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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • I’m mostly remote now, but on my in-office day it’s a 25mi/40km trip. (We bought the house years before I got this job, I don’t have the energy to keep a house showing-ready while working full time, and the houses near work aren’t in great shape.)

    The morning commute takes about 40 minutes by car, the evening commute is more like 50-60 minutes. There’s technically bus service available, if I wanted to take 2+ hours each way, but I prefer having time to eat real food and do some exercise and mabye a hobby.



  • As others said, it depends on situation and local culture. I (American woman) expect to shake hands when meeting someone professionally.

    Don’t do that weird thing where you gently pinch her fingertips though. Shake hands normally, like you would with a man. (Unless you like to rearrange each others’ bones when shaking hands with men, in which case ease up a little.)








  • Just the usual stuff.

    Staying over a friend’s house and her granddad kept talking about how he looked forward to sneaking in and tickling my feet in the middle of the night. I faked stomach flu and called my mom to come get me.

    Then the normal stuff that happens when a 19-year-old works service jobs:

    • The middle aged man who came to visit me and lingered too long all the time.
    • The middle aged man who wanted me to hold up a coffee table book so he could photograph it/me.
    • The middle aged man who bought a bag of trail mix and, when I asked if he wanted a shopping bag, replied, “No, my dear, I’m going to take out the nuts and put them in my mouth and lick and suckle them until they’re moist and slippery.”