Sunset time in la

So I'm playing DGS1, SOJ and AAI2 at the same time but I'm not making much progress in any of them, so I need one to focus on. Which one am I missing the most fan content of by not finishing? I've played every other game except DGS2 and the Layton collab (which I also intend to play once I'm done with the others). Thanks!

I played when MCP first came out but then stopped after a few weeks. Post Covid, quite a few of my friends are now playing. Have any tips on building a web warriors affiliated team to jump back in.

I purchased this diamond last week from Ritani (Round, 2.10 cts, F, VVS2 & my size is 8)
My boyfriend and me selected this diamond together. I’m happy with the purchase and the service of Ritani was excellent. But to be honest I thought it was gonna look bigger on my hand. I have very chubby hands and I’m worried of the stone not looking right on me. It’s my first time buying something like this so I will like some guidance if possible. Will it look better once is in the setting? Am I just overthinking? Please give me your advice and thanks in advance!
I will post picture on the comments!

Hi everyone, I'll try to be brief.
I borrowed way too much for my Bachelors in federal and provincial loans. I had no measurable family assistance, no savings, and meager income from working part-time just kept me eating. I faired slightly better in my Masters, receiving a handful of large provincial scholarships, but still racked up some debt due to focusing on my research and therefore doing less part-time work. All-in I left the masters with a total of roughly $65k in student loans owed to a mix of Alberta, BC, Ontario and the federal gov't. I also had an 8k LOC from the bank that I took out to fund international field research.
Between the Masters and PhD, I had an art practice (that was cash positive, but barely) and did contract work for a few years while I mulled over the PhD, which I always knew I'd pursue. It also seemed like the only way to get my money's worth out of that nearly 75k! For the two years between the masters and PhD, I kept my loans out of repayment, and accrued no interest or penalties, and serviced my LOC payments.
The real info/question:
Now, 5 years into the PhD, things are very different. Between part-time contract work, teaching during the year, hard won scholarships and gov't fellowships, and through a mix of investments and High-Interest Savings ETF's, I've managed to pay down the LOC in full and am on track to be able to pay down all of my student debt in one set of payments when I finish my studies. I feel very lucky to find myself in this position.
The question is, what strategy does the group recommend?
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1. Pay down all debts to all agencies, and start debt-free but with no savings
2. Pay down debts to the provinces, which charge interest, and keep the federal loan ("good debt" which has no interest) so that I can hold onto about 15-20k in emergency funds/other savings. Service the federal loan until paid in full.
3. Basically option 1, but accepting a 25k pre-approved LOC from the bank as a temporary emergency fund, but otherwise forgetting about it, until I can save a new emergency fund.
4. Open to hearing alternatives.

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I am leaning towards 3 at the moment, but would be interested in hearing thoughts. I can't ask the bank, 'cause they'll go for 3 every time. In any case, I am holding on to the funds so they can collect interest until payments come due. It's just that I see a road to debt-free that seemed totally impossible 5 years ago, and I don't want to fumble the bag.
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Thanks in advance!

I live in a country that is not in the range of radio synchronization technology. Can i adjust the time on Casio OCW-S100-1AJF via MultiBand 6 using the ClockWave app from the AppStore?

Our (London) block is in the very fortunate position that the housing association has offered to buy back those shared ownership properties that have been affected, not only by the post-Grenfell problems but by years of cladding issues prior to that.
HOWEVER… the offer that has come in is 50k less (in terms of full valuation) than the valuation that the same housing association set when selling it to me in early 2016.
I know the market for flats in London has dipped a little over the last two-three years, but can it really have dipped by that extent (8.3%) over a seven year period? The flat has only been improved over that time, cladding aside, and there’s no other factor I know of that should affect the valuation.
I appreciate that I’m fortunate in having an offer at all, but hoped to check the temperature on whether this seems remotely normal in terms of a price drift.

