The dementia anxiety spiral won and we didn’t get to celebrate the young fella with Grandma today. Weather was mint and we had a nice picnic anyway

Source: I went from working in a family owned centre to working in a Wright owned centre and I left teaching all together afterwards because you could see what they wanted for the sector and none of it was what I got a degree for

Early childhood champion is doing a lot of heavy lifting here

I know there’s heaps of hard stuff to come but I struggle with the anxiety with MIL’s dementia. She’s spiralling over a birthday present and it doesn’t matter how many times we tell her it’s sorted, she has to call and check every 20 minutes. I know a time will come when we’ll wish she was calling.

Trending videos? That’s a hard no from me

There’s been a serious assault in the park we all walk through. Not now, ok?

Sending my 20 year old forth to the wilds of Newtown to see my cousin’s punk band tonight at Moon.

Man we have had a string of lovely weather.

I can guarantee whatever method this govt uses for fuel relief won’t help me. They’ll be doing the maths to maximise the capitalism. Pls bring back half price public transport 🥹

If 49 days of oil stresses you out, wait til you find out how many days of water your council can treat and hold.

Sadly for Robbie Williams being announced by the National Party is an insurmountable ick.

Block early and often. Life is too short.

Absolutely epic weekend having an at home version of Womad with all my best girls.

A lot of my day was taken up today by a tourist so disbelieving they literally couldn’t book a ferry that they were scammed by nztripferry.help 😭 not an English speaker so didn’t pick up on the many 🚩 🚩🚩

Is there not a single commercial building owner in Wellington willing to just let a lease roll over? Every time a 🥥 it’s almost like it’s leases not cycle lanes and parking

Taranaki folks don’t forget to turn your alarm off

Are you team make the bed or strip the bed? I like the beds left made because I prefer to make a fresh bed when a guest is coming.

Not only do I enjoy an Irish goodbye from parties, I also like to leave at 6am before anyone else is up when I stay overnight. My plans this weekend are foiled because I carpooled. What time is an acceptable time to say pssssst can we go?

This weekend is for the gals. Here we come Martinborough Fair. I’m not vibing with today being a travel day so I will just ignore my own whining.

My mental health is an absolute trash fire this week, I suspect related to the hormonal maelstrom. I think I’m entering a new epoch in the menopause journey.

Does anyone actually make a good nut mix anymore that isn’t just 75% cashews and almonds and 25% sweepings off the floor in the hazelnut and macadamia factory?

In today’s NZ Herald

Why yes, there is an empty gaping space in my early afternoon where the other children used to be and now they’re at Uni I am at a bit of a loss.

Also making a little chocolate and cornflakes style slice

I’ve made devilled sausages not from a packet. Who knew you could do such a thing. Look at me, smugly before I eat it. I reckon I will want the nostalgia flavoured sachet when dinner time comes around.

Would you leave a car in that carpark in Bulls for a weekend?

I’ve lit the fire. And put my pyjamas on. Saturday it was rosé in the sun. This is psychologically challenging.

What in the dickens is this weather

I’ve started buying artisan sourdough on a Friday so my Saturday and Sunday breakfasts are peak tea and toast. This week I went for a seeded loaf 🍞

What a time to be alive. Really putting the doom in my doom scroll this morning.

Mr tells me his work phone rang at midnight and he went to work at 1am, like I wouldn’t already know.

I never get a domestic flight now cos they get cancelled in the first provinces so frequently and it ain’t paying the cabin crew that’s the issue, it’s the weather, the engineering issues and the price. $360 for the cheapest flight on what is a 3.75 hour drive? Yeah nah.

His biggest fear in life is that his strict uniform school will call him out and he’ll have to learn to shave in a dirty boy’s school bathroom.

Those of you who have been on the Tiny Terrorist journey with me will possibly be shook to find that I’m about to buy his first razor 😢

I don’t wanna jinx it - but no one has called in sick today.

We are getting absolutely spanked with illnesses at work at the moment and it’s not even proper winter yet. And also Covid hasn’t gone away, if you hadn’t noticed.

I don’t think you unworthy, but I need a moment to deliberate

Had turned down my subwoofer out of respect for my family but unfortunately Brandi Carlile covering Uninvited must be experienced at the very boundaries of my speakers capabilities

For the sake of clarity: it won’t work

I’ve called 111 heaps of times for reasons ranging from “this might be a medical event” to “he’s threatening to kill people” and they can barely respond so I have no idea how this move on thing is gonna work.

I’m a real Brandi Carlile fan girl and she’s doing a live stream of her Minneapolis show to raise money - like what a fucking dream boat.

Starting working on a playlist for a certain birthday I might have next year and so far it’s all just Radiohead

Good news coming out of the NZ parliament, finally leaving X.

A sentence I thought I might never say again: the new U2 song kinda slaps.

Did anyone get a Marlon Williams presale code or is it just me refreshing my inbox?

I said I wouldn’t be happy until the artist formerly known as Prince Andrew was dragged through the streets and my dream draws a little closer this morning. (Sorry American Pope, I know I said kind thoughts and kind words and it’s only Day 3 of Lent but I need these men to get what’s coming)

If you really want to be appalled dinner tonight involves our own eggs, our own zucchini and our own potatoes accompanied by our own corn on the cob 🌽

My kid has his O-Week toga party tonight. I almost remember my O-Week toga party some 30-something years ago at The Albert in Palmerston North.

Let me introduce you to last Saturday me who cooked tonight’s dinner and put it in the freezer, and also to this morning me who remembered to get it out to thaw. All of the mes are very smug right now.

Please accept my sincerest apologies. I made a “who’s walking who?” joke to a dog owner this morning.