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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Miscarriage: Labor and Delivery and Saying Goodbye
However, if you're dealing with the loss of a baby during pregnancy, I'm sharing this for you as well as for my own healing. I pray you find peace and comfort during this hard time.
Last Friday, the morning after we found out our sweet baby stopped growing at our monthly check up at my midwife's office and the shock sort of wore off a bit, I began the process of saying goodbye to our baby and letting go.
Almost immediately, I began cramping intermittently and lightly spotting, but it wasn't until five days later and many repetitions to just let go that I delivered our tiny, precious little one into my hands after an hour of moderate-intensity labor-like cramps and contractions.
The birth of our 10 week and 5 day old baby at 12 weeks of pregnancy was quite a bit like labor and delivery had been with my two boys but with less intensity pain-wise. It was nothing like the two early first trimester losses at 5 and 7 weeks; those were like heavy periods.
I really wanted to labor and birth our baby at home for a few reasons even though I knew the baby would not be born alive.
First, I wanted to give my body an opportunity to let go instead of just having the baby and placenta removed by the d and c procedure that's pretty common during miscarriage. It was really important for me to not send my body into shock. I wanted my body to realize we needed to let go both emotionally and physically.
Second, I really wanted to deliver my baby. I spent nearly 11 weeks growing this baby and loving this baby and I carried this baby for 12 weeks and a few days. I needed to honor this baby's time with us and with me in particular by birthing him or her. And I needed to say goodbye.
We were granted all of that in that in unlikely grace.
My labor began around 3:45 and peaked at 4:50 p.m. when the baby was born into my hands. For baby only spanning the length of my pinky finger, I was surprised at how large the sac was -- about the size of a large grapefruit.
The baby itself was perfect and tiny. Little toes and tiny fingers were formed and baby looked small and delicate, just how I'd imagined.
About ten minutes after I birthed the baby, I began delivering pieces of placenta every ten minutes. After about an hour of delivering placenta pieces and passing blood clots, we noticed that the bleeding increased from a dripping faucet to a leaking faucet. At that point, when my midwife could not assess the blood loss via phone, we left our two boys with my mom and headed for the emergency room.
After being assessed at the ER and continuing to bleed, I was hooked up to a fluid IV and transported to a full-service ER where the on-call OB-GYN met us, listened to our story, checked me out and found that the bleeding hadn't stopped because my uterus was still retaining pieces of the placenta. My sweet in-laws met us there and began asking friends and family for prayer as my husband put out a plea on Facebook and via text message.
The OB explained that some women are able to complete a miscarriage without a d and c, but sometimes the body has a hard time expelling everything because mechanisms that are in place after a full-term birth are not necessarily activated during a miscarriage -- nursing for instance is one way the uterus is stimulated and activated to help expel the placenta; I obviously had no nursling. She also explained a few other reasons, but I was spacey and loopy from blood loss so I don't remember enough to explain well.
I'm thankful for medicine and doctors and surgery especially when it's needed, and though I didn't want to have a d and c, I listened to what my body was saying and knew it would help. I was tired and growing weaker.
I explained my concerns to the OB, and she was an amazing listener. I shared with her that we weren't sure if wanted to have another baby in the future, so we were concerned with my uterus' health and I shared that I was nervous about anesthesia.
So she went above and beyond to make sure I really needed the procedure. She actually scheduled an ultrasound so she could confirm pieces were still stuck inside the uterus before we went to the operating room.
And because there were rather large pieces still stuck in combination with the heavy bleeding, we agreed that a specific kind of d and c would be fitting in this situation; I then went straight to the OR for an ultra-sound guided d and c using suction and no scraping. A normal d and c, she'd explained, is often completed by feeling around inside the uterus and gently scraping pieces away from the uterus.
For experiencing something so sad and unpleasant as the loss of a baby during pregnancy, I felt God sent us a huge gift in having her be the on-call doctor. Her extra care and commitment to detail as well as her compassion were extremely helpful and healing.
Another amazing gift of mercy was when John's parents' friend from their neighborhood found out I was going in for an emergency d and c, she offered to come to the hospital and be with me during the procedure; she's a OR nurse at the hospital I'd been taken to, and though she'd never met me she offered to come be the hands and feet of Christ to me during a really stressful time.
Our friends and family have also been extraordinarily helpful and supportive, covering us with prayer from the very first night we found our baby had passed away to meeting our needs tangibly when all we could do was cry and process. The intercessions from the hearts of our friends and family were heard, and God showed us His love and His mercy and grace through the sending of the right people during our time of loss and suffering.
Though last night was a really difficult night for my whole family, I'm not sure I would have done much differently in hindsight. It was really healing for me to have the moments with my baby and to have delivered that baby I loved and grew and carried for nearly an entire first trimester.
I needed that closure.
I also overwhelmingly felt the strong urge to name this baby, and we've picked out names for our little one; we'll share with family and friends after we find out our baby's gender; my midwife picked up the baby this morning so we could run some tests to determine anything possible. At first, I was sort of sad that we wouldn't bury the baby, but I know our baby's soul is already with our Maker. Likely we'll plant a tree or bush in baby's memory once spring arrives -- beauty springing forth out of the soil and ashes.
