Something extra special about someone sending a job rejection on Easter Sunday. Working overtime at the not hiring Narci factory.

We are stuck in the stupidest possible timeline.

Went to a new joint that had flashing menus that displayed items for literally two seconds apiece. Practically ruined my whole meal, y'all. The meal Was Very Good.

Somehow shocked to find loyalty test questions in an application to do grunt admin work in the federal food and nutrition office.

It's a bad sign that the entire website for the nuclear naval program keeps crashing, huh?

Please just let me get a job before the economy craters. Or like, NYC craters.

Logged in for the first time in a few days, oh god, it's so bad. It was so bad and now it's so badder.

This week my mantra comes from Simon & Garfunkel: I get the news I need on the weather report Oh, I can gather all the news I need on the weather report

Me, describing feeling like I've had too much caffeine on an empty stomach to my kid, when I haven't actually done that. She says that's how she feels when she's really tired. Oh, yeah that's right. That's the name of what I'm feeling. Thanks for that one. Interoception kween.

I feel like I've heard this song before and I didn't like it much the first time.

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

It's harder to be depressed on strong psychiatric meds, but cute animal coloring doesn't hurt either.

Am in the wanting to buy a ridiculous number of supplies for my new hobby phase. Narci, no. You don't need more markers and coloring books. Or do I ???

Kids are wild though. Miss Eight has been gradually and slowly improving her reading. Don't get me wrong, she reads at a 4th grade level and is doing great. Mister Six woke up one day and is reading whole chapters of novels out loud. He read me an FDR speech today.

The only thing we have to fear itself has become a meaningless pastiche, but the whole thought hits hard. "The nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."

Mr six repeatedly crashing into the couch yelling "CHAOTIC MISHAP!!" He's going to have incredible display names one day.

Having to teach the kids his to use a corded phone today. It never occurred to me they wouldn't even know how to hold it.

Jesus, England and South Korea out here making us look like chumps.

Realized it's 10 years since Prince died. Increasingly convinced that's when the timeline diverged. At the very least, it was the end of the 2010s and the beginning of ... whatever this is.

Six year old, throwing a Beyblade top: "I'm playing with my lifeless prey!"

My son won't stop saying "two finger finger knitted one finger finger knitting" as if it was all one word.

Six year old threatens his eight year old sister, "I'm going to cut out your heart!" "Stop being so Shakespearey! Stop it, Shakespeare!"

Transgender for Everyone makes such a good protest sign.

I love a good stereotype. 7 Subarus in the Trader Joe's parking lot with another pulling in as I left.

Best songs about being dead and going to a kickin' party: 1) Dead Man's Party 2) The Monster Mash 3) ????

That feel when there's a super cool job but they drug test for weed :(

Stop trying to make Harris happen, DNC.

First screen with a company with ~150 employees. Female HR rep warned me there are exactly 2.5 women who work there. If I get the interview and don't want the job, I'm 100% asking the CEO why his dedication to his company's stated values hasn't included hiring any damn women.

Anxiety < I got an eye cream, 4 bottles of shampoo/conditioner, and three toothbrushes for $2.65 today.

I have a job call in like 15 minutes and I CANNOT make myself focus. The adderall, it does nothing.

Made my second lemon cake of the day after the first came out underbaked and turned into a hollow lemon bar. Oops.

Sent my useless comments off to my senators, time to contemplate the meaning of nothing.

Hey if any finance types know of sales or biz dev roles coming open, holler atcha boy. Time for something new.

I've taken up couponing to deal with *gestures at everything*. Today I spent $28.91 plus tax. I like being able to donate stuff like $.49 bars of soap.

Today is "Large boulder the size of a small boulder" day!

I let out one of those blatting trumpet farts and my six year old says, in awe, "a cursed toot!"

Hilarious. My local dumpster fire mom's group has had many utterly unmoderated drag down fights about vaccines. I wonder what the hell is in these comments that got the mod to take action.

There's homemade burger buns for pulled pork, too.

Whoever chose this photo is doing the Lord's work.

Had to wear heels today. Stuck hot feet warmers left from my working outside job directly to my toes and it worked so good! I never have warm feet in dress shoes!

This is the kind of silly goose I aspire to be.

My daughter shouts at my son "Don't make my butt feel like it's been nailed! Or screwed! To the wall!" And I once again wonder exactly when I should step in with this perfectly innocent play.

Every protest I attend full of passionate grey hairs feels more and more like playing pretend at the end of the world.

Pretty sure my son thinks the bumblebee is a mammal.

Trying to find references when you haven't done work shit in more than half a decade sucks. I'm not even good at volunteering, don't suggest it. Last time I looked for work, Rades was my reference for my "leadership" role as an officer in TTGF. I forget what on earth he said we did. It wasn't raid.

Today I'm doing job hunting and making grocery lists and taking down the tree and getting through like 30% of each goal.

New Year's resolutions: miss seven: be more fancy Mister six: pluck a single hair from a bumblebee and send it to scientists so they can use DNA (BeeNA) how to make it so people can transform into bees and back.

Seven is now teaching "hugging school", "let me teach you how to Huggies", she says. "Approach the dummy! About a foot away. Put your foot touching the dummy. Now stand on your foot with the non-touching foot. You're very close. Assume hugging stance! Reach out! Now, HUGGIES!"

My ads right now are all interest free loans and extreme couponing tips. The January finance resolution has the ol' algorithm concerned about me. I was just searching for Xmas sale info!

My six year old begged for a big kid sport water bottle. I think he thought he'd look sporty and cool and tough. Unfortunately it's giving thirsty rodent.