Before and After (During too!)

Hey there! I'm Persi and I do a lot of cleaning projects at my job and sometimes I just want to share it with someone. I might also vent some frustrations (hence the 'During too') between photo posts. I like answering questions, so feel free to ask whatever, just be respectful. I'm also happy to be a safe space for anyone that needs it. Total judgement free zone here ^_^ (39/female/pan/celibate/agnostic)

[persinotjackson]

I ride an e-bike to and from work since I don't have a car, and last night I had a first. I was riding along, minding my own business and POP, bike starts riding weird. I come to a stop and hop off, this is what I find.

Ended up having to get an Uber XL to pick my bike and I up 😒 thankfully the driver that showed up didn't give me an issue about picking me up with my bike like all the others have. He even loaded and unloaded my bike for me! Total sweetheart 🥰

Once I got to work I managed to pull out what I thought was a nail.

Obviously, it was not a nail. I have no clue what this thing was, but I'm hoping it didn't mess up my wheel itself with the few feet I rode on it. I'll find out tonight when I get to work and change the tube and tire. Wish me luck folks.

I hope you guys have a good day, or at least not a trash one. Take care and stay safe 💙

[persinotjackson]

Since I showed off my blanket I wanted to take a sec to show off my sewing kit 🥰 I'm so proud of my little christmas gift to myself a couple years ago.

Even though I've been sewing since I was 15 this is my first proper sewing kit and it still brings me a bump of joy when I get to take it out. I actually need to fix the sleeve of my hoodie so I most post the before and after when I get around to it.

Take care of yourselves out there 💚

[persinotjackson]

I was in the process of finger knitting a chenile blanket for myself and as it got bigger I was rolling it up as I went. I was so in my groove I never saw Shadow lay down behind it, but out of nowhere my roll is rocking towards me and away. I was so confused until I looked over the edge and saw this cute mess.

Him and his brother Tuskarr looooove my blanket.

The finished product by the way.

It was made using chunky chenille and the color was Blue Cove. You can*not* feel the sparkly bits by the way, the feel of them is so well blended woth the rest of the blanket it's like the silvery bits aren't even there.

[persinotjackson]

Hey look! A before and after in the same post! 😂

I was at Kroger when I saw some shoe containers for a buck each and remembered those nasty lookin' things on the left. The new ones not only look SOOOO much better, but they also hold the frozen hot dog/sausage bags much better.

The old containers could handle the bricks of hot dogs just fine, but try putting one of the bags of sausages in there and you'll want to throw both the bag and the container 😂

[persinotjackson]

Why so angry Steve? 😂

[persinotjackson]

Had trouble posting these earlier, but here they are 😊

Usually when I'm done putting it all back together I go ahead and grab a bucket to cycle each hopper for a moment to make sure everything's running smoothly. Sometimes the little wheel at the back doesn't line up like it's supposed to with the housing so it'll either grind noisily or just buck the hopper.

Hope you guys have a good one. Be safe out there 💚

[persinotjackson]

Ever wonder what the inside of a cappuccino machine looks like? 😁

Usually every Saturday night I take apart and deep clean the cappuccino machine at my store. Sometimes it's Friday if they have me off on saturday, but every single week I deep clean this thing.

These are all of the before pictures, I think I'm going to go ahead and combine the during and the after pictures together since there's only one during picture, but those are about to be posted 😊

[persinotjackson]

I still say I prefer to have everything underneath the racks when I can, it helps make everything seem less cluttered, but sometimes like this you just have to make an exception.

[persinotjackson]

I meant to post this last week but I never got around to it. The video pretty much sums it up but basically the vendors all dropped off their product and although they all left it where I wanted them to, I didn't realize how much I had ordered until I saw it all in the cooler 😂

[persinotjackson]

😍😍😍 Got my first console in like...15 years? I've lived with people who had their own that I could use, but aside from a Switch I bought back in early 2023, I haven't had an actual console of my own since about 2010 area.

I got such a damn good deal on her too!

I went to pick my laptop up from my pawn shop finally (yay tax money!) and because one of my current roommates are looking at moving out, I decided to just see what my shop had since her leaving means the house XBox will be leaving to.