So the smallest things can triggeirritate me and I just obsess over them and I get so freaking angry I just want to scream. I have chronic sleep issues and yesterday I finally went to a sleeping clinic to see if theres any deeper underlying issue. For the first time IN YEARS i was able to fall asleep fast and i felt like my sleep was very deep But then the nurse came in and woke me up because she forgot to set something up. Aftetwards i only had a light sleep,barely slept. Im just so incredibly mad at her and the fact that im so restless. This was the first time falling asleep without anxiety and someone ruined it for me. Im SO MAD and my heart is racing. Do any of you ever experience this?

need help building a Pc

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

I will be mostly gaming with this PC, but I also want to use it for some school/college work and general home use such as watching YouTube/Disney/netflix, browsing the internet. The games I will be playing include : Ark survival evolved, starwars battlefront 2, grand theft auto V, Forza horizion 5, and some other lighter games such as minecraft. The school/college work should mostly be creating documents and slideshows, but occasionally CAD/CAM design

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

My maximum budget will be £1,000

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

I will be buying the PC in about 4 months time

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

The only thing I need included is windows 11

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

I will be purchasing the parts from England

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

Intel will be the only brand I refuse

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

I'm not sure what that is, so no

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

I want it to have 32gb RAM, run 1440p at 144hz, ryzen 7, and 1tb storage

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

The only preference for the case is that it is black

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

I will need windows 11

Extra info or particulars:

No extra info should be needed

On tv and movies, people talk about California (particularly LA) as a dream destination cause of the beaches and the frequent sunny weather, but now, it is one of the most hated destinations due to the increased cost of living and the abnormally high homelessness there. One year's worth of rent for a studio apartment would sometimes cost more than the full amount to buy a mansion in other states (Kentucky for example). I live in Wisconsin, and now, it is getting expensive, even in the rural town I live in. Homeless has increased in big cities like Madison and Milwaukee, and even in the rural areas now, there are homeless. A lot of people say it is cause of Californians moving here, but that is cause the increase in population means an increase in supply and demand, which calls for higher costs.
Back when millennials were growing up, California used to be dream destination from what my parents told me. My paternal grandpa used to live there when my dad was a teenager. He said back then, it wasnt as expensive and homeless werent that high. Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, California used to be praised. Back then, I used to want to live there even if it meant I had to give up the snow. I was born in Wisconsin and still live here. Now, I do not cause of that nature. New York, which many claim to be as bad as California, is still one place I would like to move to as I visited a year and a half ago, and it was appealing.
I spent two months in Nashville one summer on a trip when I was 15. People there had a problem with Californians too from what I heard. This was back in 2019, so it made sense.
On YouTube, I see people from states like Texas, Arizona, Florida, Tennesee, Nevada, Colorado, and Utah complaining about these Californians, cause its a supply and demand thing, so the same can be said for any state moving there.
California is the most populated state nearing forty million people with Texas being the second, but under thirty million. Even then, it is not the most densely populated, so no idea why it is so expensive there, even in the small suburbs not near the ocean. Florida is said not be as expensive even near the coast in big cities.
I do understand New York City being expensive. Hawaii is really ecpensive too despite Florida has a similiar climate to it.

Two years ago me and my gf of 6 years split up. We were having issues for awhile, sex was maybe 2-3 times a month. I was in a bad place mentally and had gained a lot of weight. Two weeks before we split my girls ex started messaging her. 4 days after we split she’s with him.
Fast forward 9 months, she says she realized her mistake and we get back together. Another 9 months later I find out about how soon they got together and we’re planning it before wed even split.
She admitted everything and we tried to move past it. She’s worked hard on herself as have I and now we’re in a good place.
BUT, I obsess about their sex life.
She was a virgin when we met, and she was shy, but soon after she was dressing slutty for me, begging me to fuck her, she’d beg for my load on her face etc. Constant blowjobs.
I stupidly asked was her ex bigger than me and she said yes. She doesn’t seem as into sex now as before he came along.
She gets super slutty with me now when I wear my glasses which are the same as his.
I can’t get hard unless I pretend I’m him, or that she’s thinking about his bigger dick when I’m fucking her.
What’s wrong with me?

