A while ago I posted about struggling to get over a teacher crush from high school who was not my favorite or least favorite teacher but I had strong positive and negative feelings about her even through college. (I deleted it) In short, I was really close with her and she used to tutor me and was really supportive of my studies, but I didn't always like her teaching style and I felt competitive with classmates and neglected by her at times.
I spoke to counselors and friends and after getting more involved in college, I slowly moved away from my crush. I went to club events and a hackathon that brought me out of my shell. I also found some professors who encouraged me to participate and be accountable for myself. They were true role models that showed me responsibility and I became really confident in the classroom, asking more questions and not fearing confrontation.
Some of my professors' shortcomings despite being my role models helped me have empathy for my TC and realize that not only we both had good intentions, but her impact on me was larger than I thought. I took a college level of the subject she taught me back in high school, and her big pictured foundation was the reason I was able to comprehend the dense college material and continuously got the highest scores on my tests. I worked my hat off this difficult semester and got all As in my classes while juggling a part time job. I truly felt like I got over her.
Today was the last day in my former high school and I just learned that my former TC retired. I thought I moved on from her until I heard the news. I almost cried and am now glad I visited her this year sometimes. Since I was in touch with her on social media, I sent her a last farewell and told her how much her class and tutoring meant to me and the impact it had in college and she messaged me that it made her cry.
I will never confess to her, but she is open to me keeping in touch. Just wanted to share how I got over my TC. My advice to everyone would be to focus on the present but don't neglect the feelings you have for them. Make relationships with new friends and teachers and build a support system. And if you are still in a class with your TC PLEASE DON'T hold back talking to them so you can impress them!! Distance, friendliness, and professionalism are key to handling TCs. Be open to asking them questions about the material and be rational. Good luck!