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You are so very brave.ReplyDelete
Oh Hy, I'm weeping with you.ReplyDelete
My heart aches for you Hyacynth. I feel like there is nothing that I can say to instantly make you feel better. Please know that I am here to help you. Just say the word. Hugs.ReplyDelete
I am so glad you felt covered in prayer. You are an amazing woman, I continue to pray for you and your family.ReplyDelete
Hyacynth - I applaud you for your bravery in sharing your experience here on the blog. Your willingness to share your loss is likely to bring peace and comfort to others. I have been and will continue to brave for you and your family during this difficult time.ReplyDelete
Hyacynth-I wish I could meet you personally. You give a great gift in your transparency and vulnerability. Bless you and your family!ReplyDelete
I understand the need to process your loss, and I understand how writing can help you process. You did a beautiful job describing this part of your journey with your baby. While this is helpful for you now, I think you've also given yourself a gift for your future --- an ability to revisit your time with your baby through your writings. I pray that peace will envelope you, and that you truly feel God's presence and love in your life as you heal, grieve, and move forward.ReplyDelete
- libby@ninesandquinesMarch 14, 2013 at 6:14 PM
Bless you dear friend...xoxoxoReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing your heartbreaking yet touching story...praying for you during this time.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing Hy. The ladies have been asking how you were doing. Now I can tell them. . :))ReplyDelete
So sorry for your loss. You are courageous to share your experience so soon after your loss. I struggled to let go and needed a long time to process everything when we had our last couple of losses in 2004 and 2005.ReplyDelete
I love you, my friend.ReplyDelete
Oh how I see theLord's grace and Hand in this story. Love you, friend. I am so sorry for your loss. <3ReplyDelete
Thank God for the caring doctor and the loving nurse. May God cradle you in the palm of his hand and soothe your pain.ReplyDelete
Thank you for your wording in this articl. I came to the truth through my own birth that occurred at 11 weeks of pregnancy. I just journaled my realization that I didn't miscarry a ball of tissue but rather labored and birthed a child that is now with God. Your words are in line with what my heart told me as soon as I saw my baby.ReplyDelete
I am currently going through this at 20 weeks pregnant. this is the most severe pain I've ever experienced emotional and your story has helped me see that it does get better. I will birth my baby in a few days and I don't know if I'm strong enough I just feel so much grief and heartache. He has a name and a crib and clothes waiting for him at home that he will never get a chance to see I feel like I can't function for the last five months it's just been about my little Elisha and now he's gone but thank you for sharing your story it has eased my pain just a fraction and writing about him feels therapeuticReplyDeleteReplies
- NicoleJune 5, 2016 at 9:36 PM
I am also going through this currently. I am so SO sorry. Your little Elisha and our little Hope and Hy's little one are all in the glorious presence of Jesus- and He takes amazing care of all His children :). I don't know were you are spiritually, but if you have trusted Jesus with your life, don't worry- you don't have to be strong enough! God is strong when you are weak and Paul even says it is better to be weak so God can be strong in us. "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong."Delete
I am so so sorry for what you are going through. I know this is all after the fact, but know that we are mourning with you.
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Here you will find my experiences as I go through my 10-week cadaver lab course in order to continue on to my graduate classes. I'm sure that there will be highs and lows, curiosity, excitement, disgust, and gratitude all along the way. I will be posting about my experiences at least once a week. Please share with anyone YOU know might be going through a cadaver lab in the present, future, or even the past (or just other curious minds). Here's to science!
Week 1: May 21 – 25
I have officially finished week 1 of gross anatomy. Only 9 more to go!
I must say, I'm not sure if I have ever been more overwhelmed than I was this week (and still am). We learn 1 unit a day and dissect 1-2 times a week. Don't be fooled by the word "unit" though, that's an entire area of the body covered with muscles, nerves, insertions, origins, blood supply, fibers, fascia, and so much more.
The first day I dissected was one of the most interesting and disgusting things that I have ever done. Let's just say that all bodies are different and my cadaver had a little bit more fat than was desirable for dissection. On the first day I cut into the back and the back of the head, pulled back the skin, dug out all the fat, and
finally got to the superficial back muscles.
I must add that this is an experience of a lifetime and I am so blessed to be able to learn and am thankful for each and every person who donates their body to science.
As the days went on, I got more and more comfortable with my cadaver and was able to start actually learning instead of just focusing on staying conscious. This will, by far, be the most difficult class I will ever take, but I have to believe that if God brought me to it, He will bring me through it.
Luckily we have 2 free tutoring sessions a week and are able to schedule more for a low cost if needed. I knew this class was going to be a lot of work, but I think I seriously underestimated how much I'd have to put into it.
AND now it's time to be super vulnerable with y'all. I found out that 2 people from my program already had to leave for the summer and won't be able to continue the program until they pass the class in summer of 2019. I may
or may not have had a small freak-out where I ran to my room and immediately texted my boyfriend and mom about how scared I was for that to happen to me. Being scared is so easy sometimes, and letting fear take control of our life will get us absolutely nowhere. You can convince your mind of anything when you let fear take control.
Soo… right here, right now I'm going to take control of my summer by putting forth all the effort I possibly can without driving myself completely insane. There will be no sleepless nights or skipped meals, we must remind ourselves that we have to be healthy in order to succeed.
Now, it's time for me to go do some deep breathing exercises and get some good, rejuvenating sleep. Here's to another hectic, but amazing, week.
Week 2 & 3: May 28 – June 8
Wow. As you saw in my previous post from week 1, gross anatomy has been keeping me busy! Between class, studying, dissections, and work, I feel like I only have extra time to sleep, eat, and watch the occasional Psych episode.
Last week was incredibly overwhelming. We had 2 lectures one day because we had a prosection instead of a dissection. (prosection: already dissected). Having 2 lectures in one day means DOUBLE the information that needs to be memorized for the exam which means DOUBLE the stress moving forward. Thankfully the past entire week was solely devoted to studying whenever possible.
We dissected the rest of the back, the chest up until the abdomen, and the neck. I was really nervous about dissecting the neck because the closer to the head we got, the more nervous I got. The head just makes it all the more real. Luckily after a few days of dissection and studying the neck, I am now alright with seeing the head and am getting more comfortable for further dissection, though of course the face will still be s struggle at first. I'm going to have to be okay with it by the end of June because thats when I have to dissect the eye out of the eye socket…
Then I spent 5 solid hours in exams yesterday and completed my first gross exam!!! Only 3 more exams to go & 7 more weeks, here we goooo!!!
Week 4 – 7 : June 11 – July 6
Wow, again. Wow.
I promise you that I had all the right intentions with this gross anatomy journal. I was planning on writing at the end of every single week with the experiences of the highs and lows of lab and life surrounding it, but that obviously has not happened.
This class is a LOT of work that should not be underestimated. It's hard for me to even think back to what I did during week 4 and 5. It's so hard, that I'm actually going to have to look at my syllabus to remember what week was what.
Week 4 and half of week 5 I dissected the lower neck, armpit area, arm, forearm, and hand. This was by far my favorite section so far. I thought that the arms and hands were incredibly interesting and I actually enjoyed learning about them and going into lab to study them! It's so neat that you can pull on a tendon in the forearm and move a finger. It really makes you think more about how the body works like a machine that needs multiple parts in order to work correctly.
