'The Truth Will Always Prevail'
When we visited India in 1995 we fell in love with the cuisine of that country. One meal in particular was totally awesome and we asked to meet the chef. We were introduced to this unassuming man named Savio Fernandes who came from the tiny coastal state of Goa.
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He explained how the entire meal from starters to dessert had been prepared in a uniquely Goan style.
We were very impressed and asked the Cabinet Secretary if we could borrow the cook for a few months, and take him to the USA to cook for us and our state guests for a while. They agreed, and after a few weeks Savio joined our kitchen staff at the White House.
The Portuguese ambassador was expected for a State Dinner, so we asked Chef Savio Fernandes to cook a twelve course meal for the ambassador and his entourage, and in the process show off his unique Indo-Portuguese cuisine. Savio suggested that the piece-de-resistance would be something called Sorpatel & Sanna. Bill was a bit wary as Savio described it as a very spicy dish, and Bill was having a bit of a stomach upset at the time. But in the end we told Savio to go ahead.
The dinner was a great hit, with Savio presenting exotic dishes with names like Xacuti and Caldin and Feijado and Balchao and Vindaloo and Cafreal and Patoleo and Bebinca and what have you. Bill was particularly fascinated by the Sorpatel & Sanna and gorged away, despite the delicate condition of his stomach. Just as we were saying our goodbyes it happened. Bill started getting severe cramps and nausea. He called aside the Chief of Staff and shouted at him, "Get rid of that Goan cook. Right now!"
The Chief of Staff explained to Bill that proper protocol had to be followed or it would cause a diplomatic row. Bill shouted at him, "I am the President of the United States of America. If I want a chef sacked I can do it right now, and don't need any of your protocols!"
Just then Bill had another attack of cramps and excused himself from the room and rushed towards the bathroom. By now he was so disoriented that he couldn't remember which door led to the bathroom. Bill was on the verge of passing out from the pain when he finally found a door that opened. As he unzipped his trousers and ran in, he realized to his horror that he had stumbled into Monica Lewinsky's office with his trousers around his knees.
As he was about to pass out, this naive girl bent over him and heard President Clinton whisper in a barely audible voice, "Sack my cook!"
…. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the whole misunderstanding occurred!

Hello,
I will confess one of the most difficult moments of my life.
I moved to Thailand in December 2018 after experiencing emotional disappointment and my parents' divorce.
I fell in love with a woman much older than me and worked in her bars and guest house. I learned a lot and I flourished in the work. I have ceased to be a naive young man and I am in front of a confident and mature man.
I encountered several difficulties that transformed me forever. I will be brief to avoid the message being too long.
First of all, I had a lot of trouble renewing my visa because of Thailand's very strict immigration policy. The visa renewal was a source of intense stress, I had to leave the country several times to renew my visa and I underwent long interrogations at the immigration station at Bangkok airport. I was also scammed by an unscrupulous visa agency.
Then I encountered many money problems during the pandemic. I got into debt and got stuck in Thailand with the borders closed. I adapted by working as an IT freelancer and we managed to save his two bars from bankruptcy.
The worst I experienced was my ex-girlfriend's domestic violence. This Thai woman was 23 years older than me and was very narcissistic. She wanted to shine in society by all possible ways.
I don't have a very clear memory of the events that happened, but I was subjected to wanton violence and acts of wickedness on a regular basis.
She insulted me, humiliated me and belittled me in public. She hit me in my sleep. She deprived me of food. She locked me out. She stopped me from talking to my friends or family. She forced me to abandon my cat in a temple. She called the police to expel me from the city. She repeatedly attacked me with butcher knives, glass bottles, rolling pins, choppers and billiard balls. She also introduced me to cannabis use and I suffered from this addiction for 3 years. I quit smoking cannabis 3 months ago.
One day she attacked with a 20 cm knife to try to kill me. I locked myself in the toilet to escape him. She slashed and stabbed the plastic bathroom door in an attempt to get at me, then calmed down.
I can't get this traumatic event out of my memory. I remember the sound of the blade penetrating the plastic of the door, I remember the sweltering heat and the angry screams of the Thai woman. I remember feeling like I couldn't run away from that tiny toilet. I have never been so helpless in my entire life. This memory haunts me regularly.
I was a naive and immature person but I was not endowed with bad intentions. I did everything possible to help her on a daily basis, sometimes working 14 hours a day. I got nothing back.
I never initiated the conflict and I first tried to resolve the conflicts by talking and imposing limits to make me respect which only made things worse.
After a while I broke down and became violent hitting walls, breaking windows and objects and then taunting my ex girlfriend. When I feel in danger, I'm the kind of man to face up and fight back. I don't run away. I admit to having been physically violent with her when I had to defend myself. I slapped her, tackled her, shoved her, pulled her hair and twisted a finger. I know it's wrong but she was doing everything to make me lose control. She constantly harassed me even when I tried to run away from the argument.
I got tired of being violent so I decided to break up and move to Cambodia a year ago. I'm rebuilding my life, I don't have a lot of money but I have an amazing girlfriend who takes care of me and is very nice.
Before living in Thailand, I was a more carefree and spontaneous albeit naive and inexperienced man. Now I'm a strong and confident man, but I feel like something has broken inside me. I became very serious, grave and concerned. Not much brings me joy and I feel jaded by everything. I feel like I've lost a part of myself, I feel like I've lost my innocence. I feel empty and disillusioned. I no longer have that spark and energy that drove me to travel, experiment and meet people. I no longer want anything and I sit passively.
I don't know if I'm fine. I'm happy to have control over myself and my life, but I have no hope and very little joy. I am very tired

