# Mixed Thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** reactions\ **Created:** [March 23, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623 "2026-03-23T15:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/1 "2026-03-23T15:59:08Z")
> [@Happy Thoughts](https://community.goactuary.com/t/happy-thoughts/2337/4627): > > What I need is a thread for mixed thoughts. Ask and you shall receive. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/2 "2026-03-23T16:00:13Z")
A coworker who I consider a friend is considering an external offer. As a colleague, I hope they stay, I will miss them. As a friend, I hope they do what makes them happiest. I have a feeling that means they will leave. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/3 "2026-03-23T16:19:46Z")
> [@NerdAlert](#): > > an external offer I first read this as “affair.” So, I also had mixed thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/4 "2026-03-23T16:31:32Z")
They should be having an internal affair with me instead! ---
**Author:** ![Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/vorian_atreides/32/65623_2.png) [@Vorian\_Atreides](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Vorian_Atreides)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/5 "2026-03-23T17:54:32Z")
> [@NerdAlert](#): > > having an internal affair with me instead! At a Starbucks that is closed for renovations? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/stevegrondin/32/3257_2.png) [@SteveGrondin](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SteveGrondin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/6 "2026-03-23T20:22:55Z")
KJ is a coworker?!?! ---
**Author:** ![tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommie.frazier](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tommie.frazier)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/7 "2026-03-27T20:37:23Z")
i started driving kids to school in january. their parents did not feel safe waiting with them at bus stops or having them wait alone at the stops at the time. ~5% of the students in the district were using such an arrangement (basically being driven by a consistent and vetted stranger). the families decided that post-spring break they would be return to “regular” . Yay, the world/city isn’t as awful as it was. But yesterday was the last ride and I don’t think the kids knew and I couldn’t say anything bc it isn’t my place. I will miss them in the minivan ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 9:54pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/8 "2026-03-27T21:54:17Z")
My gf went to an event that was being catered by an Afghani restaurant. There was a ton of food left, which was gonna get pitched, but they got a few of us to divvy it up. Now we have a boatload of rice with chickpeas, carrots and mild spice to eat: we’re gonna have to freeze some of it. ETA: Just pan fried some salmon and reheated the rice with some broccoli. It smells so gooood - but we have so darned much rice yet to finish!! ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/9 "2026-04-30T17:08:01Z")
Just mixed up my new sourdough starter to make some dough. I’ll give it a few hours and see if it puffs up. 🤞 ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/10 "2026-04-30T18:52:56Z")
I’ve still got flour rotting on the counter lol. ---
**Author:** ![Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/rastiln/32/77682_2.png) [@Rastiln](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Rastiln)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/11 "2026-05-05T12:39:35Z")
My therapy moved to Mondays, and while I never had done this before, two weeks in a row I had the craving to treat myself to boba tea on the way to therapy for doing good stuff that week. The boba tea place is closed on Mondays. Sad. I ordered tapioca pearls and few optional things like taro mix and they should arrive today. Happy. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/12 "2026-05-09T21:51:41Z")
Went to a funeral visitation this afternoon, followed by a bridal shower for our friends’ daughter. ---
**Author:** ![Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/maphistos_sidekick/32/84973_2.png) [@Maphistos\_Sidekick](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Maphistos_Sidekick)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/13 "2026-05-10T00:15:34Z")
Finally had the fiber installation I ordered back in October completed. Of course, the main instigation of the installation – cable internet that was prone to random drop-outs – was fixed after some equipment in the neighborhood was replaced this winter. Now I need to go contact the provider’s customer service again and try to convince the CSR that I really don’t need their “whole house WiFi protection” that was put on my account, as I provided the networking gear, and I’m only using their ONT. And after that bit of joy, assuming the fiber stays up…at some point I’ll go figure out how to argue with the cable company to discontinue service. ---
**Author:** ![Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/breadmaker/32/83065_2.png) [@Breadmaker](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Breadmaker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/14 "2026-05-12T01:38:25Z")
The dandelions have bloomed with a vengeance already. I don’t give a rat’s 🍑 about them, but I know people are upset that the city doesn’t spray herbicides anymore. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/15 "2026-05-12T13:16:13Z")
I’m busy eradicating dandelions right now. mostly successfully. Meanwhile neighbours on both sides have a field full of them. Left to my own devices I wouldn’t spray, but there’s differing opinions in the household. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/16 "2026-05-12T17:32:44Z")
> [@SpaceLobster](#): > > I’m busy eradicating dandelions right now. We are finally doing landscaping this year. I’ve sprayed in the past but this year I got pretty aggressive and sprayed 2-3 times so far, and I’ve got most of the buggers gone. I’ll make another sweep this week, I’ve seen 3-4 still alive and growing. I’m debating buying one of those fancy Fiskars weed pullers, but it’s probably overkill at this point given how effective the spraying has gone. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/17 "2026-05-12T18:14:15Z")
> [@Mathman](#): > > I’m debating buying one of those fancy Fiskars weed pullers, I have one. Lifetime warranty. Mine broke. Two years I haven’t had time to do the warranty thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/18 "2026-05-12T18:33:26Z")
> [@SpaceLobster](#): > > Mine broke. I’m told there are some plastic bits that can break. There is a similar tool called Grampa’s Weeder or something like that, and it is all metal with a wooden handle, but it doesn’t have the ‘auto eject’ mechanism that the Fiskar has. ---
**Author:** ![BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/bg5150/32/38521_2.png) [@BG5150](https://community.goactuary.com/u/BG5150)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/19 "2026-05-12T19:11:20Z")
> [@dr\_t\_non-fan](#): > > I first read this as “affair.” > So, I also had mixed thoughts. Me, too. LOL ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623/20 "2026-05-14T02:19:46Z")
Some days being self employed is awesome. Do what I want, when I want. other days its 10:20pm and I still have 2 more proposals to run and unfinished business that will have to get kicked over to tomorrow morning. Here’s hoping I’m done by 11. Then again, on the other hand, I’m working late because I just made some moneh. [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/mixed-thoughts/12623.md?page=2)