#I also don't have a car and wouldn't have to pay for buses

[salvadorbonaparte]

Americans, especially New England residents: if I had roughly $600 each month for groceries and other activities (rent, utilities, internet and phone contract would already be paid) would that be enough to survive on

[6okuto]

Ask game i’m asking 9

(ask game) WAURR Hello friend!!!!

9. tell a story about your childhood.. hm.

at my bus stop there's the regular bus and then school specific buses but like,, they aren't Yellow School Buses. it was a Bus just. for specific schools. mine was Not one of them. you see where i'm going. i'm dumb and don't question things guys. like there were multiple signs to stop what happened next IM CRYING SO BAD

....i got on the school special bus one morning in grade 7 because i was reading a book and not paying attention ☹️ IMSRBSFHDB Nothing clicked in my head when 1) the bus stayed at the stop for a while or 2) the other kids at my stop also got on the bus (if i took the Right bus i obviously wouldn't be on the same bus as them) (can't believe no one wanted to tell me i might be on the wrong bus) (was weeks into the school year)

so i don't get off the bus. i only rlly clock what's happening when the bus takes a different turn than my route and i go Ah Fuck Me. AND I HAVE A SCIENCE QUIZ THAT MORNING! 😵 so i'm sitting there panicking until y'know. i get the bravery to ask the driver if he stops near [transit centre] 😭 but i got lucky because he said he brings the bus back to ?? a place Near the centre when he's done the route so um. he dropped me off at a nearby bus stop then came back in his car and drove me to school since it was in the same direction as his house 😭🥹

obviously I DO NOT SUGGEST DOING THIS! truly not the smartest safest thing i've ever done in my life but i was really focused on not missing my 2nd period science quiz. he was really nice and tried his best to help so i was like Oh! how kind and convenient! 😭😭 but OMFG this haunts me. every time i'm up early enough to see the school bus i tense up even though it's been like 7 years LOL

[pbandjesse]

I am tired. I don't want to go to work at the nursery tomorrow. But I will. Because I know I should and also me and James had to take stuff from our savings to pay our rent. Stupid. I'm glad March is a 3 paycheck month. And hopefully the insurance payout comes soon.

I slept alright last night. I woke up with enough time to have breakfast at home. Which was an entire mango and also peanut butter pretzels. And then I headed to work.

I felt super cute today. Which had me in a great mood. But my energy level was all over the place today. I would be fine, I would be so tired, I would be talking a mile a minute. But I lucked out with just the best group.

When I got to the museum I took Jim to the second assembly line classroom to show him how to set that up and he helped me get everything together.

And for real I had the best group. Jordan and Rosia came outside with me to check the buses in. The other group had just gotten in and our group was a half hour early. So I got on the bus and let them know we were going to wait until the other group had cleared out and then bring everyone inside and do a bathroom break and drop off lunches and things. And my bus was so excited. They also hello to me and I asked the teacher if they were one group and then I was like oh you're going to be with me that's perfect. And they were so great. They did warm me that I had one child that I had ADHD and he's not able to get his medication because of the shortage right now so he was kind of bouncing off the wall. But he was super funny so it was fine and he wasn't very distracting to the other kids they mostly would just laugh and then get back on track. And they were all so mellow that made my life so easy.

after we did our bathroom breaks I took them to the classroom and I have them all sit down where I need them to and we got into our assembly line talk and it went great. It's hard because I was in the second assembly line classroom which is essentially a wasteland. There's nothing on the walls and I hated in there. But I did have some of the big printout pictures and I was able to show those to them and I got pretty close to my normal talk. I did trip on a chair and almost fell over. But beyond that it was a really fun time. They did a good job building the cars as well.

Overall they weren't very loud and they did a good job. There was some backup in the middle but parents jumped in and helped and we finished with a couple minutes extra. We watched the video and they were the quietest group listening to that video which was very funny to me. And when I told them that they all said thank you. Which was even funnier. And then we went and hung out in the car and got to see the rest of the exhibit and they seem to really enjoy that.

Next was lunch and then during that time I just chilled in the back and had my snack. I wouldn't talk to James for a little while. They order our stickers that I had designed. So they should be here sometime in the next week. I feel really good about all the products I've been making and I think my market table this year is going to be really fun. I still have to get bags for my pairs but everything else is going really good.

