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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 17h

I'm home! I got less of a workup than expected, but I was visited by lots of different doctors and discharged late this afternoon. It's not totally resolved, but I'm okay and there's a plan.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Welp, guess your girl gets new meds and an overnight stay, and then a proper workup in the morning. But! The nurse brought me a Pepsi, so that's a good sign (allowed to eat and drink). Probably about to be the most expensive Pepsi of my life, but I'll take it. Thanks for the love, more soon. ❤️

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hey y'all. I'm in the midst of a medical thing and being sent to the ER. Everything should be okay!!! But if y'all are the praying or good vibes type, now would be a great time and I'd appreciate any extra love y'all want to send. I'll update when I can. ❤️

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Guess who gets a new specialist instead of new gasses? 🫪👀🧠🥴

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Apex/Cary/nearby - is y'all's Internet out too, or is it just us? Ours has been out all day, and apparently Spectrum has given up on an estimate. (Between the antenna, a house full of media, and my eyes being too wonky to really watch anything anyways .. we're good? But I'm still curious.)

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Had to get my eyes dilated for an exam today, and now I extra can't see correctly.🫪 But! 1. J was around to drive me back and forth, so at least I didn't have to even try. 2. My pupils are GIGANTIC and it's kind of hilarious looking. Guess I'm just kicking it for the rest of the morning.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yay! 🚗 Well, as much of a yay as 664 can be, I guess. But it means we're almost there!

The exits where the road splits and branches left to I-664 towards Newport News and Hampton, and right to I-64 east towards Norfolk and Virginia Beach.

There are cars on both routes, and a sign on the right showing the estimated wait to the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. The text looks like it's been run through an AI slop machine, but it hasn't - we're just going fast and my phone camera is old and getting worse.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A full 40 minutes on the road (so, all the way through/across Raleigh, and generally the worst part of the drive)... And I realized I forgot my hearing aid. Like, the one thing I never leave the house without! I think we have everything else you could imagine packed and triple checked though.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

See y'all at Fort Monroe real soon!! 🏁🎸🎺🪊🎷🇯🇲🕴️🌞🌊 #Supernova #SupernovaSka #HamptonRoads

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Me: *hears the TV loading up something* Oooh, what'd you pick to watch? J: *cheerily* Steel Magnolias! Me: Wait, really?! 😆 Okay, I'm in! He has never seen it, but knows that Dolly Parton is in it, and it's on all the Movies-you-should-see-at-some-point lists.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I am an adult, childfree person... But you know what? Things are pretty bleak, and this seemed like a joyful upgrade to a drink on my errands run. I think the last time I had a Happy Meal was easily over 30 years ago.

A Hello Kitty and Friends x Godzilla Happy Meal box, with the signature golden arches handle and Hello Kitty trying to look menacing in a Godzilla head, on the passenger seat of my car.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Apparently I have a whole bunch of Sheetz points that I need to use before they expire. And I *do* love a weird LTO... So here we go! (Also...$2.69?? For 2.6 ounces? Yeesh. All the more reason to use points and get them for free, I guess.)

A small bag of Utz Limited Edition Lemonade potato chips, which are a collab with Alex's Lemonade Stand.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Happy Friday, bluesky friends! Are any of y'all out there in the tech world looking for a senior dev/software engineer? Preferably fully remote, but we are in Apex, so some local-to-the-Triangle in-office time would prob be okay...? Putting out some feelers for my other half. 👨🏼‍💻❤️

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Jeff Whitmire @jeffwhitmire.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

That's also the first thing I say every morning. #XFilesLive

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

🤩🏒🦆😂 Is that the DUCKS MASCOT?! Are....are we @anaheim-ducks.bsky.social fans now? I mean, we were never anti Ducks, but...this might be enough!

A close up of Wild Wing, the mascot for the Anaheim Ducks, on stage with Reel Big Fish at Warped Tour. The band is out of frame.

Wild Wing, halfway out of frame, dancing on stage next to Scott Klopfenstein on trumpet.

A zoomed out shot of Reel Big Fish on stage at Warped Tour in Long Beach, California.

The band is playing Sell Out, and Wild Wing is on stage dancing around with them.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

This this this! 💯 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

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🐸タロイモ太郎🐸 @tarotaro010.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

スカパンクのライブは良いね🕺 Reel Big Fish楽しすぎる🕺

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Xennial Music - Music of the 1990s & 2000s @xennialmusic.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Wow, watching Reel Big Fish on the broadcast of Warped Tour and THEY. ARE. KILLING. IT.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Had to walk out to the car in the rain after trivia, and was trying to figure out how to protect my hearing aid. J immediately offered his hat, which I took...but I had to put it on sideways so the brim was over the processor. Like this, but significantly less cool. 😅

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Robin Williams Says Wazzup?

Alt: Robin Williams in the birthday party scene from Mrs. Doubtfire. He's wearing a red plaid shirt and a sideways baseball cap, and is laughing as he says: Wazzup? He looks ridiculous, but it's very charming and funny, because he's Robin Williams. I'm pretty sure my look was just ridiculous.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I definitely worked way too hard on my trip, and am physically paying for it today. But I also got to do some things I haven't done in a long time, including some things I'd forgotten that I'm actually really good at. So all my muscles are angry and tight, but my mind is happy and quiet. 🥰

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Actually, this seat was pretty good and chill. Not a lot of bathroom traffic, and kind of quiet because I wasn't in a sea of people. A little cramped getting my backpack under the seat, but otherwise totally fine. And Chicken + Beer was happy to box up my order to go, so everything worked out.👍🏼

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Womp womp. I've had pretty good luck with the seat lottery on my few flights, so I guess it balances out. And it could be worse. At least it's the aisle. 🤷🏼 How long does it take to board a plane that size? (By which, I mean, how long do I actually have to eat my food?)