Hi,
I’m attempting to sort out the bills for my student house for the upcoming academic year.
Do anyone remember when setting up their Thames Water account that you could only register and set up your account once you had reached the move in date that was given? Because that is what they are saying to me and it seems a little odd to leave it with so little time to spare.
Only thing I can think of is that the account can only be registered once they know that the current tenants are out and we are in.
Has anyone been in a similar predicament?
Cheers

I know what everyone will say. Just leave him! Hell, I say it a lot. But I feel like I can't without a good enough reason, and I don't fully want to. I want things to get better. But they never do. I feel like I don't have a real reason to leave him. I know that's not right or how it works, but I do still love him. I know he loves me too, but it feels like he's just telling himself that sometimes.
We've had a lot of fights over him being too friendly with girls who trash talk me or flirt with him, but he's never actually crossed the line into cheating. I can't go into too much detail in case he sees this, but he's lied about hanging out and talking to girls who tried to ruin my reputation who he used to want to go out with.
He refuses to take me on dates and it's gotten to the point where my parents have given us gift cards for dates as incentive for him to take me out. I don't even make him pay for me, we usually split the bill. I exclusively do the grocery shopping, and if I didn't he'd live off of pre made food or fast food. He won't do things out of the house with me when it comes to anything. I run errands by myself, visit family by myself, go shopping by myself, go for walks by myself, go out for food by myself. You get the idea.
But every time the girls he tells me not to worry about ask him to run errands with him he goes running. I called him out on it and he actually admitted he liked going out and doing things with them more because it wasn't boring with them. He invites them to go out with him to dinner one on one and I've called him out on one of the girls posting him all the time when they do. She makes it look like they're on an actual date and when I get mad he says it's just how she jokes around. But she doesn't do it with anyone aside from him. He says it's not a date and that he never gave her any reason to think it was. But he doesn't tell her to stop.
All of his friends know we're dating. We hang out with these girls in groups, they are fully aware. His family loves me and I've been going to his family gatherings since we started dating. He has me on his social media too, so it's not like he's hiding me. He just doesn't spend time with me. Even at home, I have to beg him to do things with me.
I'm just so sick of it. I try so hard to talk to him and tell him how I feel and he always apologizes and says he'll be better and it is for a while. But then he goes back and does something else, or lets these girls get away with something new.
If he never did anything to fix things it'd be easy to leave him. He's never rude to me, never gets mad at me. He takes care of me when I don't feel well. I love him so much, but I've started to dislike him. I keep noticing all of these things and I can't push them aside anymore. I kept telling myself, "he said he's sorry and he'll change. I believe him." But now I just don't believe it anymore. He's gone through 10x my number of chances.
I still love him and I know he loves me. I just feel like it's not because of who I am. I feel more like he loves me because he doesn't believe he could get anyone else as good/better, because all of his friends other than these girls tell him so. I feel like if he truly loved me the way he says he does he wouldn't take me for granted and would actually go out of his way to do things with me, make me happy, and defend me without me having to always ask for it. Every time we have this conversation I sit there and ask myself if he'd do half of the things he does if I never begged him to. The answer is always no.
I just want to be a priority in my own relationship.

