Did anyone else have a hard time with Scarlet in her mech suit at the Gongaga reactor? I am totally stuck. The party is Tifa, Yuffie, Aerith. All pretty much glass cannons. I need at least the first 5 or 6 moves to be all setup (casting spells, activating buffs), and Scarlet is an absolute monster. And she only gets harder as the fight goes on and you run out of MP.
I don’t remember her being a big deal at all on Normal mode, so this is kinda frustrating. Maybe my tactics in battle are not where the game needs them to be? Idk.
Anyone have any good strategies?
Thank you.

i have a 3.5 rn normal f150 50k miles and i’m almost certain it has cam phaser problems but it has no light and kinda roughy at idle, and i don’t wanna spend 80 or so thousand on a truck that won’t last at least 10 years or 300k miles with regular maintenance, should i just go for the R?

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All codes below are split where possible unless noted; please only redeem at the place agreed upon; please let me know if you don’t plan on redeeming the code right away.
Thanks for looking!
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4k Titles

• Avengers: Endgame, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k)
• Big Hero 6, 4k MA (ports to MA in 4k)
• Captain America: Civil War, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k)
• Finding Dory, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k)
• The Good Dinosaur, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k)
• Gran Turismo, 4k MA (ports to MA in 4k) (Comes with Sony Rewards Points)
• Hook, 4k MA (ports to MA in 4k) (Comes with Sony Rewards Points)
• The Last Witch Hunter, 4k iTunes or 4k vudu
• Maleficent, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k)
• Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k)
• Pitch Perfect, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k) (Comes with 500 Universal Rewards Points)
• Ralph Breaks the Internet, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k)
• Snitch, 4k iTunes
• Thanksgiving (2023), 4k MA (ports to MA in 4k) (Comes with Sony Rewards Points)
• Toy Story 4, 4k iTunes (ports to MA in 4k)
• Wonder (2017), 4k iTunes

8 Film High On Your Watch List Collection (1 Code for all 8 Movies, Redeemable via Movies Anywhere)

• Due Date, HD
• Friday, HD
• ⁠Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, HD
• House Party, HD
• ⁠Inherent Vice, HD
• ⁠Project X, HD
• ⁠Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, HD
• ⁠We're the Millers, HD

Sony Buff Pass

Good for one of the following movies, redeemable via Movies Anywhere.

• Hancock, 4k
• My Girl, 4k
• Stripes, 4k
• The Blob, HD
• Blue Thunder, HD
• Born Yesterday, HD
• Bye Bye Birdie, HD
• Guess Who, HD
• Stir Crazy, HD
• Untraceable, HD

May Universal Rewards Code

Good for one of the following movies, redeemable via Movies Anywhere.

• Backdraft 2, 4k
• Black Christmas, 4k
• A Dog's Purpose, 4k
• The Sparks Brothers, 4k
• Agnes Browne, HD
• Antz, HD
• Being Frank, HD
• Don't Let Go, HD
• Final Account, HD
• Kicks, HD
• Loving, HD
• Raw, HD

HD MA or iTunes Disney Movie Codes

• Atlantis: Milo's Return, HD MA (ports to MA)
• Brother Bear, HD MA (ports to MA)
• Brother Bear 2, HD MA (ports to MA)
• The Fox and the Hound 2, HD MA (ports to MA)
• The Little Mermaid (1989), HD MA (ports to MA)
• The Lone Ranger, HD iTunes (ports to MA)
• Mary Poppins (1964), HD iTunes (ports to MA)
• Mulan (1998), HD MA (ports to MA)
• Oz the Great and Powerful, HD MA (ports to MA)
• Queen of Katwe, HD MA (ports to MA)
• Turning Red, HD MA (ports to MA)

