Whats Higher Than The Top?

That’s me .

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[wifislim]

[mlarayoukai]

in this economy?

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I absolutely hate that I have to wish this lady happy birthday when I don’t care if we talk again but I know if she comes back to work I’ll never hear the passive aggressive end of it so I’m waiting til it’s late late

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We’ve reached the point of this job where I see all the inequities and broken systems and if I don’t leave I will have a mental break down but I can’t leave because the job market is trash and I absolutely cannot afford to quit

[orions-garden]

mother, daughter // a sandra lynn and figueroth faeth poem

here’s the contrapuntal poem I wrote as a part of @d20exchange 2025 for @complicatedwomenpodcast!!❄️

+ bonus short sandra lynn playlist here because I was feeling inspired

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I used to like rom coms a lot I liked Jennifer Lopez movies a lot

He’s just not that into you

The proposal

Monster in law

27 dresses!!

My big fat Greek wedding

Or more serious ish when Harry met sally or sleepless in Seattle or fools rush in! Crazy rich Asians had me in tears

I used to eat that up

I would watch bridezillas all the time.

But I’ve sat and looked and I don’t watch them anymore. I have to amp myself up to watch a romance.

But I understand why!

In romance movies, the protagonist has a meet cute and you watch the romance blossom and grow and overcome something and the end is usually they get married and live happily ever after

And I think as that getting married part is very clearly unlikely for me I can’t put myself in those shoes I can’t imagine it for me so I don’t find joy in those movies or shows anymore. I can’t see myself in their shoes anymore so I can’t watch it. And to be real it’s kind of a hard watch

Those movies used to be my jam. And now I kind of don’t care about watching movies anymore lol I watch a lot of documentaries

Those are found in real life

I like history, those things actually happened

I like understanding people so I like things that makes me think since I can’t put myself in shoes of a fantasy I think I navigate instead of living in fantasy I try to understand the world in front of me

Idk whatever

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My favorite coworker is calling out today and I’m sad about it

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I’m not asking her to be my soul dog who passed away

I’m just asking her to be a dog I like being around sometimes

I don’t like being around her

Ever

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Why? Because we were supposed to have cheesesteaks and on Tuesday his mom invited us to thanksgiving. Without asking what I wanted he accepted. Today I said next time please talk with me before you accept.

He comes out the shower to say he will cancel his parents dinner. But now we have nothing to eat and the fake sickness he came up with is now real

So he’s sick. I didn’t want his moms food

And I’m drunk

Go birds

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I had boxed Mac and cheese for thanksgiving dinner

2 cut waters

And a tastykake

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Being home is stressful

But being home in the morning, staring out the window And into the woods with nothing at all to do

Blessing

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Idk man I’m just not having a good time

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It’s incredibly frustrating when you go to dog training and the trainer suggests the same things you been asking to do but when you suggest it it’s too hard and not sustainable omfg

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We adopted another dog a few months ago

A little more than a year after our soul dog passed

While I don’t ever expect her to be a replacement for him, I thought I was ready for another dog. We had a lot of love to give and I thought this dog could be a good fit

But she is not

Our training isn’t working. We even went to a Zoomroom for all kinds of training. This isn’t either of our first or second dog. At this point we are about to go to private training because she’s becoming a reactive dog, barking and lunging at most people, jumping on everyone, and overall is unable to settle outside her crate. Trying to jump on everyone and everything and or pacing and barking for attention even though she gets so much attention!

She just isn’t adjusting

I spend my evenings redirecting and correcting her undesirable behaviors including still peeing in the house

She is 6 months

And at 6 months no dog either us have had have given us this much stress

She’s still destroying things. Still howling and barking when in a crate. Doesnt listen to commands unless there is food in hand.

Like just now she was playing with a toy then started zoomies and peed while running

Directed her to stay on her bed while I clean it up. She goes to the bed but then trots over to me

I yell for her to get back so she won’t tread through the piss

Everytime I tell her sit down she stands wagging her tail until I step toward her and she runs off tail wagging like it’s a game

I know it seems minor but when my job is working with 2 year olds all day I’m directing and redirecting challenging behavior and then I come home and do the same I cannot relax .

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She has had consistent training since day 1 I just can’t wrap my head around why nothing sticks like it has with our previous dog together or the dogs we had apart

[ribbonsunraveled]

We adopted another dog a few months ago

A little more than a year after our soul dog passed

While I don’t ever expect her to be a replacement for him, I thought I was ready for another dog. We had a lot of love to give and I thought this dog could be a good fit

But she is not

Our training isn’t working. We even went to a Zoomroom for all kinds of training. This isn’t either of our first or second dog. At this point we are about to go to private training because she’s becoming a reactive dog, barking and lunging at most people, jumping on everyone, and overall is unable to settle outside her crate. Trying to jump on everyone and everything and or pacing and barking for attention even though she gets so much attention!

She just isn’t adjusting

I spend my evenings redirecting and correcting her undesirable behaviors including still peeing in the house

She is 6 months

And at 6 months no dog either us have had have given us this much stress

She’s still destroying things. Still howling and barking when in a crate. Doesnt listen to commands unless there is food in hand.

Like just now she was playing with a toy then started zoomies and peed while running

Directed her to stay on her bed while I clean it up. She goes to the bed but then trots over to me

I yell for her to get back so she won’t tread through the piss

Everytime I tell her sit down she stands wagging her tail until I step toward her and she runs off tail wagging like it’s a game

I know it seems minor but when my job is working with 2 year olds all day I’m directing and redirecting challenging behavior and then I come home and do the same I cannot relax .

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Now I like my coworker just fine

But I’m uncomfortable with how every conversation we have leads to talking about a dead family member

I understand mourning but if we’re at lunch and you show me a picture of you skinnier and you say hey look and you say I was very depressed here. It was October. My father died in April

!?

Or when we have a nursing student come and she said I’m sure you’ll save a lot of lives I wish you had been able to save my dad

And we’re like bitch ?? We’ve known this person 98 minutes ? And it’s a lot to drop on someone ?

Idk mind you they passed at least five years ago now and I’m not saying there is a limit to grief lord knows I know it’s long and arduous BUT to speak of it in conversation every hour all day is insane I’m not exaggerating