Once again, I want to voice that I hate Valentine’s Day and all the stupid shit my kids come home with. Can parents all agree to do only paper cards or stickers??? Kid 1 crying because kid 2 came home with a balloon and kid 3 crying because they want the candy that kid 1 has makes me 🤦🏻‍♀️

Can't tell if I'm dealing with burnout or what, but I am feeling 100% uninspired. Anyone else?

Did I understand the lyrics? No but it was beautiful!!! Such cool sets, such passion. Loved it

Extreeeeemely niche, but are there any other scientists out there researching the Gulf coast? I referred to it as the "Gulf of America (formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico)" in a manuscript and a Reviewer is now asking if that's an "officially accepted term." Thoughts on how to respond?

obviously there's more important stuff going on *waves hands* but i have students *CALLING* my office phone number to complain about their grades and i've never hated my job more 🤦‍♀️ like sorry i made an assignment that you couldn't chatgpt your way through?? sorry epi is hard?

CaN i ReTaKe tHe QuIz bEcAuSe I dOn'T LiKe my GrAdE???

One of my pet peeves is the misuse of the word 'toxins'....MAHA *loves* to talk about toxins in our food supply, except they almost always mean TOXICANTS (they're not talking about snake venom). This FDOH-backed website is embarrassing: exposingfoodtoxins.com/food-toxins/

people thought Geese's performance on SNL was bad????

I'm looking for guest lecturers to speak virtually to my Environmental Epidemiology class. If you do any work related to environmental health, toxicology, GIS/spatial analysis, please reach out :) There are only 3 students so it's extremely low pressure

Cabbage is so underrated

The thing about Flu A is that you’ll deceptively feel better…and then bam it hits you again 😭

I need to continue whining publicly about the flu because now my *newly 7 yo* is sick on *her* birthday, that I already couldn’t do anything special for because I’m sick 😩😩😩😩

Flu supplies that are ~extra~ but very nice to have: Heated blanket Personal steam inhaler Shower steamer tablets

It’s my birthday (please don’t ask how old lol) and I just tested positive for Flu A. Also I’m supposed to teach my first class of the semester tomorrow. Obviously I will cancel and it’s all fine but I want to publicly whine for a few minutes 😩😩😩😩

Ugh this flu is pretty brutal. Girly still has a temp of 103 *after* Tylenol.

I don’t think this poor child has slept this much since she was a newborn 🤒

Welp. 4yo who was extra cuddly yesterday woke us up by vomiting at 4 am and tested positive for Flu A 😩 Hoping that since we’re all vaccinated it won’t be too bad but ughhhh not a great start to the Spring semester.

I escaped without waking her. Sweet girly 💕

Being nap trapped under a 4yo (who hardly ever naps!) is actually so sweet

6yo got a new set of clay for her bday “Mom, there’s an app you can download to show me how to make different clay animals…see, it says so on the instructions” “Absolutely not, I’m not downloading an app for clay. Use your imagination.” ~*Parenting in the 21st century*~

Something small I’ve been doing to stay sane: wearing ear plugs when my children are all screaming/overstimulating me. I can still hear them, but I no longer feel like I’m going to explode.

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is 27 years old and still slaps!

Whoever at Hillsborough County Public Schools decided that January 5 would be a teachers day and that students wouldn’t return until 1/6…I have some choice words 😠

Tie dye stuffed shells (vodka sauce and pesto) 😊 Not pictured: the garlic bread I burnt so badly that all of our smoke detectors went off. Sorry fam!

How my middle child feels about snow after 3 years of living in FL

Dressed my 3 kids in matching Christmas jammies for our flight so people would think they’re extra cute and be kind. Instead, a guy in the security line says “you have to be reasonably selfish to have kids nowadays.” Cool cool.

I cooked our annual Swedish Christmas meal: 🥔Mashed potatoes 🟤Swedish meatballs and gravy 🥒Cucumber dill salad 🔴Lingonberries 🥧Apple pie Simple, cozy, delicious Now time to pack for the frozen tundra (New Hampshire). These Florida kids won’t know what hit ‘em

My mom, who has been fighting a nasty form of bulky B-cell lymphoma (“double hit”) since July, recently had a biopsy following a concerning end-of-treatment PET scan. The pathology report came back yesterday: no evidence of disease. The scan was a false positive. A Christmas miracle!

Every year for Christmas Eve, I make my husband ‘Cook Out’ chili. Every year, I think, no this recipe cannot be right! First of all, it’s from Men’s Journal (why?). Second, it contains ketchup, yellow mustard, and ACV (why?). But every year, he insists it tastes just like the real thing 🤷🏻‍♀️

and now they're going off about how RFK Jr. is "our only hope" and "using REAL gold-standard science as a basis for all decisions" so that's cool. I'm out ✌️

Happy letter of recommendation season to all who celebrate!

Cackling over this note in my 4 year old’s chart Sorry for those short genes, baby girl!

Do I like reading AI slop? No Do I find it disturbing to watch young people outsource their brains to computers? Yes Does AI sometimes write better than my students? Also yes 😭

I never thought I’d say this but: I just bought Crocs 😂

There’s something very f*cked about kids around the world believing some old guy is responsible for the magic of Christmas when it was actually just their moms the whole damn time

This is actually so mind-blowingly cool

My iPhone forced me to update the iOS and I’m losing my mind. It’s grotesque

my life is such a hot mess right now box of holiday cards just sitting on the dining room table for weeks hardly any christmas gifts purchased bag of salad in the fridge rotting away WOOF

Truly just going through the motions today and hoping that is enough.

My 4 year old insisted I read this at bedtime tonight. Years ago, I hid it in a closet to protect my peace but I guess she found it. I’m a blubbering mess 😭

One of my kids put a statement necklace from their dress up bin around our yellow lab’s neck, right over her collar. She’s been wearing it for days and seems completely unphased. Should I just leave it on her? I think maybe she likes looking pretty.

If you need a distraction, The Family Stone is a great ‘wtf?’ Christmas movie to watch

Not my usual genre (I’m a murder mystery gal) but this book was so good! I learned a ton about the interconnectedness of phosphate mining, fertilizer run off, algal blooms, and agriculture. Super interesting (and also worrisome)

one thing that kind of sucks is that my job requires me to think innovatively and right now between my kids / my mom being sick, my brain feels incapable of doing so

I’m supposed to make a casserole for a holiday potluck but I just found out my mom’s cancer treatment only partially worked. I can just show up empty handed right? Or maybe pick up a pizza? Blah.

I keep finding myself in the 'you need a referral' / 'my doctor sent the referral' / 'but we don't have the referral' / 'but my doctor sent the referral' loop and I want to scream

Best gift I gave myself: not starting the Elf on the Shelf tradition when I had kids.

I’m so looking forward to all of my children being at school tomorrow 🙏

We also made a few dessert egg rolls stuffed with leftover pie and dipped in pumpkin whipped cream 😋

May I introduce you to post Thanksgiving egg rolls, dipped in gravy and/or cranberry sauce