HD MA, vudu, or iTunes Movie Codes

• Assassination Nation, HD MA (ports to MA)
• Boyhood, HD vudu
• Boyhood, HD iTunes
• Chicago (Diamond Edition), HD iTunes or HD vudu
• Danny Collins, HD iTunes (ports to MA) (Comes with 500 Universal Rewards Points)
• The Expendables 2, HD vudu
• Florence Foster Jenkins, HD iTunes
• The Gunman, HD iTunes (ports to MA) (Comes with 500 Universal Rewards Points)
• Home Again, HD MA (ports to MA)
• The Hunger Games, HD vudu
• I Feel Pretty, HD iTunes
• Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, HD MA (ports to MA)
• Indivisible, HD MA (Canada only)
• Megan Leavey, HD iTunes (ports to MA) (Comes with 500 Universal Rewards Points)
• The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, HD iTunes (ports to MA) (Comes with 500 Universal Rewards Points)
• Paranormal Activity 3, HD vudu
• Paranormal Activity 3, HD iTunes
• The Purge, HD MA (ports to MA)
• Rio 2, HD MA (ports to MA)
• Same Kind of Different As Me, HD iTunes
• Selma, HD vudu
• Selma, HD iTunes
• Sinister, HD iTunes
• Snitch, HD vudu
• Super 8, HD vudu
• Tremors 5: Bloodlines, HD MA (ports to MA)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, HD vudu
• Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection, HD vudu
• Walking With Dinosaurs: The Movie, HD MA (ports to MA)

HD Disney/Marvel/Star Wars Google Play Movie Codes (All Port to Movies Anywhere)

• Aladdin (2019), HD gp (ports to MA)
• Avengers: Endgame, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Beauty and the Beast (2017), HD gp (ports to MA)
• Big Hero 6, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Black Panther, HD gp (ports to MA)
• The Call of the Wild, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Captain America: Civil War, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Cinderella (2015), HD gp (ports to MA)
• Coco, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Doctor Strange, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Finding Dory, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Frozen, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Frozen (Sing-Along Edition), HD gp (ports to MA)
• Good Dinosaur, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Guardians of the Galaxy, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Incredibles 2, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Inside Out, HD gp (ports to MA)
• The Lion King (2019), HD gp (ports to MA)
• The Little Mermaid (Animated), HD gp (ports to MA)
• Maleficent, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Mary Poppins (1964), HD gp (ports to MA)
• Moana, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Monsters University, HD gp (ports to MA)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas, HD gp (ports to MA), HD gp (ports to MA)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Thor: The Dark World, HD gp (ports to MA), HD gp (ports to MA)
• Thor: Ragnarok, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Toy Story 4, HD gp (ports to MA)
• Zootopia, HD gp (ports to MA)

SD Movie Codes

• Hugo, SD vudu
• Rio, SD iTunes (ports to MA)
• The Vow, SD MA (ports to MA)

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trigger warnings: smoking , sexual assault
i’m so sick of my brother. everyone around me is telling me to “give him another chance” but i just can’t anymore.
he got caught smoking in the school bathroom (he’s 14) and was expelled (in march), he then was sent to a rehab center.
6 days later, he was in the hospital because his “roommate had sexually assaulted him”, and he was obviously sent home (i recently found out from the hospital that he lied about the assault so that he could leave early and was caught admitting to other kids on by security camera). he then went to live with my aunt and enrolled in a school there but was expelled for lying about smoking.
he had come home and used his TV to reset our router. this turned off all the motion sensors and cameras my parents have to monitor him. he used a knife to unlock the door to the office (where we keep the wifi router) and he unplugged it, which makes the sensors and cameras completely useless for however long he wants. he then used the knife to break into our garage (which we also keep locked bc of him) and he stole my fathers tesla. we have no idea what he did either.
after all that, my parents sent him to a new rehab center in CT. not even 5 hours in, he falsely accused a nurse of hitting him (which again, was on camera), and the next day, accused a kid (who had never met him) of beating him up. the rehab center was required to send him to a hospital for a checkup, and right as he was about to be taken back to the rehab center, he made a run for it. he was missing for a few hours before being caught and put on psychiatric lockdown.
he’s coming home today as his lockdown has ended and i don’t want to deal with him. he’s not only a huge burden on my parents lives, but he’s also violently homophobic, ablest, and constantly makes fun of my weight. i’m so tired.

Anyone have any recommendations for a good jeans brand that is “Zep-friendly”? By Zep friendly, I mean that maybe “grows” and “shrinks” as you do? I don’t want to have to keep buying new pairs of jeans at different sizes while im still losing but not yet at my goal weight. I’m kinda struggling right now with the jeans I currently have. They’re starting to get loose at the waist, but they have awful tummy control, so despite being loose at the waist now, my entire gut still stands out and I don’t like how it looks. I also don’t want to have to always wear shapewear, so it’d be nice if the jeans could do that too. For context, I’m 5’1, 171lbs now, starting was 185lbs.