The later half of week 5 and all of week 6 was focused on the skull, face, and eye region. This was by far my least favorite section so far, and I assume it will always remain in last place. The face is really hard to disconnect yourself from. It makes the person seem fully human, which they are, but theres a certain amount of disconnectedness you need in order to dissect a human body. I had finally mastered this disconnectedness during the arm and hand sections, but when we hit the face I was full-out panic. Not only is the face incredibly human, it is also completely irrelevant. If I am ever cutting into someone's face as an OT, then I am probably doing something wrong and won't ever be a practicing OT again due to law suits and jail-time. And don't even get me started about the eye and its muscles. Looking at the eye muscles from inside the skull and poking at the eye to see the muscles, an eye that is deflated and discolored by the way, is not a site that anyone should ever have to see.
Then on for week 7, this week, which is only half-way over. This week we dissected the pharynx, larynx, and tongue so far. Also gross- but not as bad as the eye because by now the entire skull is cut in half in a sagittal plane. It no longer seems human which makes studying a little bit easier now. Tomorrow and Friday I will be studying the abdomen, stomach, and intestines… and for some odd reason they throw in skinning the testicles tomorrow too. Let me just say, watch out guys… because every girl in gross anatomy is going to know how to do that by the end of the day tomorrow.
On that note, I need to leave for my tutoring session in the lab. 2 tests down, 2 to go. Phew.. Happy holiday!
End of week 7.
Today I dissected the peritoneal cavity – meaning the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, spleen, etc. Our lecture was 2 hours long and lab was 3. Usually lecture is 1 hour and lab is 2.. which if you do the math means that class alone was 2 hours longer than usual, not including tutoring and studying afterwards. It was a long day, but not only because of the length of time in the lab.
The body that we have for this exam (we switch bodies after each exam) is quite troubling. She has things that there shouldn't be, or doesn't have things that there should be, and she is so tiny that we can barely study the muscles because they're all paper-thin and fused together. At the beginning of the course I was frustrated with the amount of fat the first body had, and now I'm wishing she had more.
For example, today we ran into a few difficulties. She had massive scar tissue surrounding her arteries which made them incredibly difficult to find. We had to have a professor come and help us find them, since we are usually not supposed to use scalpels when finding the arteries so that we don't accidentally cut through them (since we don't know where we are looking because this is the first time we've ever dissected a human body….) BUT the scar tissue was so thick that a scalpel was a must.
After exposing the arteries, we realized that something was wrong. (side note: most of the bodies are infused with latex which is exposed in the arteries) There was an explosion of latex inside the cavity which filled all of what would have been open space. One of the important arteries that we need to study exploded and latex went everywhere.. once again we had to have a professor come over and help us clear it out and figure out which artery exploded. So, these two things made it difficult to study because they weren't how they should have been. This seems to have been the case the entire time we've had this body. Things just aren't as they should be.. which makes learning them difficult as this body probably would have been better suited for a professional. But hey – it's all about learning.
Now you're probably wondering where the title of this post comes in. HERE! We were "appreciating" the small intestine (which actually looks huge) and noticed that the jejunum (first part of the small intestine) did not appear to have the coverings that it should. We asked our professor to come over again and she looked at it and said "hmm, that's not right!" Oh great, here we go again…
It turns out that what should have been a smooth substance was actually rough and inconsistent. Answer: cancer sells. She had cancer cells all over part of her small intestine. I've always heard of cancer cells, as most of us unfortunately have, but I didn't picture them to look like how they did. For some reason, in my head, I pictured cancer cells to be microscopic. They're much bigger than I thought. Today I held cancer in my hand, and for the first time it clicked just how awful cancer is. Of course I thought it was awful before, but after having the reality of holding it in my hand the thought of it got so much worse. To think that the body can grow that inside of you, multiply, and take control is absolutely frightening. It gives the body so much power and makes us lose control.
Unfortunately this post isn't ending on a happy note, but I must say that I am incredibly grateful for the body that I have been studying on. I'm glad she is no longer suffering from the pain that was inside her and that we get to study and see first-hand things that most people never get to study.
The Last Few Weeks:
The last few weeks of this class were awesome but incredibly stressful. I don't have much to say considering I'm writing this much later. I will say that I spent my entire life those last few weeks studying my brains out. Overall I'm so thankful for the experience and I've learned more than I ever could have imagined!

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Two years ago in early June, Ript co-founders Matt Ingleby (managing partner), TJ Mapes (director of technology), and Paul Friemel (design director) were roadtripping to visit an old friend in their Iowa hometown of Bettendorf. While en route, their conversation winded to starting their own T-shirt startup company -- a sort of hybrid of Groupon and Threadless.
Here's how it works: Everyday, the site lists a new T-shirt with an original design from a different artist. Customers have until midnight to decide if they want to snatch it up, and it only costs $10. Unlike Threadless -- who owns the designs outright -- one of those dollars goes to the artist. Like Groupon, the model has been a huge success: The trio just quit their day jobs and as of this week are now running Ript full-time.
To get a better understanding of Ript and how it works, why it works so well, and where they go from here, I called the three of them at their Friemel's home office.
So now that you've gone full-time, how has your setup changed?
Matt Ingleby: Well, before we basically all just worked from home. We would meet once a week, every Monday night, for three to four, sometimes up to five hours. In those meetings we would select artwork for the upcoming week, talk about promotions we wanted to run, social media, and any other issues or improvements we could think of for the site. And then beyond that we worked from home, worked during our commutes, things like that.
Currently right now we're all in Paul's living room. There's a dining-room table we're all set up at. We're looking for office space currently. Yesterday we looked at a few places, and today we're looking for some more. That's kinda the next step for us.
What made you decide to go full-time? How long have you been considering it, and why did you pick this week?
MI: I think the main reason we decided to do it was the company is basically making enough money for us to support ourselves with what we were getting at our full-time jobs. At the same time, the workload was becoming far, far too great. It was becoming too much for us to work full-time and work on Ript at the same time. It would have been great to have double salaries, of course, but it wasn't feasible in the long run. The three of us, all being in the same room together and focus when we need to, and not just on a four-hour period on a Monday we figured we can drive sales even higher and hopefully eventually get back to the double-salary number we were at before.
But at the same time, to clarify, we weren't taking money out of the company while we had our full-time jobs. We kept everything in there so we could re-invest. Right now we're working on a new back-end of our website. We wanted to have the cash, and now have the cushion and feel like we can make investments that we want.
Paul Friemel: The goal was always to go full-time. But it was a matter of when we'd be able to. We had a road map since we started and it's been pretty accurate thus far.
When most people in Chicago think of T-shirt companies, they think of Threadless. How crowded or open do you feel the market is for T-shirt sellers? Is it overly saturated or hard to get noticed?
