I shouldn’t have to say this but to whoever lives at Elevate the Park and thinks it’s okay to light illegal fireworks at almost midnight: Fuck you very much.
I'm so sick of being in the same cycle. Get job, mask heavily, do amazing at work for like a year+, get burned out, stop masking, and eventually get a talking to and/or let go. I'm still employed atm, but this time my boss talked to me about how my performance has suffered and it seems like I don't like the people I work with, when the people in charge have no fucking idea what it's like to be autistic. They have autistic people in their families and STILL think they get it. I'm beyond done with this shit. It makes me wonder if I'm even built to hold down a job and work until I fucking die in this capitalist hell where our worth is determined by how much we're able to bend over backwards for other people and practically die doing it. I'm so done. And it is so terrifying to think that you're just not cut out for working in general when that's been hammered into your head as your main purpose in life. What do I even fucking do? I'm going to look for another job, but this has happened enough times where I don't even fucking see the point anymore because it's just going to keep happening as long as the world doesn't accommodate autistic people. (or in my case, AuDHD people)
My sister-in-law requested something duck- or goose-inspired and sent me this Reddit post. Found the pattern and just tried to get the details of the post as accurate as I could. Still got 6 months to go and more things to make!
yes my blanket has 13 points instead of 12 I'm just gonna deal with it ok gosh
Alice, malice: taste and texture of coconut
Candle, handle, Randall: tart, esp in the back and sides of my mouth, up near the top wisdom teeth area
Certain, service, Sunday: M&ms
Chess: chocolate-y, soft texture—love this one!
Choice: milk
Colony: tastes faintly metallic
Common: A pastry or sweet bread with sugar on top. Really coarse texture, stands out just as much as the sweet flavor does. I like it. I think this is my favorite word. :)
Gray (with an A): Tastes like graphite, the kind you would find in pencils. And instead of little sticks, it feels like biting into a big chunk of it. :(
Grey (with an E): Inexplicably? Scrambled eggs.
Lexical, Ross, Russell, thistle, whistle, Wilson: salted pretzel sticks
Pronoun, round, wound (rhymes with round): hashbrowns
Ruby: strawberry Fruit Gusher
Saturday, Thursday: Flintstones vitamin
Social: Coke float
Tuesday: watered-down Sprite? 😐
Wallace: pancakes (but no syrup 😐)
Wednesday: Potato wedge
Word, wound (rhymes with spooned): cold angel hair noodles —————————————————————————— Other relevant info: -Not every word has a taste, most words don’t actually. -I don’t usually perceive the taste of the word is used in a sentence. The taste most often happens when I hear, read, think or speak the word by itself. -I’m AuDHD
Feel free to ask about specific words and their tastes lol.
Hello! I’m a FD/emb and currently working in preneed. For various reasons, I’m considering getting into trade embalming, but I want to make sure I’m not jumping into something I can’t handle. I have several questions:
About how much did it cost you to start your business, including supplies? (And in what year?)
After starting your business, how long did it take before it was steady enough to pay the bills?
How many hours per week do you work, on average? Is it feasible to take time off when you want to? (e.g. mental health break, vacation?)
Do you prefer trade embalming, or being on staff at a funeral home?
How much do you charge for a “normal” case? Autopsy/organ donor case? Restoration?
LLC route or 1099 contractor route? Is one or the other better?
How do you deal with taxes?
How do you do your accounting (do you use a program, an accountant, etc?)
Thank y’all for any help in advance!