I got stuck in the bathroom for a few minutes. Because I had two aprons on for the cannery and I was wearing a jumpsuit and it was a whole thing. But I got out and everything was fine. I brought the kids to the cannery and we had a blast. Or ADHD friend was Mr Platt. By request. And everyone did great. No big problems at all. I did have all of my kids do an extra oyster because they were really enjoying it. And they had a lot of really good feedback and questions and comments. I really enjoyed my day with them.

At the end I gave him a little bit more information that I had forgotten about in the intro. About the railroad and stuff. And then I just told him that I thought they did such an amazing job and that they were really fun and they were just like super grateful and thankful and told me I was awesome and it just felt really good. I don't know I hope that they have a great rest of the day and that they would come back soon. The one little girl said she didn't want to leave and I told her she should just get a job here. And she's like I can't! And it was very silly.

I hung out the lunchroom with them while we waited for everyone to get together to get on the bus. Chatted with them about things that we collected and different things that they like to do. One of the kids told me that he had a very nutritious lunch of peeps, a soda, and goldfish crackers. And then it was time for them to go. I said goodbye and went to go work on supplies with my co-workers.

I sat upstairs with Jordan and Jess and Meril. And we just gossiped and talk shit and it was fun. We told stories about ships and talked about different things in our lives and worked on our oysters. It was a really nice hour. I was planning on leaving early but I didn't know the end because I was having a good time. Jessica would come up at one point to check in with us and she talked about how she played soccer when she was in college and how she still play soccer! And I didn't know that. I knew that she was in her the Hall of Fame for college though because she's very good. So it's nice to know that she's an adult league. I get excited when I hear people are passionate about things.

I would head out around 3:00. I said goodbye to James and went to the store. I just wanted to have some time to myself.

I went to value village and I had a great time looking around. I was mostly taking pictures of nonsense. Things that made me laugh. I found the egg gel and molds. I didn't buy them because Mom says that she has some for me. But it was funny to see them. And I ended up finding two more of the birthday bears that I collect. Which means I'm only missing January now and then I'll have the entire year. And I'm very excited about it. I couldn't remember which ones I was missing though so I had to spend a while going through my phone trying to find a picture of the collection. But I did and then I was able to get the two that I needed and that was really exciting for me. I also found two calico critter doll houses for $4. So I bought one of those. And then I found a rug that's from Venezuela that is very cool. And I only spend $11 for all of the things I got. But I was there for over an hour. I looked at everything. I touched every sweater. I had a great time just looking around and listening to my music. And apparently my joy was palpable because someone came up to me and he was really nice.

He was an older guy and he was signing and had a little bit of the deaf accent. But he told me he didn't want to bother me and he didn't want to worry me but that I just had a beautiful spirit and he wanted to let me know. And I was just like oh my God. Thank you. It was so sweet. It really brought a little tear into my eye. I don't know what he was seeing but that was really nice.

I had to wait in line for a really long time because there was something wrong with a couple of the self checkouts. But I didn't care. I chatted with the girl behind me. She said that I had some amazing vines. Specifically the Venezuelan rug. And I paid and went home.

My butcher was very low again. Doesn't happening a lot. So I ate crackers and vegetarian pepperoni while I was driving. Handful of jelly beans. And then I got home and James asked me what I wanted for dinner. And we decided on corn and vegetarian shrimp and stuffing. And it was a really good dinner. I have thoroughly enjoyed the last two nights of dinners.

I would work on a little art. Worked on my molds some more. And they're coming up better every time. I'm really figuring out the best ways to get the bubbles out. It's hard because this is not a vacuum mold and tapping it because it set so fast isn't really seem to help. But if I use a toothpick and kind of wiggle it around I can get most of the air bubbles out of three of the four molds. The one is still giving me trouble.

So much trouble that when I was trying to pour one and flick it with the toothpick it splattered and I got some resin in my eyeball! And it burned! James came when they heard me yell and gave me eye drops so I could wash my eye out. I don't think I need things in it and it doesn't hurt anymore but it was scary!

I would work in the studio on and off for most of the evening. My mom and Jess help me decide on some doc Marten sandals to spend my birthday money on. I ended up finding a pretty good deal on these pretty lilac ones with floral buckles. And James played a game with their friends on the computer. And eventually I went and took a bath and it was just nice and relaxing.