PF: We might all answer that a little differently, but people in Chicago think so. But people on the Internet, in general, we have our own following and our own circle. It's kind of a different world from Threadless is doing just based on how we sell the shirts.
TJ: The model separates us for sure. I know I personally follow the founders of Threadless and the company in general, and they're always an inspiration. Even though we're not doing the same thing.
MI: I think within the past month or two I've found the best way to describe what we do. We're kind of like Threadless meets Groupon, because we do artist designs but then we do one a day. But when you describe it that way, it's cool that both Threadless and Groupon are Chicago companies. I think it's interesting that's the best way to describe exactly what we do.
You guys didn't invent the product-a-day model for online sellers -- woot.com certainly comes to mind -- but I'm curious how you guys arrived at it for Ript.
MI: Basically seeing a site like woot.com, to be honest. I was in inventory management, so my job was always to make sure I had product necessary but not too much product. So when I saw a site like shirt.woot.com, my initial thought was, "Well, this is perfect if they wait to print all the shirts until after they sell them. Then they're not carrying any inventory." They're only printing what's sold, and they're never going to have to do markdowns to get rid of stuff.
How often do you run into demand surpassing supply? Does that ever happen?
MI: Yeah, it does. The good thing is we carry a decent level of blank shirts. Shirts that aren't printed yet. When we get our sales everyday, we send the order to our printer and they print every single one for us. If we over-sold, say, a gray shirt and sell 15 more than we have, our supplier can get it there the next day. So there can be a delay if we oversell, but it's only really a day or two additional to our normal turnover time.
PF: It's not like we print a set amount of shirts everyday. It's determined by what's sold.
Are you able to predict what designs are going to be runaway successes as opposed to just ones that sell respectably?
PF: We're getting much better at it after two years. There's definitely skill involved in guessing what's going to sell, but it's definitely a lot of guesswork. There are some things that are obvious slam-dunks. We've been surprised in both directions here and there.
MI: There are probably some we haven't printed that would have blown our minds. It's really hard to know. The thing is that everyone who comes to our site has such diverse interests. They like things that we know nothing about. It's hard to even know. It's hit or miss. Lately we've taken the approach of, let's just try it. We don't want to miss out on those opportunities. If it ends up failing, we can use it to figure out what makes us lose traction.
What ideas have you tried that have been less successful?
TM: Probably not too many, but there have been a couple I guess. We tried to do a couple things with bands, as sponsors.
PF: I think we did the wrong bands, though. We're a little bigger now, so if we tried it again later down the road, we might be able to get the right group involved.
MI: The thing about that, though, was it was just one day's sales. And to Paul's point, we weren't very big when we did it. So in the grand scheme we weren't making a lot of money so it wouldn't have been huge if it did well anyway. But I'm sure we had some other failures.
PF: We've had a few, but they're insignificant compared to the successes because I can't even remember them in all honesty.
TM: We did some promotions that we tried to do that just didn't work out.
MI: There's always been a saying: "If you fail in Internet marketing, it's all right because no one really knows." Everything changes so quickly.
How do you think you guys have been able to grow so quickly in two years?
MI: One of the things we didn't really talk about for this is social media. Most of our growth is off that. We've never really paid for advertising. There was one site maybe we paid a hundred bucks a month to, but other than that our growth is off Facebook, Twitter, and contacting blogs and Tumblr. I think that's pretty impressive. That's how we've grown as a company.
When we started this two years ago, we just put a thousand dollars each into the company. After two years of hard work, we've finally been able to do this.


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Happy World Camera Day everyone! People are taking more pictures than ever before. It's been estimated that in the past
five years, more photos have been taken than all the prior years combined, but …….do you know what the symbols on your camera actually mean?
Since taking photos is such an important part of any vacation or travel experience, I thought you'd be interested in the Camera Infographic that our friends at Teletext Holidays put together.
The infographic walks through all the different modes you find on a digital camera, and explains in simple terms what each one does - as digital camera's these days are super-complex. To check it out, visit http://www.teletextholidays.co.uk/blog/do-you-know-your-camera-modes/


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I appear not to be blogging a lot this week. I'll try to get back in the swing of things tomorrow, and I'll do my best to get the Satori awarded this week (the list is down to four--when I hit three, I'll announce). Meantime, if you wish to do any lobbying, now's the time. Logsdon has gotten the most love, but Bend, Boneyard, and Burnside have their adherents.
Anyway, I hope you're taking it slow, too. A belated happy holidays--
Update: A tweet from Ft George produces a minor flood of email votes. 1811 rising!
Monday, December 26, 2011
Slow Blogging
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My vote is for Logsdon Seizoen Bretta. I really like the aggressive nature it has. Then again, one of my favorite brews is Astoria Bitter Bitch. Guess I just like a beer that makes my mouth tingle a bit...ReplyDelete
I see Laurelwood is lobbying for votes, as well. It's a popularity contest now.ReplyDelete
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Installing the Olsson Block
- Unscrew the set screw most of the way out of the Olsson block. Installing the block with the screw all the way in often results in a bound up screw and a tilted block.
- Screw the Olsson block into the hot end isolator. Note that now the entire block can be rotated to mount it into the print head, as opposed to the hot end isolator being turned using the screwdriver.
- Make sure the hot end isolator just covers the screw-thread of the Olsson block; there should be a small gap and they should not touch each other.
Ultimaker 3 Maintenance Kit
- Overview
- Clean the printer
- Lubricate the axles
- Check for play on axles
- Check the tension of the short belts
- Check for residue in the front fan of the print head
- Check the quality of the silicone cover
- Lubricate the lead screw of the Z motor
- How to use cleaning filament
- Clean the feeders
- Replace the Bowden tubes
- Repairs
- Advanced 3D Printing Kit for Ultimaker 3
Ultimaker 2+ Maintenance Kit
- Overview
- Maintenance
- Repairs
Extrusion upgrade
Extrusion upgrade
- Installing the Extrusion Upgrade kit
- Removing the cable cover
- Loosening the electronics
- Disconnecting the cables
- Replacing the feeder
- Replacing the build plate clamps
- Removing the print head
- Installing the new print head
- The bowden tube
- Guiding the cables
- Connecting the cables
- Attaching the main board
- Attaching the cable cover
- Aligning the axles
- Firmware and bed leveling
- Completing the upgrade
- Extrusion upgrade
- Advanced 3D Printing Kit for Ultimaker 2+
- Olsson block upgrade
Dual Extrusion kit
- Disassembly
- Print head
- Feeder
- Calibration


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Supplies used in Rosemary Buczek's DVD
Gilding & Painting The Illuminated Letter
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N33. Haff (Thomas Hoyer) Ruling Pen. A fine crafted, traditional ruling pen. 5"; nickel-plated tool steel alloy. From Germany. Thomas Hoyer has introduced the tool at several conferences and workshops in the USA and Europe. He and others use this ruling pen for expressive lettering. Rosemary Buczek uses a traditional ruling pen like this for drawing lines. $22.50
S478. Double Ended Ball Stylus. Two tips with different sized balls. Judy Melvin uses this tool in her "Walnut and Sumi Inks & Embossing" technique described in Art Expose (B3044, $14.95). Rosemary Buczek uses it to score patterns in the gold. $2.99
S892. Instacoll (gold size) Yellow color. 100ml.