I’m heading from the east coast out to the Red Lodge area this summer for about 3 days at the beginning of July. I’m arriving on a Friday evening around dinner time, have all day Saturday and Sunday to do stuff, and am heading to the airport Monday around 11am. It’s a kind of short trip but I’m hoping there’s some stuff I’d be able to see.
One of the days I want to drive the Beartooth highway and visit the northeast part of Yellowstone to maybe do a quick/easy hike (not going too far down into the park).
For the second day, I’m not sure what to do. I could go back to Yellowstone but would really like to explore Montana! I am open to easy/moderate hikes, maybe 5-6 miles total, or other attractions, sights to see, activities to do, etc. I don’t want to stay in the car the whole time and am open to pretty much anything.
Any recommendations are so appreciated!

24th: Colby Donaldson 3.0 (Heroes Vs Villains - 5th)

\"So when the time was right, I made one more attempt\"
u/SMC0629:
Colby 3.0 is my favorite of his three iterations, and it has nothing to do with my opinion on Australia. The absolute deconstruction of Colby's abilities and spirit is somehow made into one of the most funny, mind-boggling, and emotional stories the show has given us. It all comes together with that final confessional, one of the best ever in the show, which proves to us that no matter what, he'll always keep fighting. Very deserved endgame for Colby 3.0.
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u/DryBonesKing:
There… is a little bad blood for me internally about Colby 3.0 making Endgame. One, I am stunned that this group let Colby 3.0 outlast 1.0. I can’t believe Colby 1.0 got cut twice (since I ended up wasting an idol on the first attempt) before Colby 3.0. I find that borderline sinful lmfao. And two, I’m just annoyed that HvV ended up getting any representation in the Endgame. I really did not want this overrated season getting any representation and after focusing most of my concerns on someone like Sandra 2.0 or Parvati 3.0 or Rupert 3.0… I find out that I really messed up and that there were apparently Colby 3.0 stans here that actually wanted this Endgame. Whelp
Most of my issues though are meta-related, though. Colby 3.0 and Jerri 3.0 are the best parts of Heroes vs. Villains and the conclusion to their three-season story arc, even though it was diluted by Russell stealing away a decent chunk of their screentime, I do think what we did get to see was beautiful, from their cute little “Hey Colby” Interaction in that one reward challenge leading up to the finale with Jerri being visibly distraught about having to vote out Colby. It’s amazing stuff!
Colby 3.0 also does have the best storyline of the season, with being able to see how Survivor’s first “Hero” failed to live up to his own legacy, and sorta wallow in his own depression as a result of everything. There is a melancholy-air to Colby’s character, from watching him get his ass kicked in challenges to seeing him be an afterthought in strategies to even seeing him be part of one of the pettiest “family visit” scenes of all time when he just repeatedly fights with his brother Reid. And then obviously, there’s Colby’s final confessional, which I think is probably in contention for best confessional of all time. I don’t think there’s ever been a character’s returning appearance that feels anything like Colby 3.0, and that does make him really special. All things considered, I do have him ranked highly and I’m actually thrilled he topped Heroes vs. Villain’s rankings. I did want him to succeed and make Top 50. I just… wish he didn’t make Endgame. But meh
Overall Rank – 120/821
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u/Zanthosus:
I’m going to be completely honest. This is the biggest WTF in our endgame to me. I might like Jane less overall, but I can understand why someone would have her in or around their endgame. Colby 3.0 though? I just don’t get it. I’m sure ninjedi will do a great job explaining it though. Also, it is kinda hilarious to me that the first non-Sandra HvV rep to get in is Colby of all people. Not Jerri. Not Parvati. Not Coach. Not even J.T. Colby. That’s just a hilarious legacy for this rankdown to have if I’m being honest.
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u/Tommyroxs45:
Colby’s legacy in Heroes vs. Villains is unmatched, he’s Superman in a fat suit however you still see the desire for Superman. Him being the last hero remaining is so poetic and it makes him have one of the best confessionals of all time. Sad that he’s only the HvV rep as this season is literal perfection but I’m glad at least 1 person made it.
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u/Regnisyak1:
From hero to zero to hero again, Colby 3.0 is truly an encapsulation of Heroes vs Villains' main themes about the blurring of lines between the two roles on Survivor, and how one does not fully exist in society. I love Colby 1.0, so I would have loved to see him here over 3.0, but Colby’s single confessional with the long pause in the finale of HvV warrants his position. Plus his not budging on an old-school game really sold his charm. Come on, Reed!
Personal Rank: 61/821. 9/10.
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u/DavidW1208 will not be providing blurbs nor writeups for this endgame phase, however, his valuable contributions to this rankdown will be honored and acknowledged as we are taking his endgame rankings into full equal account for results. Much love David!! <3
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u/ninjedi1:
Colby Donaldson 3.0 (5th Place, Heroes VS Villains)
When people talk about the OG Era of survivor or whatever we’re calling the first 40 seasons before New Era, people split the seasons into old school and new school, with Old School ending at season 20, Heroes VS Villains (which I personally disagree with, cause I feel like Nicaragua is the last old school season, but that’s a different conversation). Heroes VS Villains as the last of the “old school” season is meant to be a last hurrah as a number of early season players compete with more recent strategy savvy players from the newer seasons before the show truly made its transition from a social experiment to a game. And to me, no one truly represents that transition from old to new school, or better yet, represents the death of old school survivor than Colby Donaldson 3.0.