I've enjoyed talking with people on reddit about the interviews I've done. Thank you everyone who has supported the show thus far.
As stated in the title, I'll be interviewing Lisa Ireland and Nikolina Lauc. If I ask your question I'll dm you when it goes live. Even if I don't ask your question, I'll let you know and keep your question in a doc for future people in related spaces to potentially answer.
1) Lisa Ireland CEO of Longevity Science Foundation:

"Lisa, an accomplished non-profit executive with more than 25 years of experience in administration, fundraising, donor engagement, strategy and finance, leads global operations for the LSF. Her career spans diverse sectors, including education, healthcare, human services and science. Lisa’s previous roles include Vice President for Institutional Advancement at the RMSC (Rochester Museum & Science Center), where she advanced the organization's mission through strategic planning, leadership and the formation and execution of a comprehensive fundraising strategy. Prior to her time at the RMSC, she served as the Director of Donor Relations and Stewardship at RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology), leading key initiatives to strengthen donor relationships through improved engagement, recognition, and stewardship programs. She was also Executive Director of United Way of Orleans, overseeing all aspects of the organization and its 25 programs."Read more here

2) Nikolina Lauc CEO of GlycanAge

GlycanAge was founded on a promise that “health care” should start with us caring about our health before we encounter a particular problem. Disease starts on a molecular level decades before we are currently addressing it, while the majority of modern disease is preventable and the earliest molecular signal is biological ageing. GlycanAge allows you to measure & influence your longevity by looking at an entirely new part of biology. Glycan biomarkers uniquely encapsulate genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors driving longevity for every human. read more here.

One of the most common arguments against public transport is how inconvenient it is to depend on available routes and timetables, instead of just taking the car whenever you want, and going directly to your destination. The usual reply to this is that with increased demand, the number of available routes would increase, and the frequencies would go down, making it as convenient to take public transport as driving a car.
This makes a lot of sense. But having spent some time in large cities with a strong emphasis on public transport (mainly London), I've noticed that it can get extremely crowded at peak hours. Sometimes you simply cannot get into the train because of the amount of people inside, even when they're coming every minute. And yet these cities still have a huge amount of traffic.
So my question is, to what extent is it actually feasible to have a car-free city? (By car-free I mean that the general population doesn't use a car. Of course we would still need trucks, buses, delivery vans, etc.) Are there any studies that quantify the increase in public transport needed to accommodate for such a massive volume of people? Wouldn't certain services become so crowded that they are almost unusable? For example, if the tube is faster than the bus, then everyone would want to use the tube, which might not be possible. Could I be overestimating what the increase in demand would be?
What are your thoughts?

New member here! I am on RPGdesign but just discovered this one. Not sure I know the difference, but figured I post on here too to get as much feedback as possible. If this isn't allowed, apologies and please remove.
After feedback on my previous post, I made a much bigger emphasis on the cooking and revamped the mechanics. I’d love any thoughts and feedback! The game is designed to be lighthearted and narrative driven, but I'm open to exploring more complicated mechanics if it means making the game more fun and still accessible to first time or non-regular RPG players.
The Players Stats:
Each character has 4 Punk Stats and 3 Chef Stats.
Punk Stat: Precision
Precision represents your finesse, balance, dexterity, and attention to detail. Ranged weapons or hand-eye coordination tasks use this trait.
Punk Stat: Muscle
Muscle represents your brawn, bicep size, bench press max, and strength. Blunt or large melee weapons and strength based tasks will use this trait.
Punk Stat: Drive
Drive represents your mental fortitude, smarts, charisma, and ability to drive the Foodtruck. Persuasion, communication, and food truck driving based tasks use the Drive skill.
Punk Stat: Cook
Drive represents your mental fortitude, smarts, charisma, and ability to drive the Foodtruck. Persuasion, communication, and food truck driving based tasks use the Drive skill.
Chef stats, Veggie; Meat; Spice represent how versatile and knowledgable you are with each ingredient type.
The dice
Rolling the dice tells you whether or not you have succeeded in your task or check. To succeed in a roll, you will need to roll at least 2 Successes. The dice faces are as follows:

• A roll of a 5 or higher (5+) indicates a Success.
• A roll of a 1-2 is a Failure. Failures cancel out successes. This means, for every Failure and Success pair rolled, this counts as 1 Blank when interpreting the dice.
• A roll of a 3-4 is considered a Blank and has no outcome in the roll’s interpretation.
• A roll of 3 of the same Success number faces is a Critical Success
• A roll of 3 Failures and no Successes is a Critical Failure.

