Humble, smartypits, Schmidt’s, native. I like all of them!
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My dog loses his ever loving shit when I am on a zoom call. At no other point in the work day does he make noise or do literally anything…but for 30 min if I am on a call he wreaks havoc. Today he was chewing on a USB flash drive when I caught him…I managed to find what I think are most of the pieces but I don’t know if he swallowed anything…do I take him to the e-vet? Do I induce vomiting? Do I hope he poops anything out?
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Unless he is in distress, wait it out. Dogs eat stuff all the time and almost always it’s fine. Especially if they are big like yours.
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Thank you…that’s what I’m hoping since he’s such a big boy. He seems completely fine and not even a little sorry, either 
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I’ve had three big dogs in my lifetime. All of them have eaten things they shouldn’t, often. None of them have ever needed a vet because of the stuff eating. I know other people have dealt with blockages and stuff, but I think the odds are in your favour.
I have survivorship bias.
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I think I’m extra scaredy about it because my last dog had two abdominal obstructions, one requiring surgery. But so far Oliver seems more selective than she was when it comes to eating things 
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I really like Earth Science. I really dislike their herbal scent but all others are good. I’m pretty sure Whole Foods sells it, and of course you can buy it online.
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Dang.
My supervisor wants me to go to a M-F schedule. I have worked 4- 10s, Sun-Wed, for 6 years, and I LOVE having Thursday and Friday off. I REALLY REALLY REALLY don’t want to change my schedule to 5 days a week.
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This morning a yellow jacket stung me. On the neck. Inside the house. No idea where it even came from; our first sighting was after I swatted it off me.
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Ouch! How bad is it? I had a nasty reaction to a yellow jacket sting a few years ago. Amazing how much it swelled upmand hurt.
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Sucked hard at the time, but I hit it with a poultice of plantain (Plantago spp) right away and then followed with Benadryl cream after about five minutes. Husband stayed here for about an hour past when he would have left for work to be sure no systemic reaction and that the localized reaction didn’t affect my airway (since it was my neck and all - little fucker went for the jugular, literally).
But the poultice took away almost all the sting, and then either it or the cream kept the swelling down. Thought I might have to take some Benadryl when I had a little swelling in the back of my throat, but it subsided quickly.
Evil yellow flying tiny demon had a far worse day and then went for a swim in the septic tank.
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I’m very much considering taking the tuition reimbursement my employer offers and getting at least an associates or a certificate in something more flexible so I can move on if I want to.
I want to be able to spend more time with my kids, in the summer especially, and to have a day by myself sometimes, haha. There are not a lot of Microbiology jobs here, and in-person life science isn’t typically super flexible anyway.
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If you took the tuition reimbursement, would you have to pay it back if you left the job before a certain amount of time?
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It’s not completely clear in our benefits handbook. They only pay after you’ve been there a year, but I passed that milestone a long time ago. Good question, though.
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My 12 year old was making me coffee and he hit the pot on the side of the sink and broke it.
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Yikes! Hopefully not full of very hot liquid.
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Nah luckily it was when he was filling it with tap water.
Related tiny victory: we have a stovetop percolator for camping, a lightweight pour over for backpacking, a mini Keurig for one off coffees, and the coffee maker has a single-cup brew option on the side.
So making coffee is still very possible.
He must have hit the pot at just the right angle, there’s a hole the size of a quarter in the glass but that’s it, it didn’t even shatter.
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It was too weak to survive
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I feel like I’m the only she/her adult person in the world that gets pee on themselves when squatting over a public toilet. Seriously I should be more successful by this age! Or maybe it’s the aging decline contributing?
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It’s not age. I’ve managed to get pee on myself in those circumstances for my whole entire life.
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