Screenshot of my assigned seat on the airplane's seat map, for my flight from Atlanta to Raleigh.

I'm in the aisle seat, in the very last row, way in the back of the plane. Right next to the bathrooms.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I was so pleased with my perfectly reasonably sized dinner portions, I ordered dessert to go... And then let out a very audible "Oh my God...?!" when I picked up the bag, because it was so heavy. No banana, because I'm out, but I have a banana bag, so that's the scale here.

The three now empty plastic bowls, stacked up on the sheet pan.

My banana bag, which is an ugly cute mishmash of different plaids, is on the table behind the tray for scale. The smaller bowls are about the size of my palm (not shown), and obviously smaller much than the little crossbody bag.

A lidded styrofoam quart container, next to the same banana bag on the passenger seat of the rental car. The container is humongous next to the bag.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Oh HELL yes, Mississippi. 🤤

Three plastic bowls of delicious food on an absolutely no frills 1/8 sheet pan. There's bowl of gumbo, a smaller bowl with some Southern style green beans - they are full of bacon and have that soft texture they get when you pressure cook them, and another small bowl of turnip greens.

There's also a couple double packets of Lance crackers, which I feel like I haven't seen in forever, but apparently they are made in my current home state of North Carolina.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I present to you: A very large cucumber from my uncle's garden (I think?).

Pic from above of a large cucumber
It's a bit longer than my forearm and wide at one end, and on a stack of cushions about knee height, with a dark gray one on top.

Annie, my senior Staffie mix dog with a black coat, has her chin resting on the cushion stack. She is staring intently at the cucumber, which is at least twice as long as her whole head.

It was the only picture I got before she tried to steal the cucumber for herself.

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scorchtheground |[Switchblade FC] 🎨 🔞 @scorchtheground.blacksky.app · 30/06/2026

All my trans siblings; I know shit is rough? But I beg you...live out of pure spite. Outlive these geriatric morons and live. Not just survive. We all deserve better, but y'all absolutely deserve to flourish. Love y'all.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Ah, yes, of course the tunnel has a lane closed and is jamming everything up at 9:30pm for no apparent reason... Thanks for the warm welcome back, Hampton Roads. 🙄

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Sometimes you just need to get out of town and speed run a different city. I'm probably more than slightly dehydrated, sore from dancing, and now full of biscuits and coffee. 😂 Thanks for an awesome time, Charlotte! 👑 🤘🏼

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Sunset Shazz @sunsetshazz.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

"Tulsky was born in Philadelphia, growing up a sports fan. He'd watch Mike Schmidt and the Phillies at The Vet and still lets an occasional "Go Birds!" slip out during NFL season." Congratulation to Eagles fan / analytics nerd Eric Tulsky on his first Stanley Cup. www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...

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How the Hurricanes' jock-nerd alliance won the Stanley Cup

Coach Rod Brind'Amour and GM Eric Tulsky blended the perfect recipe, creating a team that won its first Cup in 20 years -- and will be back for more.

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Ryan Henkel @ryanhenkel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Andrei Svechnikov Postgame Interview

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Stanley Cup Champion, Andrei Svechnikov!!! Alt text: Canes forward Andrei Svechnikov, in his slight unruly playoff beard, lifting the freshly polished Stanley Cup over his head and gazing up at it.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Apparently no one is posting pics of Svech with the cup yet, and I didn't get one, so I guess I'll be insufferable about it tomorrow. but until then... ANDREI SVECHNIKOV IS A STANLEY CUP CHAMPION!!! ❤️

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Andrei Svechnikov Blow A Kiss

Alt: Canes forward Andrei Svechnikov, in the black hurricane flag home jersey, blowing a kiss into the camera and then running away.

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Omg! 🥹 Some alt text: A close up of Seth Jarvis on the ice, post Stanley Cup win. He is surrounded by several of his best friends from Winnipeg, who are embracing him and yelling in joy close to his face. Seth looks overwhelmed and overjoyed, and like his face has never smiled that hard before.

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NHL (Bot) @notnhl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

HUG ME BROTHER! 🤩 What a moment for these young guys! 🥹 #StanleyCup

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meg⁷ @loveandhydrogen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Svech getting the cup I WAS THERE WHEN HE WAS BORN

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Snake @theundersnaker.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

STANLEY CUP CHAMPION SETH JARVIS

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✨ Laas ✨ @whatabossislaas.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

SETH JARVIS IS A STANLEY CUP CHAMPION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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jess 👻 @jneuandcats.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

THE CAROLINA HURRICANES HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Well, here we go. Let's go Canes!! 🖤❤️ 🤞🏼🤞🏼🍀🌠😬 🌀🏒🥅

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Amanda @refinedladybug.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

There's been a lot of both Godzilla and hockey watching lately. Something different for tonight! A note: I have seen the stage show, and most of the movie, but not all of it? J has never seen it, but knows that it's on the AFI's Top 100 list... So I had no objections when he put it on!

Our TV, from the angle of the couch, with the title screen for The Sound of Music, in 4K.
Well, mostly. I wasn't quite fast enough, so the title is fading into the Austrian hillside.

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