When rolling Critical Success, not only have you succeeded but something even beneficial happened as a result of your exemplary action. Whereas a Critical Failure is a failure that is worse than you can possibly have imagined.
Both the Critical Success and Critical Failures are narrative tools for you to interpret in the context of the action’s situation. Use this to your advantage to make the story more flavorful and engaging.
How to Cook
Cooking is an expressive art, so there are no limitations to how you can cook your dish or whatever final flavor or benefit the dish will be.
When Cooking a dish:

1. Select the ingredients you would like to cook with from your Foodtruck’s walk-in or personal inventory
2. Select the dish’s primary type (Meat, Veggie, Spice) and choose its benefit.
3. Build your Cook dice pool
4. Roll your Cook dice pool
5. Interpret the outcome

Step 1: Select the ingredients you would like to cook with
When cooking, each ingredient used in your recipe adds a die to your pool that corresponds to its level. All dishes need at least 1 Meat or 1 Vegetable.
Step 2: Select the dish’s type and benefit.
Choose if the dish will be a Veggie, Meat, or Spice based dish. If you succeed in cooking the dish, you or whoever eats it will gain some sort of benefit ability for a short amount of time. You may choose to create one through your imagination, or roll for a random benefit with the Flavor Table.
Step 3: Build your Cook dice pool
To build your Cook pool:

1. Add a D6 for each ingredient used to the pool.
2. Add D6’s equal to your Cook level to the pool.
3. Upgrade dice a number of times equal to your dish’s corresponding Skill.

Upgrading Dice
Your stats will allow you to upgrade dice. This means you can change the type of dice you are rolling in that pool. The most common version of this is upgrading dice when cooking a dish. Each level in your dish's corresponding Chef stat gives you 1 die upgrade point. You can spend 1 point to upgrade a die. The upgrade tree is as follows:
D6 upgrades to D8
D8 upgrade to D10
D10 upgrades to D12
D12 upgrades to a D20
Step 4: Roll your Cook dice pool
Roll all the dice in your pool. As with any roll, each 5+ is a success.
Step 5: Interpret your dice pool’s results

• Succeeding in the roll results in a new dish on your Foodtruck’s menu. Roll on the corresponding Flavor Table to see what benefit you get OR you may choose one that fits the theme and flavor of your dish. Additionally, you can regain a Stress from yourself OR gain reputation for the Foodtruck for each Success rolled.
• Failing the roll does not add the meal to the menu, and adds Stress equal to the amount of fails rolled.

Make sure you record what ingredients you used when cooking it. Every time you re-cook this dish, you must have the ingredients on hand to make it.
Example Cook: Ted is using rock salt, bittergreen leaves, and a FogHog steak to cook a Meat based dish that allows the consumer to Jump higher. Since he using 3 ingredients, he takes 3d6 and adds it to his Cook Pool. Rupert’s Cook stat is 2 and his Meat stat is 2, so he adds 2d6 to his pool, and then changes both of those d6’s to a d8. His cook pool is now 3d6 and 2d8. He rolls, and the dice show a 2, 3, 4, 5, 7. His roll of a 2 which cancels out one of his successes (he chooses the 5), leaving only 1 success. He does not successfully create the dish and takes a Stress for his 1 failure.
Another Example Cook: Keeley is using bittergreen leaves, sunsucker treebark, and fireflower powder to cook a veggie based dish that makes the consumer stronger against monsters. And it's fully vegetarian! Since she is using 3 ingredients, she adds 3d6 to her pool. Her Cook skill is 3 so she adds 3d6 more to her pool. Her Veggie skill is 3, so she spends 2 points and turns them 2d6 into 2d8, and with her last skill point turns 1d8 into 1d10. Her cook pool is now 4d6, 1d8, 1d10. She rolls a 2, 3, 3, 6, 5, and 9. The 2 will cancel out a success, leaving 2 successes. She successfully created the dish, and gains 2 Reputation for the Foodtruck!
All feedback welcome! Thank you!

