IRB corrections submitted! One step closer to being #PhinisheD #academicsky #mamademic

Me, and every person who has had to suffer all summer with children complaining that it isn’t bedtime because the sun is still out ✌🏼

TIL my entire life has been a lie:

On Sundays we hike and read the Adventure Bible somewhere on the trail. We started doing this last spring because our AuDHD kiddos couldn’t handle the structure of church/Sunday school anymore. This has been an amazing experience for our family, plus we get to be in community in places like this:

Currently me playing Brock Bowers and still losing my fantasy game:

Do they make silent bathtubs? I think someone should invent a silent bathtub for those with hearing sensitivities. One of my kiddos absolutely LOATHES bath time because of the noise of the tub. A silent/quiet bath tub would be a complete game changer. #randommamathoughts

This is giving me Morgan/Vinny vibes from #bb27 👀

I’m 💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣 because this is exactly what I look like every Saturday

Where in the world is the crispy-crunchy-brown-goodness on top???

Every season there is always that one parent wanting to get everyone to sign up for winter indoor soccer and my answer is always:

I’m so sick of the economic issues are more important than social issues people. 44% of the US is non-white, 30% are white women. We’re all included in “DEI,” a group they’re trying to kick out of the job market. It’s hilarious that anyone thinks they can have an economy without us.

Me currently waiting for this Tylenol PM to kick in:

This photo screams: what is a CHILD doing at MY party???? Release the files!!!!

I should have been a meteorologist with the amount of barometric pressure migraines I get

I wish we could also have nice things

Having Canvas go down on a day where your students have a major project due:

Every single time 🤣

Did you know that a typhoon just hit Alaska & displaced over 1,000 people and washed away entire communities? If your media isn't covering this, it's bc these are Indigenous communities.

Rough drop off this morning with the twins…I know they are safe and well cared for at their school, but it’s so hard sometimes to leave when I can see them distressed. You would think as someone with a background in ECE that I would be better at this 😩😩😩

Just submitted my IRB for my dissertation research!!!! One step closer to being #Phinished #edusky #mamademic

Happy Indigenous People Day! Did you know that Indigenous women go missing and are murdered ten times more than average? They don’t even get a quarter of the attention that a white woman going missing would get. Please keep these women in your mind. Don’t forget them www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awaren...

Horrific! www.kptv.com/2025/10/12/5...

I think the hurricanes knew we couldn’t handle one more disaster

Day 12: Space Planet inspired by Rebel Unicorn Crafts #artjournal #watercolor My masking tape ripped, but my daughter said it looks like an alien took a bite out of the painting 🛸

THIS RIGHT HERE 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

I don’t know who this “we” is, but it doesn’t involve me! I will not break my back for capitalism and neither should anyone else. Rest is resistance. Community is resistance. Neither of those can be found in round the clock work. My family is too important to me for me to not be around 😘✌🏼

If y’all need a distraction this weekend, Karen Pirie is back!!! I REPEAT 📢📢📢 KAREN PIRIE IS BACK BABY!!!! Goodness gracious I missed this show! #britbox

I know it is Taylor Swift day, but can we shift gears and talk about how FREAKING GOOD Kehlani’s (un)Folded is???? Like ma’am, Folded was already bomb, but making an acapella version???

#academicsky Please check in on your PhD student friends…we are not doing well. I’ve had so many conversations about how we can possibly go on when the world is crumbling and our livelihoods are under attack. I’ve had multiple friends leave their programs. I’m sad but I’m gonna fight. I have to.

This is totally me every day since I heard this song 💀💀💀 youtube.com/shorts/5_wLg...

Day 11: Ghostly Family Portrait #artjournal #watercolor I had fun with one making it my own and practicing some new techniques, like picking up some color with my brush. Seriously, go follow @andrea-nelson-art.bsky.social and try all her tutorials. They are so fun!!!

Day 10: Neon Dragon Eye inspired by an Andrea Nelson tutorial #artjournal #watercolor

Who messed around and played Woody Marks on their fantasy team this week???

Who messed around and played Woody Marks on their fantasy team this week???

Day 8: Changing Leaves #artjournal #watercolor I had fun with this one! I definitely need to work on lettering with watercolor next, but I really enjoyed painting the changing leaves 🍂

Me when my therapist tells me they are proud of me:

Day 7: Blobs of a color gradient #artjournal #watercolor

Current music obsession: youtu.be/KFMYx1TibeQ?...

I just cancelled a free trial BEFORE I got charged!!! The executive is functioning today 🥳🥳🥳

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

This right here!!! I love being part of a large neurodivergent household. It is NEVER boring and filled with so much life, silliness, and love. Even though some days are REALLY hard, I wouldn’t change a thing 💜

#artjounal #neurographicart Days 4,5, and 6!

#artjournal Day 3: Chocolate Cupcake This was a good learning experience for me. I learned that I am impatient and need to let my watercolor fully dry before trying to add any other mediums or I will rip the paper…oops! Still fun 😊

I know there is so much going on right now, but I assigned my undergrad students to do a TT style compare/contrast video and they are SO GOOD!!! This is why I love teaching 🥹

#artjournal Day 2: Dots

Amy makes beautiful things that hold up over time! Our nativity set has been through a few holiday seasons now with four rowdy kids, and still looks great 😊

Your email finds me deeply burned out and disassociating.

I’m starting my watercolor journey to help with *all the things* and this is my painting from today. May we all keep dreaming of brighter days 💜

Listening to this nonstop this week: