Author: Olivia

My 6-year old daughter and 3-year old son were racing this morning. My daughter, who’s naturally faster, got ahead of her brother easily and then declared, “Whoever’s in the lead can freeze the person behind them. Freeze!” My son freezes and she starts laughing and runs further ahead before unfreezing him. This continues for over a minute and he start screaming in frustration. So today my son learned how capitalism works. On the plus side, my daughter learned how revolutions work because he stopped listening and blew past her for the win.

Put in my notice last week and was called up to speak with the president of the employer I work for. Magically, they had “found” money to try to use to get me to stay. Didn't have the money all those years I had asked for a raise though. fuck atta here

This is kind of a long one so…deep breathe* ​ First and foremost, I (M32) love my DROID. Say all you want about iPhone superiority, but my DRIOD is my best fucking friend after today… So let's go back to 2020…. I was working a FT government job, in the medical field. Ambulance work, mostly 911, nights, loved it. Finally, after years of bartending, waiting tables, any and every minimum wage job you could get, while I tried to juggle school to progress my wage, but fell short because of exhaustion from working full-time and school full-time…I finally had a “livable wage” ($33k/year with benefits). Nothing fancy, but I wasn't worried about my next meal, rent, and I was even able to take my GF to Orlando after 2 years with no vacation. (healthcare…gotta love it). Shortly before the Orlando trip, I was approached with an incredible offer from a…