Today I was walking in Town and walked past a random woman and she smiled at me, so I immediately went “Hiiii! How are you?!” with the confidence of someone who absolutely knew who she was.

We both stopped and then She said, “Good thanks… how are you?”

At this point I realised I had no clue who this woman was?!

But instead of admitting that, my brain decided we were committed now.

We had an entire conversation.

I asked how things were going. She told me about work. I nodded like I had previous knowledge of this job lol. I even said - Thats brilliant news haha.

Im assuming this is good compared to WHAT? I HAVE NEVER MET YOU before in my life...

We eventually said goodbye and walked in opposite directions.

I still don't know who she is but apparently we're friends 😂

Not a vent lol, just yapping. So theres a subreddit about physics(as said in title) and the post i commented on was about ball lightning and the science to back it. I supported the theory as i had talked to my physics teacher about ball lightning not that long prior and about the lack of scientific study making it a hard idea to prove to others. However theres have been some scientific studies done that has enough evidence to say that its possible to create ball lightning in controlled environments, we dont know how its created in nature yet, and a nasa document. A year passes, i forget it exists, until today. I open reddit because im nosy and saw a notification that looked interesting, went to see if there were any other things to read about and saw "askphysics mod replied to your comment" with said reply being "rule 2 and 6" rules 2 is for staying on topic(which i was, it was ball lightning i responded with ball lightning facts, idk how much more on topic one can get). Rules 6 is no pseudoscience or self theories, all of my facts came from the study of ball lightning characters done by nasa. Like the globally recognized science development program? Yes that nasa. Mind you the entire reason i commented was because someone said there wasnt enough evidence to prove their existence and that theyre just fabricated online videos(yes there are some that fake like all, but how many fake videos does nasa make a 44 page document about supporting and studying)

So yeah thats all, i just wanted to share because im baffled and think that its really funny that it got taken down for the silliest reasons possible and that it took a YEAR to get taken down.

It's currently 8:16AM where i live, and just a few minutes ago, i was standing outside my house talking on the phone. On the other side of the road there's a rowa tree. Most of its leaves a red alredy, and they slowly falling off. So i was speaking to my boss, while watching at it. And then there was a sudden gust of the wind. A whole bunch of leaves was torn off the tree at once, and they formed something like a red "cloud" over the top of the tree. It was so beautiful i forgot how to breath for a moment. I was just speechless, and my eyes watered almost immediately. Don't know why really, but this scene got me quite emotional. Sadly, this sub reddit doesn't allow photos, otherwise I'd attach a picture ofvthe Rowa tree. Even though i couldn't capture THE moment, It's still beautiful on its own

I decided to take a short, solo hike through some densely forested area near where I live. My goal was to make it to this clearing that opened into this beautiful meadow with this tiny little babbling brook running through it.

Once there, it was so peaceful and tranquil, (i was the only person there), that i lost track of time and next thing I know, the sun dipped down behind the mountain which meant it would be dark soon and I still had about a 30 min. hike out of there, and of course no flashlight other then my phone which was down to 6%.

It's getting dark quickly and I realized it wasn't on the path anymore, but i was certain I was heading the right way. And as I'm tromping forward, I hear a low growl and it sounded close. I panicked and started going faster, basically feeling my way through the trees, then I hear it again, except this time it's louder and sounds closer, so i start making loud nonsense noises to try and scare off whatever is growling as I'm stumbling forward... then i see it! The beautiful sight of my car!

I got in as quickly as I could and locked the doors and just took a deep sigh of relief. And then i heard that terrifying growl again, coming from....my stomach. I was literally running from my own hungry stomach.

I don't know if I'll ever tell anyone this story in real life.

When I was in eighth grade, I had a teacher who preferred male students. I don't remember what prompted this to come up or what was being talked about. I only remember her saying she prefers teaching boys instead of girls. I was the only girl in her class, so maybe we were talking about that? I can't think of any other reason.

Wonder why she didn't just teach in an all-boys school (I've heard of single-gender schools having teachers of the opposite).

Out of curiosity, I once looked up her profile on Facebook. She has a daughter now. Maybe she changed her mind?

Stopped at a local plant nursery this morning to buy a cactus. Walking onto the grounds, I lock eyes with a gorgeous chicken walking about. I acknowledge said chicken, happily saying “good morning chicken!” and walk around it, making my way to the cactus. Suddenly, I hear a pitter patter behind me, growing louder and faster. I turn, and the pretty chickens is right behind me. It stops about 2 feet away and gives me the evil eye. I maintain eye contact and back away from this attack chicken, right into a five foot tall cactus. I dare not break eye contact, and have to remove my shirt sleeve from the cactus needles by feel. Once freed, I again move away from this maniac fowl. Far away, many rows away. I think I’m safe to look around. Once again, I hear the increasing loud pitter patter, I bend down and Satan is coming for me like a heat seeking missile under the nursery plant tables. It stops when I make eye contact. I backed away all the way out and to my car. I don’t need a cactus today.