Everyone who’s watched Survivor long enough knows who Colby Donaldson is. He was the great American Texan who was a challenge beast and wanted to make sure that good people made it to the end, going up against Tina who was more deserving in his eyes over the easy beat Keith at the finale of AO. Then he made his return in Allstars where he would unfortunately but voted out fairly early on, but would come out of that season looking not that bad in comparison to a good number of other people! In the eyes of the viewing audience, he was still the great American hero, so it wasn’t surprising that the original survivor hero would return for Heroes VS Villains. Colby himself even talks about how its been a decade since he’s played the game, and he was ready to see if he still got it, and Jeff even sings his praises at the start of the game talking about how people were naming their kids after him. However, despite the hero returning to the coliseum to compete again, time would not be kind to him, as Colby would end up losing strength during the very first challenge, and would be dragged to the villains mat, losing a point for the heroes. A foreshadow of what Colby’s game was about to become.
However, it wasn’t all bad, as the heroes still win the challenge, and while Colby is aware about how rusty he is, he’s still having fun! However, that would quickly change as the days go on. He realizes that he needs to get into the rhythm of the game, and it was going to be miserable. He doesn’t have a clue about all the different connections and pregamed alliances when talking to Candace, leaving him out of the loop. He also gets annoyed with Sugar, who keeps trying to flirt with him and follow him around, which greatly annoys him. He would end up getting pulled into an alliance with Tom, JT, and Stephenie, and while they would all vote out Sugar at the very first tribal, everything goes wrong as JT would flip on the alliance, and after a fight with James during tribal where James yells at Steph and Colby defends her, Stephenie would get voted out in the second tribal. After that, Colby reflects a bit, talking to Tom about if the game at that point was for him, as he felt like he didn’t want to be a part of it. However, even though Colby was struggling with how the game was now, that fire that old school Colby had was still in there, as he was able to score a point against the Villain’s leader, Boston Rob, helping give the Heroes their first immunity win.
Colby would still struggle with the game, as he would ultimately be forced to take a backseat as Tom would lead the charge for them to get a bit farther, mainly using an idol he found to blindside Cirie as the heroes continued to downward spiral. This would actually help him in the game for a bit as Tom would be considered a bigger threat than him, and would be spared at the very next tribal. However, he was definitely next to go on his six person tribe, being the one on the outside of the 5 person alliance, and he needed a miracle to survive. However, that wouldn’t come, as both tribes would be going to tribal, so they were competing for individual immunity, and Colby performed terribly at it. At that point, he saw the writing on the wall and decided to just throw in the towel, telling his team that he knows he gone and they should have a relaxing day. However, James was injured, and the other members of the heroes feel like they need to keep Colby around as he would be better at challenges in the future, sparing Colby much to his surprise.
Colby is fully aware that there’s pressure on him to win the challenges for the heroes, and that its time to put up or shut up. Knowing that he was carrying the weight of the whole team seems to ignite something inside him. The old Colby Donaldson, the great american hero, had returned, and Colby would carry the heroes to victory at the next immunity challenge. In fact, he would be key in ensuring that the heroes wouldn’t lose the next three immunity challenges. It seemed that Colby was finally back into the game, and with the merge right there, it was time for olby, with the rest of the heroes, to lead the charge. However, that old school mentality of sticking together would fall apart at the merge with the new school strategy. The Heroes gave Russell an idol to save him, and Russell would use that generosity to give it to Parvati, who would use that and another idol to save Jerri and Sandra, sending JT home. Then when the heroes tried to rally together with Sandra, Candace would flip, getting Amanda out and leaving Colby and fellow hero Rupert to die. However, in their darkest hour, is where Colby would make a heroic move.
Since only Colby and Rupert were left, it was obvious that the villains would split their vote. Colby then realized that they might try to split their votes between them and Candace. Decided to avenge their fallen comrade Amanda, Colby pitches the idea of instead throwing away their vote to a villain, him and Rupert would instead cast their vote on the turncoat Candace, as if they split their vote on her, the vote would become a 5-3 vote and save them. The one moment of true strategic content from Colby would be a huge success, as it saved the two remaining true heroes and got rid of someone they knew they couldn’t trusted. This would work great for Colby as Russell would then work with him and Rupert to get Danielle, and suddenly the chance for a hero victory didn’t seem so out of reach now. However, Rupert would be the next to go, leaving Colby as the last hero standing by the time the finale rolls around.
Its fitting that Colby, the original hero, would end up being the last hero standing. Despite never getting a real foothold or truly understanding how the game now works, he was able to come so close to the end, and he just had to make it to the final 3 to win it. However, he loses F5 immunity to Parvati, and it looked like his game was done. In a sense of dejavu, we get another speech where he talks about how he knows he’s out, and they should all just have a relaxing afternoon. However, this time, we get a confessional talking about his speech, and how he almost believed it himself. But he’s never quit and anything and he won’t now. And then he just.. stays silent…lost in thought. Its genuinely one of my favorite confessionals in all of survivor, it just has so much emotional impact. We get that confident Colby that we’re so used to seeing for AO, and then just that long silence, as he contemplates the reality of his situation, maybe even coming to terms with it, before returning back to the Colby we’ve seen all season with one final line, “So when the time was right, I made one more attempt”. Colby’s last pitch is to Russell, saying that he’s much more likely to beat Parvati at F4 than Sandra. At this point though, Colby knows he’s done, as he talks about how this was the toughest season for him, and was the toughest journey to even get to that point, and in his final words, he calls himself an old dusty veteran, and that he just isn’t destined to win this game. With Colby voted out, the last true essence of old school survivor was gone, leaving in its wake a new school style to take hold.
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SMC0629: 22
DryBonesKing: 20
Zanthosus: 23
Tommyroxs45: 23
Regnisyak1: 19
DavidW1208: 13
ninjedi1: 17
Average Placement: 19.571
Total Points: 137
Standard Deviation: 3.645 (3rd Lowest)