And now James is making me cookies because they're the best husband ever. And I love them so much. And soon we will go to sleep. I'm at the nursery all day tomorrow and it'll be nice. I'm going to be upload her and just be wherever they need me so that's a little stressful. But it's fine it'll be a nice day. I hope that you won't have a nice day as well. Send me as much energy as you can because I do not want to be tired. Let's hope I can sleep well tonight and that you can too. Good night everybody

[the-firebird69]

There's a lot of problems here these people are scumbags I think they get stuff by harassing our son. Don't have any time for you and we don't need you doing it so we're going to come find you and they're going to be done we didn't need you doing all that stupid s***.

-some things are happening today and the biggest is that there is a Counter-Strike loan it's by Mac and he's hitting the s*** out of you. He's dropping you and it's taking you down all your morlock. There's some things that are changing because of it because they've dropped so many of you. The mail in many areas is getting through on time without a massive fight. Used cars are selling all over the world. There's a lot less fighting in the street no there's more of that. People can go shopping now and the morlock is getting beaten to death in the shopping areas quite easily and fast and the trucks and the buses are moving them out very quickly they put a lot of them on buses and just escort them to the incinerator what's going on now that they have no backup in the eastern hemisphere. There's a cloud line that goes straight up to Tampa and North it looks like they're going there, they are and it's Mac and others and they're coming from the south and they're bringing stuff with them to eradicate you idiots. Right now they're plans to your ranks in the USA and South America in fairly soon they're going to light you up like a Roman candle. You're going by your houses then you didn't notice because you're used to driving by and bothering people but they're going by looking who's here and they're verifying with visual and some rudimentary gear. Did you hear John rimelord chatting and then one shut down and others they're calling to be cut off and to do that they have to defend the state and they're prepping in the foreigners have to do the job too and we do too. What bja was doing and the laundromat was disgusting but he almost got hit didn't notice it almost hit you stupid and he says oh how would that work out it says well he knows who you are you're at war with him and also he looks over and the parking lot is full of sheriff's, it was standing with him he said you're useless even in the face of almost nothing and he meant our son. No son said aren't you blasting the s*** out of them that's what our son said I said no why would you say that said why wouldn't I because I want you out of the place I said who gives a s*** what you want you're a little turd and you're going to get flushed and he looks around his little turd oh f****** a****** you're this dick messing with me too f*** you up you didn't sound such a s*** you little gay boy. He strains to see what you're saying and he leaves but he knows what it is he's a little guy bother you all the time you get fed his head like a million times and yeah he's going to be out, goes into the museum which is Brian's, sister saying so what I'm having him harass you isn't taking his payment his dick in with you you're a stupid s***. Stands up straight and tall and says why don't you f*** off you little gay boy for a second straight. You threatened my house again I'm going to mess you up so bad you're going to wish you died. You got a smile on his face start doing it so you're going to f*** him up he gets killed and really bad, needs a few bodies too.

Back to what we're doing and thanks to the interruption DJ Trump and others are going to make you pay for it and stan.

Who's on the phone trying to get assistance as his bases are disappearing now his areas of operation overseas and it's the Max and they're over running him and they're using the shield to control it and they are blasting the s*** out of them there are about 50,000 volts hitting each base the large ones the whether they're very large ones so the only ones left every minute.

They are going a little frantic right now and they are in trouble and they're not getting much of a market pretty soon however

-we are going to formulate a new drink and it's based on the warlock drink of fake beer. Just rather simple to make and you just add some components and it's mixed with whiskey. And the complaining in Minnesota saying they have body cam imagery and the body cams are collected. And we have a lot of idiots say dumb s*** to him but for real that's seeking and seeking fast but this idea is not bad it tastes rather good it is carbonated and almost anybody can make it no you know how to make it and using stuff that you can find basically out of every household but if you mix it yourself you have to drink it right away like a smoothie or mixed drink. I'm going to go ahead and make it now have an idea what he's saying. You want to make money off me the whole time soon to make it off you on your way out and it sounds great and it feels perfect.

-I'm going to release this new drink today and they're going to love it it's very cheap each beer is like 50 cents or less you can buy a six pack for about $3.25. it's a kind of beer and there's a name for it. It's not whiskey beer it's not cheap a beer and it's not cheap whiskey beer that's what they usually do and that's what they're doing. She wants a life together she says he says I couldn't tell she said shut up you idiot and is laughing cuz she did it on purpose. It's a great idea and we haven't had it before but then we have the cheap beer too and these guys are trying to drink stuff so sending it out there shortly really takes a day to brew now we have the components ready and the beer and the whiskey are mixed but they're held together with something and it's a normal ingredient that people use in making beer it holds the alcohol and suspension and you just put a little more in and a couple other things we're going to deliver our first delivery fairly soon in parts of Europe and they'll deliver it to Britain it's really really cheap and plastic bottles and a specific bottle too are you going to make tons of it.

