Sonja Johanson

Poetry, plants, skiing, Maine

[Sonja Johanson @sonjajohanson]

@hannaweeny I am a full time gardener (year 4) and have never been happier in my life.

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@bgardner Worst decision of my life. Dry eyes does not begin to describe the pain of having your eyelids stick to your eyeballs every night, can never rub my eyes again for the REST OF MY LIFE, and constant pain of about a 5 that sometimes shoots upto 9/10. Don’t do it.

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@iproposethis I can get behind, that’s okay. If I do more than 5, I get ahead - great! But only 5 a day. This keeps my house at least reasonable.
Also, I have 2 roombas, and deploy them as “easy” chores. They don’t do a perfect job, but I have 5 familiars, so better than not vacuuming at all.

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@iproposethis I’m so NOT that person, so here is a strategy I came up with that works for me. I must do 5 chores a day. Any five. Anything counts. Busy work day, I might do simple chores (sweep the stairs, empty compost, etc.) I post each after I complete it. 1/

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@NinaNox9 @iproposethis I learned “never go up or down stairs empty handed” - same energy, works well for me.

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@meaghano9 I appreciate it!!!

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@ChrisAlvino And down the autism rabbit hole I went. Turns out, I am *not* the only person who stands in front of the mirror practicing what to say when people talk to you and how to make the “right” kind of expressions while talking. 😂

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@ChrisAlvino I’ve worked to hard to explain my “quirky” sensory stuff to my family so that they will be considerate about things like “loud noises literally feel like I am being stabbed in the eardrum”. Then my adult son sent me a video about auditory processing disorder,

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@maine_witch He’s adorable. He thinks I don’t remember 4 bucks an hour? 😂😂😂

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@RobinIller @margosteines Also, that’s an extra step for them, and they are very crunched for time, so they are not going to offer a choice. Getting you to comply is quicker and easier.

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@RobinIller @margosteines No - the doctor office can say you refused, and they will be payed. They just have to *try* and get you to comply.

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@RobinIller @margosteines Most of them do - to be clear, they require it of the doctor, not you. And their leverage is that they won’t pay if the doctor doesn’t comply.

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@jmguldin @margosteines They don’t. The insurance companies require it, and if they don’t get that info they get reduced compensation.

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@romanolax @margosteines Yup - this is not info your dentist or podiatrist actually needs to know.

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@margosteines @RobinIller Think about any OTC med - let’s say Tylenol. The package gives you a child dosage and an adult dosage - nothing to do w weight. It’s called “dose to efficacy”.

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@AlleighBurrows @cjp_still Stealing this.

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@ask_aubry OMG dump him now.

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@ask_aubry Horses….aren’t cloven. So there’s that, above an beyond the misogyny.

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@mistadoomsday The Dali Lama??!?!?! Nooooo….oh man. This sucks.