I'm burned out, lonely, and in need of maintenance.

Not me being late getting my boys to scouting because I was buying Girl Scout cookies. Listen, I will never pass up an opportunity to encourage a kid. Ever.

On the #homeschool agenda today for 2/4 kids - totalitarian governments. I didn't even plan it that way. Crazy how that happens.

Why would someone with ANY tactical training stand IN FRONT of a vehicle?

Proud to be that friend that will show up on a moment's notice with scissors, a step stool and no questions.

I am looking for a therapist (YAY FOR ME) on my insurance website. One of my criteria for consideration is if the practitioner has a kind and joyful smile.

NYE 2009. We had gotten up from Shiva 11 days before. Hubbs and MM were asleep. I went out on the roof deck. Never before or since have I felt so alone. I could hear the mayhem of revelry in the streets below, see the fireworks from Central Park. Times Square glowed in the distance. 1/?

Is it too early for kiddush? Nurys hasn't stopped talking for FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT. I feel like my eyeballs are going to pop out of my head.

Notification: Your printer is experiencing an unexpected configuration error. My mom brain: Can you tell me more about that? My computer: Absolutely not.

If I'm tired tomorrow it's because I was up late - piled up on the couch with my 19 year old son, showing each other funny crap from our feeds. *yawn* Worth it.

I finished When The Moon Hits Your Eye this weekend. @scalzi.com ,sir, you have no business giving me an existential crisis over a premise so ridiculous. Well done.

More names - * Elon Ben Shimshon * ⁠Yaacov haLevy Ben Miriam * Shoshana Bat Minette

Ahmed El Ahmed should know untold blessings for the untold number of lives he saved.

Here are the names released so far for Tehillim for some of the injured at the #chanukah shooting at #bondibeach Ruvien ben Manya Arsan ben Amelia Chaya Mushka bas Shterna Sara Feivel Eliezer ben Dobra Bella Yaakov Halevi ben Miriam Yaakov Dov ben Penina www.chabad.org/library/bibl...

I've started listening to Dear @hankgreen.bsky.social and @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social, picking episodes at random. Regarding substitute swear words, may I offer, "Sundry biscuits," and "muddy feathers"? I even use those around my Cub Scouts.

I have always been the type to imagine myself into my favorite fun media (I know what division of star fleet I would have chosen, what my Mutant X gene would have activated, I'm pretty sure I could have sorted things out with Trillian and Random, etc.) but as an adult, I'm less sure. 1/?

My household needs a third full time caring adult.

MM just finished his first semester of college with a 3.7 GPA. Izzy told Spock, "Don't talk to Mommy like that." today when he was being snotty to me. These have equal value to me as parenting achievements. (yes, obviously, the credit for the grades goes to MM. But I got him there.) 1/?

Chabad of West Boca is currently running their end of the year match campaign. They have been unbelievably supportive of Pack 18 from the very beginning - we would literally not exist without them! Please help me show our appreciation - donate here - Chabadwestboca.com/teamcubscouts

Threads is just bonkers.

OK, @alicefraser.bsky.social , I finished The Murderbot Diaries. What's next? I'm going on a cruise next week, so it has to be fantastic because the only back up will be whatever my husband packs, which is bound to be #fishing magazines and #monsterbait romance.

I woke up early to have some quiet before the kids got up. So naturally the teenagers woke up early and chatty.

Nurys, "I'm trying to make it through the whole day without whining. What do I get if I do it?" Me, "A very happy Mommy."

Scale of 1-10 how worried are we when the 15 year old son texts "please pick up neosporin on the way home."?

My 19 year old college freshman has more freedom and space than he has ever had in his life. He's blossomed socially, he's happy and busy with friends. And he still sends me memes and texts me all the time and calls every week before Shabbos. Literally nothing makes me happier.

Here are some pearls of parenting wisdom I have found myself sharing lately - If you're worried that you're doing a terrible job, you're not. You know that you're responsible for how your kids turn out. Bad parents think they did everything right and their kids screwed up. 1/?

Learning about solutions, viscosity and molecular cohesion.

My daughter is at her first slumber party ever. The theme is "half ninja, half tinkerbell." She's friends with the right girls.

I wore really fantastic outfit tonight and did not shave my legs. It feels like such a power move.

I know the "shoes match your purse" rule is outdated... But is there a shoe and purse rule? Can I wear a black leather purse and pink patent shoes?

The influencers I follow are not the materialistic, unboxing type. Yet over the last few weeks, I've seen SO MANY shopping videos. They're filling up carts! ... For food pantries and gift drives and donating GLEEFULLY. I follow the right people.

There's no use pretending anymore. I went to Trader Joe's and browsed for fun and then got excited about seasonal items. I might as well take up pickleball.

AND I just missed my exit on I95. I'm going to have to do some cartwheels or something later to balance this all out or any minute I'll start getting social security checks.

I am having the adultiest day in all of history. I have adjusted a bicycle seat, been to the post office, put things in storage, called the city, scheduled a permit inspection, and dealt with TWO different kinds of insurance. I am SO grown up and definitely deserve ice cream.

My oldest child has me absolutely spoiled. I just had to *ask* my teenagers to make me tea. And then! They just put the kettle on and walked away.

Me - "I'm going to take a hot minute to myself of before I have to go out again." Nurys - proceeds to read me an entire recipe.

If I had to rate the phrases I've used most commonly as a parent in the last almost 20 years (WHAT), "Carefully, so we don't lose any pieces," would be way up there.

Watching Spock and Nurys at soccer and the boys' coach is like "three burpees for punishment!" while the girls' coach is like "Skip! Skip faster! Around the cone!" 🤣 Both groups are having fun and doing the same amount of work just waaay different vibes.

Hubbs - It's Argentina out there. Me -....? We gave nature $30B? H- It's Venezuela out there. M-...? H- It's Brazil out there. M- It's South America outside? H- It's Mexico out there. M-... Latin America? H- It's Guatemala out there. M-... Central Amer- Izzy - CHILE. IT'S CHILE OUTSIDE. UGH.

Last night me did today me a favor and made a pot pie for dinner. When last night's children cleaned up the kitchen, they left it on the counter. So, tonight's children get whatever I can throw together for dinner. I ordered branzino for Hubbs and myself. Nyah Nyah.

People who call women "Barbie," as an insult don't understand Barbie at all. Or it's the patriarchy's fault.

@alicefraser.bsky.social "defang her venomous cooch," is the phrase I didn't know I needed to hear.

Cold increases my viscosity. Don't expect much from me today.

Nothing warms a mother's heart more than hearing her child say, "It *may* be legal in Florida."

Taking my husband to Home Depot is like taking my daughter to Ulta.

Dear Lord, please give me the strength to gentle parent when this most loved and wanted creation of Yours is NOT gentle daughtering.

Got dropped this morning 👎 Got a chance to use my only cool floreo 👍 #Capoeira

I'm in my single-pan dinner era.

Do Volkswagen Beetle drivers consider the violence wrought in the name of their vehicles when choosing to buy their cars?

How was Capoeira this morning? Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man. YAY for me taking care of my body but OMFG OW.