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S194. Dogtooth (Agate) burnisher. This small burnisher is crafted for us in Germany. It's great for a variety of burnishing needs. $32.00
S613. Triangle. Used as a straight edge with Haff Ruling Pen to outline gold size. $4.95
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WN137. Cerulean Blue. (AA) $11.30
WN348. Lemon Yellow Deep (AA). $10.10
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WN466. Permanent Alizarin Crimson (A). $11.30
WN094. Cadmium Red (A). $13.25
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PS47-SM. Arches Hot Press 90lb watercolor paper. 9"x12". One sheets. $2.50
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Trip Planning
The following pages are for teachers, administrators, club leaders and other adults looking to bring a group of youth to CELP.
TO VIEW AND DOWNLOAD A CELP BROCHURE, CLICK HERE → CELP Brochure Spring 2020
Who Comes to CELP?
CELP hosts a range of group types. While a majority of groups are school-affiliated, we also host various special interest groups, clubs, troupes, church youth groups, after-school programs, and special-needs groups. The following list outlines who comes to CELP:
- Groups of youth in grades 4 through 12
- Groups ranging from 12 to 130 participants.
- Groups of youth accompanied by adult chaperones.
- Groups looking for a hands-on, experiential outdoor education program.
In addition to our education program:
- CELP offers volunteer service learning programs for groups of all ages.
- Recreational user groups can rent our camp facility for spring and fall weekend programs.
- Catalina Island Camps operates a traditional summer camp for youth entering grades 2nd to 11th.
Please CONTACT US if you have any questions or would like to plan a visit.
When Does CELP Operate?
CELP operates Monday through Friday for spring and fall programs. Below is an overview of our seasons:
- Spring programs begin in mid-March and end in early June
- Fall programs begin early September and end mid-November
Spaces are limited, so contact us early to check on program availability!
Plan a Visit
We work closely with trip leaders to ensure a smooth planning process.
- The first step in the planning process is to contact us to discuss program availability. We currently have openings for both spring and fall programs. If the desired dates are unavailable, groups will be offered alternate dates or put on our waiting list.
- Groups have the opportunity to choose between 3 and 5-day programs, arriving on a Monday or a Wednesday, departing on a Wednesday or a Friday.
- Once program dates have been established, a group will be sent a contract as well as a school handbook that outlines the trip planning process.
- Depending on the length of stay, groups are scheduled a certain number of Core Activities, each designed to connect students to a marine, terrestrial or human aspect of the environment. In addition to the Core Activities, schools choose from a list of Elective Activities to round out their CELP experience. Check out our Program offerings.
- Our staff will guide you along the way, outlining what information will be needed by our office, what to send to students, parents and chaperones, and what to bring with you to the island.
- CELP arranges the boat ferry transportation to and from the island. Groups will depart out of the Catalina Express ferry terminal in either San Pedro or Long Beach, California. Ferry trips generally last an hour and fifteen minutes. You will be given boat times well in advance to help in your planning.
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I'm just about jumping out of my skin. I had my first good night's sleep in eleven days, so I'm feeling rested. I've been waking up around 4-5am, which is not the norm for me. I've never been a morning person, though when I first moved into my beloved flat I became one of those morning people. I'd brew a coffee, take it out onto my balcony and look out on the morning. I'd managed to draw a line between happiness and appreciation – a thickly painted line, slapped on with a wide, bristly brush and broad, unsteady strokes. I'd fill my lungs with air, celebrating the beauty and freedom of breath.
Every Saturday, I'd walk to the bakery where I'd treat myself to one
or three of these great big, hunking German doughnuts called Berliners. I'd have a chat to the bakery dude and toddle off home to warm my doughnut (not a euphemism), then I'd sit down with the weekend papers and a cuppa. I'll admit it – I'm a girl who respects ritual.
For the two years or so I was high, I slept and became a shadow of myself. I sliced myself thin as I burrowed my way further down the rabbit hole. I wasn't achieving anything because being high precludes you from being productive in any way, shape or form. They were wasted years, and years I didn't have the right to waste. I've been on borrowed time since I had my transplant. I know that. But now that I'm off the gear, I've been wondering if this is what my life will be like now. Is this what my life would have been like had I not been addicted to drugs? Early mornings full of joy instead of the dread of where my next hit was coming from, believing that the drugs were somehow helping me? The drugs did help for a time when I was using them for legitimate pain, but before I knew it they owned me and it was like taking out a loan I could never repay.
My pleasure senses were dulled to the point where I just wanted to take my next pill, and I was suffering – truly suffering – from anhedonia, which is when your pleasure receptors basically switch off. My brain wanted what my brain wanted, and that was more of the same. There was littlejoy, no moments of natural euphoria and I was constantly exhausted. I couldn't write. I had trouble reading.
When I was rationing tablets in Barcaldine in 2013 and getting restless limbs/akathisia, I knew I needed help. I started researching what drugs do to your brain. After all, I was already well aware what they had done to my spirit. I looked at Narcotics Anonymous, and worked out it wasn't for me. I found my addiction therapy doctor, started opiate antagonist therapy, and the rest is history.
I've mentioned this before, but when I did my TEDx talk last year, I was unable to memorise my twenty minute speech. For someone with a near photographic memory, that was quite distressing. My brain was recovering from drug abuse, and I still don't know how much they have impacted my brain function. I had some pretty hairy moments when I'd taken too much oxycodone and my respiratory system became depressed. I'd have heart palpitations, and one day I had to give myself CPR for about twenty minutes after I had overdosed. I was in acute tachycardia and I didn't know if my heart had been damaged. It still shocks me that I'm not an overdose statistic.
