I mean, there’s other sources of caffeine. Assuming you’re not drinking caffeine, then that’s not disrupting your sleep.

As for food, like I said - our lives aren’t always conducive to healthy habits. Working third shift is bad for our health, but sometimes it has to be done. If possible, a meal with protein and fiber will help keep you satisfied longer. Potatoes are good for that too. If I’m still hungry before bed I try to eat something easy like a protein shake, piece of cheese and a handful of crackers. The idea is really just to not eat heavy too close to going to bed, as it’s disruptive to sleep.

Next summer I’m planning on visiting my niece who lives in Finland. I fully expect to destroy my routine lol.

Also consider caffeine intake and eating too close to bed time. Both can be disruptors. “I can drink caffeine any time if day and it doesn’t mess with my sleep.” I lied to myself too for years while working 2 jobs and horrifically stressed. I get it, we deal with our struggles when they exist. But during 2020 when I wasn’t working I decided to figure out how to sleep. Turns out stopping caffeine around 1-2 pm and not eating within 3hrs of going to bed made CRAZY improvements. If possible, reduce room lighting/no overhead bright lights the hour before bed too.

Life doesn’t always let us make these changes, but if you can it can help.

Bingo. I work in hospice and spend most of my day driving around to people’s houses, but we do occasionally have meetings. Every Tuesday morning, every other Wednesday, and a monthly meeting where 2 dates and times are offered to allow for scheduling around them for patient care. Some are on Teams, some are in person. The meeting invites for this year we’re sent out in December last year. Good luck remembering. At least they’ll sent out reminders a day or two before the meetings so we can panic fix our schedules.

Yep. I work in hospice, and when a patient that has been declining significantly suddenly has a great day (alert, conversational, eating) silent alarms start going off.

YouTube just threw his short at me where he mentioned that they were getting ready to move, so if I’m getting material that old it’s time for bed.

Then I opened this app of course lol.

That man is a gem!

“a house” Shares a duplex with a drug dealer. “a boat” Dealer took a guys boat who racked up debt, but it’s sitting mostly in your backyard. “lake house” Their street floods regularly. “trust fund” He trusts the money he keeps hidden in the back of the bathroom sink is still there.

Dear Lord - I can accept that! As an introvert, just reading that level of engagement was overwhelming lol.

You say “a few dozen friends.” Do you actually consider all of them friends, or are some friends and the rest acquaintances?

I know many people that I’m friendly with through work and other places, but the majority is consider acquaintances. I also have friends, but that’s a much smaller group.

For a moment my brain processed the cursive Flour as Blow. And a metric fuckton at that lol.

The other commenter already gave you the right answer, but I wanted to chime in that once I got over my fear of making dough, I realized the rest of it is just variations and technique. Bread, pizza crust, bagels - I make focaccia more than anything, but it’s all doable if the time and energy are available to you.

I love my KitchenAid for certain things but for dough I’ll usually use a dough whisk. It’s a simple stick with a couple hard loops on it. Strong enough to thoroughly mix dough, but takes less time to clean than anything else, except maybe my hands lol.

Aside from holiday challah, I probably make focaccia more than anything else. And depending on my mood I’ll load up the focaccia with some dollops of sauce, veggies, meat, and cheese for something closer to a Detroit style pizza.

The best thing that happened to me in terms of bread making was learning that you could chuck ingredients in a bowl, mix them well, then throw it in a large Tupperware container and put it in the fridge. Magic happens overnight, something something fairies, and POOF! The next morning you have a usable dough!

Every Hanukkah I make about 15 loaves of challah for dinner and to give to family. Using the fridge this way has made my life so much easier.

I never previously considered getting the shingles vaccine because my mom told me that I was the only one in my family that managed not to get chicken pox as kid (I was born long after all my siblings ended up getting it and never showed signs.)

Years later when getting a job at a hospital, they went over my vaccine record (literally some dates and notes my mom had written on the back of an envelope in the early 80’s) they decided to run a titer. It came back positive. Their guess is that I had such a mild case that it wasn’t identified. Getting the vaccine is on my to do list now!

From what I’ve heard the law is written requiring rather Protestant verbage, where 6/9 justices are Catholic. Depending on flavor of Protestant, not all even consider Catholics as Christians.

Depression is expensive. I lost a couple crock pots that way. Finally found disposable liners!

Juvenile skeksis!

This one always makes me crazy. Our stomachs work to keep an acidic environment for our protection and digestion.

Hey! Maybe I should sand off the skin on my body to get more vitamin D when I sunbathe! 🫪

For some reason the thought of mail ordering a house from Sears has always seemed a weirdly comforting, once affordable American thing to me. Living in the western Chicago suburbs, I understand that there are several still standing in this party of the country.

If you look up the ingredients for Velveeta, you’ll see no water, but lots of dairy listed.