u/Sudden-Plastic-1319

Hey y’all.

Currently a first year college student living at home with my parents. I got diagnosed with IBS-M over summer and have really been struggling with symptoms.

I have tried explaining to my parents the low FODMAP diet and how it’s supposed to help. My dad doesn’t work, so he’s usually doing all of the grocery shopping. He constantly buys freezer meals and snacks that are high in FODMAPs and I simply can’t eat, even though he thinks they will be fine and won’t trigger me.

I’m trying to find budget friendly options I can start purchasing on my own. Obviously I can’t afford elaborate meals alone, but I really want to fully start the diet as soon as possible, so I’m not stuck managing my symptoms with no explanation for even longer.

What are some pantry staples? Easy lunches I can take to work and school? Any and all tips are greatly appreciated 🥲

Hello! I recently started an online psychology class, I need to watch a lecture per week as well as read a chapter of our textbook. I know it’s personal preference but I would appreciate some direction as to which should I do before the other? In terms of note taking, do you guys write lecture/chapter notes on separate pages, or leave gaps to fill in from the other?

Hi all. I’m new to meal prep and cooking in general, trying to figure out what works for me as a student going into college. Whenever I tend to cook or meal prep, I’ll usually have ingredients left over. Whether it be half an onion that rots in the fridge, or parsley that is now so shriveled it’s just sad to use, I was wondering if it was a thing to meal prep ingredients. I’ve seen a lot of people on TikTok using those frozen food cubes and reheating it for lunches and dinner so I was wondering if this would be a similar concept. Instead of wasting the half an onion, would dicing it in freezing it in an ice cube tray be viable or would it disrupt the flavor and texture too quickly with fresh ingredients? I’m sorry for the dumb question, but I am trying to make the effort to reduce waste and be more cost effective when cooking, thank you!

Hi all!

About 2 months ago, my family adopted a male 13 week old kitten, we named him Cooper. He’s extremely social and loves people, extremely chill when he’s tired but gets big bursts of playful energy as expected for a kitten.

Our other cat, Meeko, is a female and extremely antisocial… a borderline scaredy-cat. Anytime anyone comes to our house she runs away and hides in a bedroom, and barely tolerates me or my mom as she’s bonded with my dad. We found her outside at my mom‘s work when she was really small, we thought around 8-10 weeks. We got her November 2023.

A big fear of ours when getting another cat who was making sure that they got along. When Meeko was a kitten, we didn’t know about the cat introduction process, and our other cat (Juni) at the time would go after her. She would terrorize and attack Meeko to the point where we had to find a different placement for her.

Now that we know about the cat introduction process and how you’re supposed to take it slow, Cooper has been staying in my room as “base camp” and Meeko has stayed roaming the house. We’ve been doing all the stuff that you’re supposed to do like scent swapping, feeding them on opposite sides of the door, and just trying to create a positive association with each other.

At night time, Cooper has a lot of built-up energy from being in my room all day and even though I would play with him at night, he would still keep me up. We started with once every couple days, but now it’s turned into once or twice a day where we will lock Meeko up and allow Cooper to run around the house to get his zoomies out.

Initially, we had a baby gate on my door and so when I needed to get out of my room, I would just step over it. Cooper learned that he could do the same thing and jump over the baby gate, so one day, he jumped over and ran into the house. When we all rushed to go grab him, Meeko just ran away and hid.

After that incident we upgraded to a zipper screen door. I will leave my door closed most of the day but leave it open at random points. Meeko will just sit by the door and watch Cooper, but as soon as he starts moving closer, she hisses and runs away. Neither of them have an intent to hurt or play with each other from what I’ve seen… Cooper is just curious and Meeko wants nothing to do with him.

Do I just need to be more patient with this whole process? They don’t need to be besties or anything, but I need them to coexist together 🥲

Hi all!

About 2 months ago, my family adopted a male 13 week old kitten, we named him Cooper. He’s extremely social and loves people, extremely chill when he’s tired but gets big bursts of playful energy as expected for a kitten.

Our other cat, Meeko, is a female and extremely antisocial… a borderline scaredy-cat. Anytime anyone comes to our house she runs away and hides in a bedroom, and barely tolerates me or my mom as she’s bonded with my dad. We found her outside at my mom‘s work when she was really small, we thought around 8-10 weeks. We got her November 2023.

A big fear of ours when getting another cat who was making sure that they got along. When Meeko was a kitten, we didn’t know about the cat introduction process, and our other cat (Juni) at the time would go after her. She would terrorize and attack Meeko to the point where we had to find a different placement for her.

Now that we know about the cat introduction process and how you’re supposed to take it slow, Cooper has been staying in my room as “base camp” and Meeko has stayed roaming the house. We’ve been doing all the stuff that you’re supposed to do like scent swapping, feeding them on opposite sides of the door, and just trying to create a positive association with each other.

At night time, Cooper has a lot of built-up energy from being in my room all day and even though I would play with him at night, he would still keep me up. We said with once every couple days, but now it’s turned into once or twice a day where we will lock Meeko up and allow Cooper to run around the house to get his zoomies out.

Initially, we had a baby gate on my door and so when I needed to get out of my room, I would just step over it. Cooper learned that he could do the same thing and jump over the baby gate, so one day, he jumped over and ran into the house. When we all rushed to go grab him, Meeko just ran away and hid.

After that incident we upgraded to a zipper screen door. I will leave my door closed most of the day but leave it open at random points. Meeko will just sit by the door and watch Cooper, but as soon as he starts moving closer, she hisses and runs away. Neither of them have an intent to hurt or play with each other from what I’ve seen… Cooper is just curious and Meeko wants nothing to do with him.

Do I just need to be more patient with this whole process? They don’t need to be besties or anything, but I need them to coexist together 🥲

For a while I’ve considered starting a snail mail club. I enjoy scrapbooking, and would like my mail club to reflect that; fun things delivered monthly that people can use to scrapbook and journal with.

With my scrapbooks, I try to make sure everything is acid free/archival safe. A concern I’ve seen while researching is that dye ink won’t last overtime, even if it’s on archival/acid free paper. A big priority to me is the longevity of prints because id like to label everything as long lasting. I currently have an HP OfficeJet 8015e, but don’t want to utilize it with a print club because of the cost of the ink, plus I would also like the option of printing on a larger scale.

A printer I’ve been looking at is the Epson Ecotank 15000. I like that it can print 12x12 and that the ink is inexpensive to refill. I have seen people online using pigment ink, but I’m concerned about messing up my machine and being stuck with my consequences since it voids the warranty. Should I just stick with using the dye ink, or will it really only hold up for a few years?

I’m definitely open to suggestions and would love to hear if anyone has experience with archival printing. I would love something with low ink cost and the ability to print 12x12. Thanks to all !!