For me, having a terminal illness gave me an acute absence of fear. I grew up fearless, loud and fierce, and I took more risks because a terminal illness is like having permission slip to engage in risk taking behaviours. It's well documented that people with a life-limiting illness take more risks than people who don't have a closer 'use by date'. There's a sub-culture of the fearless; tattoos, collecting exotic pets, dangerous friends and dangerous habits. I know a lot of people with illness who favour driving fast cars and adrenalin sports. But you also seek your own truth and authenticity, which is far more admirable. It's that whole, 'do no harm but take no shit' dictum.
I've been asking and answering a lot of questions about myself of late – a little introspection, if you will. Ruminating over what my life would or could have been like had my addiction not consumed me. But it did, and I've never been one for having regrets. For me, they're lessons. Regrets stifle your present and paralyse your future.
And another lesson – age is a privilege. I turn 39 tomorrow. Every extra year has been such a gift, and I'm revelling in moving on with life armed with respect, gratitude, boundaries and a sense of responsibility to NOT FUCK THIS UP. The good news is that I can't see that happening because I'm in the midst of a passionate and fervid affair with my life, my friends and family, my writing and my work. Speaking of friends, on Sunday night, I went out with three of my nearest and dearest – one friend I went to both primary and high school with. It was pretty bloody special.
Tomorrow I'm driving down to my friend's farm in northern New South Wales where we will celebrate my birthday and turn the sod for the new year. The silence, being in nature, that grasp of acuity, the cattle, and the trees embroidered with birdlife seem to be a panacea for city life. And just so you know, I'm not into resolutions – I'm into revolutions. At the end of the day, we are the product of our choices.
Have a Happy New Year, one and all. Big, BIG love. Oh, and here's a little poem I wrote back in 2004 on the day I left Canada to travel to see my friend artist George Bleich in Carmel-By-The-Sea. Here we are back in 2004 and here is my tree, The Lone Cypress. Now that's another story …
Firs only sleep
when branches draped in white
fall with frigid arms, then pitch upward like an angry child
when the sun passes through them like a mood;
never knowing to swing a bitter heat to pat down the ground below
Firs only sleep
when concrete skies close over like a skullcap.
The sky yields to a day hue,
leading to kingfisher blue skies
peppered with stars and Luna
until the spring, when they are free.


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Or is this just a narcissistic delusion?
I have posted at some length about the problem of relativism in aesthetics, which turns out to be very similar to the problem of relativism in ethics. Here, here and here are a set of three posts on aesthetics taking my cue from the writings of the philosopher David Hume.
I don't intend to take the discussion any further than I did in those three rather lengthy posts. I think I have clarified the issue enough for my purposes. But let me just pull out a couple of fundamentals. The most brilliant counter to relativism in ethics was a comment by Bertrand Russell that I quoted in the first Hume post. He said:
"I cannot see how to refute the arguments for the subjectivity of ethical values, but I find myself incapable of believing that all that is wrong with wanton cruelty is that I don't like it."Hume, however, did, I think, give some pretty good arguments refuting the absolute relativism of aesthetic judgment, which I discuss in those posts. The bottom line is that objective aesthetic judgement is possible if the critic is knowledgable, experienced and has the delicacy of perception necessary. All sorts of biases can interfere with true judgment, so the critic must be careful to avoid any hindrance or distraction, most of all coming from his own biases. There is a sound foundation to all aesthetic appreciation, which lies in the universal nature of human sentiment and the human organs of perception. We all have approximately the same ears and the same brain, though we differ in the details. Some have more acute hearing than others, but for the most part, the differences in hearing are due to variations in our ability to listen. With ear training our listening skills are improved. With knowledge and experience we can hear and identify expressive devices in music such as the appoggiatura and modulation.
But there are still practical problems that limit the ability of any critic to render objective judgements. No-one can be thoroughly knowledgeable in all styles and genres of music. Even though I grew up listening to my mother play old-time fiddle tunes, I am no judge of fiddle music. I can appreciate, to some extent, bluegrass music, but I hesitate to render judgment on it. Why is this? I have never played bluegrass and so lack practical experience with it. Neither have I studied its history and theory and become familiar with the important repertoire and players. Without this, any comments I make will be superficial and prone to error.
None of us has the time and talents to become knowledgeable about every field of music--it is simply too vast. But on the other hand, as we progress through life, we are attracted to some areas and bored or repulsed by other areas in music. We are forced, all the time, to make judgments on a mere smattering of evidence. Because there is no time to become familiar with everything, we have to choose which kinds of music we will invest our time in.
So we are confronted with a paradox: on the one hand, we cannot make objective judgments without a certain depth of knowledge and experience. On the other hand, we simply do not have the time and energy to give every field of music that sort of attention. So we progress by trial and error, just like in most fields of human endeavor. We make general judgements about the large continents of music and narrow things down that way. A long, long time ago I made a snap judgement about classical music, based on listening to a few pieces. The judgement was that this was a much more interesting and powerful field of music than the rock or old-time music that was all I had known up to then.
From time to time, often in connection with posts on this blog, I re-test this judgment by doing some listening in other areas like current pop or jazz. On the whole, I find that my estimate remains correct. Though, from time to time, in areas like contemporary music and jazz, it is certainly challenged!
And then there are the Beatles...


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Delicate White Cake
- Yield:
12
 servings
- 2/3cup shortening
- 2cups sugar
- 1teaspoon vanilla
- 3cups sifted cake flour
- 1/4teaspoon salt
- 2teaspoons baking powder
- 1cup water
- 4-- egg whites, stiffly beaten
- 2-- egg whites
- 1 1/2cups sugar
- 1 1/2`teaspoons light corn syrup (Karo)
- 1/3cup cold water
- 1dash salt
- 1teaspoon vanilla
Cake – Thoroughly cream shortening and sugar; add vanilla; add flour sifted with dry ingredients, alternating with water, beating after each addition. Fold in egg whites, beaten with remaining t baking powder. Bake in 2 9-inch layer pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. (Cake flour can be substituted with 1 1/2 c cake flour and 1 1/2 c all purpose flour.)
Frosting – Place all ingredients, except vanilla, in pan and mix thoroughly. (The secret to successful frosting ((if all ingredients are cold, place cold water in bottom of double boiler, also, start beating immediately after applying heat)) use same method if ingredients are room temperature.) Beat 7 minutes and remove from heat, add vanilla and beat until spreading consistency.