I (22M) met a girl online (22F)in January this year and we’ve been talking ever since , at the beginning I want to say we talked a lot and she really digged me. I even mailed her some stuff for valentines and she loved it . I want to preface by describing her personality. When I first met her, she put in her dating profile "can be a bitch till you get to know me" and frequently uses that as a defence when she knows shes overreacted or has just given me attitude for no reason(Will provide examples).
A few of the blatant "red flags" according to those around me

• She claimed she gets irritated at a lot of things(could be how someone said or did something)
• Has social anxiety
• Is emotionally volatile
• Has a lot of baggage from her past
• Will break down crying at relatively small problems
• Is very assertive and will not hesitate to challenge you she thinks youre wrong

A few examples of situations

• I started watching TWD and I was at the part where Ed attacked Carol, I sent a snapchat asking/trying to imagine why carol would go back to him. I meant nothing malicious by this. She sent me a really angry reply back saying I should just stop trying to imagine it and that I was victim shaming. I apologized immediately and she admitted she overreacted interms of what I said.
• Same day she was at the gym and I made a comment about people who bring tripods to gyms being cringe(admittedly on my part it was insensitive). I apologized and told her to let me know from then on if I ever said or did anything that upset her. This was when she said a lot of things irritate her.
• Countless situations where she's stressed out by the situation around her(work, family,pets)
  • Cat scratched up the underneath of the new sofa her family bought,I was on facetime with her while it happened and she just started crying and hung up. I think she thought her family would be upset at her?
  • One of her toenails fell off and she started freaking out about it(was also on facetime),I can understand a girl being upset about this. I think she asked me to google how long it takes to grow back and when I told her the search results(1-2 months if I recall) she just hung up on me and proceeded to be upset about it.
  • She had been asking her brother to do the dishes for a while and she came home and just broke down in tears and her mother had to quickly do them

I want to say, I completely understand that people are different and different things upset different people. Despite that it didn't change how I feel about this girl. I still feel the same way I felt about her the night I decided to pursue her. I understand that people get irritated , have social anxiety , baggage or can even be overly assertive over certain things. I accept her for who she is. The entire package and I'm willing to be patient and work it out with her. I don't really have a problem with some of the things that others around me consider flaws with her. She smokes weed but only once a day and doesn't even do it in the house. I love that! I can live with it! I'll even smoke with her too.
I personally would say I am a nice guy. I know actual nice guys never call themselves nice guys but I have cherised and in my actions loved this girl to the best of my ability considering we live in 2 different states and have never met face to face. I always listen to her problems , how she's feeling and make sure to provide an optimal solution with the information I'm given. Sometimes I don't remember all the details or I make assumptions or I just don't have all the information all of which could irritate her or stress her out more if she's already stressed. Not sure if important but I just graduated and am in the job market looking for a new job and she has helped me a fair bit with not just that but also some other problems in my life. She is a problem solver 100% and cares.
I will admit I am a bit sensitive sometimes and I overthink sometimes if not a lot.
There have been 2 situations that have happened recently that really me concerned.

1. After talking for like 3 months, I realize we'll run out of things to talk about. I feel like I'm boring her because of this preconceived notion that if you're not making a girl laugh or keeping her interested with some kind of chatter, she's going to lose interest in you. We've stopped facetiming because like 1-3 weeks ago she became sick and didn't want to or just couldnt facetime. That's ok and I respect it. We usually just talk about eachothers lives or watch youtube videos or netflix when we facetime, which I love. inbetween now and the day she realized she was sick, I was chatting with her on snapchat and she posted a pic on her story with the text "HMU", prior to this she had sent me a message with a black screen and just text saying"yeah aha". Forgive me if this is ageist but those in my age group know this is a minimal response and indicates they are either busy or just don't want to put the effort into the message. My heart sank because she posted the exact same thing on her story the night I added her on snapchat(she wants people she adds to message her first I guess?). She hadn't done it since and I remember. I started getting paranoid that she was talking to another guy and found me boring.
2. just this past Friday we facetimed for the first time in like 1-3 weeks. Mind you there are other situations around her like her interviews and the fact that her roof was leaking. Fastforward , we're talking/joking and I bring up a situation where my mother and I got into a fight and claimed that I hit her. I brought it up in a joking manner since we were having a good time prior. Explaind to her I didn't assault my mom but rather blocked her from unplugging my computer. This apparently upset her because she just cut the call then and there. I thought she did it in a joking manner,because she's done that before so I continued to text with her in a joking way. I jokingly claimed I was a victim and that apparently upset her even more. Keep in mind this happened 5 years ago and I've grown since then. Apparently she didn't realize I was joking but also she didn't even wanna talk about it with me. I had a feeling it might have upset her so I apologized profusely but she didn't even want to talk about it with me. Since then she's been super minimal in her conversation sending really short replies or just getting annoyed when I ask her stuff. I didn't return the same energy though, I kept it lively and peppy, I want things to work. Yesterday I asked her about it and she told me it was what was bothering her and that the things I said about it bothered her even more, mind you we barely had an exchange about it and she just assumed the worst of me. I clarified to her that I've grown and that I thought we were joking and that I would never cause anyone much less my mother harm. She literally jsut replied with "Ok, I'm stilled erked by it tho". I made it clear to her afterwards that I was sorry and that she meant a lot to me and she just said "Okay" again.

