We’re trying to decide which of these is a better option:

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Made this post about 15 minutes after the repair guy who fixed the pump on my dishwasher packed up his tools and left, as the dishwasher was whirring along doing my dishes from that morning.

A 22-month-old female scaredy cat tiger appeared to get the shock of her young life when she encountered a dead leaf floating on a pool of water in the Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Clearly unusure about just what was approaching her, the partially submerged youngster’s tail shot up in the air and with teeth bared she let out her most fearsome growl - all in an effort to scare the humble leaf away.

Moonrise Surprise - Rani Garner

American , b. 1964 -

I have a friend I know from when we were both 6. She is the only person living nearby and so she saw me go from walking through limping to wheelchair on a daily basis. I keep her updated on my health even tho we rarely hang out anymore. She was gonna come over yesterday and I had to cancel. She asked if I can’t hang out later that day. When I said i won’t feel better later, that if I feel that bad in the morning later will only get worse she got annoyed and “joked” that I’m just finding excuses. And I was surprised, she knows all about me being disabled after all? So, a bit taken aback, I told her it’s a normal thing for me.

“But you got the diagnosis now, aren’t you better?? I thought you’ll get better now”

Important detail: this is the kind of desk job where there’s no particular need to have a certain amount of people in the office at any given time. She just didn’t like me taking vacation days without advance notice because she thinks the basic principle of vacations is that you should give notice weeks in advance for that.

I told her that my chronic pain strikes without warning, and the number of sick days the company offers isn’t enough, so I have to spend my vacation days as extra sick days, and I don’t like that either.

So, naturally, every meeting she began pressuring me to see a doctor to get cured. I was pressured into disclosing to her a number of details about how I have tried a great many treatments, and that this is likely to be a lifelong problem for me. And anyway, if I’m still getting my work done, and she can’t name any specific problems caused by me using my vacation days like this, what’s the problem?

No, I couldn’t go to HR about this. I was already on thin ice with them after HR gave me some stern warnings not to be so “confrontational” about the CTO’s racism. I eventually had to find a new job.

Married the love of my life at 50.

Got my Class A CDL at 59.

You've got time.

You dont *have* to be feminine. But you're allowed to be.

You dont *have* to be androgynous. But you're allowed to be.

Your identity is not cookie cutter. You don't have to force yourself into any category, you don't have to adjust your choices to appeal to others.

ID: A youtube comment with 11 likes by Niceone, it says "I've lived 46 years without knowing this. How nice of life to save some of the best bites for later." End ID.

I wanna just walk around and explore these masterpieces like I'm back in Shadow of the Colossus or something.