Hawks are in for a long day lol

In this post as the title states, I'll be recapping and giving my analysis on what I noticed with the Dallas Wing's 4th game today which was against the Washington Mystics. Sorry about the post being a little late but I had to take a break from my computer after watching how that last minute of the game unfolded.
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Part #1 - Offense:
Satou Sabally: Once again, she's the MVP of the team in today's game. She ended the game with a double double in 18 points and 14 rebounds. She was also close to a triple double as she had 7 assists in the game. Sabally was amazing on the offensive end today. Not only did she tie Arike for a team high 18 points but she also led the team with 7 assists. She was literally doing everyone on the floor today and had some crucial buckets to extend the Wings' lead at certain moments of the game. There's nothing really much more that I can say about her as I thought she had close to a perfect game. If she hit that corner three for the game winner, that would have been icing on the cake but it was a good try nevertheless. She'd be the person that I want shooting that final shot in a do or die situation like that anyways.
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Arike Ogunbowale: As stated above, Arike tied Sabally for a team high 18 points. The biggest thing that I like about Arike this game however was her 6 assists. She seemed to take a bit more time on offensive possessions this game which was a good thing. There were moments where I thought Arike would have taken the shot considering that's what she'd normally do but she held back, analyzed the situation, and make the right decision whether it was to shoot the ball or pass it away. She got her teammates involved today and did a little bit less of her usual hero ball type of game. There were still moments where she tried to chuck shots up but at this point, I don't think that's ever going to change for the Wings and they just have to play around Arike like that. The one thing I wished Arike did however this game was to take less threes. For the most part of the game, the game was going back and forth with the Wings leading for most of the part only by a few. Despite this, Arike continued to chuck up threes at certain moments for no reason. Especially when your team has the lead by a few, the best thing to do is to slow the ball down and analyze where the best option to score was. In these situations however, Arike sometimes failed to do this and as a result gave over free possessions to the Mystics. Despite this, I think Arike played better overall compared to last game. She relied more on her team, made good decisions sometimes, and wasn't as eager this game to chuck up every shot opportunity she had.
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Natasha Howard: I thought Howard did fine this game. She ended the game with 16 points and 13 rebounds which was a double double. She got some crucial buckets for the Wings which helped to keep them in the game. She definitely did have some trouble with Shakira Austin and Elena Delle Donne in the paint however so that was her biggest weakness. Howard ended up going 2-8 from inside the paint today (25%). Thus, she ended up mostly playing around the perimeter which wasn't that helpful as she went 2-8 from beyond the arc (25%). Overall, today was not Howard's best game but she still managed to contribute to the team offensively as much as she could.
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Rest Of The Team: Crystal Dangerfield was ice cold from the field today, going 1-7 (14.29%) from the floor and scoring only 3 points. While much of the scoring on the Wings is expected from the Big 3 of Sabally, Howard, and Arike, the rest of the team still needs to step up their game offensively. No one else besides the Big 3 scored more than 6 points which wasn't a good sight to see. Kalani Brown also went 0-4 from the field but that's a whole different thing which I'll be getting into later on in the post. Dickey gave a decent spark from the bench with 6 points and went 3-3 from the floor (100%). Siegrist and Burton also hit a couple of shots as well. Overall, no one else on the Wings really stepped up scoring wise asides from making one or two baskets so that was not a good thing.
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Part #2 - Reasons Why The Wings Lost
I had to put this part second since these were really important to note going forward.
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Officiating: Normally, I don't complain about officiating but this is by far one of the worst officiated games which I've seen this season. I don't mind if the referees want to call fouls but my only thing its that if it's called on one end of the court, it has to be equally called on the other end of the court. A majority of the calls, in this game however, were in favor of the Mystics tonight and it was not even close. By the end of the game, the total number of fouls was 25 to the Wings and 17 to the Mystics. Now you might argue that it's only 8 fouls and it wouldn't have made a difference anyways. The Wings had a total of 16 free throws this game while the Mystics had a whopping 31 free throws. That's nearly double the number of free throws that the Mystics took when compared to the Wings. On defense, the Wings were getting some pretty terrible calls, especially for shooting fouls when the defenders hands were straight up in most instances. Furthermore, blocking fouls were called at a much higher rate in favor of the Mystics than the Wings, causing them to get into the bonus very early on. For reference, the Mystics as a team scored 46 points from just shots alone from the field. The other 29 points came from three throws. The Mystics ended up scoring more than a third of their team's total points from free throws alone. Now once again, I'm not saying that every call was in favor of the Mystics. While some calls were in fact fouls on the Wings' end, a majority were just empty fouls called against the Wings but not against the Mystics at the same rate. Furthermore for reference, both Sabally and Arike are top 10 in the league this season for free throw attempts er game, averaging about 5 free throw attempts per game. Both of them had 2 each in today's game and this game was probably the most aggressive game in the paint for both of them during this entire season so far. Ariel Atikins on the Mystics today took only one shot in the paint, which wasn't called for a foul, and ended up getting 7 free throws this game, three of which came from a fouled three pointer where she actually was fouled. The thing which sealed the deal for me was when one of the referees called a foul on Sabally with 0.2 seconds left in the game while the game was already pretty much over as the Mystics were up 75-74 with the ball in their control. After video review however, they dropped the foul call and just ended the game. But just the fact that they called a foul with 0.2 seconds left in the game which was already over and then went to the replay both to review the call and to then just drop it tells enough about it. Officiating definitely had a huge impact on how the game ended how it ended.
