I have had to remind myself that it's only Monday SEVERAL times today.

There is nothing more adult than muttering ‘I’m a grown-up I’m a grown-up…’ under your breath as you do a simple task.

We’re just getting started.

Traffic is creepily quiet. Did I miss another rapture date?

I'm in a training session and the presenter might ~literally~ be Chris Traeger from Parks and Rec

'People Were Nice to Me and I Cried: the Heather Allen Story'

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

Planted some bulbs today and the ground is still SO dry. Reminding myself of this as I look at the rainy forecast.

My neighbour is using their very loud leaf blower

May have to do a quick recalibration of the kid’s costume, as it involved a top hat. Very glad I didn’t invest $$ in a costume this year

Big excitement at the bus stop this morning: a deer! In the hydrostone. Poor thing.

A ton of pieces have fallen into place, leading to my parents adopting a corgi. It’s very exciting and lovely and distracting.

Made mustard pickles.

Stop Wearing Perfume on the Bus Challenge

RIP The Coast. It keeps hurling itself into the sea; just let it die.

Nothing like going through Community Services files from the 60s to make you feel nice and bleak.

I was unprepared for both the darkness and the rain.

PSA: new Neko Case!

Drag 'em

It’s a blessed day* *I just noticed that Parks & Rec has been added to Disney Plus.

Halifax Municipal Archives is hosting a Cogswell District Scan-a-thon on Oct. 25 from 1-4 p.m. at Central Library. Do you have any photos, slides or negatives of the homes, buildings or people once located in this reimagined neighbourhood? Share them with us at the event! Learn more: buff.ly/A4HNxJj

Happy denim jacket season to all who celebrate.

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Oh god a ladybug flew in my mouth right in my mouth

Fully Christmas in Masstown

Husband packed the kid’s clothes for the weekend, which apparently means the kid has no shirts.

The autumn leaves are astounding along the highway today. Good gracious.

This weather gives me hurricane anxiety.

I made the mistake of getting excited about something, and now I've just ended up with a bunch more work (and dwindling excitement).

Is four months early too soon to buy yourself a birthday gift? What if it’s really pretty and you’ll have to justify the cost somehow?

There is a busy family of cardinals outside my office window and surely I cannot be expected to do any work.

We ordered Dhaba Express for dinner and I’m going to eat myself into a coma.

Absolutely infuriating ‘update’ on the new SJAM school building from HRCE on behalf of provincial gov. NO new information. NO timeline. NO apologies.

It’s that time of year in Halifax when you need entirely different outfits for morning and afternoon.

This is the whole point of the internet.

First school lunch of 2025 got a decent review in our house, thank goodness.

I had thought that the neighbourhood turf war between the crows and the blue jays had been resolved, but apparently not! So screechy.

The parents of my kid’s best friend have a vastly different communication style to us, and it’s 70% frustrating and 30% absolutely fascinating.

I forgot how much of a caffeine wallop Java Blend’s French roast hits me with. I’m revved most of the day.

Well, we made it a full week of school before our first sick day. That’s something, I guess.

One of the young coworkers told me I had a ‘cool look’ or something and I handled the compliment very well.* *I did not. I made a few weird noises and then fled

I’ve already placed an order for this weekend. Gotta get the goods while I can.

I have a problem. I’ve started a very fun book AND YET I’m still expected to do some work today.

If you were going to treat yourself to a facial, what kind would you get, or what would you look for? These all sound like nonsense words.

I am not sportsy, but I might die for Jawslyn.

I get so mad at dingdongs who want more cars on the road (force back to the office, anti bus lanes, less active transport options). That helps no one!

Finally found out that the kid got the teacher he was hoping for AND his best school bud in in the same class. I am relieved.

❤️

What I read on my summer vacation (plus also few comics).

Both of my parents have asked for specific homemade Christmas gifts, which means I get to start worrying about it now. What a treat.