I'm a sucker. I'm getting a puppy. I have a bunch of reasons why I didn't want one now but also this is pretty serendipitous the way this puppy fell in my lap. That's been how half our dogs have come to us so it seems fitting.

Me: Hi, I'm calling to reschedule an appointment for my ADHD meds? I was supposed to call you back in December but, well, I have ADHD." Receptionist: *starts laughing* I'm sorry! That was just too funny! Me: Trust me, I wouldn't have said it if I didn't think it would be.

FREAKING FINALLY

I'm just a voice screaming into the void please ignore me

I know a lot of Warren Court rulings. I've learned about Mapp v Ohio (1961) and taught about it, strictly in the context of a Con Law case. But I was today years old when I found out that Dollree Mapp was a Black woman denying entrance to white cops.

One of my things recently is to try and give less of a fuck and lemme tell ya, it's been a hell of a lot of weight off my shoulders 😂

Really. You're gonna have a show about doctors and the main doctor isn't gonna wear a HELMET IN A MOTORCYCLE WEAR YOUR HELMET, FOLKS

I do not accept it, leave me alone.

I think I'm gonna take a social media break over winter break. I might take a break from all the "smart" features of my phone, even--like checking my email and playing games and such.

Parenting is complaining about how other people raise their kids, and agreeing everyone else is doing it wrong 😂

I thought she was older than that, this IS weird

It's SO WEIRD TO ME that I'm almost the same age my MIL was when I first started dating my husband

This is the most I've decorated for the Christmas holiday in over 7 years. When my mom died, I didn't even really want to put up a tree. Now my living room is lit up by so many pretty lights.

Happy Thanksgiving

I am in my mid-30s and it still feels illegal to have an alcoholic drink around former students.

When I was in college, a man was posing as a police officer and pulling women over and raping them along the road I sometimes drove to get to school. For me, I can easily just avoid pulling over until I'm in a public space but I know why others cannot.

Sometimes I feel a sudden urge to burst into tears. There isn't one single precipitating event, in fact, sometimes it is while I'm doing mundane life things. Also, I've noticed I have a twitch these days. Not fun.

I hate that I can't edit things. It'd even be ok if people could opt to see the original, I just wanna fix autocorrect mistakes that I missed

I made it thirty days into the new school year before I suspect I've gotten an illness And honestly, I think I got sick from my toddler and not school.

Every potential "rapture" is a win-win for me. Either everyone who makes my life miserable disappears all at once, or they were all collectively wrong (again).

There is so much terrible about all of this, but what strikes me most is how often the teen suggested involving his family so he didn’t go through with the suicide and it appears that each time, ChatGPT discouraged him.

I have to fast for a blood test and I'm starving, but I couldn't get babysitting until 11 😔 Side note, I absolutely forgot and drank half a cup of coffee with sugar free creamer before remembering I was supposed to be fasting. I guess they won't get an accurate glucose. Oh well.

Going to assume the same branding experts who convinced the NBC braintrust to go all in on “MS NOW” to replace MSNBC came up with this for Kristi Noem when she was governor of South Dakota:

A complaint from teachers the world over: school starts in two days and they have us in district wide meetings All Damn Day.

He's definitely said approximations of "fuck!" a few times

My 16 month old cannot say much but he can shout "no!" and say "uh oh" any time he drops anything.

Some people feel the weather in their bones. A storm rolls in and so do headaches. For years, this phenomenon was dismissed as imagination or coincidence. Now, with sharper tools and more data, researchers are taking weather-related symptoms seriously.

6yo and I are going on an overnight trip tomorrow to see a favorite band and I'm SO EXCITED TO DO THIS WITH HIM

Now that the chapter is complete, I really recommend reading it from start to finish in one go!

I said a group of people were being transphobic and some rando said "that's not transphobia, and I would know because I have a trans friend~" Um, is the trans friend real because my buddy ....

When told his dad wouldn't be home tonight my six yr old goes, "Great!" I paused and was like, "Um, what?" "Oh, cause if Dad isn't home I can sleep in your bed!" And then he laughed manically?

Apricot carried our team. I lost it all for us. 😐😂

Fuck yeah. I use them because I used to overuse commas and people got annoying about it

Watching Mufasa with 6yo and lemme tell ya: these songs suck 😂😂😂 I expected better from LMM.

We now have a concentration camp in Florida. Stop pretending any of this is normal. If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person. Be human.

I need to clean but I need someone to take my children and husband away to do it

The last two books I read had a weird amount in common, especially for being on opposite sides of genre spectrums. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is supernatural, dark, and sad (though the ending was good ) Lessons in Chemistry was sad and funny and also had a good ending.

My problem has always been that my anxiety manifests into anger.

oh, I need to go watch this one. I did a capstone about juvenile adjudication and just have an interest in it

even on summer break, mondays are for the birds. specifically this one 🖕🏼

💯

6 yr old, while I was tickling his back (!!): Mom, it's impossible to love you. Dick.

My sibling draws Kattabolt, which you can catch up on by going to Kattabolt.com and then come back and go tell them what you like about their art.

This is horrifying but not surprising.

If you are going to a protest tomorrow, just, be careful. Planned and permitted protests mean anyone can show up with intent to disrupt. Good luck and stay safe.

On the day it finally happens, it won't be soon enough.

San Antonio police have walked back on a previous statement that there was no evidence of a hate crime in the killing of actor Jonathan Joss, with the police chief now calling the statement “premature.”

Happy Pride month, y'all. If you wanna support a queer creator making a coming of age adventure comic with a queer cast, check out Kattabolt! Alex hasn't talked to a straight person yet. kattabolt.com