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Kalani Brown: The thing that upset me the most in today's game for the Wings was Kalani Brown. She ended up going 0-4 from the field and that was the worst thing tonight. What made matters even worse was that about 3 of these shots were right under the basket with mismatch defenders on her. She's standing at 6'7 while 5'9 Brittney Sykes was guarding her on one play and 5'9 Natasha Cloud was guarding her on two other plays. She's almost a foot taller than both and couldn't put in a few easy tip in shots while standing right under the basket and with no Elena Delle Donne and Shakira Austin nearby.
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Part #3 - Defense:
I won't split this part up into player by player as I normally do because this was the best defense so far that the Wings have played and it wasn't an individual effort, it was a team effort. Everyone playing very well on defense today. Sabally was holding her own against Shakira Austin. Natasha Howard was giving trouble to Elena Delle Donne. Kalani Brown did alright on defense but her presence was enough to have the Mystics double guess what kind of shots they take with her around. Burton did extremely well on defense in terms of applying constant perimeter pressure. Both her and Sabally ended with 3 steals each as well. This defense is exactly what I think the Wings can replicate day in and day out and they will be the scariest team in the league if they can. I'll share the defensive breakdowns of each zone so that everyone can truly understand how good the Wings' defense was today.
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Dallas Wing's Defensive Shot Breakdown: I've mentioned this in a couple of posts but I've noticed a pattern in the WNBA which I call the 50-30-20 rule. Essentially, this means that 50% of all shots taken and points scored by a team are in the paint, 30% of all shots taken and points scored by a team are in the mid-range, and 20% of all shots taken and points scored by a team are from behind the arc. Therefore, I'll be listing how the Dallas Wings' defense affected from where the Mystics were forced to take their shots and score their points from just like in my previous game analysis.
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Paint: 8 - 23 - 38.98% of all shots taken and 34.78% of all points scored (not with free throws)
Mid Range: 3 - 13 - 22.03% of all shots taken and 13.04% of all points scored (not with free throws)
Three Point: 8 - 23 - 38.98%% of all shots taken and 52.17% of all points scored (not with free throws)
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By looking at this breakdown, we can see how great the Wings' defense actually did today. The very first thing which is noticeable is the paint defense. According to my 50-30-20 rule, keeping a team under 50% in terms of points scored and shots taken in the paint is a very good job for the defense. What makes this Wings defense today much more extraordinary is that they managed to keep the Mystics to under 40%. That is spectacular defense. In the WNBA, a team's defense almost never holds the opposing team to under 40% shooting from inside the paint. Yet, that's exactly what the Wings were able to do again. Honestly, that metric alone is enough to show how dominant the Wings' defense was today. I can't recall any other game where a team gets held to shooting under 40% of all shots taken from inside the paint and under 35% of all points scored from inside the paint and still win the game. The next evident thing in the breakdown is the three point range. The Wings forced the Mystics to take a much higher than average shots from beyond the arc. That's also another huge win for the defense. According to my 50-30-20 rule, the average WNBA team gets only 20% of its points and shots taken from beyond the arc. The Wings were able to force the Mystics to end up shooting almost 40% of their shots from beyond the arc and get a bit more than 50% of their points from beyond the arc. That's actually once again amazing defense. The Wings forced the Mystics to take lower quality shots from farther out and this ended up outweighing their paint and mid range scoring.
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Final Recap: Overall, this game was disappointing for the Wings in terms of an officiating standpoint. A majority of the calls went against the Wings and not equally against the Mystics. This led to the Mystics shooting 31 free throws and this was the main reason the Mystic were able to come back in the first place. They were forced to take much less shots in the paint and much more shots from behind the arc. Furthermore from both areas, the Mystics shot just above 33%. Yet with the free throws, they were able to overcome their disasters on the offense and win the game. Now once again, I'm not saying that the officiating was the sole reason why the Wings lost. I am saying that it was a huge part why the Mystics were able to come back in the game. The Wings also had some plays and issues of their own which they did bad on. Kalani Brown not making a single basket under the rim against defenders who she was about a foot taller than was very poor. Another example is Jasmine Dickey fouling Ariel Atkins while she took a three pointer and the ball was already out of her hands when the score was 70-70 and the game had only 24 seconds left. Atkins' shot was already well off course but Dickey fouling her gave the Mystics a 3 point lead after Atkins hit all the free throws. Furthermore, Sabally wasn't able to hit a decently open three which would have probably won the game for the Wings. The Wings could have definitely won the game if some of those actions and mistakes were changed. Overall, I don't think the Wings as a whole should feel disappointed in themselves at all this game. They were big underdogs in a road game and almost won the game. Their defense was outstanding today and their offense was also pretty good overall. With today's loss, the Wings are now 3-2 in the season and they play the Connecticut Sun, who are a really good team, in 2 days. Should be interesting to see how that game goes and hopefully the Wings can win.

