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Was it even a Richmond Halloween if you didn't experience the entire spectrum of human emotion? taken in Richmond, Virginia by @itsalwayskent

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a year ago

I'm just happy to have made it far enough into 2025 to see some fireworks with family at the Outer Banks without any catastrophic events taken in Avon, North Carolina by @itsalwayskent

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a year ago

getting my guts rearranged during pride month - my june and may (mostly) in reverse

to put it mildly, my 2024 has been a cycle of "I guess I survived that" since the end of january. to survive, I decided to return to therapy. to survive everything that kept happening between my appointments, I decided to make something good happen whenever something bad would come up. when filling out waves of job applications or calling close friends wasn't cutting it, I'd turn to exercise and sunlight 🌞

in may, I set three days of my weekend aside to just see how much I could run before my legs gave out. in short, they didn't. by the end of the third day, I had about 20 total miles of running in and felt unstoppable. it might have been the best I've felt physically in my entire life

..until I showered after work the following day and noticed a small lump bulging out of my lower abdomen. apparently 5-10 minutes of stretching wasn't as sufficient of a warmup as I believed it to be, and I gave myself a hernia by overexerting my body. it wasn't even painful, just gross for me to look at and be aware of

needless to say, my body dysmorphia kicked in immediately and I arranged a walk-in appointment with my pcp the following morning. within a week of that, I became the first person to reference "put that thing back where it came from or so help me" in the history of surgical consultations at vcu health. luckily, I was able to schedule a laparoscopy within a month of my diagnosis. I hadn't had any surgeries since getting my wisdom teeth removed, so this was my first major medical procedure as an adult

at first, it felt like the health I'd known my entire life was being taken away from me. now that I'm nearing the other side of recovery though, I can say this experience has taught me to value and preserve the health that I've been taking for granted. it's been a little over two weeks since I came out and I'm back to walking a dozen or so miles some days without any issues, but it's going to be a good while before I attempt any marathon training to say the least

if there's any lesson I can impart on you from my experiences, it's the importance of stretching 😵🧎🏻‍♀️ by @itsalwayskent

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2 years ago

the silverware at Joe's Inn is definitely haunted taken in The Fan by @itsalwayskent

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3 years ago

hello? room service? I'd like to place an order for 55 BURGERS, 55 FRIES, 55 TACOS, 55 PIES, 55 COKES, 100 TATER TOTS, 100 PIZZAS, 100 TENDERS, 100 MEATBALLS, 100 COFFEES, 55 WINGS, 55 SHAKES, 55 PANCAKES, 55 PASTAS, 55 PEPPERS AND 155 TATERS taken in Warwick New York Hotel by @itsalwayskent

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3 years ago

taken in Brooklyn, New York by @itsalwayskent

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3 years ago

in richmond, no building is ever truly abandoned by @itsalwayskent

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5 years ago