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Day 4 gifts (Wed 27 Dec)

Bethany (@bethanyactually) made this graphic set for Kris (@andyouweremine)

Brella (@brella) wrote this fic for Laura (@mastress)

Caitlyn (@andsjuliet) made this gifset for Suz (@nancyddrew)

Katy (@nancy-drew) wrote this fic and made this gifset for Beth (@stuckonaglacierwithmacgyver)

Rosy (@reviewdiaries) wrote this fic for Michele (@pluckysidekick)

Sara (@teamhodgins) made this fanvid for Carrie (@klamillesnace)

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/5 Fandom: Nancy Drew (TV 2019) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Ace/Nancy Drew Characters: Nancy Drew, Ace (Nancy Drew), George Fayne, Bess Marvin, Jesse Fan Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Inspired by Love is Blind (TV), Mistaken Identity, but like on purpose, Mutual Pining, the love is requited they're both just idiots, Light Angst, the bi nancy drew agenda, The Drew Crew (Nancy Drew) Summary:

in which nancy is broke, bess likes to meddle, nancy falls in love through a wall, and she and ace remain stupidly competent at almost everything except each other

a You've Got Mail-esque Love is Blind canon divergent nace fic with a tiny dash of holiday fun for troubledpancakes

set vaguely post-season 3 but we're pretending the curse doesn't exist. and Nick and George are still together. oh and ace never told nancy he has feelings for her. and also this is horseshoe bay so what is time anyway?

A Secret Sleuth gift from @mastress for @binancydrew!

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7, 12, and 20 for the soft asks, please! 🥰

7. what color brings you peace?

lately i really love lavender. my phone is lavender my water bottle is lavender my favorite sweater is lavender... maybe i'm doing too much lavender.

12. how are you?

sub-par. i was supposed to get my wisdom teeth out today but i had a migraine that was so bad that they wouldn't operate. so now i'm just chillin and my headache is pretty much gone but i still have wisdom teeth. i'm getting them out in may now.

20. what do you want most in the world right now?

tbh i want to feel more confident in myself! i'm really happy lately but not happy with myself/my appearance at all. where last semester it was the opposite; i was absolutely fucking miserable but at least i felt deep down in my heart of hearts that i was hot shit.

soft asks

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Oooh, Psalm 91: 14 and 15 are my favorite. :)

14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him

Meditating on this this morning.  Thank you.  Such promises are always so, so refreshing.

mastress replied to your post “For the identity questions, 27, 21, and your favorite on the list. :D”

YES YES EE CUMMINGS YES

Edward Estlin!  *fist shake!!!*  But how does he just nail things SO well?  

mastress replied to your post “For that ask meme thing! I really like all of these, but let's go...”

Thank you. These are great! I have never read two of those books, so I will go look them up now!

Oooh, which ones?  I can give you synopses!

thesecondsealwrites replied to your post “Chama, patron saint of giving ugly looks to people who loudly talk on...”

this is amazing. I'm so glad I was here for this.

I admit, this is not my normal MO, but... It seemed necessary.  I probably need to go repent, lol.

aenariasbookshelf replied to your post “Chama, patron saint of giving ugly looks to people who loudly talk on...”

bwahahaha the subtle revenge there gives me life. Go you two!

Haha, if that’s your idea of subtle, I would hate to see blatant!

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aphreal42 replied to your post “deep breath, and....”

I would "like" this more than once if I could.

YOU CAN LIKE THIS POST, TOO.  x.x I saw your reply last evening and nearly came out of bed to say something, then declined on the grounds that I needed to chill.

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“deep breath, and....”

My voice teacher SWEARS by her chiropractor. Like, if she doesn't get an alignment done once a month or so, she's in terrible pain. But I always wonder if it's a good thing that she's so dependent on him? Anyway, you know way more about this than I do. I yield to your knowledge. I'm just skeptical every time she talks about it and this makes me even more so.

I didn’t mean to turn this into a rant, but it happened, and it’s been something that has been sitting on my chest for a while.

I just did a quick PubMed search on “chiropractic.”  The majority of the first 20-something articles are only people talking about views on chiro, not whether or not it actually treats people.  There are two systematic reviews in that early set and both of them say that evidence supporting chiro is really inconsistent and not good!  I’m not saying all physical therapists are perfect, but as a healthcare science, our evidence base is huuuuuuuuuge.

Full disclosure we “compete” for the same client base a lot, but if you’re in the field for best patient practice, then you should want your patient to go where they will get the best care.  As a student PT, I’m taught when to refer.  

But chiropractors and physical therapists come from very different schools of thought.  Original chiropractic thought, as established by Dr. Daniel David Palmer was that chiros could not diagnose and treat medical problems but that problems in the spine were related to those health problems and “adjustments” could influence health for the better, which, honestly, to me, doesn’t sound so bad.  I mean, is there evidence for it?  I have no clue, but anecdotally it sounds pretty good. Chiropractic today is more focused on “subluxations” and “adjustments” in the spine as a method of treating pathology, and they probably want to sell you some vitamins, too.  Basically, if a chiropractor pops your T7 back into place, maybe your lungs function better.  According to them.

Physical therapists are movement dysfunction specialists.  If your voice teacher came to me because of back pain, I would assess her spine, her hip, and her SI joint (which are all connected to each other and work together), and see if the vertebrae are not moving and whether or not it is a bony restriction or a muscular restriction.  After correcting the imbalance, I WOULD ASSIGN HER EXERCISES TO MAINTAIN THE NEWLY GAINED RANGE OF MOTION.   I’m not trying to cure multiple sclerosis, IBS, or any other neural/visceral pathology.  I only want to help her move better, and hey, in the process of standing up better or sleeping without pain if she happens to take up an exercise program that helps control her diabetes (which I would definitely counsel her on), all the better, but it’s not my job to fix the diabetes.

tldr; Anyone can pop someone’s back. People pop their own backs all the time without adverse consequences to their organs. The problem is whether or not doing so is helpful (not harmful is not the same as helpful), and whether a clinician is doing to retain the improvements they make or if they are stringing a patient along every month to do something about it.

Side note: Today I was performing treatment for hypomobile vertebrae, and I got a cavitation (AKA a pop) on a classmate around the T6 level.  She didn’t immediately breathe better, and neither did she breathe any worse, but guess what, her back was a little more mobile.  AND I’M NOT A CHIROPRACTOR.

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You are amazing! That is SO COOL!

Ha, I’m really not.  I’m a big, mushy dork XD.  With great hair, I will allow that, but it WAS COOL. Thank you!

jadesabre301 replied to your post “Cut for PT glory.[[MOR] The absolute coolest thing that has happened...”

like I tell Quark all the time that I admire her SO SO MUCH not just for being a badass and everything but also for being in a profession where she can measurably and tangibly improve people's lives, like, that is SUCH A HUGE GIFT and also responsibility, and just, YES, GO YOU. (also I looooooooooooooooove my physical therapists even though I am that problem patient who never ever does her exercises at home on a regular basis.) ANYWAY YES GO YOU GIVE THE GLORY ETC. ETC. <3<3<3<3<3<3

Haaaaa, she is very lucky to have such a champion in her life!  Lol, DO YOUR EXERCISES.

flashbanggrenade replied to your post “Cut for PT glory.[[MOR] The absolute coolest thing that has happened...”

You are the best, you are just such a cool human being and you make me want to be a better person, or at the very least, less terrible than I usually am >:D

Ha, the great thing is that I just adore you.  You make me laugh like crazy and not take life too seriously, sooooo, we definitely have some mutual admiration going on :D  Just please be who you are.