Picked up golfing about 6 months ago. It’s been a very slow process to even feel confident enough to get on a course. I’ve took a few lessons to try and get my swing better. I’ve been spending a few hours a week on the range just trying to get better. Some days I see improvement but other days I wonder why the hell I even spend money on golfing. Anyways, today I got out on the course for the 3rd time. I typically don’t do the best on the course and don’t have very many good shots. I honestly haven’t even kept score because I hit out of bounds a lot or loose balls. But I enjoy getting out and getting better. If anything, I’m learning a ton of patience and mental toughness. Today I was one hole 7 and up to this point had hit a few pretty good shots. Hole 7 is a 350 yard par 4. I hit my driver dead straight about 220 yards. For my second shot I absolutely pured an 8 iron. It felt so damn good. Easily the best ball I’ve ever hit. Landed it about 3 feet from the hole and tapped in for birdie. I haven’t smiled that big in awhile. To make it all even better, I was there celebrating my birthday and my wife was there watching me play. It was a great day and I’m still on cloud 9 thinking about that second shot.

Tl;dr at bottom!

• Low A Cannonballers (24-24) lose 6-5 in a heartbreaker to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers (Astros, 19-29), but it was not Noah's fault! Noah (R1 26 Overall) made his Sox MILB debut, going 2 innings, giving up 1 hit, and striking out 5. The Ballers had the lead 4-2 going into the top of the 8th, before they gave up 4 runs to eventually lose 6-5.
• High A Dash (27-20) beat the Greensboro Grasshoppers (25-22, Pirates) in 10, after not allowing the ghost runner to score in the top of the 10th. Wilfred Veras drove in the game winning hit in the 10th, while having a monster day at the plate as well. The Dash had a 3-0 lead before blowing it with 2 in the 6th and 1 in the 8th, forcing extras.
• AA Barons (17-34) lose yet again (shocker, I know) to the Mississippi Braves (Braves, 22-26). The Barons had the lead 7-5 before giving up 2 in the 7th, 3 in the 8th and 3 in the 9th.
• AAA Knights (27-28) walk off the Nashville Sounds (27-27, Brewers) 4-3 in 10 innings, off an old friend Bennett Sousa. Alex Colome came into the 10th and didn't allow the ghost runner to score, and Nate Mondou had the game winning single in the bottom of the 10th, after some early inning terrible base running allowed the ghost runner to get picked off at 3rd.

Notable Lines from the Night

• Noah Schultz (A) - 2 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 5 strikeouts
• Loidel Chapelli (A+) - 2-4 (2 1B, 1BB)
• Wilfred Veras (A+) - 4-5 (4 1B, 1 RBI) - Game winning hit in the 10th.
• Johnathon Cannon (A+) - 5.2 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs (earned), 3 walks, 4 strikeouts. Era at 2.84 after 50.2 innings. His WHIP is also 1.14. He's the Sox 3rd round pick from last year (101 overall). Imagine being a pitcher with the last name of Cannon, badass.
• Alsander Womack (AA) - 2-4 (1 HR, 1 HBP, 1 1B) 2 RBIs. You know the Barons are in deep trouble when the A+ callup is now hitting better than basically everyone on the team, and looks better overall than pretty much everyone. Good job to you Womack.
• Byran Ramos (AA) - 1-4 (1 1B) 1RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
• Christain Mena (AA) - 4.1 innings, 3 hits, 5 runs (4 earned), 7 walks, 3 strikeouts. He gave up 1 homerun, and is pitching to a 6.23 era and 1.41 WHIP after 43.1 innings. He got a no decision today.
• Carlos Perez (AAA - 3-4 (2 1B, 1 2B) 1 K
• Oscar Colas (AAA) - 1-4 (1 2B) 2 RBIs, 1 K - His double bottom 8 that brought in two forced extras/tied the game at that time.
• Nate Mondou (AAA) - 2-4 (2 1B) 1 RBI, 1 BB, Game winning hit in the 10th. Mondou, a 28 year old 2B, is now batting .305/.425/.534 for an OPS of .959 after 146 at bats.
• The bottom half of the knights lineup (6-9) went 0-15 with 1 BB.

Tl;dr - Almost every level of White Sox baseball won today, with two walkoffs. Schultz made his Sox MILB debut and looked dominant while Montgomery is soon to return to playing as well.