-your calls coming out of ears wondering why because you start blabbing when they drink beer and they won't shut up and they're already useless right now most of their bases are destroyed overseas there's only 10 very large bases that are about 10 to 20% operational within the hour they will be out.

-they're losing their areas of operation rapidly and they are going to be out pretty soon 50% of the areas of operation are at 1/4 power 25% are at half and 25% are at 3/4 power. There areas of operation are being flooded all other parties are evacuating and will be out within the hour and they will have made their final mistake

Thor Freya

We feel are going to repeat their mistakes here they usually do and they are gigantic the areas of operation are huge and their presence in the populace is not for a big and a lot of it comes from those areas and they go back to them so people are going to that means they're leaving the populace and in great numbers and they're not making it

Nuada Arrianna

They're a few more things going on today they're seeking out groups like the one we see on TV. And it is a huge error letting these retarded people do what they want and Mac figured it out. It's a horrible day if things are not going well.

Are getting very beaten up they're losing tons of troops and people it is a massive loss. The numbers are very huge it's so huge that these guys stopped making noises well no not yet but they will and here in the states everybody is gearing up they are going to have to defend themselves against these more luck and they're going to have to fight them and they will be vanquished and will be gone

Frank Castle Hardcastle

Our son says you're not good enough you don't cut the mustard more or less and said it's only a few Good Men within each of your battalions and you need more than that and you're not going to do it and they were telling people we can't do this you're wrong we need people to do this for us we're hardly here now and out of desperation they did it. Of course he's right and people have to try and get ready. There's a huge number of people who think that the clones when acted on their own but it's not true these are trying to steal it and you're amazed but that's what they do things for and they're losing miserably. It's a nightmare for them and they are falling apart and they're looking like what they do and they can't figure out why and they are getting beaten up and disposed of all over the world and it's not stopping

Duke Nukem Blockbuster

Their areas of operation are under siege and we are going to publish but they're now losing a lot worse than they were about 20 minutes ago and it's because the areas of operation are filling and emptying and filling and emptying these are useless people okay

Olympus

[theendlessrambles]

6/27/23

Life for me is still content. My biggest complaint is an auto shop overfilled my tires and popped on the highway in a construction zone. I got a new tire for 67 dollars but needed a new rim. Then ended up needed to get all new tires, they were older tires and then over filled with tire pressure costing me over 800 dollars after spending 400 dollars on the car already. That's about a paycheck and a half for me.Thankfully my partner was there with me to calme.me down as we waited three hours in the middle of nowhere for a tow and then be told he'd be back later since he did not have room for both of us to be taken to the shop and we had to call my partners mother who thankfully just got out of work. My phone is also badly damaged and I'm in desperate need of a new one and due to the car am having to hold of awhile longer rather than sooner.

Besides that I still have my adoring partner, a wonderful roommate, a cat, and a dog. Sunday we got more free groceries from my roommates family and were very thankful for that and my boyfriends mother always gives me eggs her chickens produce. With out the help i don't know how well we could stick our pantry and fridge I'm very grateful for them. I have a vacation coming up in July with my partner at cedar point in a cabin we rented alone. Then after my vacation I will attend another parade with my friend in a pirate charity group. Their father, who was the captain, recently passed away and they are continuing his work as the new captain. This parade will be in my home town and I am excited to see my family and friends there. My relationships with those around me are well, even my mother and I have bonded more especially with a kitten she's adopted that doesn't have a tail.

Though my relationship are they also have their struggles. My roommate still is looking for a new job and worried about driving. Their lack of transportation has been stressful on both of us. I told her when I finally save up for a new car, after getting a new phone, I would sell her the one I currently have if its still in good (and by good still safe and running) condition. Her place of work, where I used to work and my pirate friend works, is now open to 12 am and she gets home at 1am or later. I often have to pick her up which is also hard for both of us. My next closest friend is helping out her mother. Her mother's boyfriend/father of her child overdosed and they kicked him out of the house. It's a stressful situation. She is trying to get into trade school, but she is vocal about how nerve-wracking it is for her. My pirate friend is trying out the dating scene and has been quite lonely with her mother gone often with her new job running tour/party buses. The other night we went to the bar at Applebee's after spending a day on the beach. We were bought drinks and it was fun, however their was a drunk and sexist man who wouldn't leave us alone and hugged on us a couple times. She seemed okay and I handled him well, but that part was still unfortunate. My partner also struggles. He hit a deer on his way to see me two months ago and his car is still in the shop. He borrowed his oldest brother's car since he was jobless, but his older brother took his car back to Door Dash due to family pressures and needing to pay his medical bills. His car should be back this week and he is relieved about that.

