In time, the mist comes for us all

Has it raptured yet? Are they finally gone?

Trogdor's new school participates in scholastic book orders, which I have mixed feelings about in a macro sense, but in a micro sense I have ordered him the newest Guinness Book of World Records. It's really for me though. I loved that one growing up. Superlatives!!!

Uploaded all my tax documents on the last day the tax lady would accept them because I have anxiety 👍

Musical episodes, bffs who bang, bangs, and heroes for social justice that can murder you with a chakram from any point within 1000 feet have all never been bigger. The time for Xena's return is now.

Freeze warning tonight so I get to insist that my boys wear pajamas for their comfort and not at all because I want to snuggle up to them when they are at their very peak of cuteness, no way no how

I'm wearing a nursing bra to a Jim Gaffigan show, this feels like a vibe

I have a date tonight *gasp*

Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids

Jimmy Fallon looking into the bathroom mirror, trembling in the middle of the night as he wonders if he will be the next comedian to be silenced by the Trump administration and then sleeping like a baby because it would probably kill him to muster the courage to say anything that actually mattered

Just found this at a thrift shop. Never heard of it. Looks fuckin' bananas. Did I do good?

Happy birthday Jim Davis.

Just saw a porcupine walking down the street like it was going to work I couldn't get a pic because I was too busy going holy shit, is that a porcupine?! Never seen one in the wild. I live in a wonderland.

Trogdor got his first orthodontic device installed today, and sometime in the next six months he will have braces as well. He's young for all this, but it's necessary to prevent pain and damage and help his breathing, and I feel so bad about it. I never had to have em and it seems like it sucks.

We told him he could be anything he wanted, so he became a cat

I live in a painting now

I always check my fire extinguisher and smoke detectors on this day because, y'know, we must never forget

Like the proverbial woke snowflake phoenix, I have arisen from the ashes of my covid vax reborn. I am also the only healthy adult in my house today, which after the last six weeks of illness and chronic pain is quite strange. Might mow the lawn...

Bought new checks because as a certified Old I interact with other Olds who want them occasionally, but I badly underestimated how many I actually ordered. It's gonna take me like 300 years to use all these fucking checks. Good thing they have cute baby animals on them

This year's COVID and flu shots have hit me hard. I feel like a tortoise or an ent. Big gulf between when I decide to do something and when my body actually responds. Worth it. But oof.

I got this thing today so does that make me a

Getting flu and COVID shots today, I think? I hope?? I'm signed up for em and I've got asthma so...?!? This is the post post modern world, when nothing makes sense I'm gonna create my own meaning, and hopefully my health insurance agrees 🤷‍♀️

I am sick, but not too sick to appreciate this patch of our woods, which is also sick but in an idiomatic way, y'know what I mean

Trogdor had an awesome birthday even though he was coming down with a cold. We went bowling and had a Ben and Jerry's ice cream cake, pic redacted because it has his real name on it. (Didn't actually name him after homestarrunner lol) Then he had a sick day. Now I am sick today, as is tradition.

In the process of changing all the light bulbs in the house to warm toned LEDs and it's like a whole different, happier house. Took me six months to realize all the bulbs here were blue af

It is Trogdor's birthday. He was so excited he woke up at 2am. Then Burninator woke up at 5. And then later in the morning, Burninator somehow called 911 on my mother's phone, and she explained, so here's hoping the cops don't show up while we wrap gifts and stuff

Nine years ago today, I was one day away from a scheduled c section with my overdue 10 pound first child and was miserably uncomfortable. I tried to nap and watch Star Trek but instead I made a quadruple batch of shepherd's pie and refilled all the jars in my spice cabinet.

Went to the fair and had amazing al pastor tacos that I wish to commemorate for all time Also the tilt-a-whirl is still fun

Made a happy lil fruit plate for my Grandma and Aunt

My kid came home from school happy three days in a row. This is a deviation from the historical norm that I am very, very glad to see. I know it won't all be sunshine and roses, but this is a big deal. Usually the first week of school comes with many tears.

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My older boy is at school. The younger one didn't wake up until twenty minutes after the big one got on the bus. Jim is at work. It's so fucking quiet. I miss my boys though.

Trogdor starts school tomorrow. Last thing on his summer to-do list was to make elephant toothpaste (a science experiment) so today we did. Very satisfying.

My father, who for all intents and purposes lives alone in the apartment next to our house, asked me to order him 128oz of mayonnaise on Friday. He has been asking me about the status of his mayo every day since. When I ask him what he needs it for he just says "oh, you know... potato salad."

✨ Delaying feeling anxious about transitions by cleaning ✨

I'm just gonna say it I'm not sure pickleball actually exists I'm not buying it

Neighbors asked Trogdor to petsit and revealed that they will be paying him an amount per day that makes his allowance seem like a pittance This must be how dms who get stressed out about the economy of DnD must feel

This morning Trogdor told me he wasn't really feeling his yogurt, so he decided to give it to Burninator, age 19 months,who was near the couch and unsupervised at the time Reader, the terror

Just placed a Costco two day delivery order --2 packs of toilet paper --2 64oz jars-vats-of mayonnaise I regret nothing

My children decided that today was a good day to scream in the house while naked so I made them dress and go outside, and now they are howling at each other across the yard like baby wolves. I would not have it any other way. Except maybe quieter.

This arrived today after being stuck in Ohio for about two weeks for some reason. Once we put the wheels on we can put tools in it and maybe one day I will learn to use some of them properly. (Others in the house are much handier than me)

I'm in a really good mood today because I'm aging much more slowly than the meanest girl in middle school 😎

Playing outside for hours with my children on a gorgeously cool day makes me so happy, and then I wish so hard that this little pocket of joy was not in this country that grows more harrowing by the day. At this point, I don't know what else to do.

I wish it were less stupid

Just cleaned the living fuck out of my kitchen fueled by the power of spite. Not supposed to be my job but no one did it, so my disappointment and resentment combined to make me some kind of speed cleaning superhero. Wish I could capture this kind of energy for, say, self improvement

Sometimes toddlers are a lot. Sometimes they want to vacuum but themselves for a half an hour while you sit and drink coffee.

We cut down like six dead trees, and they all fell in the intended direction. None of them dropped seeds or a hazelnut, so I am forced to assume my foraging skill is only at level one. I did make a lil snake friend tho

I'm learning to use a chainsaw this morning