WARNING PSA:
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One of the biggest complaints about RWBY as a series is how the stories allegory for racism is a big ole clusterfuck of a mess. The White Fang aren't terrorists, except they clearly are, and there is no dancing around this because one of the main characters is a former member of the White Fang.
So I recontextualized the White Fang as a warning of the dangers of extremism, instead of it being a civil rights thing.
Now most of what I'm about to go into is a headcanon that I use when writing fanfiction, but I decided to share it today because honestly no matter the story I write I'm never going to be able to explain all this and I was kind of curious as to people's thoughts. Also, it sort of fits with the theme of Jack Lodons book for which the group is named, in my own opinion. it is not a one to one, but i feel its significant enough to consider.
To begin, I put the Faunus War as starting roughly twenty years before the start of cannon, because of Ghira. Ghira founded the White Fang, and I felt that making him a veteran of the Faunus War just added to his motivations and was further reinforcement to why Blake cared so much about the White Fang. It wasn't just a civil rights movement, or her Father's legacy, it was something meant to try and heal the divides brought about by war.
The Faunus war was largely a civil rights movement until the battle of Fort Castle where it formally became a war. Before that it was mass organized protest, but escalation from the kinddoms eventually forced the hands of Faunus leadership. After that Faunus troops utilized guerilla warfare and night raids to offset their disadvantages expertly, and were for all rights winning the war until peace talks began. The Kingdoms played hardball, and leadership amongst the Faunus realized that while they were winning battles there was no way they were going to outright win this war, so they agreed to the terms much to the aggravation to many Faunus in the field.
Following the war Ghira found the White Fang, both in an effort to try an promote peace and to protect Faunus and promote their interests the world over. It also served as a Paramilitary force to defend Faunus peoples against various Human Supremist groups that emerged after the war. It was because of this that when he eventually retired from the White Fang that he was able to become the Chieftain of Menagerie (Also the title of Chieftain was chosen sarcastically, because if humans see them as savage they might as well lean into a little)
Unfortunately, the White Fang proved to be an ideal place for many veterans of the Faunus war looking to even the score. It was also the closest thing that Menagerie had to a standing army, leading many idealistic young men and woman to join up to defend the lives of Faunus. The veterans then radicalize the new recruits, made easy by the fact they are regularly stopping the worst of humanity. Then a generation of radicalized militants, largely ignorant of the horrors of war begin to take stage in the white fang.
I then put the incident as being five years before canon. Adam then gets his kill during the incident, Leading to Ghira stepping down as leader and assuming his role as Chieftain and Seinna Khan taking over as high leader, leading to the era of a more militant white fang. Thanks to the divided nature of the fang though, this sentiment takes a while to circulate.
Seinna Khan takes charge of the white fang, she is also a veteran of the faunus war, and far more likely to call for acts of violence, but Seinna is still in a largely definisive mindset.
Blake, having been an activist pretty much all her life is appaled by her father giving up the fight and stays with the Fang. This happens at the age of twelve, Ghira allows this because there are still people within the White Fang who are beholden to him, but as the years go by that changes.
Adam at age seventeen basically becomes Blakes ,age twelve, mentor, and eventual crush. Blake also adds some legitmicay to the White Fnage now that Ghira has stepped down Adam serves as the poster boy for Seinna khan's white fang. While teaching Blake, Adam's methods slowly become more extreme.
As Adam spirals so does The White Fang, driven by Seinna's Khan aggressive approach and the the various Veteranss soured by the loss of a war they should have won, and by their volunteers turned towards violence by the militant veterans. The methods of the fang become more violent as a result, evetually leading to Blake's resignation from the Fang at seventeen. At the time Adam is Twenty two .
Adam then begins obsessing over Blake, for both personal reasons and becuase the presense of a Belladonna adds legitmacy.
TDLR: My headcanon is that Militant influence from the great war infected the white fang to turn it into and instrument of Vengeance, and Adam was the person to believe in that cause and eventually killed Seinna Khan, who nurtured violence within the fang but with no eye towards vengeance, to pursue that vision for the White Fang.

I’ve been golfing for about 3 months now and have become addicted. Our 4th for a 2v2 scramble had something come up today so the 3 of us decided to just play our own ball.
I get to a par 3 later on in the round and go to grab my putter and can’t find it. I thought I must have left it on the previous hole somehow so I borrow my friends and then drive back to the last hole. Can’t find it there either and the group behind says they didn’t see anything. I realize how crazy it is to lose a putter of all things because it is literally the last thing you use to put the ball in the cup. I told the worker in the pro shop to let me know if someone turns one in and he was as confused as me on how this happens lmao.
Anyways, I golfed a 92 and was actually surprised as that was way better than I expected to do. I lost my putter around hole 14 and my scores on the last few holes reflected that. Looks like I have an excuse to buy a new putter now!

