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@pieintheskylark

Robin (any pronouns) ~lover of riddles, maker of mischief, creature of old~ [[OC roleplay blog]]

need help to cover moving expenses

hey y'all - my mom and i recently had to move because she was injured last year and she couldn't handle the stairs at our old place anymore. we hired a local moving company who quoted us $2200 for packing, moving, and post-move cleaning to be finished by the 6th. they've since charged us $2950 and only got us partially moved out as of today, the 10th, and they don't have very open availability right now so we had to hire a second company to finish moving our stuff, plus we no longer have anyone lined up for cleaning. the second moving company is going to cost at least $2000, and we had to use our security deposit at our last apartment to cover our last month of rent so we could afford to move, which means we'll have to either hire a cleaning service ourselves or pay for our old landlord to hire one, plus we owe an extra week of rent on our old place since the first moving company didn't get us moved out in the timeframe promised.

this move has tapped out all of our savings and my last student loan disbursement, and i won't be getting another disbursement until the fall. i can only work part-time right now and my mom is on worker's comp, we can't afford the extra expenses this has added up to be. we're exploring some options, but right now we're not where we thought we'd be financially and we're at risk of not being able to make our second month's rent on our new place.

tl;dr my mom and i had to move to accommodate her disability, and it ended up costing more than twice what we were quoted by a moving company. if anyone's able to donate, we could really use some help covering these unexpected expenses. if you're not able to donate, if you could reblog this i would really appreciate that as well!

venmo: @avesmx

paypal: paypal.me/anykvist

any help at all would be super appreciated, thanks!

Millipedes are the cleanup crew/groundskeepers! They eat fungi, decaying vegetable matter, and occasional carrion and so help recycle nutrients back into the soil. They are not able to bite humans (that would be centipedes) and are totally harmless and helpful. The extra legs are for extra hugs

Once again the humble role of custodian is forgotten 😔

The garbage man is important

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What kind of world is this where even funny little creatures have to contribute to the economy :(

Something deeply painful is the fact that seasons, especially fall, dont feel the same. Not because of individual maturity but because climate change has impacted the weather patterns so so so much that we cant even experience the same annual shifts that our ancestors have for centuries

I feel displaced, i yearn for the spring, summer, fall, and winter that i can barely remember experiencing

Random pieces of advice

  1. The world is less scary and chaotic if you lie down on the floor
  2. Noticing different kinds of light (stars, candles, sunshine or city lights) can bring back the feeling of wonder and hope
  3. If you can’t shower, washing your hands and face will help you feel better and cleaner
  4. If you can’t clean anything else, changing and/or washing your bedsheets can do wonders
  5. Fresh air and being outside in general can help with depersonalisation
  6. Spending time around animals can help you recognise what’s important and calm anxious thought cycles
  7. Techniques for emotional regulation in children can really help adults too
  8. Putting random asortment of food on a plate without creating an actual dish still counts as a meal
  9. Drink something warm
  10. Delete that app
  11. Treat yourself as if you were a kid. Buy yourself a toy, play around, learn about cool new things
  12. Fast paced life isn’t morally better and it’s not good for everyone
  13. There is no good reason to keep yourself hungry
  14. Singing to your full lung capacity can be a great way to let out built up emotion
  15. Tension in the face can cause headaches. Try to massage your face regularly
  16. Nothing is as important as your health
  17. You are a whole person on your own, you don’t need someone else to be there to deserve love and attention. Your life can be full as long as you are present
  18. You should cry things out whenever you feel like it
  19. Slow walks are still movement and they do count
  20. It’s never as bad as you imagine it
  21. Try changing your toothpaste flavor if you hate brushing your teeth
  22. Anything can be a stim toy - one of my favourites is a heavy dragon necklace that has a complicated surfice. It’s fun to touch and hold and it’s not even “actual” stim toy
  23. Procrastinating and feeling bad about it is true waste of time. Learn to truly rest. It takes the same amount of time but it is useful
  24. Sometimes you have to force yourself to do the things that make you feel better
  25. Don’t trust the thoughts you have after not sleeping for a while
  26. Friendships don’t have to be forever to mean something
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also tangentially related to my last post - someone i worked with years ago told me about this thing she always tried to do. she said that every so often, when she's with a friend, she let's a stranger 'overhear' a compliment. she'll go to the shop and, as she's walking away from the till, she'll say something like 'that cashier was so lovely, weren't they?'. or she'll wait until someone walks past and say 'gosh didn't they look gorgeous in that dress' or 'their hair looks amazing' or 'wow that person's tattoos were so intricate - beautiful'.

and it really stuck with me. imagine walking past someone and overhearing them say 'that outfit really suits them!' to their friend. imagine choosing to shine a little light into the world for no other reason than because you think it's a nice thing to do.

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Going feral thinking about how we have to pay for the privilege to NOT have to listen to nonstop sales pitches.

"What would your ancestors think of your whole gender thing-" What would YOURS think of being told to buy things every two minutes. I think they would kill CEOs in the streets for being annoying. They were known to do that.

It's 2023! And I have finally updated my trans healthcare fund posts ^^ You can find my fundraiser here:

If you don't like using Gofundme's services I also have a Kofi and a Paypal!! There's a lotta you guys on my page so if even 1/4th of u donated something small I could be well over my goal o7! Thank you for your consideration!!

Image transcripts under the cut!

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PSA:

1. If you are not silly, it is vital you become silly

2. If you are silly, you must stay silly

2. If you used to be silly but have stopped, you must make all efforts to return to silliness

I have never much liked the phrase "freak of nature"...

As if there even is such a thing when so much of nature is so wonderfully strange. As if being strange is a bad thing, or shameful.

As if!