I’m looking at the lineup and trying to find particular artists in the EDM space I’m interested in. I like trance, electro-pop, house music and the like - drum and bass are not for me, neither is Techno. Boiler Room is great as well - Lady Dhaka’s set at 2am on Monday is a big hit for me but we’ll see if I’m even functioning by then…
Artists I like on the bigger side are Armen van Buuren, Tiesto, Timmy Trumpet, Kaytranada - hopefully that gives something to go off. I really want to see similar smaller artists.

Hey everyone,
I’m 29(m) and I’ve been working at a steel mill for the past 7 years. Last year I got promoted to a crew lead which lead to a pretty significant pay increase,(105k/yr). I thought it would make me happier making so much money but i feel like im even more miserable because now im at a point where I feel like I’d be an absolute idiot to leave given my pay.
The past few years I’ve been looking for different career paths to go down and I’ve landed on programming multiple times. I’ve tried to be self taught but I end up just letting work get in the way and end up not having time to consistently do things to continue learning . This year I’ve sort of landed with IT because it seems a bit easier to get the hang of and seems to have a “lower barrier to entry”. Well fast forward to a couple months later, I’ve kinda let work get in the way of things again and haven’t really continued much with learning this stuff.
I’ve even considered bringing it up to the wife us selling our house so we could have money to pay our way through college.
I know I’m rambling but I’m just feeling lost, feeling like I’m running out of time to start a new path. Is it possible to go either way without a college degree? I won’t have the time to do college since I work swing shifts at my job(12 hour shifts, switches from overnights to days every week). I love the thought of doing either of them because I feel like I’m decently intelligent and im not getting to put any of it to use out here.
Can anyone help? Maybe I just need a coach to help me? I’m not sure. Sorry if this post didnt really make sense. I’m just really unhappy where I’m at and I have been for so long.

Hi everyone, my wife and I bought a house last August in New England and became first time home/pool owners. After some initial struggles with pool chemistry we got the water quality under control and were able to enjoy it with everything working smoothly until closing in October.
We opened over Memorial Day weekend and have the water looking nice but the pump is sucking in a little air. After some investigation, we’ve identified the most likely candidate as a degraded O-ring within a 1.5” SCH 40 PVC union located about 2’ before the pump on the suction piping.
I’m not positive about the brand but it looks very close to either a Lasco or Mueler. Other fittings are Lasco so going to try that first.
The part number is:
Lasco 40224
I’ve found it online for $8.50 - $12.50 but that’s a lot of money for a small O-ring, especially since it’s Buna. And I’d like to replace it in all three unions.
My questions are:
1) Does anyone know the dimensions and durometer of this O-ring? 2) Should I buy a replacement O-ring made of chlorine compatible material, such as EPDM?
Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone, so quick question, the water heater (very old model) in the apartment I'm renting just broke down, there's no more hot water at all, I checked on google and most of what I read said that it probably can't be repaired and It needs to be replaced completely, so my question is, how should I go about doing that in Germany? should I just call someone or do I have to inform my land lord first (seems more logical to me) and have them take care of it since it's their propriety ? also who should pay for it ? sure I was the one using it but I didn't brake it or damage it in any way it just died due to old age would I have to pay for it ? would the money be taken from my Kaution or will my landlord pay for it ?
thanks a lot in advance for your answers

