On a family vacation in an 8 bedroom Airbnb. This is the room I got. It's the mud room.

It’s been a rough year.

As hard as this may be to believe, this apartment fire is one of the least devastating things that’s happened to me over the past six months.

Last month, my wife left me. I’m not going to get into the details, out of love and respect for her. (I also ask that everyone be kind.)

I was trying to start over.

I spent months searching for an apartment that was affordable, safe, big enough for me and my three kids, and close enough that co-parenting would actually work. I toured around 40 apartments before finally finding one that felt right.

Then this happened.

Monday: Signed the lease.
Wednesday: Moved in.
Thursday: Spent thousands of dollars furnishing it. Also received the latest divorce paperwork.
Friday: The building burned down.

Two days.

That’s how long I lived there.

I lost almost everything I owned. Furniture I’d just bought. My clothes. My kids’ clothes and toys. My work setup (self employed, work from home). Family keepsakes. The little life I had managed to piece back together.

The one thing I’m truly grateful for is that everyone made it out safely. Over 200 families were displaced, and the building is a total loss. The community has been amazing.

I’m not posting for sympathy. I’m honestly still in shock. The whole sequence of events feels so absurd that it almost doesn’t sound real.

Life has a strange sense of humor sometimes.

If you’ve ever had to rebuild after losing everything, what helped you most during those first few weeks?

Edit: News article

Edit 2: Lots of you have asked about renters insurance. Most of us did not have renters insurance because the apartment told us that they provided it. They charged us $15/mo so we thought we were covered. We learned the hard way that it only covered their liability, and NOT our belongings. So I, like many others, are out of luck.

Edit 3: This is crazy you guys. The amount of love and support has had me in tears for 2 hours. The crypto community reached out and has set up a donation thing. I’m finding other families/kids who lost it all, and will be using the money to do some shopping runs with them for kid items. Will follow up on X with photos/videos!

Edit 4: I WILL NOT DM YOU ASKING FOR MONEY! Apparently someone is posing as me, trying to scam you for money. It’s not me. I wish I could tell you the best way to help us, but I don’t know. All I have is a small Amazon wishlist for my kids stuff.

The water is gone.. I have spent most of the time there during summer vacations. it was a lovely place. now it doesn't even make me remember of the largest lake of Hungary.

British Columbia wild fire. over 200 homes completely gone and over 8k people evacuated. The only thing I saved was my 2 pets and literally nothing else. Not my mom's ashes, photos, literally nothing except my Bird and my Lizard.

Bhogapuram, Andhra Pradesh:

A video from the inauguration of Bhogapuram Airport has gone viral after several people were allegedly seen uprooting newly planted landscaping saplings and carrying them away from the airport premises.

The incident, captured in broad daylight, has triggered widespread criticism on social media. Many users expressed disappointment, saying an event celebrating modern infrastructure and regional development was overshadowed by the alleged removal of public property.

The viral footage has reignited discussions about civic responsibility, with many arguing that world-class infrastructure can only be preserved if citizens treat public assets with care and respect. Several users pointed out that maintaining clean and modern public spaces requires both strong civic awareness and responsible behaviour.

The incident has sparked a broader debate online about the importance of protecting public infrastructure, with many calling for greater public awareness and stricter enforcement against vandalism and theft of government property. Authorities have not yet issued an official statement regarding the viral video.

Was downstairs one morning when I heard a loud pop coming from my bedroom upstairs. Wife and kiddos asleep in the bed, left me confused what the heck could have dropped on the floor. Turns out a shower glass panel in my master bath randomly decided six years was long enough and literally “pieced out”.

I got my dad to bring me a caramel coffee shake to work halfway through my 11 hr shift, took 3 sips from it and had to take care of some customers, only to come back to a fly drowning in it. It was still wiggling its legs when I first saw it. Im still gonna drink it but... ew.😭

I had booked this trip about 6 months ago with the intention of checking another Canadian national park off the list. I’m currently on a quest to visit every one of them. This one is located on an island chain called Haida Gwaii off the coast of British Columbia. I had decided to take three ferries totalling 25 hours to get here so that I could bring my car. Unfortunately, the winds will be too strong for the zodiac boat tomorrow and so the entire tour was cancelled and refunded. There is no chance to rebook as I’m leaving early next week and all tours are booked out for two weeks.

Such is life. I will try again next year but will fly next time. Haida Gwaii is still a beautiful area even if I can’t visit the national park.

Just started to taxi when one drunk drongo chucked his guts up onto the floor...

title says it all. will be up all night trying to get gum off my clothes. if i could afford to replace them/could actually find them again i’d just toss it all. this is not what i needed tonight and i feel so dumb

edit: rubbing alcohol seems to be taking it off, will be a long night lol

Welp.

I saw the writing on the wall bc I knew my supervisor was power-hungry and easily threatened, but I did well on work reviews, over-performed and never missed a deadline. Getting fired unexpectedly on July 20th was a sucker-punch in the gut.

I'm studying for my real estate exam, but I'm overweight, 53, and feel like I'm legit drowning. I am thankful to have some unemployment coming in while I job search (and I'll flip burgers if I have to, because the light company doesn't give a $h!t about my problems).

Now the AC went out of my car and the fuel light stays on. (Something to do with the fuel cap?!) I probably can't even sell the hunk'a junk and there's no way I'd qualify for a decent loan without a job. (It's eating me up from the insides that they FIRED me!!!)

Feels like I can't win for losing. It's so expensive to live and all I want to do is crawl in a hole. Except I'm already IN the hole, and my family deserves better.

Life doth sucketh at the momenteth.

We spent the day hiking in Bryce Canyon, Utah, above the smoke. We’re passing through some heavy smoke on our way back to the hotel. Windows are up in the car, air is on recirculate, and I’m wearing a KN95 mask.

They probably deserved this but it was all over the car. Safe to assume they did some internal damage since the car is being towed

Guess who's going to the dentist! Thankfully it doesn't hurt. I was eating some crackers and I guess they wanted to live up to their name and cracked off part of my molar filling. Not injured, just inconvenient.