Getting credential, subbing… and then teaching? Will this work? Please help! 🥹
Sooo, I’m currently student teaching and working towards my credential. I wanted to get my teaching credential now rather than later. (I feel like once I have kids, it’ll be hard to balance motherhood with a credential program.)
Is it unwise to get your credential, and then not even teach, but instead sub a few times a week in order to start a family / be able to spend plenty of time with my children? I ideally wouldn’t want to teach until my youngest kid was in first grade. I want about four kids, so even if I have them back-to-back, it’d be a while. (I did the math, and I’d be in my mid 40’s. I’m in my late 20’s rn.)
I figure with all the subbing experience, school districts would still want to hire me? But I dunno, it’s definitely not the traditional path… I just want to be able to start my family with my spouse and not miss out on their childhoods.
I work at an after school program where kids go immediately after the school day and wait for parents to pick them up when they’re off work. Even our teacher-parents pick up their kids late because they’re busy coaching, having meetings, or lesson planning. It breaks my heart, but I still want to teach eventually. Just not while my babies are little. We have a kinder who is dropped off at school at 7 and isn’t picked up until 5:30. That breaks my heart that both of their parents are forced to work that much to be able to support their family.
TLDR; I’m getting my teaching credential just to sub, I don’t plan on teaching until I’m in my 40’s when all my kids are older and busy at school the whole day. Will I have trouble getting hired despite all the subbing experience???