I’m hoping people here could help me understand this. I am trying to make an appt with a counselor soon but I’m in such dire straits now I can hardly sleep or eat.
I’m not the victim of anything. I am so sorry. I need help deciding if the man that I dated is dangerous to his daughter and should I call CPS or contact his ex? This man is trying to take full custody of his child.
I’m 33F… I was dating an older man for a while. He had a daughter around age 10 from a previous relationship.
One night I spent the night at his house while he had his daughter for visitation. It was NYE and I had a few drinks. It was the first time I met his daughter, after we had been dating only 2 months.
When it was time for bed he asked his daughter “Do you want to sleep with me or do you want to stay in your room?” She said enthusiastically “With you!”
I was taken aback and didn’t know what to do so I said “Umm hey I cannot drive home right now?” Thinking he would tell me that I can sleep on the couch or in his daughter’s bed? But instead he just gave me some shorts and a t-shirt and said “Okay let’s all get in bed”.
I know I’m a stupid piece of shit typical “passive woman” and I just went with it. I felt so awkward but it was like… they seem to think this is normal? I don’t want to make it even more awkward. It gets worse
This man laid in the middle and had his daughter curl up on one side under his arm and then literally physically PULLED me up under his other arm and I’m just like “ughhh” in my head but still just trying to be calm and hopefully just fall asleep quickly.
But no. After a while his daughter falls asleep and does kinda move over move away from him onto the side of the bed. It’s a king so there is space. At some point he starts making it sexual with me. Like he starts rubbing/grinding on me and I panic and maybe I went with it, I don’t honestly remember. Then he pulls his penis out of his shorts, grabs my hand and puts it on his penis like I’m ought to give him a handjob. AND YEAH I think I just went with it for a minute. I can’t actually remember it that well all I remember is feeling really fucking confused and weirded out but too awkward to just say “Hey wtf are you doing right now your kid is right there?” Yes I know I suck. I want to die right now for sure.
Anyways after a minute of this we moved to his daughters’ bed. I don’t remember if it was his suggestion or mine. I didn’t know how to process this and I just buried it. I went to his house again one more time.Thinking surely he would realize that that was a very weird thing to do and it wouldn’t happen again. It did. Don’t ask me why I went along I don’t know. But this time when he put my hand on his dick I just kind of laid my hand there and said “Um can we like go in the other room please” And we did. And I never went back over there. But I did keep trying to date him for a while because I guess I am mentally ill. My beloved cat got a brain tumor and I didnt take him to be euthanized in time and he suffocated to death in my arms around this time and I was in a pretty bad mental state ontop of everything.
As far as I can tell the child was totally asleep and there was a foot of space between them at least when he did this. But this still seems so fucked up to me. If he is okay doing this like is he also masturbating in bed with her? Or worse? Also I had just met her isn’t that fucking dangerous to condition your kid to have strangers in their bed?
After a few months of trying to repress this I finally exploded when I found out that the mother of his child was 20 years old when he impregnated her at 33. I confronted him about the weird overnight stays while I was dumping him.
All he said was
“I’m sorry. I knew it was wrong but I did it anyways. I have never done that before and I would never do it again.”
He tried to do it twice.
Ever since I ended it that whole nightmare is bubbling up again and I feel sick 24/7. Should I contact CPS or any other agency? It would be so hard to tell his ex this horrible story and I might get my ass beat but I don’t care if it blows back on me, I realize I am partly responsible for letting it happen and I accept that. But I am so angry. Am I overreacting? What should I do?

I've never moved within a chain before, usually I'm selling and moving to rented, or moving from Rented to a new property.
This time it is from a property I own, to a new house I am buying.
So how does the timing work? As in, how do I move my stuff on the day?
Currently I'm looking into storing a lot of our stuff in storage to make the process easier, and give us time to plan where it all goes but my worry is when do I get the keys to the new place, when do I start moving our belongings and when do I need to be out for, and hand over my keys to the EA?
I hope that all makes sense.

Hi looking for some advice here, long story short neighbours rent their property off an owner who they refuse to pass details on to me. I am planning on block paving my driveway or stones with a flower bed running along the edge to plant bushes. I found online pictures that the previous owner of my property had bushes all along but was removed at some point. The neighbour claims that I cannot put bushes their because it will make the driveway he uses useless (it is much smaller than mine - but that is not my problem). There is nothing in my deeds to say I cannot do this but he claims there is - how could they even see deeds if they do not own the property? I told them over txt that I can what I want on my driveway as it’s on my border of land.
Doesn’t **

After being stuck in committee for 15 years thanks to republican KATHY RAPP, It PASSED now onto the house!!!!

