It’s kind of you to ask and maybe get a few users out of hiding, thank you. I have been wondering about the lack of activity as well. I hope it’s because spring is coming around for many here, but it feels like at least two months to me that it has gotten a lot more quiet. I still check up every now and then out of habit and read what seems interesting to me, but my favourite posts are usually those of personal recounts or experiences with users commenting insightful advice and there has been little of that lately. Several times I’ve read wishes for more positive, ‘level-up’ contributions, when the direction of this forum has been discussed, and I’ve wondered what exactly that would mean. Maybe some check-ins, little or big success stories, is what could be conducive.
I recently finished my first degree and at about the same time moved countries to start an internship at my dream company that will add an impressive name to my CV. At the moment I don’t really know where I will be going but I’m proud of these two steps for now and am making progress in language learning every day.
Unfortunately, it turns out the apartment I moved to has a bedbug infestation. Sleeping on a makeshift mattress on the cold living room floor for weeks, putting all my belongings into the freezer or the washing machine or both, storing every article of clothing I own in sealed boxes and trash bags on the attic has been stressing me out more than I can admit to myself and I’m fatigued and maybe also paralysed from my obsessive routines to come to a decision: Should I wait out the exterminators or should I find a new place? The landlord isn’t fast at organising things and I don’t really trust that the chemicals they’re using are effective - I found three insects and got one more bite since the first intervention. It’s quite taking a toll mentally.
This confronts me with my responsibility for my own well-being and comfort. Besides the difficulty in making a decision for my living arrangement, I’ve been pondering treating myself to something decent for a long while now but I’m not good at allowing myself to spend money and at the moment I wouldn’t enjoy bringing more objects into this mess anyway.
Dating wise, I have been man free since summer and despite no experience since then feel that I’ve become wiser and more confident. So much so that I would be very interested in undertaking cultural scrote investigations over here (and trying my luck in a new city) but I wouldn’t know where to get into contact. Downloading a dating app has been tempting but it might take a while until I’m bored enough to abase myself again.
Thank you to those as well who comment, I enjoy reading them.
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Apr 17
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Hi, I had to deal with bedbugs a long time ago at a place where I was staying. You need to have the exterminator do what's called a "heat treatment", preferably in addition to a fumigation. According to Google, 118 degree heat treatment will kill bedbugs in 20 minutes, and bedbug eggs in 90 minutes.
I also picked up this thing from the store called diatomaceaus earth and sprinkled it around my home during the bedbug outbreak. Diatomaceaus earth is a pesticide that's used to kill bugs such as ants, cockroaches, and silverfish; it also kills bedbugs. It sticks inside their exoskeletons and suffocates them. It's completely safe to be around humans and pets, it just kills certain species of bugs. You can buy diatomaceaus earth at bigger stores like Walmart and Home Depot.
It’s kind of you to ask and maybe get a few users out of hiding, thank you. I have been wondering about the lack of activity as well. I hope it’s because spring is coming around for many here, but it feels like at least two months to me that it has gotten a lot more quiet. I still check up every now and then out of habit and read what seems interesting to me, but my favourite posts are usually those of personal recounts or experiences with users commenting insightful advice and there has been little of that lately. Several times I’ve read wishes for more positive, ‘level-up’ contributions, when the direction of this forum has been discussed, and I’ve wondered what exactly that would mean. Maybe some check-ins, little or big success stories, is what could be conducive.
I recently finished my first degree and at about the same time moved countries to start an internship at my dream company that will add an impressive name to my CV. At the moment I don’t really know where I will be going but I’m proud of these two steps for now and am making progress in language learning every day.
Unfortunately, it turns out the apartment I moved to has a bedbug infestation. Sleeping on a makeshift mattress on the cold living room floor for weeks, putting all my belongings into the freezer or the washing machine or both, storing every article of clothing I own in sealed boxes and trash bags on the attic has been stressing me out more than I can admit to myself and I’m fatigued and maybe also paralysed from my obsessive routines to come to a decision: Should I wait out the exterminators or should I find a new place? The landlord isn’t fast at organising things and I don’t really trust that the chemicals they’re using are effective - I found three insects and got one more bite since the first intervention. It’s quite taking a toll mentally.
This confronts me with my responsibility for my own well-being and comfort. Besides the difficulty in making a decision for my living arrangement, I’ve been pondering treating myself to something decent for a long while now but I’m not good at allowing myself to spend money and at the moment I wouldn’t enjoy bringing more objects into this mess anyway.
Dating wise, I have been man free since summer and despite no experience since then feel that I’ve become wiser and more confident. So much so that I would be very interested in undertaking cultural scrote investigations over here (and trying my luck in a new city) but I wouldn’t know where to get into contact. Downloading a dating app has been tempting but it might take a while until I’m bored enough to abase myself again.
Thank you to those as well who comment, I enjoy reading them.