I did change jobs as of last week. I moved up into a CMH building in a poorer county. I get paid less but there's health insurance, pto, paid holiday, and a union, which makes up the difference. I would of had my RBT, but due to how awful online testing is with their anti heating system I was disqualified when my face became out of view when asked to show what was in the background. So I'll have to take it again.

There are some concerns with my coworkers. They are wonderful techs and has nothing to do with their work with the children, but their standpoints. Even though it is a mental health there has been racist and transphobic comments from half of the techs. One of the techs also admitted to violently robbing hookers as a teenager. This shocked me especially since she is newly a mother. The comments however I am not surprised about since it's a poorer rural area and I have seen dozens of trump stickers on staff members cars. Even things on the road made me realize how rural the area is such as a diy wooden nativity scene with signs saying "FEAR NOT GOD" and "REPENT WHILE THERE IS TIME". I also am not a big fan of the puzzle pieces in the shirts and cubicles on staff when it comes to autism awareness, but most autism centers have puzzle pieces so I am not upset, but rather uncomfortable with it. The company autism speaks, which uses the puzzle piece, has many faults and often covers up the voices of autistic individuals rather than lift them up. I prefer the rainbow infinity symbol made by the autistic community. I find it hard to by myself there.

My supervisor assigned me a mentor. I would be job shadowing but due to subbing in the building for half a year I do not need to job shadow. My mentor in this case is someone to go to for questions, which I tend to ask the first person I see truthfully. My supervisor picked the newly mom who used to violently rob hookers. She said she needs to soften up and I need to toughen up. So far it's gone well, but we don't speak often. I do think she is a wonderful tech and that there is much I could learn from her.

National news is all over. Trumps next trial is in December and he is running. His old vice president he almost let get killed is also running so that should be interesting. I like this one women who is running named Marianne Williamson. She seems to be quite honest about what is going on in the country especially after the pandemic. I am still nervous about all candidates even her. I don't trust our system and I don't believe capitalism and democracy work together. Greed tends to overpower freedom. Whatever freedom means now a days.

There were also some multimillionaires who died in a submarine on their way to the titanic. We all joked about them online and I am guilty of this. The submarine was poorly built and for the trip cost them about an iced Starbucks coffee to us. Lots of tax payer money was spent finding the already dead millionaire as they let immigrant boats sink killing thousands. So there were more laugh than tears for the rich. I do feel bad for the child, 19, on board.

Russia has a coup that was stopped in a day, however it shows the Russian citizens and even military grows tired of the war in Ukraine. It may even spark or already has sparked a civil war.

Pride has not been fun this year I did not do much for it as I wanted to. In fact a national emergency has been called for LGBTQIA members. It makes me nervous, I know I have a male partner at this time which keeps me more safe but I am still afraid. Two women who kissed each other were arrested since a child has seen it. They are now considered sex offenders and in one state that crime is punishable by death. They are finding ways to kill us. Trans have it the worst and our country is committing genocide against them it's no secret. Again even at work the hatred of trans are spoken of. I have friends who are trans and I worry for them. It really is a national emergency.

I think that sums up the last few months. It's almost 4am here now. I fell asleep around 8pm and woke up when my roommate came home. I had an apple took my medicine and began to write all this down. I will likely write again in a few months.

[dearchuchu]

Long version.

We awoke at 7:30 A.M. prompt so that we could make our way down to the ferry and catch the 8:30 hour long ferry back to Cebu island. Our host his us up to inform us that we hadn't paid for our scooter, and we replied that is correct. She said to please wait until 8 so that we could return our keys to her mother, and pay for our scooter.

The building next to our place is a local food co-op with very cheap rice, and lots of people coming all day. Our host mother ran it, as far as we can tell. Everyday from 8 until 5 pm there was a pretty constant stream of people coming and going in what is essentially our front yard. Right at 8, we go out, and sure enough, the mom is there.

