I took advantage of my snow day by giving myself most of a pedicure (I did not polish). I have slathered my hooves in balms and emollients and tucked them in cozy socks and tomorrow they will be baby-soft. ( I think)

There’s a travel ban in Bristol County so I don’t know when we’ll be plowed out. This is fine for now since the library is closed tomorrow too. I wonder if the GI cancels my procedure Thursday if they will tell me before I chug a whole bottle of miralax tomorrow.

I’ve been trending horizontal on this couch for the last 15 minutes. I am now fully reclined. Did I already take a nap today? Yes. Am I game for another nap? Also yes.

Concord grapes.

Some dillweed at my son’s apartment complex decided last night was a good night to put an old mattress out at the recycling shed. It blew right up against his car! He and his fiancee had to go move it so it wouldn’t get stuck there in the blizzard.

Man, is it windy out there. And the branches are heavy with snow. I would not be surprised if we lose power.

My weather app says it’s snowing but my eyes say it’s not. Well, there’ll be enough time for snow tomorrow.

I realized I didn’t have enough clear liquids for the last day of colonoscopy prep so I had to run to Stop and Shop. I’m glad I already had bread and milk at home!

There was a woman in the library last week who wanted a YA novel about Teddy Roosevelt. She didn’t have one in mind, she just wanted one to exist. She was very surprised there was no such thing. I think she thought YA was just shorter versions of adult books and assumed there’d be one about TR.

Pizza Combos. They’re greasy and nasty but they’re the first thing I grab on a road trip.

I remember in 5th-6th grade (82/83) we were always reading articles and outlining them. I feel this made me a more careful reader. Are kids still taught to do this?

This this this a thousand times this.

Library is unofficially closed Monday. Official announcement will be tomorrow. I’m glad it’s my Saturday off; libraries are nutso before a big snowstorm!

I put something in the hall closet so Milo wouldn’t chew it and a few minutes later heard him scratching and howling. In the 10 seconds the door was open he managed to get himself shut in the closet!

I invented something: a grocery store called The Empty Nest that sells things packaged for 2 people who don’t want to throw out half a loaf of bread when it goes stale.

I live mere miles from Attleboro.

I guess the thing I hate most about this week long colonoscopy prep is that it reminds me of dieting and puts me in a mood.

I just got to tell my daughter in law a deliciously gossipy story about her other mother in law (Phil’s ex) and I’m glad I’ve spent almost 30 years quietly observing things. I have many things to say.

I had a coworker tell me that she never would have guessed I am autistic, which A:😬 and B: she’s read my blog.

I have an appointment tomorrow and they have a 24 hour cancellation policy so now I have 2 hours to figure out if the sniffles I have this morning are going to turn into a full blown cold by tomorrow.

My spouse is listening to Joe Jackson downstairs and every third song is the saddest song you’ve ever heard and then the next one is some hidey hidey ho jumping jive composition and it gives you whiplash.

Every time I see someone with one of those light colored headset mics I do a doubletake because I think for a second that they have an enormous mole.

My pattern-seeking brain has sought out a pattern in my tinnitus and now I keep thinking I hear staticky music in the distance.

There's an autistic teen in here totally vibing with a Spider Gwen book and her mom keeps interrupting her and asking her to go look at other things. Let the kid read!

We have a potato battery! Libraries are where the magic happens!

I wrote this poem last year.

You never know what Pinterest is going to show you. Today I was treated to this man eating a hotel breakfast while wearing a sweater vest like a tank top.

I had one bad colonoscopy prep years ago and now I’m on a list of people who need to prep for a full week beforehand and I keep trying to explain that was the year I had medication induced gastroparesis and I don’t anymore but noooo, it’s miralax for me.

Today was such a dumb day that I never had the chance to go get potatoes for the battery project. I will get some tomorrow and tame electricty itself!

A mom straight up lied that her kids were old enough for a teen program and then these two little guys walked in. She dropped them off so I let them stay but she's going to get a stern email tomorrow.

Great news! My hearing loss could be caused by an infection so I am starting a course of prednisone tomorrow. If that doesn't work on to hearing aids.

I owe everyone a big apology. You weren’t mumbling. I need hearing aids!

Summer babies need bucket hats.

Half of my teen volunteers finish complicated tasks in way too little time and the other half can stretch out a 5 minute job til the end of their shift.

I was whisked into an ENT appointment for tomorrow so we shall see if I can't hear or if everyone has suddenly started mumbling.

I found this site with miniature books to download and assemble. Perfect for my escape room!

milo really wanted to eat the balloon strings. They are popped and in the trash now.

Baby Jesus isn’t usually depicted like he’s cooking up a scheme.

I have a colonoscopy next week and I have gotten a text to confirm and then a phone call to confirm and I expect a homing pigeon to show up with something for me to sign any minute.

For Valentine’s Day I took my man to lunch and then candle shopping. We smelled a lot of candles and left with three. A great way for us to celebrate our 29th V-Day together.

I never do bathroom selfies but damn, girl, look at that hair!

I think I’m coming down with something. Just what I need.

Hey hey hey everybody it’s time for another look at Massachusetts town names. This time: Barnstable County.

What if there was a dating-like site that matched you with other autists who had the same special interest? Monotropism.com where you can yammer on about trains or dinosaurs or Queen Elizabeth I’s teeth. Oh wait, maybe that’s Reddit.

Phil and I went to see Twelve Monkeys on our first official date, which was 30 years ago this month. Unbelievably, my library has it on DVD. I think we need to rewatch it.

Reframing things can be very helpful. But “hypercuriosity” is only one part of ADHD. I was miserable for years because I couldn’t do basic things: pay bills, eat food before it spoiled, finish anything before a deadline. Even now, when I have medication and years of therapy I still struggle.

Riddle me this, Batman: How come I have trouble hearing Phil’s voice from the other room but I can hear every note from the across the street neighbor’s band rehearsal?

I thought I might try learning some German before we travel there in 2028. That’s how I found out my library no longer offers Transparent Language. I’m done with Duolingo, so I need to find something.

I think I might have tinnitus. There's just this high pitched whiny static in my head 24/7. This is different from my heightened sensitivity to sound. I don't like it.

Ironically, I am figuring out ways to make fake books for my escape room because none of the books in the library are time period appropriate and if there's one thing middle school kids appreciate it's verisilimitude.