u/gossamermoonglimmer

Hi! When I was a teenager my boyfriend had me over and he gave me what he called a “gin and tonic,” but now that I am older I think he might have had the wrong name. There was no tonic water involved from what I remember. He was just mixing a shot or two of gin with this purply-blue stuff that made it taste really sweet and delicious and pretty colored. The gin we used was Bombay Sapphire gin and I cannot figure out what this purple stuff was, but I’m wondering if perhaps it is Crème De Violette or some kind of butterfly pea flower mix-in? This was almost ten years ago and we don’t talk so I can’t ask him what it was and it’s driving me crazy! At the liquor store the attendant directed me toward the butterfly pea flower gin and while that would almost certainly be a similar color I am certain what he made me was a small amount of something purple-blue mixed with plain ol Bombay Sapphire.

If it makes any difference, this dude had lawyer parents and they were super wealthy, so whatever this was may have been expensive or even foreign. They tended to have the best of the best ingredients in their house.

Thank you so much in advance!!

Good morning Olympia!

I am looking for good places around town (Lacey/Tumwater suggestions are welcome too) to practice roller skating. I’m hoping to find tennis courts, basketball courts, and other places with smooth even ground where I can practice. I love Rollerland but it’s far too crowded for a beginner to practice things like backwards skating etc. Thank you in advance!

EDIT: the title is supposed to say “practice” lol posted before double checking

I’m hoping to move to shelton soon, I’m wondering where is hiring if anyone knows of anywhere? I have retail, food service, management, supervision, barista and farm work experience. Hoping for full time but open to part time as well. Thanks in advance!

Hi all,
Trying to log in to do my weekly survey and it keeps taking me to a page where I am asked to create a new password and then when I try it takes me to a “404 - File or directory not found” error page. Google says the site doesn’t appear to be down and I can’t call because it’s Saturday. (Yes I am doing my survey late lol.) Anyone know why this may be? Thanks in advance!

Hi all. I’ve been practicing witchcraft for a few years. I haven’t done that many spells, but the few I have done have not worked the way I was hoping for them to or haven’t worked at all. I know intention and asking the spirits of the ingredients I use is important. I also know you need to actually take action to bring what you want about. But what else am I missing? I unfortunately do not have any witches in my family or community that I know well to ask so I thought I’d ask here. Could anxiety/doubt that the spell will work impact whether it works? What did you change in your spell work that made a big difference in results for you? Thank you!!!

Hi all. I’ve been practicing witchcraft for a few years. I haven’t done that many spells, but the few I have done have not worked the way I was hoping for them to or haven’t worked at all. I know intention and asking the spirits of the ingredients I use is important. I also know you need to actually take action to bring what you want about. But what else am I missing? I unfortunately do not have any witches in my family or community that I know well to ask so I thought I’d ask here. Could anxiety/doubt that the spell will work impact whether it works? What did you change in your spell work that made a big difference in results for you? Thank you!!!

Hi all. I’ve been practicing witchcraft for a few years. I haven’t done that many spells, but the few I have done have not worked the way I was hoping for them to or haven’t worked at all. I know intention and asking the spirits of the ingredients I use is important. I also know you need to actually take action to bring what you want about. But what else am I missing? I unfortunately do not have any witches in my family or community that I know well to ask so I thought I’d ask here. Could anxiety/doubt that the spell will work impact whether it works? What did you change in your spell work that made a big difference in results for you? Thank you!!!

So when I was 7 or 8, I apparently had a paranormal experience that I have no memory of, although I do remember the fear it sparked after.

My dad was working late, and my mom and aunt were hanging out watching TV after I had been put to bed.

Around 10pm, I came running out of my room, white as a sheet. I was clearly terrified in a way that she had never seen. My mom immediately consoled me and asked what had happened.

I explained through tears that a “black man with red eyes held me down in my bed” (I am assuming shadow figure, not Black in ethnicity just to be crystal clear). I wasn’t able to get up, I said I struggled but he was holding me down. I slept with my mom that night.