I get that she is busy with like potentially 4 jobs but the change in her communication is just concerning. She knows I think and care about her a lot and want nothing but the best for her. I recall earlier last month February or something she said that by the end of March I'd be tired of her. I told her she'd be wrong flatout and we made a bet about it. I hope she isn't trying to win that bet. I always ask her how she is, how she's feeling, whats up, what she's doing. I do this maybe like 2 times a day?
Am I being clingy, expecting too much from someone I met 3 months ago?Am I overthinking?
As much as I'd like for us to be, we're certainly not dating yet and I know she doesn't see us exactly that way but rather just as really good best friends.
2 people I've asked about this have said I should just cut her off and move on but I don't feel like she'e explicitly done anything to desserve it yet. I've been like water with her and I've always tried my best to be understanding and still think we can make it work moving forward. It just feels immature to cut her off suddenly out of nowhere. I'm trying to ride it out but one of my friends says I don't have to. If I know how it will end why not just cut my losses. I understand where he's coming from but I also just feel attached to her. I don't think it's impossible for me to move on but it's just gonna really suck after being as involved as am. I've been told to just delete her but I usually just let it get to a point where we don't talk anymore before doing that.
I'm really open to thoughts and advice on this. Thank you in advance.

The thing is I know she lied to me several times. This increased my insecurities.
So I started overthinking everything she said and over analyzing every action she took.
So I confronted her about everything which ultimately lead to she discarding me after having anger outburst.
I’m in NC since last year but I keep overthinking and I’m unable to stop it.
I briefly stopped this for 2 months when my job was hectic but it started again.
I know I’ll never get the answers to everything but is there any way to stop overthinking every action of Statement made by her ?
I remember crying in front of her begging to tell me the truth and she yelling at me.
So I’ve accepted that either she already told the truth or she lied and I’m never gonna get answers.
And I know because of my nature I might be imagining things way out of reality.
I have to deliberately make myself busy to avoid overthinking.
Is my whole life going to be like this ? I’m 25 . I just want to sit for sometime and chill without thinking about anything.
I don’t want to burden my future partner with this type of behavior

I have a Final Divorce Mediation coming up relatively soon.
My spouse was dropped from her attorney following our temporary mediation, and she selected a new divorce attorney who was previously a legal family member for roughly a year. Her new divorce attorney practiced law in another county, and her license was revoked for a few years. She is receiving legal support for free, yet I am required to cover multiple forms of costs that were not agreed to within the temporary MSA in order to move forward to our final mediation.
My spouse has been hanging out with her lawyer, including bringing my kids to hangout with her at her house and spend the night. As she is able to consistently seek advice for free, and contact my lawyer with constant unnecessary complaints, it has cost me thousands of dollars that would not have existed if she retained her previous lawyer.
I have suffered severe parental alienation, through multiple forms of communication which are all documented. A few of these led to the change in lawyer, and many more have surfaced following temporary mediation.
My lawyer has received numerous disclosures from her attorney that can be proven as intentionally tampered. One of these instances is so blatantly obvious that she has knowingly and intentionally made a claim that it almost appears to be classified as negligence. There are many other forms of this within the disclosures on other topics, which I can prove as false.
She is seeking full custody, to take all ownership of our home (including equity), transferring every penny of debt to myself (although she is responsible and is documented that she substantially contributed to this), retaining all of the inventory in our home, me paying child support (which I would never argue against and I am in full agreement of supporting them), and to pay continued financial support for her to stay at home while the kids go to school each day for an undefined period of time.
She has admitted through evidence that she will not be working, as it benefits the kids and I should be in agreement that it is best for them. She has an advanced college degree, but has made no efforts to support the family with even a 3-5 hour part time job while the kids are at school 5 days a week for 8 hours. She has made no progress on her “job search” for three years, as the market is very tough. I am recruiting for employees at my current company, and my HR department advised me to make an offer on the spot if I feel the candidate is a good fit because the market is competitive enough that candidates are getting multiple offers.
I have her admissions to multiple forms of abuse including alcohol, pills, physical, and psychological. I have over 40+ forms of admissions and documentation related to substance abuse via email, text, photos, videos, etc.
My lawyer has been quiet, not very helpful, and feedback has been relatively limited. I have requested a link to upload all of my documentation, but have not received one. I have been given no plan on the lawyer’s part, but I do have a meeting on Wednesday at his firm (via my own request). I feel as if I am walking into an ambush, yet he is rated and referred by practically everyone in our area as the top choice for family law.
Just curious on a few topics. Am I obsessing over the upcoming mediation, as it will be more focused on agreeing to terms, or is the evidence a major form of how things play out? I know I do not have to agree to anything I am uncomfortable with, yet she has already told me she will take me to court if I do not give her what she wants. She has already threatened me that we need to meet in advance so she can advise me of how this will all go down. Other than my evidence I have spent 20+ hours preparing, is there anything else I need to bring, such as a list of what I would settle for, and my wishes/outcome from the mediation?
TLDR: I am lost on the next steps as I approach final mediation, and not sure what I need to be doing anymore.

