local product manager a living nightmare

toast’s meows: sweet little girl, precious purr meows, wants to have a conversation with you willow’s meows: crinkly little meows only used to express her discontent (someone took me off the counter so I couldn’t eat bacon grease, someone stole my toy which was actually a large workout rubber band)

Measles is literally the most contagious disease ON EARTH. The r0 value is between 12-18, meaning each person infects 12-18 other people, who go on to infect 12-18 more people EACH. A single case can quickly infect hundreds of people. Vaccination is the only real defense against it.

everywhere I go today, the red shouldered hawks are mating

for every benz in the parking lot at work I’m demanding a $10k raise

58 degrees in the office at work, 40 outside, still no working heater but we gotta come in so the vp who’s a creep gets to feel like he’s in control

Just as a reminder “CBP stays at border” means this:

loved today’s reference for #dtawinter2026 💧 #dtawinter2026day8 #sketchbookartist #sketchbook #landscape #abstract #art #nature

you never have to worry about whether you're a good artist if you just don't make any art follow for more pro tips

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also have to deworm toast today so. wish me luck on that 😭 she did eat her antibiotics last night and this morning but still seems a little nauseous or food hesitant

the "medieval people didn't know how to draw animals" crowd has been real quiet ever since john siferwas dropped the Perfect Woodcock

toast evaded her meds-mixed-in-food this evening 🫠

Here's some art. Abolish ICE.

the tech at cvs got a good giggle out of me picking up meds for a cat

If folks don't know what to do with their rage today, and they have cash, I suggest going to standwithminnesota.com and finding someone who needs help

10 more days of antibiotics for the kittens 😭 which I expected because you usually do 3-4 weeks, they just couldn’t give us more than 2wks medication at a time since it expires 😔

is this kitten just changing her routine or is this hiding behavior, a memoir

do not wake up at 2:30am

I sneezed and no one said bless you 😔

help I can decide between mid june or early august for alaska

credit card needs to be cancelled for suspicious charges 🫠

feb ko-fi rewards! the mountain bluebird (with some eastern in the sticker sheet hehe) 🎀🦋 sign up via ko-fi.com/mushbeast

just five more doses of doxy for these kittens (presuming we don’t need a round two) and toast is getting SO good at wriggling out of the burrito. I mean i haven’t managed a full perfect burrito yet bc she’s so hard to wrangle

Sometimes I look at the news and feel sad that I didn’t major in insider trading

last few years I’ve co-led birding by kayak trips for the bird festival with good reviews, but this year they did not reach out :(

big colour blobs for #dtawinter2026day5 🎨 #dtawinter2026 #gouache #sketchbook #vibrant #colorful

how can we get a mandated 45 minute paid nap time included in the labor laws

anyway. booking travel to alaska.

the deep yearning to see glacier national park vs. the ethics of contributing to the overcrowding of all that 🥲

the chickadees at work are starting to sing 🥹

i may fall asleep at my desk

got prescribed mirataz for the kittens to try and get them to eat at least a little more. they haven’t lost weight but they haven’t gained either. had super good luck with it with Mac, but his sister before him got really anxious with it :/

will the kittens please eat!!!

went to pottery bc it was an extended hours + potluck day and I just came away from it grumpier and more anxious about the kittens

graphic design linkedinfluencer posts that are like "remember when we thought canva would replace our jobs? but it didnt right! thats why we shouldnt worry about ai either!" except it did replace us bc orgs I used to work with no longer contract me bc they still make all their stuff w canva.

the marathons I could run with these adrenaline spikes from stressing about cat meds

The Cave

I’ve reached the doing math to cope stage

also our chalk dudleya is shooting up flower stalks for the first time!!!

tried to give toast a calm morning today, so we managed to get her at least half a dose mixed in with churu

toast peed herself she was so scared to get wrangled for her meds tonight :( but we got them in, and she did very deliberately slow blink at us shortly after. I’m just like. fuck. 14 more doses of this. at minimum

now in a meeting full of middle managers talking about how much they rely on ch*tgpt for their job, including for writing critical copy 🫠

have not managed to grab toast this morning for her meds 🫠

#dtawinter2026 number 2 I had squiggles afterwards in the sky because it felt too empty, like my souuuul. anyway, photo ref by @alexiawinterhalter.bsky.social #gouache #mountains #artchallenge

maybe one day I’ll be able to make it back to the pottery 🫠

the entire downstairs department is working from home until they fix the heater, since it’s too cold. but for some reason we still need to come in??

River fauna ⭐️🐟

convincing myself that getting some meds in them is better than nothing and it will miraculously solve their ailments in the minimal amount of time possible 🫠

toast is miraculously not churu motivated