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Adrian Kavanagh: Ace of Bases - Who should be the next Labour Party leader?
WHEN Labour comes to pick its next party leader, it will need to pick one who appeals to its electoral support base.
But which one? While often viewed as a party that is predominantly supported by the urban working class - and Labour was indeed the most popular party by some distance for urban working class voters at the 2009 and 2011 elections - Labour has in the past been reliant on its other main support bases - a rural support base and a middle class urban support base - to ensure its maintained some degree of Dáil representation even in times when the party support levels nationally were especially low.
For instance, while Labour struggled to make an impact in constituencies such as Dublin Central, Dublin North West and Dublin West in the 1980s, it could still rely on constituencies such as Carlow-Kilkenny, Kerry North and Wexford or constituencies such as Dún Laoghaire and Dublin South-East (now Dublin Bay South) to help maintain its presence at Dáil Éireann.
While Labour support surged in constituencies such as Dublin North-West and Dublin South-Central in recent elections, the results of Friday's local elections has shown that the party support in such communities is in serious decline.
In fact, at this weekend's local elections, the party fared better in the more middle class constituencies. Labour won an average of 12% of the vote in the more working class Dublin constituencies, in stark contrast to the average of 30% support for Sinn Féin and 31% for the Independents and Others (including People Before Profit and the Anti Austerity Alliance), and even fared worse than Fianna Fáil (with an average support level of 14%) in these different constituencies.
By contrast Labour won an average of 13% support in the more middle class Dublin constituencies; albeit representing an only slightly higher level of support than in the more working class areas but marking a less dramatic decline in support since the 2011 contest.
Outside of the Capital, Labour fortunes were admittedly quite mixed, but there were enough glimmers of hope, such as Maurice Shortall's performance in Castlecomer and the seat gain in Portlaoise, to suggest that the less volatile Labour support base in rural Ireland might offer some respite for the party at the next general election, even on a very bad day for it.
So in choosing a party leader, which support base should Labour gamble on appealing to? Should it reckon on the extremely volatile nature of the Dublin electorate and choose a rural leader who might copperfasten the party support in the party's stronger constituencies? In this case, they might opt for someone like Brendan Howlin or Willie Penrose, or alternatively someone like Sean Sherlock or Alan Kelly if the party opts for a leader from the next generation who can lead the party rebuilding effort after the next general election?
Does the party instead opt for a leader who might lead the fight in terms of clawing back support from Sinn Féin and the other left wing parties/groupings in the urban working class areas?
In this case, the more likely candidate would be Joan Burton. Some potential future leaders who would have appealed strongly to this base, such as Róisín Shortall, Tommy Broughan or Dermot Looney (who is not currently a Dáil deputy of course), may have been alternatives for the future, but these have all left the party. In deciding that a Dublin leader is a necessity, the party may instead decide to focus instead on someone who can help the party hold a sufficient degree of support in the more middle class constituencies in order to ensure some seats are held in Dublin.
Alex White would be the main contender in this regard, especially if the party again decides to opt for someone from the next generation of party members.
The Labour Party will be playing a high stakes card game over the next few days. They will be forced to pick a hand of cards containing one ace - an ace that will appeal especially to one of their main support bases. But will this hand of cards produce a royal flush at the next general election, or else lead to the party effectively handing in all of its chips?
* Adrian Kavanagh in lecturer in Department of Geography, NUI Maynooth
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shot by deborah turbeville, the house of valentino continues their push to become a greater threat of competition for other labels in the luxury sector. as one of my absolute favorite labels hailing from milan, i love that the modernization & classicality of design that is felt in the house of valentino's collections is accurately translated through image. i greatly admire the decesion to once again go with turberville. debroah turbeville also shot last season's valentino campaign & is a particularly interesting choice, given the fashion markets saturated presence of campaigns by steven meisel, inez + vinoodh & the gold standard of fashion photography at the moment, mert alas + marcus piggott. turbeville seems to capture the new school aesthetic of valentino perfectly. the models appear poised & the clothes elegant while an air of darkness is also felt. from the intricately ornamented walls & gold details, the backdrop of the campaign serves beautifully as a complimentary element to the somewhat subtle set of advertising images.
each model seen is allowed their time to shine while the cast softly blends through greater anatomic cohesion. while i will say that the addition of more ethnic female models would've been much more beautiful, i understand the aesthetic though i may not completely agree with how 'beauty' is being represented. i will say, while i love the presentation of valentino's shows, collections & notice the power of good casting for all these elements- i do feel that in the next few seasons, a change will be necessary. the floral accents, the sheer- it's nice, but can become dull in comparison to other labels. while it may not be suitable to compare labels & aesthetics- that's what fashion is all about, surpassing or out-styling, out-designing that of your competitors. while i admire the romanticism, i would like a remix. something more modern rather than classic. not to say im looking for something too far beyond classic, i understand this is a part of the brand's DNA, but still. there is a way that other labels have infused modernizm with their distinct branding identity in such a way that has ushered in a greater, much more unstoppable approach to creating a style that allows a label to advance into the future. this, i feel, is necessary for labels to do in order to remain competitive in the market. that said, this aesthetic has been well represented, as it relates to the house of valentino & it's history. i look forward to the upcoming spring show season for womenswear & greatly admired the label's spring menswear as well as their couture collection. i hope they serve up the same modern but minimal aesthetic for their womenswear collections come september.
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This is not a story of how I survived a big technology company or startup. This is not the story of a young junior developer working his way through the ranks to become the greatest leader of all. No. Instead, this is the story of how I became a lead developer and all the things I did wrong. It's about delegating, culture building, mentoring, planning, meetings (oh dreadful meetings), upper management and all the other stuff that a leader has to go through. It's also about all the fun I had and the things I learned. Next to that, I'm going to hand out some tips that can prepare you for the job a little better. And hopefully, it will inspire you to be the greatest leader of all.


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Nissan just announced a new family of global cars it plans to launch over the next two years, the first model of which — the Livina Geniss — will hit China this year. It's the first time Nissan has launched a car on the banks of the Yangtze before other markets, indicating the company wants a slice of that expanding pie more than it wants a slice of GM. Built on a joint Renault-Nissan platform, the Livinia G. — a "luxurious yet practical" seven seater — will debut this month at the Guangzhou International Motor Show. Designed and engineered at the Nissan Technical Center in Atsugi, Japan — but built at the Huadu plant of Nissan's joint-venture partner, Dongfeng Motor Co. — the people mover will get a 1.8-liter gas engine with valve timing jobbies and a flexible floorplan. No word on where the next launch will be — or what other badges it'll wear. Might we be looking at the first Chevrolet CUV?
