Hello Gorgeous! Beauty + Life

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Rachel Weingarten
Sep 06, 2024
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Hello Gorgeous!

Oh, it’s been a week. Last Saturday our main fridge erupted into pools of water that turned into a very unpleasant flood. It ended up shorting out the dishwasher and requiring four visits from the plumber. All is well now and I’ve learned to take a very gently fatalistic approach to some of life’s unpleasant moments.

Here is a pic of a cute puppy in case the talk of flooding is stressing you out:

short-coated tan and black puppy close-up photography
Photo by hannah grace

The Japanese have a saying Shikata ga nai (仕方が無い), which loosely translates to it can’t be helped. Or a more polite way of saying sh*t happens. It does. And then we move on.

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