I’m an AI engineer at one of the major AI labs for one of the magnificent 7. I also applied to medical school this cycle and got accepted with a scholarship that covers about 90% of my tuition.
I feel that a medical career for me would be much more impactful societally, especially leveraging my AI expertise. However, I don’t know if I can wrap my head around the financial hit, even as I’m probably gonna be gunning for neurosurgery / plastics which are generally compensated well.
I’m 25, making just over 400k a year, not counting stock appreciation. I believe that there is a fair chance I’d cross the 7 figure mark in the next 9-12 years that med school / residency / fellowship would take (for reference, my manager probably pulled 1.5 last year, his manager probably closer to 2.5).
What would you do if you were in my place?
(P.s. I am extremely lucky to be in this situation and do fully understand that this is a such a privileged dilemma to have 🙂)

I have been wanting to do two things for a while, get into running by doing couch to 5K and building lean muscle as I don’t want to get too bulky.
I only really have two adjustable dumbbells that are from 5/40kg, two very light dumbbells and a couple of kettlebells.
Is it possible to reach my goal?

Getting credential, subbing… and then teaching? Will this work? Please help! 🥹
Sooo, I’m currently student teaching and working towards my credential. I wanted to get my teaching credential now rather than later. (I feel like once I have kids, it’ll be hard to balance motherhood with a credential program.)
Is it unwise to get your credential, and then not even teach, but instead sub a few times a week in order to start a family / be able to spend plenty of time with my children? I ideally wouldn’t want to teach until my youngest kid was in first grade. I want about four kids, so even if I have them back-to-back, it’d be a while. (I did the math, and I’d be in my mid 40’s. I’m in my late 20’s rn.)
I figure with all the subbing experience, school districts would still want to hire me? But I dunno, it’s definitely not the traditional path… I just want to be able to start my family with my spouse and not miss out on their childhoods.
I work at an after school program where kids go immediately after the school day and wait for parents to pick them up when they’re off work. Even our teacher-parents pick up their kids late because they’re busy coaching, having meetings, or lesson planning. It breaks my heart, but I still want to teach eventually. Just not while my babies are little. We have a kinder who is dropped off at school at 7 and isn’t picked up until 5:30. That breaks my heart that both of their parents are forced to work that much to be able to support their family.
TLDR; I’m getting my teaching credential just to sub, I don’t plan on teaching until I’m in my 40’s when all my kids are older and busy at school the whole day. Will I have trouble getting hired despite all the subbing experience???

My 5 yo nephew is graduating preschool on Thursday. I don’t want to miss it, I’m excited for him and I’m excited to be there….but I’m terrified of the parking lot. Im terrified of hitting somebody and hitting a car and I’m not 100% where his school is, either.

Getting credential, subbing… and then teaching? Will this work? Please help! 🥹
Sooo, I’m currently student teaching and working towards my credential. I wanted to get my teaching credential now rather than later. (I feel like once I have kids, it’ll be hard to balance motherhood with a credential program.)
Is it unwise to get your credential, and then not even teach, but instead sub a few times a week in order to start a family / be able to spend plenty of time with my children? I ideally wouldn’t want to teach until my youngest kid was in first grade. I want about four kids, so even if I have them back-to-back, it’d be a while. (I did the math, and I’d be in my mid 40’s. I’m in my late 20’s rn.)
I figure with all the subbing experience, school districts would still want to hire me? But I dunno, it’s definitely not the traditional path… I just want to be able to start my family with my spouse and not miss out on their childhoods.
I work at an after school program where kids go immediately after the school day and wait for parents to pick them up when they’re off work. Even our teacher-parents pick up their kids late because they’re busy coaching, having meetings, or lesson planning. It breaks my heart, but I still want to teach eventually. Just not while my babies are little. We have a kinder who is dropped off at school at 7 and isn’t picked up until 5:30. That breaks my heart that both of their parents are forced to work that much to be able to support their family.
TLDR; I’m getting my teaching credential just to sub, I don’t plan on teaching until I’m in my 40’s when all my kids are older and busy at school the whole day. Will I have trouble getting hired despite all the subbing experience???