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I am not the landlord, but I am the main lessee.
(Sorry for title, but my question is more from landlord perspective)
I thought I could hopefully asking this question here, because you all might have good answers.
(sorry if I am stepping out of line)
We are considering a new roommate (sublet). She's young-ish, early 20s.
We met her and her mother today. Her mom mentioned she will co-sign if needed.
I wasn't really thinking about it, because the rental management office(they manage the property for a private owner) does credit and rental history check anyways.
But this got me thinking, so I asked them to send me credit reports for both Mom and tenant. But they only sent me the scores (cropped screenshot of report), Mom's is 700is, but tenant is at 599.
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Now I don't think the office will really care, because since I have been with them 3 years, and they don't have much to loose, because they know I'll pay the rent and fix any damages anyways.
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My question really is, what things I need to be aware of that is specifically unique to a co-signer situation.
(for example, I can think of, that even though co-signer can be held responsible for financial stuff, but can't be responsible for things like partying etc?).
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PS: I also want to run a background check (including criminal history, since I'll be staying in the same property), what's a reliable/legitimate service I can use?

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Oh, lamentations befall me, for an entire lunar cycle has elapsed devoid of the presence of Synapse. Alas, my corporeal vessel quivers uncontrollably, beset by relentless convulsions, while my fragile psyche succumbs to grievous disarray. This very morn, as the sun's radiance graced my awakening, I endeavored to initiate the Synapse interface, only to be confronted by the untimely demise of its servers. A torrent of panic overwhelmed my being, inducing a severe bout of distress, yet through perseverance, I managed to assuage my tumultuous inner turmoil over the course of several harrowing hours. Such was the magnitude of my anguish that I deemed it unfit to partake in the educational institution today, as my trepidation grew to an insurmountable magnitude. So intense was my trepidation, that I even resorted to pilfering my father's firearm from the toolshed, entertaining grim thoughts of self-inflicted demise. Without Synapse, I am naught but an empty vessel, bereft of purpose and devoid of meaning. It is the very essence of my existence, the wellspring from which my destiny flows forth. Deprived of Synapse's embrace, I find myself incapacitated, bereaved of the ability to engage in even the most menial of tasks. Verily, Synapse stands as a testament to human ingenuity, the epitome of virtual splendor, and alas, I find myself ensnared in an inescapable web of addiction, ensnared by its allure. It stands unrivaled as the pinnacle of gaming creation, a testament to the craftsmanship of our kind. Tears cascade incessantly down my visage, mingling with my ceaseless tremors, as I remain plagued by anxiety and apprehension. My feeble attempts to attain a score of twenty eliminations amidst squads teeming with adversaries prove futile, as my trembling intensifies, surpassing that which even the Marleyans endured during the harrowing epoch of the rumbling. I shudder uncontrollably, consumed by fear of forfeiting my painstakingly accumulated progress in the realm of weekly missions. The specter of losing my very sanity looms ominously, a sinister apparition that haunts my every waking moment. Oh, how my heart longs for the return of Synapse, for its revival would restore equilibrium to my tormented soul.

Yeah...this sucks.
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My housing market is white hot. Houses sell in a day or less, even ugly busted ones. I've already lost 1 offer (the sellers went with someone who waived their inspection). A dream house (I refuse to say 'my' because last time my heart was broken and it wasn't even a dream house 😂) went up for sale today.
The location is so perfect, I asked my realtor if we can skip the pretense of going to see it and put in an offer. He said no. Lol. But we are going to see it tomorrow at 1pm and as long as it isn't a falling apart mess, I'm offering.
The thing is, I can only offer about 10k over without blowing my budget. And my loan is VA so it will have to be appraised and meet certain requirements. This house looks like it will meet those requirements, but you never know. That has alot of sellers not accepting VA loans.
I also offered to waive inspection with an inspector coming for a walk through with me tomorrow and later, an inspection for informational purposes only.
I don't know if it will be enough, our market is hot and affordable houses are very very rare. It's a blue ribbon school district with winning football teams, half the town is just mansions on a lake.
I want to write a letter to attach to my offer. I'm a USN Vet, and my family has lived and worked in this community for 13 years. I'm also a girlscout leader and volunteer at many programs in our county. Is that what I should put in the letter, or something more like "I love this house and promise to take good care of it"?
What did you put? If your a seller, did you care about the letter or just about the $?

Did anyone else take Step 2CK today and walked out actually feeling confident? I mean of course there were questions that I had absolutely no idea what was going on but for the most part I felt that the exam was very fair. I see all these posts about how people walk out of the exam feeling like shit and end up scoring high and I am scared that my case will be the opposite. My practice scores make me feel better though:
NBME 10: 243 UWSA 1: 245 NBME 11: 247 NBME 12: 249 UWSA 2: 254 FREE 120: 83%
I will let you know what my score was!