u/Good_Lack_2794

Looking for a fragrance that smells like a mojito on the beach....not sunscreen, not masculine
I’ve been hunting for a perfume that smells like a real mojito ...fresh mint, lime, maybe even that salty rim vibe, like you’re drinking one on the beach. Even if i have to layer i will.

I don’t want anything that leans like sunscreen, coconut lotion, or overly masculine cologne.

Even something in the mai tai / tropical cocktail direction could work BUT not overly sweet.

If you know a scent that gives that refreshing, beachy cocktail energy, please help a girl out!

Edit

since people may think it’s a ad and it’s not🤣🙄

For anyone considering egg donation, I want to share what the timeline actually looks like, because it’s more involved than a lot of people expect.

First, there’s the approval process and evaluations, which are lengthy and can take several months or even longer. I completed all of my evaluations and interviews before I had my daughter, but then I got pregnant and had to wait the required amount of time before moving forward. I believe I waited about a year, and when I was ready, I had to redo some of the things I’d already completed.

Once you’re cleared and ready to start, the cycle begins after your period. You’ll usually be on birth control for about two weeks OR A LITTLE MORE , and then a few days after stopping it, you begin the injections. After injections start, you’ll have regular monitoring appointments and bloodwork. In the beginning, those appointments are typically weekly and focus on checking hormone levels and follicle growth. As you get closer to retrieval, the appointments become more frequent, then transitions to every other day.

One thing I really want to warn people about is to ask upfront how often appointments will be once you start medications. Sometimes this isn’t clearly explained, and it’s important for planning work, school, or anything else in your schedule. My job is flexible with hours, so I was able to make it work, but that flexibility helped a lot.

I’ve donated twice, and the donation process itself was very easy both times. I went through Fairfax EggBank. The only issue I had was after my second cycle, when they suddenly put me on hold and had me take medication without fully explaining why. That experience made me decide not to do a third donation. I’m pretty sure it was because they thought I might develop OHSS or believed I already might have but that’s just a thought . They wanted me on the medication for five days, but I only took it for two. Each cycle resulted in around 20 viable eggs.

During my second retrieval, I produced a large number of eggs, and they mentioned something about “outlook and sales,” which I took to mean that there might not have been much demand for my eggs most people want someone who has a 4.0 smart blue eyes blah blah blah which honestly child can come out a living nightmare OR JUST A MESS but HEY. Physically, though, I had no complications, and the retrieval itself was easy.

The hardest part for me was recovery. People often say it feels like period cramps, but that was not my experience at all. I couldn’t walk much without feeling winded, and if your job involves lifting or being on your feet, you definitely need more than one day off. I needed closer to five days to feel normal again. Both times, I also experienced a strange chest sensation for one day where breathing felt uncomfortable. I believe it was related to the retrieval or going under anesthesia, because it resolved by the next day both times.

Overall, I’d still say my experience was good, and I would recommend egg donation to others. Would I personally do it again? No. But I genuinely hope my eggs help families who need them.

Now I’m thinking about going a step further and learning more about surrogacy through Fairfax. I don’t currently have a partner, and I don’t mind helping another family grow if I’m able to. I already have two kids and I’m completely done having children of my own.

Again, This is not an ad. I had two uncomplicated pregnancies, but everyone is different. Egg donation can be very risky for some people, and others may have a much harder experience. I mainly wanted to share my recovery experience, especially since it took much longer than the one day often mentioned by Fairfax or other agencies. I didn’t write everything down at the time, so I may have missed some details, but this is my honest experience.

My car’s transmission died 3weeks ago and had it in a shop at the end it wasnt worth fixing i had 130k miles on my car they were going to put 175k mile transmission in my car for 3,400 and it was a 2012 subaru impreza wagon that was rusting at the bottom and just kept goving me expensive problems in the past 4 month already spent almost that amount if not more with valve body change and my air control,

so I’ve been without a car for the 3 weeks Few days after finding out the cause of my old car I had car shipped to the carmax location closest to me in warwick it came from new york that is about 2 hours away.

They told me they needed to make it saleable and a “quality check” needed to be done once it arrived. It has now been 2 1/2 weeks . I asked for an update three days ago and they said they would call me back, but still havent heard anything.

At this point I’m getting really frustrated and starting to think i made a bad decision about carmax and wasting my time and should look elsewhere i lost about 5 days pay at work only because i have a daughter nd i cant uber 15 mins to her daycare and 30mins to work then back back then back home from daycare. Id be just working to pay for uber While lugging around a car seat.

What was your experience with the "quality check" and how long did it take?