I know this post is at risk of getting downvoted to oblivion but please help a clueless 18 year old figure out what to do with their life.
For context, I just finished high school. I am at a point where I am not quite sure what path I want to follow; I graduated from the "technological orientation" of my high school which includes a programming course (though no "formal" programming languages were used, rather than one called "Pseudoglossa" (pseudolanguage), specifically designed to help students grasp the basic logic behind programming.)
Naturally, I recognize that this alone cannot be considered a determining factor when it comes to deciding whether I want to follow this path or not, but it was my favorite course through high school, and it was also one of my best ones (my teacher has been trying to convince me to pursue IT at university).
Nevertheless, I never really thought about actually going for IT/CS at university, as all programmes I looked into included heavy advanced mathematics and physics, which are courses I have not paid attention to during my education to put it lightly.
However, recently I have been considering looking for alternative ways of entering the industry. Some suggest I should start by learning on my own, however, I don't think I have the necessary concentration to do everything completely on my own (my house is VERY loud for that matter as well which doesn't help).
On the other hand, I believe I would function very well and be very productive and motivated in a more structured learning environment that suits me.
I started getting plenty of ads regarding the "42" coding schools, and after looking for more information, I was fascinated by what they offer and their approach, and believe they would be a good starting point for me. However, part of me feels this could be "too good to be true".
I do recognize that they do not replace the value of getting a university degree from an accredited institution, but considering that I am looking for an alternative; is it a viable way of launching myself into the industry?
There is no school in my country (Greece), so I would need to move to a different one (I am an EU citizen, so visa is not an issue, and there is some money set aside for me to support myself financially for the first couple of months at least, perhaps even more if I choose a more affordable city). I am considering Málaga in Spain, because I have a very high level of Spanish and rent is generally cheaper compared to other European cities where the school has campuses, but I'm also looking into other cities in Spain/France (I also speak French, but not as well as I speak Spanish; Quebec could also be an option as I am eligible for Canadian citizenship by descent).
(For that matter though, is it better to pick a school in a location I would like to work at afterwards, or can I always start it somewhere and work elsewhere later on?)
So what I am thinking about at the moment is applying, see if they select me for the "piscine", if that's the case go there for the duration of it this summer, and after if I like the environment and they accept me, stay there.
Maybe someone who went through, is attending or is considering going to one of the schools can share their thoughts?
If you would recommend against me doing it, do you have any other alternative to suggest or should I just follow a different path?
Thank you!

19M, 6'0, 72kg, White, UK, don't smoke, occasionally drink, no drugs.
Hi all, Since around Mid December (around 6 months) I have had really bad issues with congestion. I'm always blowing my nose and get post nasal drip which I cough up. The ent I went to had a look up my nose via endoscopy and concluded that there was nothing wrong- aside from a slightly deviated septum which he believes is too minor to be a cause. He also had me do a CT sinus scan and from that said there was nothing wrong. The only thing he said which maybe could be of use was that I have very large sinuses. He told me to take a steroid nasal spray- beconase, for a few months and then stop to see if the symptoms have gone away. Which is what I did. The spray definitely helped my symptoms, but when I stopped taking it, my symptoms quickly came back, this time with a cough too. Since then, I have started reusing the spray- for just over 2 weeks and it does not appear to be helping anymore. I am not sure what to do, does anyone have an idea as to what it could be? From my research I see alot about dust allergies and such but I really have no clue, as I seem to have this wherever I am, including outside of the house. It is worth mentioning that this came about around a few weeks after I had a REALLY bad infection/illness/cold (unsure) in which I had a really bad blocked nose, temperature and so on. The colour of the mucus is sometimes green but sometimes more clear. This has really been interfering and lowering my quality of life so any advice or solutions would be really appreciated. Right now I am considering going to see an allergist.

I know this post is at risk of getting downvoted to oblivion but please help a clueless 18 year old figure out what to do with their life.
For context, I just finished high school. I am at a point where I am not quite sure what path I want to follow; I graduated from the "technological orientation" of my high school which includes a programming course (though no "formal" programming languages were used, rather than one called "Pseudoglossa" (pseudolanguage), specifically designed to help students grasp the basic logic behind programming.)
Naturally, I recognize that this alone cannot be considered a determining factor when it comes to deciding whether I want to follow this path or not, but it was my favorite course through high school, and it was also one of my best ones (my teacher has been trying to convince me to pursue IT at university).
Nevertheless, I never really thought about actually going for IT/CS at university, as all programmes I looked into included heavy advanced mathematics and physics, which are courses I have not paid attention to during my education to put it lightly.
However, recently I have been considering looking for alternative ways of entering the industry. Some suggest I should start by learning on my own, however, I don't think I have the necessary concentration to do everything completely on my own (my house is VERY loud for that matter as well which doesn't help).
On the other hand, I believe I would function very well and be very productive and motivated in a more structured learning environment that suits me.
I started getting plenty of ads regarding the "42" coding schools, and after looking for more information, I was fascinated by what they offer and their approach, and believe they would be a good starting point for me. However, part of me feels this could be "too good to be true".
I do recognize that they do not replace the value of getting a university degree from an accredited institution, but considering that I am looking for an alternative; is it a viable way of launching myself into the industry?
There is no school in my country (Greece), so I would need to move to a different one (I am an EU citizen, so visa is not an issue, and there is some money set aside for me to support myself financially for the first couple of months at least, perhaps even more if I choose a more affordable city). I am considering Málaga in Spain, because I have a very high level of Spanish and rent is generally cheaper compared to other European cities where the school has campuses, but I'm also looking into other cities in Spain/France (I also speak French, but not as well as I speak Spanish; Quebec could also be an option as I am eligible for Canadian citizenship by descent).
(For that matter though, is it better to pick a school in a location I would like to work at afterwards, or can I always start it somewhere and work elsewhere later on?)
So what I am thinking about at the moment is: apply, see if they select me for the "piscine", if that's the case go there for the duration of it this summer, and after if I like the environment and they accept me, stay there.
Maybe someone who went through, is attending or is considering going to one of the schools can share their thoughts?
If you would recommend against me doing it, do you have any other alternative to suggest or should I just follow a different path?
Thank you!