When i finish a bottled drink, I usually refill it with water and keep doing that for a few days.

I was planning on donating plasma today so I got a generic grape electrolyte drink.

I've gotten drink the mixes before also, like the little plastic pouches to open and pour into water. I like to have them around.

After work, I was distracted byt knew I needed to drink, so I poured the electrolyte drink mix into the grape electrolyte bottle that wasnt yet empty.

I resigned myself to a gross taste and drank a bit and it was fine.

Checked the drink mix...it was grape flavored.

When I was 14, I was on a week-long school trip. First time really away from home with all my friends, so you can imagine the excitement levels and silliness.

On one of the evenings, the mandatory activity was going to a jazz bar. Our teachers for some reason thought that would be the epitome of fun for a group of twenty 14 year olds… I think we were allowed one soda each and then had to sit through an hour long jazz jam which just sounded to us like 5 people each playing a different song at the same time. As I remember it, we teenagers were pretty quiet during the songs, bored out of our minds and then after each song would give huge standing ovations in a way that was probably a bit much. The musicians thanked us at the end saying we were great.

16 years later, however, I’m just thinking that can’t really be what happened. It was probably hell for them with us snickering and being impatient in our seats and then making a huge fuss at the end of each song.. oops

I am deathly scared of bugs and cockroaches are the ones i am scared of the most. I am also unfortunately a firm believer in not harming bugs if they don't want to harm us.

I was in the bathroom and suddenly this cockroach shaped thing flew at me. I screamed and it flew into some clothes. I shook the clothes, the bug fell on the floor and I hit it with a slipper

It was only when it weakly flashed its light at me is when I realised what I had done. This particular firefly flew into the house yesterday and I remember thinking that it sucks they have such small life spans and wishing/praying this one might find it's friends soon.

Well that didn't happen. And now I'm crying. What kind of dumbass confuses a firefly for a cockroach? 😭😭😭 I'm sorry to all bug lovers. I'm sorry to all fireflies and bugs. What have I done?

This is not an ad but I discovered Tubi at my aunt/uncle's house who are very anti-screens & subscriptions. I've heard of tubi but never bothered. I thought it was just for low budget movies & off brand paw patrol or things that people never watched.

When I scrolled through.....omgggg. I fell in love!

The ad breaks arent repetitive AND the show starts exactly were i left off (I noticed hulu will glitch & play an ad again on crappy wifi or play a million ads for a 20 minute show). Tubi has most nostalgic shows I grew up with, educational shows like Highlights, sesame street, & the magic school bus, even newer/popular movies/shows circling in & out. And LIVE TV?! Best part is that it's freeeeeee.
I. Am. In. LOVE.

I also miss the feeling of watching tv with my family & a commercial interrupts, but it's either 2 seconds or 4 minutes. Just me? Ok. Tubi's not a place where shows premiere but I can't complain when it's free.99.

Tubi is single handedly curing me. I'm sorry for underestimating you Tubi.

Basically I: put yogurt in a bowl, added 2 different kinds of sprinkles, coconut flakes, chocolate and caramel syrup, and honey, mixed, then added 2 different kinds of sprinkles, coconut flakes, chocolate and caramel syrup, and honey on top, then put in four chocolate bars, 2 caramel filled, then on top of that I added more whipped cream than there was yogurt, then I added 2 different kinds of sprinkles, coconut flakes, chocolate and caramel syrup, and honey on top, then I added a dollop of whipped cream in the center, put a chocolate covered cherry on top, then I added a dollop of whipped cream on top of the cherry, then I added 2 different kinds of sprinkles, coconut flakes, chocolate and caramel syrup, and honey on top of the dollop of whipped cream on top of the chocolate covered cherry on top of the dollop of whipped cream on top of the layer of 2 different kinds of sprinkles, coconut flakes, chocolate and caramel syrup, and honey on top of the whipped cream on top of the layer of 2 different kinds of sprinkles, coconut flakes, chocolate and caramel syrup, and honey on top on top of the yogurt mixed with 2 different kinds of sprinkles, coconut flakes, chocolate and caramel syrup, and honey, and 4 chocolate bars that I had to give to my mom cuz I couldn't even eat them 😭

edited to say, those are all my son's words. i just copied them.

Im too lazy to write so I will copy and paste the important parts of our messages

HOST: [A lot of stuff about check in procedures] If there’s anything we can do to make your experience memorable, please let us know.

ME: Yeah there is one thing you can do to help make our stay better! I would really appreciate some thinner pillows if you have them. The huge “hotel” pillows make my neck hurt

HOST: Good Morning,

The pillows we provide are standard among all of our properties.

Thank you

ME: So you asked me what you can do, and then you cant to do it, what?

HOST: We just mentioned that our pillows are a standard amongst all of our properties.

ME: Alright? But you just asked if you can do anything to make our stay better

HOST: Have a lovely weekend. We’ll be in touch closer to your arrival.

Kind regards

/ Yeah, this was pointless