Hi there! I’m Pumpkin/Storm! Today I’m hoping to find literate, 21+ 3rd person roleplayers to do MxM romance plots set in the following universes:
Back 4 Blood Bee & Puppycat Big Time Rush (show) Dan vs Demon Slayer Disenchantment Disney (various) Dragon Ball Z Game of Thrones Inuyasha Inside Job (Netflix) Komi Can’t Communicate My Hero Academia Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated Scott Pilgrim (comic) Star vs the Forces of Evil The Owl House TMNT (2012+AUs) Total Drama Yugioh
All characters will be aged to 21+
I am OCxCanon/double friendly and can do any gender pairing for your side! I do prefer roleplaying with women/people who are LGBTQ+, but this isn’t a requirement.
~Rules~ 1. Please be literate. No text talk or bad grammar (minus OOC chatting). 3rd person only. I don’t expect massive novella responses, but your replies should be detailed and show effort. 2. Please be relatively active. I understand we all have busy lives, however if you ghost or aren’t around for long periods of time, I am not the partner for you. If you aren’t feeling our plot or want to part ways, just communicate! I also sometimes have a terrible memory, so if it’s been more than a few days, (politely) nudge me! 3. Because every plot will be 21+, I am asking that you also be 21+. When you reach out me, your age should be present somewhere in your opening message. 4. Please make your introduction more than “hi”, “wanna rp” etc. Your opening message should state where you are coming from, your age, what you are interested in, writing samples (not required, but certainly a bonus) etc. Messages with little effort will be ignored. 5. Let’s have fun and be friends! Let’s chat OOC and talk about our days! As much as I love roleplaying, I love getting to know my partners as well!
And I think that about covers it! If you’re interested, please shoot me a PM and we can discuss specifics! Thank you for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Sooo, I’m currently student teaching and working towards my credential. I wanted to get my teaching credential now rather than later. (I feel like once I have kids, it’ll be hard to balance motherhood with a credential program.)
Is it unwise to get your credential, and then not even teach, but instead sub a few times a week in order to start a family / be able to spend plenty of time with my children? I ideally wouldn’t want to teach until my youngest kid was in first grade. I want about four kids, so even if I have them back-to-back, it’d be a while. (I did the math, and I’d be in my mid 40’s. I’m in my late 20’s rn.)
I figure with all the subbing experience, school districts would still want to hire me? But I dunno, it’s definitely not the traditional path… I just want to be able to start my family with my spouse and not miss out on their childhoods.
I work at an after school program where kids go immediately after the school day and wait for parents to pick them up when they’re off work. Even our teacher-parents pick up their kids late because they’re busy coaching, having meetings, or lesson planning. It breaks my heart, but I still want to teach eventually. Just not while my babies are little. We have a kinder who is dropped off at school at 7 and isn’t picked up until 5:30. That breaks my heart that both of their parents are forced to work that much to be able to support their family.
TLDR; I’m getting my teaching credential just to sub, I don’t plan on teaching until I’m in my 40’s when all my kids are older and busy at school the whole day. Will I have trouble getting hired despite all the subbing experience???