The mom asks us for the key to the scooter, and our money. We give it to her, and then she says, "The ferry is closed." To which we are like, "What?" And she says, "Yes, no boats today. All day." We are obviously not pleased by this, and frankly a bit sceptical because it isn't even raining. We are just kind of like, "So what should we do?" And she says basically, "Check out isn't until 12, hold onto your keys until then."

It's important to note, our internet stopped working in our room 2 nights prior. The internet on this island is all basically portable Sim card hotspots. You have to load the data just like a pre paid phone, and we burned through our data very quickly. Our host said she filled it up again, but she clearly didn't. For important stuff like contacting our host to figure stuff out, we either turned on my data on my phone, or walked to a restaurant and used their WiFi.

We decided to go down to the ferry anyways to see for ourselves. It's a little over a mile walk, and about halfway we started to panic and think, "What if the boat is there, and it is leaving, and all our stuff is at the place?" So we waved down a tuk tuk and paid (slightly more than we should have) to have him get us down there quickly. Our thinking was, if the boat was running, I'd have him zip me back up to our place, and then double back with our bags and catch the ferry. Boy was that naively optimistic.

We're told the boat is closed for the day. We're told the boat was closed yesterday. We're told MAYBE tomorrow. The problem is, we have a place booked and paid for in Moalboal. After a local quotes us 500p each (it's 185p each on the ferry) we politely decline and decide to go back, get breakfast, get on the internet, and regroup. As of now, we have no reasonable price off the island.

Over breakfast we contact our host and she says, "Maybe they will reopen, check back at 11, maybe we will know more." We sort of get our hopes up, but are not deluding ourselves. We start to look into backup plans, at this point assuming we can't get off the island. Our place in Moalboal would charge us for the night if we did or didn't show up, but we decided if we couldn't make it, to contact them and tell them we ARE coming and NOT to rent out our room. Sometimes if you don't show up, they assume you just aren't coming and rent out your room.

We find a few cheap rooms on the island, so our main plan is, wait until it is completely confirmed we can't get off the island, then rent a room, and try again the next morning. At this point, the sun has come out, and it is a beautiful day. We decide, why not go to the beach? We've got nothing better to do.

We go back to get swimsuit's on, and "mom" is there, and she says "Please give the room key to this woman, thank you!" For our room keys. It's about 10:30 now, we have the room until 12. We get ready for the beach, step out, and mom is gone and the lady goes "Keys?" And I'm like,"We're going to come back." And she is like, "Keys?" Ok...

We obviously weren't planning on staying there another night, but we wanted to leave our bags there for a while, at least until we got a game plan. I ask, "Can we leave our bags here." She clearly speaks no English. I motion leaving bags and she just says, "No." Total communication failure. However, there is an 11:30 ferry, so I say, "Let's just take our bags to the beach, we will check with our host, if the 11:30 ferry runs, we will just go straight there."

We take all our bags down to the beach to lay out and relax until we hear if the ferry will run. A local stops us at the beach, sees our bags and says, "Going to Cebu? I take you, I have a boat." I ask, "How much?" He says "2,500 pesos." We both start laughing and then just walk away. The ferry costs us both USD $7.40, he quoted us $50.

On the beach we start formulating a plan. The side of the island we are on is the side the ferry approaches from. We decided to just slowly move up the beach and watch for the boat coming, if we saw a boat, we would take off to the ferry. We also planned on checking in with our host periodically. We never saw a boat, but finally our host told us, "The ferry will start running at 1:30" Fantastic.

A brief short rain came over the beach, so we took shelter at one of our spots where we had been eating and drinking. We had a cocktail, then the owner came over and said, "Excuse me, the boat left Cebu, it's on its way." Perfect, confirmation that indeed, we are getting off of this island, and we may just make it to Moalboal today after all!

The ferry is a shit show. It hasn't run in a day and a half now. We are not the only ones stuck here. The line is long, people are impatient. The boat takes forever to dock, and then it has to unload all the people that needed to get ON the island stuck on Cebu. All in all it took about an hour to unload and load, but then we were off. (With the 1:30 boat leaving after 2:30)

This picture is of the bunk beds on the second level of the boat. We were happy in chairs, but got a little jealous of everyone lounging on the hour long ferry.

Getting off the ferry would be the same shit show, so we decided to come up with a game plan so we wouldn't get stuck at the port. A bus was how we got here originally, it's 370p and a little over 3 hours to Cebu City. The bus stops in Cebu City North bus terminal, but we have to get on the bus at the South bus terminal, so we would have to take a taxi there. Once in the South bus terminal, we catch the bus to Moalboal. Sounds easy right?

