I commute, but I've been thinking of getting a bike to bring with me to get around campus. I messed up my foot last year and it's never quite been the same. Does anybody have a bike who actually gets use out of it? Or do you just use the busses to get a close as you can to places? My main concern is that I'll get a bike and then decide it's not that convenient/too crowded between classes to use anyway.
I took on an unpaid summer internship because there is no other place like this company in the area, and it will look really good on my resume. But it's honestly been awkward so far, at best.
I primarily work with one person, and we always pick my days for the next week at the end of the current week. Today is the second time that my "boss" forgot when I was coming in. I got to the office and there was nobody there, and it turns out he thought I was coming in for a few hours this afternoon, even though we talked about doing a full day today. It's really frustrating for me because I could have gotten a full time job for the summer instead of keeping my schedule pretty open for this internship.
I don't really want to call it quits because I still want this in my resume and I'd still like to have some references from this place, but it seems like I'm basically going to have to double check when he thinks I'm coming in at the beginning of every week. I'm a non-traditional age student and I've had plenty of jobs before, but this is my first time doing an internship, and it seems like a disaster to me. A friend of mine had one last semester that she said was terrible as well because there was basically nothing for her to do and everyone ignored her. This can't be the norm for internships right?
Edit: It has become apparent that I need to make it clear that I'm by no means mad at the people dedicating their lives and spending 12+ hours a day rehabbing wildlife. I hope nobody else takes this post as a personal insult because it's absolutely not meant to be against rehabbers in any way. I'm just frustrated that the laws and systems in place to protect these animals often make it impossible to help them. I'm sure there's really no perfect solution. (Original text below.)
I live in the Northeast US. I recently found a baby rabbit with an injured leg. I have called around to local rehabbers, but nobody so far can take it. They've given me suggestions to take it to get xrays, but because of the laws in my state, no vet will actually see it without having an agreement in place for it to go to a rehabber right after the appointment. I'm going to keep calling around tomorrow, but it seems like the only option is probably going to be taking it to get euthanized.
It's not using its injured (badly cut) leg, and the question is whether it's just due to being cut or if it might be fractured, in which case it will quickly get eaten by something if released. It just makes me mad that I can't even see if it just needs time for its leg to heal because it's so illegal to keep them that I can't even take it to the vet because the rehabs are too full. It's so depressing. Even one very kind rehabber on the phone was expressing frustration at the fact that the vets won't even xray it unless someone is lined up and on paperwork to come collect it. Like, I'm happy to pass it on to a licensed rehabber if anyone would tell me they had room. I don't disagree weigh the fact that all advice online is just "call a rehabber," but then it pisses me off when I call all around and nobody has room.
Honestly, I was hoping I'd be able to find some sort of cottontail sanctuary for bunnies that can't be released, but it seems like that is nothing more than a nice thought. 🥲
(Honey with comb. Not on purpose, just all that's in the house for breakfast.)
I started reading some of my favorite books again, and I miss feeling wanted like that. I know it's all fake and made to sound as perfect as possible, but there was a time when I actually felt like I could be in one of those books. Maybe now we're in the part where the couple can't stand each other and has to find a way to make up.
Up until a few days ago, I was in school full time. My husband of 8 years totally supported me going back to school, but I feel like me being there for like 10 hours a day and then having homework is not helping our relationship. We get mad at each other over dumb stuff now, and we're hardly intimate. Asking to have sex more often and explaining how important to me has made no change.
A couple of months ago, he bought me one of those rose toys. I thought he was interested in spicing things up because he's always felt like toys aren't necessary (honestly, I didn't need them for awhile), but what's actually happened is I just use it after he leaves for work. I've been starting to rethink every choice I've ever made in my life and our relationship, how we each have different ambitions, and feeling like we were just built on sex and now we're falling apart.
I want to come home after an evening out and get pressed up against the wall. I want to fall asleep cuddling like we used to. I don't want to feel like asking for sex is like asking him to do the dishes or something. I even see posts about women who are frustrated because their man wants to have sex every day, and I just think, "Why doesn't mine?"
I'm currently on the study floor at my school's library. It's packed, and the bathroom has two toilets. One is out of order. I went into the bathroom and someone is in the other stall. I was going to just wait, thinking they'd be right out, but they immediately froze and were clearly just sitting there waiting for me to leave. So I waited for 10 minutes and 3 other people tried going in during that time. I considered just going to a different floor, but I had to pee so bad and thought they'd be out at any second. Idk if I'm just being cranky cause it's finals, but I just found it super annoying. It's hard sharing public bathrooms with so many people. One person could be in there for half an hour if they stop shitting every time someone else walks in.