I usually feel great hiking not seeing too many people. I’ve had some weird encounters with creepy people on some trails before and I just went with my gut and maintained eye contact passing / ready to grab my knife / pepper spray when I get bad vibes from people staring at me (usually men ironically that get too close to me and pause). I’ve been trying to develop the mentality that whatever happens, happens, but I can have precautions to help me feel safe from people in general. I usually just smile and wave, most often people just stare / don’t do anything.
I never know if I should be greeting people while hiking. One time I was jogging near sunset and was 30 minutes out on a trail. I felt the urge to turn around and head back, I noticed a man on his bike. I was on the right side, he was coming up on my left maybe half a mile away. As I walked closer, he started to cycle in the middle around 20 feet from me getting closer. I kept calm and kept good posture / eye contact while trying to appear confident walking and keeping positive thoughts. He gets closer (I stayed on the right side of the paved trail the whole time) at this point he was 5-6 feet from me and he just stopped and had one foot on the ground watching me with no smile. I smirked and walked around into the grass while gripping my pepper spray and just started running until I couldn’t. It took me about 20 minutes to get back to my car.
Today, I went on a hike / run and it was great! Didn’t run into many others and just smiled if I did. After an hour I headed back to my car. When I was in view of the gate / road, I noticed a truck pull in from the road and stop like they were gonna back in, then drove back out onto the main road. I was a quarter mile from my car. I get 15-20 feet from my car and the same truck comes back from the main road and just stopped 10 feet from me. They had illegal tint and I just got a bad vibe; I felt like I was being watched. They were stopped in the middle of the road which was really odd. I had my keys in my hand just in case I had to defend myself. I got in my car and locked the door. The truck drove forward into the parking area, but his bed was still blocking the road partially parked. They just stayed there while I was getting ready to leave so I snapped a photo of the truck just for future reference just to be safe.
Am I just paranoid ? (I know I probably am, but I want to know if any female hikers have any advice) I know that whole bear meme is going around, I get that anyone could be a bad person, but in my experiences I’ve had one guy come into my room that was a friend of my roommates while I was trying to sleep before and I had to basically yell at him to leave. Once had my ex threaten to rape me since I didn’t want to try different things with him, so I’ve had some negative encounters with men in my life. Not all men are bad, but growing up it was engrained into my head to not dress a certain way / to just be fearful of rape.
I’m interested how others feel about/ if there’s any tips to change my thinking / anxiety?

Has anyone used a cgs sci-six on their lmt? 11.5-14.5 DI. Getting a new suppressor, I like that it offers a “flow-through” cap and normal end cap. I’m not one for tuning rifles, so the caps play a helpful part. Please don’t recommend a velos or hux lol I know they are good cans, just curious how you like sci-six on the LMT platform!

The deadlines for my dissertation and other two essay all finish at end of May. My dissertation got like 5,000 words left, and I haven’t even start on my other essays, how fucked am I? Is this even possible to get them all done in like 10 days?
I don’t know what to do.

My boyfriend and I have been planning a roadtrip to Canada for a few months now. We’re set to spend 5 days there and leave this Thursday for the long weekend. I’ve been saving up a bit of money so I decided to book and pay for our hotels in Quebec City and Montreal. I normally try to book hotels with free cancellation when traveling because you just never know- but this time I wanted us to be in a comfortable place that was within walking distance of places we wanted to see or visit so, I caved and booked them. Thursday morning my boyfriend gives me a call around 4am, which is when he normally goes into work (we don’t live together yet btw, but we’ve been together almost 4 years now) he’s in a panic saying that he thinks somebody stole his car! Of course, this woke me up instantly and I was in total disbelief but as he’s talking he goes on to mention that he missed 1 or two monthly payments and maybe they took his car… I thought 1-2 months behind was too little for the bank to repossess your car and he says oh well maybe it was more like 3-4 months behind and he kept stressing and worrying about where he was going to get the money to pay. He was a bit shaken up so I didn’t want to question him about any savings, tried to help him calm down and advised him to just wait, call his lender as soon as they opened & let me know what they said he could do to get his car back. At first Santander demanded that he pay the full 21k loan for his car outright if he wanted it back, then they decided to work with him and asked him to pay $3,500 to get the car back. His monthly payment is something around $600 so that would mean he probably owed somewhere around 4/5 months. Since he didn’t have the money, I gave it to him & I’m not expecting that money back. I’m now worried about the fact that we’ve never actually had a conversation about our finances and we were planning on moving together this year. He always seemed to be doing fine- sometimes he needed a little help to get by and I’d send him $100 to keep him afloat through the week until payday but, this is a bigger problem than what 100 little dollars can fix. I’m starting to wonder where his money is going and I don’t know how to approach that conversation. Especially because he makes more than I do and we both have around the same bills, from what I know. I also now have to reconsider this trip, I’m very excited about it since we’ve been planning for a while now but I’m worried about having to spend all of my savings over there.. Any advice on how I can talk to my boyfriend about all this without making him feel uncomfortable :/ and what should I do about Canada? The hotels are paid for so I’d be losing about $1000 if I don’t go, but can I afford a trip for two with around $2000? I’d have to factor in gas, activities and food, and we love food :( any thoughts/ideas would help greatly! I just don’t know what to do.