Hi there!
I know the "best floor mats" question has been asked before but I'm looking for favorites with the tallest edges! I hope that makes sense.
It's pretty hard to tell from some Amazon photos and I heard the Ford ones are too shallow.
I'm looking to cover as much carpet as possible in the front seats next to the center console and under the pedals.
There's a lot of sand where I live and I'd rather not fight getting little granules out of the carpet fibers all of the time *cries*
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Thanks!

I'm 35 years old. I have almost zero memories that seem like a movie reel. I have ideas about how things were at certain times, but I don't actually have discreet memories of them like rewatching a movie. I have very specific "feelings" from different times in my life, but those "Feelings" just feel nostalgic, they don't actually illicit discreet memories that I could retell as a story.
Specifically: I can remember getting engaged very vividly (probably 60-120 seconds of "movie reel" memory - 13 years ago). I remember my first child's birth (6 years ago), but cannot really remember the second child's birth (4 years ago. though I remember being in the hospital). I remember a traumatic experience from my mid-20's involving a family medical emergency (about 2 minutes of 'movie reel' memory). I have snapshots from high school of interactions with girls and other friends, but these are more like picture than movies. Just small glimpses and associated feelings.
I hear people at work telling stories from years prior, and they have detailed accounts of entire sports games, or entire days of their lives. I used to think that all these stories were manufactured, but now I wonder if I have severely limited long-term memory?
Edit: another example i've used in talking to my wife: i do not remember any single grade in elementary school or the teacher. i barely remember middle school and can't name any single teacher and their associated grade level. I do remember some friends from middle school, but not explicit memories - just remembering that they existed and how they were.

I’ve been counting down the days until my appointment because I really really needed it. I had to move really far so it takes planning, and a long drive, but I’m dedicated so I make it happen. A typical person would opt for virtual appointments but due to CSA and being recorded during abuse, I struggle deeply with being on camera, that on top of general insecurity.. I can’t do it. Maybe after I work through some of it in therapy I can try but not right now.
My appointment was today and I wasn’t sure exactly what time it was so I called. They told me the time, and that it’s virtual. I asked if they were sure, yes, they’re sure.
I panicked and cancelled it. They told me when my next appointment was and that it was also virtual..
I’ve explained to my therapist that I don’t feel comfortable doing virtual although I haven’t gotten to why. I’m not sure if these were mistakes, if she actually scheduled virtual, maybe she forgot, or maybe it’s a disconnect between therapist and front desk, idk.
I don’t feel okay. I’ve just been crying all morning. I’m 8 months pregnant, I’m scared, I’ve been feeling flighty, my husband and I aren’t doing good, and I really needed this appointment to re-center myself ..
Am I too attached? How can I be less dependent on my appointments? How do I cope with this sort of change in plans?