The one above is an S Series with 1TB, came with a controller and power cables, and was marked $250.

Because they were having a VDay sale, I got my baby for 211 after tax!

The other roommate that's staying is going to handle Game Pass so I've already started downloading the games I've missed and I'm looking for a few new ones to try.

I seriously can't wait for my next day off so I can finally try Arkham Knights 😍

[persinotjackson]

Our little coffee station gets so damn messy sometimes 😫 It wasn't too too bad last night, and I'm mad (for aesthetic reasons) that we're out of French Vanilla creamers and honey packets, but I always love stepping back and looking at this when it's freshly cleaned and stocked.

[persinotjackson]

The Persi part of my name stands for Persephone. Because I got tired of people trying say PersTephone I shorten it to a few options so on my Uber app it just says Persi.

Last night it was raining when I got off work so I couldn't ride my ebike home and had to take an Uber. Know what wasn't on my 2025 Bingo card?

I saw that and was like 😐😐😐😐😐 lol Not gonna lie, was a little ehhhh about it, because...well duh lol

Now I just need to find my Hades 😂

[persinotjackson]

I'm sorry, I need to get this out. I need to get this out or I'm going to stew over it and all I want to do is go to sleep. My head won't be quiet until I get this out.

If a friend asks you a favor, be honest in your answer and actions. Don't either, say you will even though you know you have no intent of following through, or, say you will and then pretend you did the favor, then act like you tried but just couldn't for X reason.

Or, if you do plan on helping and forget to? Admit that. Don't pretend or lie here, either.

If you don't want to do it, don't agree. Just say no. Don't lie. That's not what good friends do. Even good friends aren’t able to do all favors and that's fine.

Someone did the latter of the 'Don't's with me today and he really could have said no. I gave him an out multiple times and he said he wanted to help me. Then when I checked in on him, "I swear I really tried, I don't know what happened 🥺"

I went to see why his tries hadn't worked?

Nothing. Was. Moved...

Nothing. Was. Touched...

It was all *exactly* where I left it...

He either never planned on helping, or he agreed to help and forget. Regardless, he lied to my face. I could confront him but why bother? It'll either turn into a fight or a gaslighting attempt and I just don't have it in me anymore

That song about sums up our friendship anymore and it breaks my damn heart because of how close we used to be.

I genuinely would not have been mad or felt any kind of way if he said no to helping me get something done because I couldn't be in two places at once. It would have just been a 'well damn' and I would've moved on. But then he had to lie. Over something so simple.

Like... It was *so* flimsy a lie that the only way I can feel right now is, he thinks I'm stupid. How else am I supposed to feel?

I know this may seem like a small thing, but this is one small thing in a vast accumulation of a bunch of little and big things.

I don't lie to him, we're not supposed to lie to each other, but here we are. He's sound asleep and I'm struggling to shut my head up because I can't figure out what happened to make this how we are now.

If you're still here, thanks for hearing me out.

[without-ado]

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[persinotjackson]

WHY IS IT ALWAYS LIKE THIS!?

[maviyenot]

[glitterywitch34-deactivated2025]

Talk about beautiful!!. It's my dream to see the northern lights!!

[persinotjackson]

I want to see either of the auroras, I don't care if it's north or south 😍

[persinotjackson]

Circle K hates its employees, that's all there is to it. It may be warmer than outside (21°F/-6°C - the above 68.5°F temp is 20.2°C) but it's still cold even with me moving around.

My manager bought a little space heater for herself to have in the office (no vents AND it's connected to the cooler) but that thing's only in there when she is. Everyone's been hogging it during their shifts because it's too damn cold.

Gods forbid anyone opens that door and brings more cold in.

I'm currently sitting in front of the heater I mentioned, and I am damn sure not moving until the truck gets here, or I absolutely have to. I'm wearing a cardigan and a beanie and they barely help. This is ridiculous.

[persinotjackson]

I'm glad I got this picture when I did. He woke up maybe two second after I got it 😂

This is Handsome Jack Holmes 💚 He's my Border Collie/Lab mix, and he's the best thing to come out of Blue Ridge, GA 🥰

I know we're not supposed to put our kid's faces online (🤣) but look how precious he is.