After that, I couldn’t remember the incident, and my parents elected not to remind me. However, the fear stayed. My body remembered what my mind couldn’t. I slept on the living room couch for nine months after that, which I remember well. I also remember each night at bedtime a deep fear would ascend on me, and I couldn’t name anything in particular that I was afraid of, which made me feel ashamed, but I was so afraid. I remember my dad holding me and asking what I was afraid of, and having a realization that I had no clue.

Ever since then I have dealt with insomnia.

I found out about the incident on a camping trip with the same aunt who had been present at the time of the incident. We were telling scary stories around the campfire and my aunt said “what about that thing that happened when she was little?” And my parents exchanged looks and were slow to respond, which isn’t like them. But they told me the truth. I had no recollection and still don’t, as I said.

Ever since then, I have wondered what actually happened. I was not apparently hurt by the experience. I have always shown signs of being a started/indigo child, and have been deeply interested in extraterrestrials since I can remember. Deeply connected to nature, taught myself to read before I was two years old, was having full conversations with adults by age one, was always gifted at school. Highly empathetic, claircognizant, etc. Many, many signs.

I wonder what happened to me that night. My parents’ house has always been haunted and i think it could have been an evil spirit, but lately i have wondered if it could have been ET contact, that I was too small and scared to understand. However I have heard that these higher beings are forbidden to materialize in our rooms/sight so we do not become frightened.

I guess I am just wondering what other star seeds think about this or intuitively feel. Thank you so much for reading and for responses in advance! What a mysterious world we live in.

I’m visiting my family in the town/house I grew up in, which is in Colorado. I moved to the PNW a few years ago. I’ve been clean from weed about 2 months and the benefits of quitting have been so good that I really haven’t craved it. I’ve been around a roommate who smokes daily and even hung out outside while he smokes with no urge to take a hit or anything. But being back here makes it so bad sometimes… idk if it’s the heat or the various traumas or the face that I was nearly always high the last several years that I was living here but I wish I could take a huge dab.
At the same time I do not, because I know it would just make me tired and anxious and disrupt my REM cycle. But I’m glad no one in my fam smokes so I don’t have access. Not that I can’t trust myself but it would definitely make me more grumpy to smell it and grapple with cravings more.
Overall, not gonna smoke, but didn’t expect the crave it. Gonna take a nap instead. Thank god for air conditioning.

Hey all! I’m in need of a mechanic and wondering who in the area you’d recommend. My new (used) Subaru Outback is being weird and apparently overheating. Thank you very much in advance!

Hi all,

I have been going to tranquility dental wellness in Tumwater for a while now. I really like a lot about their service. However, I had a crown placed a couple months ago that is still not healing and causing me severe pain when trying to eat anything cold or even room temp. I have gone back for 6+ bite adjustments with no change, and the last three times have been tense… Doctor Colby Cockrell is my dentist, and he has been very dismissive and almost unkind. This last time, I decided if they didn’t make me feel heard and investigate the crown (and another spot that is causing me pain and bad breath), that I would go to another dentist.

He walked into my appointment and immediately said in an accusatory tone, “Okay, what’s going on, why are you still having issues?” And I said “I have no idea, I was hoping you could tell me.”

I have perfect oral hygiene, I brush, floss and mouthwash twice a day. after some issues I had with a medication that ruined my teeth for a while I am even more careful than before. He did nothing but make me feel like I had done something wrong by coming in and annoying him and ground my teeth down more. He says my symptoms are of a high bite, but we have been adjusting my bite for 2 months. I asked him about the spot that hurts when I floss and my bad breath and he, trying to rush out of the room, said “well that’s always going to be a hygiene problem, so if you want you can add a third brush at lunch.” I’m really not feeling good about that answer; there is such a things as too much brushing and flossing. I do not want to irritate my gums or wear down my enamel. I’m tired of this old man talking over me and ignoring my requests for help.

All that to ask; has anyone else had these problems with this dental office and/or particular dentist? And what dentists in the Olympia/Lacey/Tumwater area have treated you great and left you feeling seen, heard, and cared for? I am hoping to get a second opinion from someone who will listen and cared. Thank you in advance, and sorry for the long post!