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• Teresa Giudice Has a Major Update on Milania's College Plans (Teresa Giudice Instagram/Bravo)
• Jon Gosselin & RHONJ’s Margaret Josephs help real estate mogul Patrick Carroll donate sneakers to kids in need (The Sun U.S. exclusive)
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• Jenna Lyons attends NJ/NY Gotham FC's Pride game at the Red Bull Arena (Page Six Star Snaps)
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Links to this week's episode discussion posts:

• RHONJ S13E18 🍝
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• VPR S10E17 - "Pumped Up Edition" 🍸

Great, large (11X16) sunny upstairs bedroom available in a three-bedroom house. Large closet and six windows! I live downstairs with my little dog. I am in my 50s, queer, genderqueer Jewish, Russian and an all around interesting person :-). Rent is either $1050 or $950 plus some regular, basic cleaning (ask me about the details). My preference would be to find a housemate where we don't just pass each other in the kitchen, but act in a more connected and friendly way, maybe share occasional meals, talk, etc.
I take COVID-19 seriously and so must you if you choose to live here. Must show proof of vaccination and booster(s), wear mask when appropriate, and show general concern for keeping us all safe.
THE AMENITIES:
- Shared kitchen and bathroom
- Small, backyard -- pretty neglected, but if you are an enterprising gardener, have at it!
- Washer / dryer and extra storage room on the premises.
- There is a flat $40/month for electricity (which is solar) and PG&E is split between the two of us. I pay the other utilities and internet.
- 62 and 14 buses stop across the street. 62 gets you to Fruitvale BART in about 5 minutes.
- Street parking.
- Living room mostly not shared (ask me for more info) but upstairs room is big enough to have a hangout space.
CATS AND DOGS
Pets are negotiable with pet references and vaccinations (ask me about the fine print).
OTHER STUFF
-$1350 security deposit.
-No smoking in or around the house.
-Visitors must be vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19.
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Are there any Beach Techno/House Partys in Mallorca?
I am not looking for commercial music or chart music for the tourists.
Looking for qualitaty techno/house events with a crowd which comes for dancing. I know there are some clubs like R33 playing Techno, but I am more looking for some Open Air / Beach Partys troughout the year.
And is there a LOCAL techno/house/dance scene existing in mallorca?

My partner left around 3 weeks ago, and it still hasn't really sunk in.. But it's like my immune system has completely failed me since. I've been ill for 13 days now and yesterday got diagnosed with pneumonia. I'm on two lots of antibiotics and have been told to use my blue asthma inhaler a ridiculous amount each day.
My mother in law has had our little ones since yesterday & I need to go pick them up later, but I'm just so exhausted & tired and I can't stop crying today.
Partneex partner (I'm not sure) offered to come look after me yesterday & I should have said yes, but I instead I said no, because I'm ashamed how messy the house and garden is since I've been ill.
No real point to my post other than to vent. My parents are in the hebrides with my brother & his wife atm so I can't ask for help from them, and my sis lives an hour and a half away & I feel bad interrupting her work day.
I just feel so shite & sorry for myself, my kids and pets, I'm not even able to look after myself, so I'm just letting them all down rn