The problem is, this boat is full. There probably aren't enough buses for everyone. We have to move quickly and decisively to get our spot. We also talk about finding a private car directly to Moalboal, which would be way faster, but way more expensive. We agreed we would be willing to go to 2,500 on a private car, which is about $50. Quite a lot, but we would definitely make it to Moalboal in time to check in.

Oh right, that's the big factor. Check in stops at 10 (or 12 depending on which website your on) at our place in Moalboal. We're running at least 7 hours behind. We're not even sure we can make it. Once we land a guy approaches us and asks if we have a ride set up, we ask, "How much for a car to Moalboal?" Online says 40 to 50 USD, we were willing to go to 50. He says "4,500" or $90. We're like, "No. That's way too much." Then he says "Private car straight to South bus terminal for 1,500" That is tempting, we say we will think about it.

We get pushed off like cattle, everything is confusing, we can't find the buses, then that guy finds us in the crowd, and he is like, "What you think about what I say?" And I'm like, "Too much, too much, we're going to take the bus, where is the bus?" And he says, "Bus back there, take 5 hours, you don't want bus, take van! Much faster!" I go, "No, too much, too much" and he says, "Same price, same price, hurry!" I say, "Same price? Sure."

He rushes us through the crowd, pushing his way through, gets us to the last van, a sprinter van, and by the time we sit down, it's full. Hell yeah. That dude really came through. It was indeed the same price, and it was way faster than the bus. We didn't factor in rush hour, Cebu City is very big. After 3 and a half hours of almost hitting more scooters than anyone was comfortable with we made it to our destination. Sort of.

To be continued after I go to the beach.

[user-manual]

I HATE DRIVING

♡ 𝔪𝔬𝔬𝔡: (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ distressed

I HATE!!!!!!!! DRIVING!!!!!!!!!!

Why do I live in a society that values individuality over literally everything else!!! I hate cars, and I hate driving them, and there is NO REASON for me to have to drive because BUSES LITERALLY EXIST! But nooo, the government would never spend money on infrastructure, nooo they wouldn't dare piss off car manufacturers and dealerships, or tip the iceberg of the fossil fuel industry - no fucking buses for you unless you live in a huge city, and even then they still SUCK. We NEED to clog the roads with 50 cars each with one person driving in a single vehicle, instead of 50 people on ONE bus. Right that makes sense. >_>

Cars and insurance are both way too expensive. I have been driving the same car for the past 5 years under my parents' insurance, so the car isn't even in my name. If I were to get a new car - not a brand new car, even just a used one - I would have to register it under my own name and pay for my own car insurance, which would be...with car payments factored in as well... at least $300 a month. And I'm expected to pay for health insurance on top of that?! HA! I don't even make $300 in a single paycheck, but I'm still not qualified for government assistance because I "make too much."        ANYWAY, my car is old as balls and cannot get up to speed like everyone else's can. I can't go above 40mph in drive, I have to shift into overdrive to do that. I also can't speed up while in overdrive, so I have to just slam the gas and be patient, meanwhile everyone behind me is pissed off and keeps passing me. And I know logically that being passed is not the end of the world, literally everyone does it, but it stresses me out so fucking much? No matter how fast I drive, there is ALWAYS someone passing me. I could go 70 in a 45 and someone will pass me doing 90. WHY!!!??? I can't help but count the cars that pass me even though it kills me to pay attention to that and I keep taking it as a personal failure. Even though I literally cannot help the way my car works, also probably nobody cares. Yet I am so convinced that everyone on earth knows I am in this car and hates me for going so slow. Just give me a SECOND!!! A FUCKING SECOND!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

My car is also very small and low to the ground, so I am unable to drive at night because everyone's bright ass LED headlights are DIRECTLY IN MY EYEBALLS. Did you get the darkness? Did you see the road? Huh bitch?! Because I SURE DIDN'T! I tried to put on some Evanescence to calm down on the way home but fuck it did not work at all and I am still so stressed out from just going to the mall. :| A little cringe.

(Originally posted 16/12/20)

(ADDENDUM 25/3/22: Turns out I was driving with my parking brake slightly on. Sooo no wonder my car wouldn't speed up, because it was literally trying to stop the entire time. Oops! I don't know how I'm alive!)