#hate making appointments

[affectionatepanda]

Does anyone else get so nervous scheduling specialist appointments? Because I was like shaking on the phone.

[icewindandboringhorror]

On average, what is the total MONTHLY amount that you spend on dining out*?

*(This doesn't only count going out to restaurants, but also stuff like picking up fast food to bring home, getting a coffee on the way to work, getting a premade sandwich from a grocery store deli during lunch, buying a quick snack from a convenience store or food cart whilst walking somewhere, ordering a pizza or any other food to be delivered to your home, etc.)

*(If you often dine out in groups/as a household: calculate and divide the costs so that you get a Per Person average. This is for YOU individually, NOT the total household/group costs)

(I'm sure polls similar to this have been made before (very common topic), I just haven't personally seen one that I can remember, so, I was curious to do my own! I was discussing this with a group of people today and it was very interesting to see how widely the number varied between individuals. :0c )

(Reblog for bigger sample size if you can, and feel free to explain your answer in tags if there's anything extra to add!)

[nickloonie]

nickel tries smoking and then lies to himself

[notbecauseofvictories]

I always sort of wondered why historical hairstyles involved building the hair up on top of the head or slightly forward, towards the woman’s hairline. It seemed so strange, especially compared to the bouffants, feathered hair, and aggressively straight styles of the last fifty-odd years.

Well, now my hair is extremely long, and I have discovered that putting all that hair in a generic ponytail or bun at my crown is not workable---it’s too heavy, pulls; I actually get headaches after a few hours. Whereas if I gather it all up in a messy bun closer to my hairline than the nape of my neck...it relieves the pressure on my scalp, I can keep it up for longer, and I do in fact look a bit like a (very plump) Gibson Girl or (extremely sloppy) La Belle Assemblee attendee.

This feels a bit like my realization that buttermilk is the whitish milk-like liquid you drain away after making butter, or that book reviews for children’s literature are heavily dominated by Christian parent groups. Things that make sense if you think about them for 5-10 minutes, but since most of us aren’t required to think about these things with any regularity, the realizations come as a total shock.

I like the idea that women’s hairstyles have been designed to ward off the too-much-damn-hair headaches, though. A single sop towards practicality in the midst of curlers, pins, and various aerosol and gel substances, comes as a welcome reprieve.

[buttfrovski]

today got me like

[wittyno]

You can't just have Elton John sing lyrics like "oath of silence for the voice of a generation" and "you are what you love not who loves you" and expect me not to get emotional.

[c10v3r]

you can make it differeeennt.... you can make it riiiiiiightt...... you can make it betttterrrrrrrr......... we dont have to fiiiiiiiightt............

[ghost-proofbaby]

hiiiiiiii friends.

so this feels like an awkward post to make but also wanted to let you all know that i may be a bit inactive the next week or so. i know i've already been pretty spotty/inactive the last few weeks but just sort of wanted to make a post to be completely transparent.

i see all your kind messages, i appreciate all the lovely reactions, and i most certainly still have all your incredible requests on my burner!!! i'm just having some health issues right now and life is a whole thing of work, doctor's appointments, taking time with friends, rinse, repeat. my hope is to be more active during october because spooky season is my time to come aliiiiive baby!!

but yeah. i promise i'll be back soon, things just might take a bit more time. <3 love y'all and giving all the hugs and kisses as always!! <3

[youngchronicpain]

called to make this new neurosurgery appointment and I'm fourth in the queue aaaaaaa

[zorosdimples]

i have such deep-rooted disdain for how healthcare—particularly for women—is treated in the u.s.

[tj-crochets]

so in the past I have made themed gifts for people who have helped me* and it's been a little weird but like. Understandable to the person I am gifting the thing to weird? My current problem is that I want to make something for my endocrinologist because he has improved my quality of life hugely** but endocrinology doesn't have an easily themed gift and my endocrinologist reminds me very very strongly of like a sad greyhound or a whippet but I cannot explain to this very nice, very normal man that "hey I made you a plushie of a dog because I wanted to thank you for the steroids and you remind me of a dog. In a good way!" *like teeth plushies for the dentist who helped me figure out I have to have dental anesthetic without epinephrine in it, or a chicken plushie for the people at the chicken restaurant that went the extra mile to get their ingredients list that were the reason I figured out I'm allergic to coconut **I had what would have been a severe allergic reaction and it wasn't pleasant but I didn't end up in the hospital and I didn't take like a week minimum to recover and

[mumintroll]

i got annoyed at my mam for thinking i have pcos but actually recent developments make me think i do have it yayyy another problem to the pile

[otrtbs]

love how you can view artworks by appointment. like “yes, the rothko yellow and orange will see you in its office now”

[palmtreepalmtree]

Made a phone appointment with the bank so I could take care of some financial stuff I've been procrastinating. I wrote it down. 3pm today.

At like... noon, I get a call and an email asking me to sign a release for some of the things I'll be doing today. At 2:30, in advance of the call, I do it.

3pm comes, no call from banker. I pull out the card I got when I made the appointment and call the number. No answer. I leave a message with my call back number.

I never hear from the guy until 5pm at which point he leaves a message vaguely referencing our scheduled appointment today and saying we close at 5pm.

Like... what? I'm the customer. I made an appointment. You have my phone number. Why are you waiting to call me back right when you're closing and then acting like I missed our appointment today?

I don't really want to chase this down, but I also don't want this to result in another procrastination on my part. My life is in shambles and I just want to take one productive step to doing better.

[catboynecromancy]

🙃

[whenfatecollides]

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