Those are such uplifting words, thank you! I will take them to heart
I had a good one on one with one of the big bosses who has always had my back (and actually listens). I'm feeling a lot more confident now having been able to express some of my concerns
And thank you for validating my anxiety about the new position ๐ค I'm excited and nervous, but I know I'll do a good job and I have my bosses on my side
๐๐ Take care
I actually really needed to hear this. I'm being promoted into a position I've wanted for a very long time (trainer for the new employees) and they're redoing the process and relying on me to get the new-hires trained thoroughly
I know my job inside and out but I'm having doubts. If things go to plan I'll have my first trainee next week and I'm terrified I'm going to fuck the whole thing up, or they won't see results fast enough even though I'll be spending multiple weeks with each person, or I'll just be absolutely shit at training people even though I'm really good at my job...
Needless to say I'm extremely anxious which feeds back into itself "if I'm this anxious about it now how can I even be capable of handling the stress when I'm actually training..."
I know this is a meme but yeah, I need to get into that mindset! Thanks ๐
I loved catching the hens sunbathing in their chicken sauna. There was a piece of glass that had fallen from an old window and it leaned up against the south side of a shed. The grass underneath was killed and they loved to take dust baths and then cook themselves like this
Scared the piss out of me the first time I saw the chicken laying down with its leg and wing stretched out and her head on the ground. But when I saw she was actually ok, and then another hen went in to join her I figured they knew what they were doing
I always see signs around "puppies for sale @ xyz" or listed with a phone number, or camped out in a busy parking lot with a puppy pen out. It enrages me so fucking much because there's nothing I can do about it
Jesus, it's got its own page? I couldn't finish watching the video, I was so enraged. The fact that it was such a disaster that it got its own page is a disgrace
I wonder if it's a sort of malicious compliance
"You may not hang a flag for pride"
"Ok, we will not hang a pride flag"
I'm stopping by the community and saw your post. It's a bit older so before I make a bigger comment, how are they doing? Do you still need some tips?
If you see this and would like any help still, I'd be more than happy
Your mystery plant is a Dracaena fragrans ๐
I'm just browsing the community here and omg your plants are gorgeous! Also thank you for your detailed post, your love and care is
I don't have any right now; the squirrels eat the ones I put outside. But seeing all your guys makes me want to try again! With some squirrel proofing
Because the other response was less than helpful, and I was curious myself, I found this great page!
It explained a few types of markers and how to interpret them
https://www.boaterexam.com/navigationrules/aids-to-navigation/
I noticed the mother bird about a week ago when there would be a bird who flew off every time I left my front door
I try hard to minimize the disturbance to her/them. I only have one door so I try to consolidate my trips out but when I do I try to get a picture of the nest
This was taken yesterday, 5.10.25 at 9.45am
This was 5.9.25 at 1.45pm
It's very exciting to me because I've never been in such close proximity to a nest before. I was sure I heard baby bird peeps earlier today and it turns out I was right!!
I've had a bird bath on my balcony consistently over the winter and have started setting out seeds for the resident birds. Every day I get a new visitor or something to marvel at! But I believe having the consistent water source was key to the gal nesting where she did
I originally got this guy in Oct of last year from a plant shop and was in pretty miserable shape:
I left it in my south facing window and it lost those leaves and then shot up a whole bunch of new ones all at once (the ones in the before/after)
I was concerned that they were growing too straight as a result of it not getting enough light. I put the plant in another window that gets direct sun earlier in the day and then I started to see the very tips start to curl
My mom had given me a plant light a couple years ago that I never used so it was the perfect opportunity to set it up in a corner of my kitchen currently unused. Over the course of just a couple days I saw some real differences! These should all be taken about 12 hours apart:
Those were all taken about 5 days ago, then here's this morning, same as the top photo:
Anyways, the photos aren't great because I didn't expect to see progress, especially none so quickly. So they're not staged well and I think I messed up the formatting because my app was giving me issues uploading more than the first two pics. Also my water just got shut off for emergency maintenance and I was already in the middle of an anxiety episode but I'm absolutely over the moon when I woke up to see those tight curls!
Those leaves grew so tall so quickly I was afraid the lack of bright light would have caused them to just be stretched and the info I found on the internet led me to believe that they were forever doomed to be frizzle fizzle until next growing season
Anyways, that's my plant and one of the joys in my life right now!
It is not "ok, here's the talk. You're six and a half. You're now on your own. Good luck kid"
It's a gradual transition. You teach your kids to handle themselves or seek assistance when needed. When they demonstrate you can trust them alone then you can wean off the checking in
I'm concerned about my parents. What should I allow them to do unsupervised?