Hopefully being in a familiar area but having The College Experience and living on campus will help her with her depression and grief and help her get ready to fly further from home.

Mom has been taking Ozempic but hasn't lost much weight. She has moved from eating out a lot and snacking to getting Hello Fresh (I think) meals that come with everything chopped up so she can do "assembly cooking" and those should be healthier.

I called Dad yesterday and he said he noticed I looked fitter. What he actually told mom was even though I'm still heavy he could see I'm getting fitter/more muscular. Dad has body image issues and weight issues and while he has never directly said anything to me about my weight I've heard how he talks about people. But those are his issues and not mine so I don't really think about it . He only ever says nice things about my appearance and with all my dad's faults I am really grateful about that.

Oh, hey, I’m on the Tumblr radar!

I don't know what that means but I'm gonna guess...yay?!

I am dying without ibuprofen. I knew my body was a crumbling horror, but I didn’t know it was being kept alive solely through the power of ibuprofen. Tylenol is a placebo scam.

I'm sorry, Tep. Maybe try a different placebo? Sugar? Singing the blues?

Steph are you allowed naproxen? Or aspirin (guessing no for blood thinning reasons)? Or only Tylenol? Good luck?

Only Tylenol -- I'm supposed to avoid NSAIDs for a week before surgery.

Tylenol is a placebo scam.

Agreed. Tylenol has never done anything for me.

Tramadol didn't do anything for me, either.

Meloxicam works for me, but it is an NSAID.

Do you get any benefit from a heating pad? Or an icepack?

Tylenol only helps me with fevers.

I was at the museum today after taking ltc to camp walking toward the elevator when a 20ish female employee complained it was still chilly outside and a 70ish male employee told her she needed to dress more appropriately and stop trying to show off her body. I was absolutely appalled and reported him before I left. She was dressed beautifully fwiw in long sleeves, a skirt, and heavy tights. He was dressed very sloppily and not nearly as professionally as she was.

We’re trying AI at work because we need to help our instructors understand it better. One thing we’re trying is using the AI assistant to take notes in our Zoom meetings. It has been hilariously inaccurate—frequently putting the exact opposite of what we said. I.e., we said “Tool 1 is a great substitute for tool 2. We’ll explore tool 1’s ability to do x, y, and z.” And then 20 minutes talking about tool 1. And the summary substitutes the name of tool 2 everywhere we discussed tool 1.

It does really bad when three out of four people in the meeting are named Sue.