This is beautiful

Hahaha! That rules! I wish I had a bunch of pals to play mannequin with. That’s a lovely Halloween memory, I’ll be happy if I can make some for the kids who come visit us.

Hopefully your town gets some Halloween cheer soon! 🎃

Gonna be a spooky ghost and hand candy out to trick or treaters, hoping this year is as busy as last!

My family loves Halloween so we always go all out

Unlimited falling trees upon the Texas GOP.

GW2 had such a lovely community, I really do miss the early years. My friends and I still play it regularly and the amount of vitriol that gets passed around randomly is just depressing. I know for a fact they don’t moderate anything and only take action once something is mass reported enough; the same people are still spamming slurs in the PvP lobby chat for years now.

Theorem? I barely know em!

I just helped move a comrade out of Texas up north and wow, it’s just such a different world up there. The flight back to Austin was marked with a deep melancholy knowing how different the culture was on the other side of the country.

May everyone escape this hell hole.

The frequency of my flare ups has definitely declined over time, so there is hope that eventually our symptoms will become more manageable. Solidarity, I’m sorry you’re also going through it.

I hit year two of long Covid a few months ago and the thought of having these symptoms for the rest of my life fills me with dread. I guess we’ll be seeing the long term consequences of letting this virus ravage the population repeatedly unfold.

Just wanted to leave an update, she is doing much better after meeting with the remaining LGBTQ organization members. We’ve been able to donate some money (somewhat difficult) for food and resources and they’re working together to figure out a long term plan for employment. Thanks again everyone.

Damn, I’m sorry to hear. I have a friend who works for a smaller bakery and I think she would agree with you.

I guess getting your co-workers together could be your last resort if you’re on the edge of quitting already. I feel you about the NPC mode, I could never do it at my job either, even the most mindless of tasks can be enjoyable with just some chatter and camaraderie. I hope the situation improves, and if not, I’m sure you’ll find somewhere not so soul crushing.

I just quit my job, I probably shouldn’t have but I couldn’t justify working there anymore to myself. I’m not sure if it was the right choice but once I hit my breaking point being there was torturous.

Is that where you’re at with this place? It sounds like you enjoy the job, it’s just this manager that is making your life hell for really no reason. Do you think there’s anyway to get them off your back?

Bump

Totally feel you

I caught covid in the first wave and thankfully survived it alright but I’m still suffering from the omnicron variant 2 years later. My headaches come mostly from my lymph nodes swelling in my neck, I can always tell they’re coming by the visual snow as well.

The intensity and frequency have definitely been reducing over time and so I hope your headaches do the same

It seems that way, she was helping organize the Transgender Visibility march with Transforma and it was shuttered this year due to funding. The Skopje Queer Center told her that due to funding cuts that they were no longer able to offer the services she was using.

What she sent me this morning was: “If possible, ask her if she knows any trans people from here, or groups of trans people, or perhaps small unknown political groups of queer people, nowadays we are no longer able to rely on the organizations and have to rely on ourselves, but if we fail to organize and make friends then we’re all pretty much alone. :(”

Sorry about work, I definitely feel you. The activist groups that she was in contact with have mostly disbanded so I think so, she’s looking for some kind of guidance. She mostly stays on reddit and she wasn’t receptive to making an account here. Thank you Kristina, I greatly appreciate it.