the cars was a MD driver too so he wasn’t wrong either.

As the title says, I will be staying at the moon palace Cancun in December for a wedding. Wedding is on a weekend but I will probably take maybe like a Thursday, Friday, and Monday off depending what my friends are doing. The bride and groom have organized shuttles to/from the airport so that’s no worries. Any tips/tricks I should know about the moon palace? Also has anybody stayed there that can help me get excited? It’s been a long year so I’m very much looking forward to this time off. I’ve done a tiny bit of research so Ik the moon palace is like a mile long. Anything helps, thanks!

So I just started today in policy for a pretty big company. It’s my first actual job and I’m told I will get a work phone. What’s the policy on that? Do I bring it with me to restaurants or happy hour? Plz help. Also how do I meal prep?? Anybody have good recipes to send me? I got like pasta and rice and chicken/ground meat. That’s it. Honestly how do I keep myself fed well for 3 meals 7 days a week?

So I live on the Reagan flight path (and can see iad at night) and it’s the coolest thing to see the planes otw to Reagan but also look them up on flightradar24 to see where they’re coming from. If you also look close enough, you can even see what airline is flying it. Plane spotting is one thing I’m really gonna miss abt my apt once I move out. I can see them day or night and it’s so much a fun way to kill like 10 min when you’re studying. I’ve timed it and at peak hours, a plane can be landing/taking off once a minute.

Hey guys, like the title says, my dad’s in the cardiovascular ICU with a very rare autoimmune disease called Wegener’s. I’m about to graduate college in a week and some change and it’s very jarring to know he won’t be there to see me graduate. I just got my cap and gown and I just broke down knowing he won’t be in person to see me walk across the stage. Now I have to worry abt who I wanna give tix to for my graduation/commencement.

It’s hard dealing with all this bc as much as he yelled at me abt trivial things like the dishes or whatever, he was the one who sat with me watching NFL games, my pickleball partner, and he kept his mind open when i was showing him what all music i listened to. He made last summer atleast a bit bearable when I was at home with no internships wanting to be back in DC, where I go to college.

I was in the hospital for 2 and a half weeks before I had to come back to school, sort out everything with my profs, and see my friends again, and that was abt a week ago. Having to manage everything with my dad, worry abt job stuff, write all my essays, and try not to crash out among other things is stretching me thin. Also I just wanna be in the hospital with my mom and brother helping them out while my dad is out. I’ve been calling them daily getting updates. It’s just hard being far away from them during all this bs.

He just had a setback today. He’s on 5 sweep of ECMO, had to get re-intubated, and re-sedated. Thankfully all my profs have been very understanding with everything but it’s just a hard position to be in. We are taking things on a day by day basis cause things are still very fragile and fluctuating. I just wanna sleep forever and forget all my problems. Sleeping is probably my favorite time of the day cause I can just forget all my problems. I’m giving this all I got but I don’t have much to give. Plus I feel like I’ve hit a writer’s block with all of my essays. I’m at a very critical juncture in my life and not having my dad be conscious or in the right mindset is a hard pill to swallow.