Feel Good Tuesdays?

[just]

Remember Feel Good Mondays and the unfortunate acronym? Is anyone interested in trying to start that again?

I've been pretty absent from CE&P in the last few months for my own mental health - it's so dark out there, and it's understandable that the threads here reflect that, but I miss you guys and your thoughtful opinions and range of experiences. 

Anyway even if it's just for today - any good news happening out there?

[just]

thehill.com/policy/3603730-fda-finalizes-rule-to-make-hearing-aids-available-over-the-counter/

This is pretty exciting to me for those with mild or moderate hearing issues. I know we have some hearing aid users on the board, and I know in my life I have many more who should have one but are intimidated by the process and the cost. Obviously I fan girl Warren, but this made me feel happier today.

[pixy0stix]

Aug 16, 2022 10:42:41 GMT -5 just said:

thehill.com/policy/3603730-fda-finalizes-rule-to-make-hearing-aids-available-over-the-counter/

This is pretty exciting to me for those with mild or moderate hearing issues. I know we have some hearing aid users on the board, and I know in my life I have many more who should have one but are intimidated by the process and the cost. Obviously I fan girl Warren, but this made me feel happier today.

Biden isn't kidding when he said it would save families $3k, that's just about what mine cost after insurance.

[1confused1]

That is very exciting! I believe I have some mild hearing loss, how would you figure out what hearing aid you need if you aren’t examined?

[minzy]

Biden signed what I’m choosing to call the climate bill into law today. It won’t be enough, but it’s a start. I am so glad there’s finally some actual acknowledgement of the climate crisis by the US government.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/16/biden-inflation-reduction-act-signing/

[rubytue]

Can I add a person feel good? I woke up this morning with a terrible itch in my fingertip. This is the weirdest place to itch by the way. But pretty shortly, I realized the itch was the exact same footprint as the numbness that has been there since ducking nuerotoxic chemo. And, I remembered that nerves sometimes itch as they heal. And OMG I might be getting my fingertips back!!!! I have been floating since I put these two together.

[mysteriouswife]

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Tennis pro, Roger Federer, keeps promise he made to kid in 2017. He challenged the kid to a surprise match.

[wawa]

Aug 16, 2022 17:00:03 GMT -5 minzy said:

Biden signed what I’m choosing to call the climate bill into law today. It won’t be enough, but it’s a start. I am so glad there’s finally some actual acknowledgement of the climate crisis by the US government.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/16/biden-inflation-reduction-act-signing/

HIS FACE.  

eta: to add context and for those who can't see tweets - this tweet is a video of Joe Biden handing the pen he used to sign the bill to Joe Manchin. It takes Manchin a second to realize he's holding the pen out and in the meantime Biden is making a face that I'm having a hard time describing but reads very clearly to me as ribbing the shit out of Manchin for having been the fucking roadblock to progress on this topic for SO LONG and then getting all the credit for a bill finally passing. 

[eponinepontmercy]

wawa , that clip is classic. Biden is so obviously fucking with Manchin.

I'm excited about the hearing aid news. My mom really needs one, and now she should be able to afford it.

[suburbanzookeeper]

Personal? Picking up these piglets today which was their 3 days over their 2 week timeline at the shelter and drafted a plan to get their very, very maternally aggressive mom out of the shelter (sans puppies) into a rescue. These are fosters 30-32 for 2022. 


 

[Scout'sHonor]

Aug 17, 2022 9:20:47 GMT -5 suburbanzookeeper said:

Personal? Picking up these piglets today which was their 3 days over their 2 week timeline at the shelter and drafted a plan to get their very, very maternally aggressive mom out of the shelter (sans puppies) into a rescue. These are fosters 30-32 for 2022. 


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OMG, wiggly heelers!!! Your house is going to be so chaotically cute!

[mrsukyankee]

It finally rained today in London. A really, really hard rain. We're in drought, so this is a very good thing.

[anodyne]

Biden posts this to Twitter:

Obama responds:

Biden responds:

I really wish Obama would have responded LET'S GO BRANDON!!!

SPOILER: Click to show

Biden posts this to Twitter:
The Inflation Reduction Act is now law.

Giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. Ensuring wealthy corporations pay their fair share in taxes.

And taking the biggest step forward on climate in our history.

Obama responds:

This is a BFD.

Biden responds:

Thanks, Obama


I really wish Obama would have responded LET'S GO BRANDON!!!

[suburbanzookeeper]

Aug 17, 2022 10:01:18 GMT -5 Scout'sHonor said:

Aug 17, 2022 9:20:47 GMT -5 suburbanzookeeper said:

Personal? Picking up these piglets today which was their 3 days over their 2 week timeline at the shelter and drafted a plan to get their very, very maternally aggressive mom out of the shelter (sans puppies) into a rescue. These are fosters 30-32 for 2022. 


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OMG, wiggly heelers!!! Your house is going to be so chaotically cute!

I'm overlapping litters, unfortunately, so we're just adding to it at this point. My other puppers are about their same size now (Maltese mixes). 

[meganew]

Aug 17, 2022 15:28:57 GMT -5 suburbanzookeeper said:

Aug 17, 2022 10:01:18 GMT -5 Scout'sHonor said:

OMG, wiggly heelers!!! Your house is going to be so chaotically cute!

I'm overlapping litters, unfortunately, so we're just adding to it at this point. My other puppers are about their same size now (Maltese mixes). 

Username checks out

[meganew]

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My kid went scuba diving yesterday. My BFF (his aunt) is a huge diver/paraglider/mountain climber/overall badass and he’s been obsessed with her since he was born. He’s watched her GoPros of her dives and been talking about how he wants to be just like her for so long, and yesterday he actually got the opportunity to try. He was really, really nervous and had to talk himself up, but he stepped off the boat and did it! I’m so stinking proud of him.

[Michelle]

I adore that twitter exchange between Biden and Obama. "BFD." <3 "Thanks, Obama." <3 <3 love it.

I am excited about the hearing aid update just. I need one, and have kept putting off looking into it because of the cost. No more excuses for me.

Personal accomplishment - PDQ - Trigger warning if you have food/weight issues and need to skip such an update.
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I shared on here that I had bariatric surgery in January. By July, I weighed 95 lbs less than I did in June 2021. That includes 20 lbs of loss pre-surgery. Life is so completely different - my mobility is incredibly improved. I'm doing therapy on the triggers that led me to abuse food, and my therapist has approached the subject of ending our care plan because she thinks I'm doing well on my own. It has been a hard but incredibly life-changing year. I had put on about 10 lbs per year over 15 years. I'm 2/3 of the way toward my goal of taking it back off. It's like I've given myself another decade of life, reclaiming my 30s.

It's definitely not easy. there are LOTS of adjustments and work to manage using this process and maintaining health. But it is an opportunity to adopt a significant lifestyle change with the help of a tool to keep on me on task when I want to slip up.