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Happy Thursday, all!
TGI almost-F, right?
Want to see some detail shots of Richelle and Matt's wedding flowers from the other weekend?
I was pretty excited to tackle these calla and peacock feather designs after my first meeting with Richelle.
I'd been online-stalking bouquets with feathers all year, and their wedding venue, the Renaissance on Queen St, has the perfect art deco, Great Gatsby vibe to compliment the architectural flowers and tall feathers.
Richelle made peacock feather fans for her bridesmaids to carry in place of bouquets, and she also made peacock feather bouts and corsages for groomsmen and family members. I think she bought every photo frame, birdcage, and peacock feather in town to create her own centrepieces– most of the decor was already done before I came on the scene!
I took care of the bride and flower girl's bouquets, the groom's boutonniere, corsages for mothers of the bride and groom, and venue decor.
I was chatting with the venue manager Denis while setting up, and he says giant potted palms look great with all that crystal and marble, too. (He commented on the originality of our window urns and garland- I consider that a pretty big compliment from someone who sees two or three weddings per weekend!)
Everyone I met at the Renaissance was friendly and helpful, and I hear the whole day was amazing. Get yourself over there if you're looking for a Kingston event venue with a bit of 30s sparkle.
Three cheers for the newlyweds- thanks again for letting me create the flowers for your big day!
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Incorporated in 1984 to commercialise its cutting-edge biomass-to-liquid Rapid Thermal Processing technology, Ensyn currently provides the world's only rapid pyrolysis process that operates on a long term basis.
Today, Ensyn is the world leader in the production of bio-oil using this technology, without relying on food-based crops as its feedstock. The bio-oil produced goes into the manufacture of over 30 commercial and fuel products. Ensyn has commissioned, designed and built 7 commercial RTP plants in the United States and Canada.
Ensyn entered into a JV with Premium Renewable Energy in November 2008 to further commercialise production of bio-oil from biomass available regionally.
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Envergent Technologies (Honeywell), USA
Envergent is the Joint Venture formed between pyrolysis technology leader Ensyn and fuel facility expert UOP-Honeywell. As the first company with fast pyrolysis processing units in operation today, their purpose is to commercialise and develop RTP Green Fuel projects by collaborating with partners around the world.
Premium Renewable Energy signed an agreement with Envergent in 2008 that granted them exclusive rights to RTP technology in Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Felda Palm Industries, Malaysia
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In 2011, Premium Renewable Energy formed a joint venture with FPI called Sahabat Renewable Fuel Ventures Sdn Bhd (SRFV) to take the lead in developing RTP technology in the region. With a 5-plant construction pipeline in place, SRFV will pioneer the conversion of oil palm waste into RTP Green Fuel.


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I've worked for myself for more than six years now. I didn't realise it was quite that long (SIX YEARS?!) until just tallying it up for that opening line, but I knew it had been a while.
Working for yourself – especially from home – can feel very isolated at times, but I've not always been listening to the washing machine whir about during my six years of invoice chasing fun. I've worked in client offices and I've had my own offices. I've worked within large teams, I've worked within tiny teams and I've employed staff of my own.
Recently though, I've become borderline obsessed with the fantasy of working in an office.
I've convinced myself that what my life is really missing is a nervousness about how late to stay at my desk and a symphony of smells from a communal microwave. I want to hear about people's boring weekends. Loud conversations about TV programmes I don't watch whilst I'm desperately trying to finish a complicated spreadsheet? PLEASE, have them near me.
Maybe it's just that it's been so long since I worked full time in an office that I've completely forgotten how awful it can be. I hang on every last word of my friends' stories of office politics dramaz, feeling like I'm missing out on something brilliant. Becky with the good hair is now Becky with the bad attitude in admin. And I'm obsessed with her.
I've had these pangs of desperation to "get a proper job" a few times before, but they've tended to be driven by wanting the financial stability of a regular pay check or the desire to have a job that "finishes" when you leave work. I know the latter is ebbing away for most people now thanks to all things mobile, but working for yourself will always involve more hours…even if the hours are tailored more to suit you.
It's not the money or the (relative) lack of responsibility that seems to be alluring me this time though, I think it's just the feeling of being in a team. Even if the team hates each other and is all pulling in different directions, there's still some sense of camaraderie. You don't have to be mad to work here, but it helps. (LOL, #officebantz, see you at the pub for a swift one).
Of course I do effectively work in teams all the time thanks to contracts and I really REALLY enjoy this part of my work. I love watching smart people come together to figure stuff out and get things done. Day to day though, the sense of achievement is generally celebrated on your own and whilst Twitter high fives and sanity saving WhatsApps are brilliant, sometimes I think what I'd really like is a bloke from the other side of the office to offer to go out and get Calippos for everyone.
Perhaps that last reference is a good example of how out of touch with office life I've become. I remember the Christmas quizzes and impromptu pizzas rather than, say, the suspicious looks when you go to the toilet for more than 30 seconds or the nemesis who pipes up "but I was on the Central Line this morning and I didn't have any delays".
I can imagine myself sitting in an interview now…
"So why is it you really want to work here? What do you think you can bring to the company?"
"Well Matthew, you see what I'm really after is lots of chatting. And I'm exceptionally good at chatting".
Except even as I'm typing this I'm remembering how often I used to leave my buzzy open plan office to sit in a meeting room on my own, desperate to work in silence. I often felt like I was on the brink of a nosebleed, surrounded by shouty Skype calls, ping pong balls and leaky headphones.
I suppose my rose tinted version of office life isn't dissimilar to when things like Tinder get invented once you're married and you think it all sounds really charming. I don't think I've ever met a married person who isn't secretly a bit devvo that they never had the opportunity for their five minutes of fun on Tinder. Give a taken person a phone with Tinder and they'll swipe on your behalf for days. It doesn't matter that the single person stares at you blankly wondering what part of their story you didn't hear to not appreciate that it's the worst thing to ever happen to dating, you're a tiny bit jealous because it's not your life.
It seems only fitting that I'm spending National Freelancers Day wondering if I truly want to be an employee again. But as I look down at my pyjama bottoms and realise I haven't yet put a bra on, I realise I'm probably safer here at home.
I can put another wash on in a bit. And if I need inane background chat there's always ITV2.