The bureaucracy around death is fucking exhausting. This weekend I am doing nothing except spending time with family. Back to the bureaucratic BS on Monday.

I made it to Athens today. It feels surreal to arrive. I'm grieving the loss of both my father & the house I grew up in since they sold it last year. I have to Airbnb in my own home town. I feel like a stranger. Off to the social security office tomorrow to declare my dad dead. This stinks.

I miss my Dad.

I'm desperately trying to get ahold of Dr. Edie Widder to inform her of my father's passing as they were friends but I don't have her contact info. I found an email address tied to her foundation & emailed last night, but I'm not sure it will work. If anyone can help me, I'd really appreciate it.

Hey y'all it got even better. After about 30 mins, a new rep joined & asked if they could have 5 mins to read thru the previous chat. 5 mins later they wrote back: "my workday has now ended. You'll go back to a queue for a new representative. 10-15 mins later I get a new rep who apologizes

Oh Delta is fun. Waited on hold almost 2 hrs. They told me there's "no market for bereavement fares". I guess my Dad died at the wrong time market-wise. Then within 5 mins I wrote back with a follow up question & they responded that I am back in the queue because I was "away for a bit".

I've been on hold for nearly 2 hours.

Anyone have exp with bereavement plane ticket through Delta?

He was a good Dad. I appreciate that he introduced me to video games & encouraged my career. He almost made it to 91 years. What a life.

I want to vom.

My dad is dying FR this time & probably this week sometime & my mother is currently explaining in every detail what it's like to die from liver failure. Don't love this, Ma.

Huge congrats to @blueprincegame.bsky.social winning Best Design at the Game Developer’s Choice Awards. Well deserved, and couldn’t have gone to a nicer developer. 💙💙💙

We're so honored to have been nominated for 8 categories at the #BAFTAGamesAwards2026! 🫶 Best Game Performer in a Leading Role Technical Achievement Music Game Design Audio Achievement Artistic Achievement Animation

I had 2 full days of feeling well before I got a other stuffy nose. God those 2 days were great. This is cold number 5, 6, 7 maybe? Since Nov.

How is garlic $1.50 for 1 head?!

I desperately need to eat something but I'm very sick. Today has been terribly hard. But hey, I'm 40 now.

happy womens history month to all of the wonderful women and femmes in games. you are so loved and appreciated even when this industry continues to disrespect us💗💗💗

Today would have been Nichole's 40th birthday. Tomorrow is mine. I recently realized I have a ton of unresolved grief from that loss over 10 years ago. I thought we'd grow old knowing each other. That we'd continue celebrating our birthdays together into our old age. I miss her. Fuck cancer.

I have had so many colds nonstop since Nov. I am so tired from it. This one is really bad & tomorrow is my 40th (?!?) birthday. I had plans. 😭

The Safeway app is so bad. If you barely slide to the right or left on a list, it quickly deletes the item from the list. I use the list to shop in store & let me tell you, this is terrible UX for someone with hand tremors who's simply trying to scroll through a list.

Dug into this absolutely wild thing happening to Finji. The deeper I read into their increasingly baffling conversations with TikTok "support" the more I felt like I was on something. www.ign.com/articles/tun...

STOP sending me emails and START sending me Italian sandwiches.

I've spent 8 months waiting for my neurology appt to address my spontaneous leg spasms. I still have 1 more month of waiting. Meanwhile, they've now worsened & moved further up my legs & showed up in my arms. I've also developed some really awesome hand tremors.

Bring it on! 🥰🥳

When someone tells me how old their child is I say "that's such a fun age" even if it's 37

I have medical trauma from my misadventures last fall which is making it difficult to watch this season of The Pitt. The transfers, folks. The silliest, most mundane part of The Pitt brings back the worst memories. Some of the worst pain of my life was simply being moved from one spot to another.

The Duolingo app is a bully.

Oh my god, this horror game in the form of an online survey litrouke.itch.io/please-answe...

Shortly after this, I was tearing the house up looking for "poop mountain" because we simply cannot sleep without "poop mountain." Seriously, 3 is the most hilarious & stressful time.

3 yrs old is my favorite age. I'm so obsessed with my son. He's on an entirely different level emotionally & socially than he was 6 months ago. It's magical (also, challenging!) I am solidly NOT a baby person. Toddlers are the absolute jam. I wish I had 2.

I had an asthma attack yesterday from coughing & I've injured my ab muscle that's still recovering from surgery. I terrified my husband who thought I was dying... again 🫠 Adenovirus is awfffffuuuuul I hate it.

I'm very sick (yes, again) & the Doctor told me she wants me to take the week off work (not happening). I nearly cried when she told me she's giving me permission to get into my "jammies & rest" while my toddler is at school.

I baked up some Galette de Rois to share with my colleagues tomorrow. 😊 I don't make pretty food, but I'm married to a French man & thankfully he cares more about the frangipane inside. Yes, I made sure make him 1 of his own as well.

"You won't need plastic surgery if you just gain all the weight back." - Me & cookies, Dec 2025.

What are your typical Christmas eve/Christmas day foods? I didn't grow up with anything specific on Christmas Eve except we always had lefse for dessert. Christmas morning was always a quiche & cinnamon rolls.

So my Dad again. It sounds like they refuse to do more operations & are going to focus on making him comfortable. I wish someone would even attempt to give us an estimate for how long he can live like that. His gallbladder is toast. I'm sure liver failure is next because of the gallbladder probs.

I went out & walked the furthest I have since I had surgery! I had to sit down super often, but I went to a local bookstore & got 2 books today. It was hard to go from the parking lot to the store & I nearly cried because I had to sit down for a while outside the store before going in.

I got a new special stuffie because I need them right now. My son will steal it immediately just like he's stolen all of my other "kitty cat" stuffies, but I will enjoy it tonight. I guess he just shares my large stuffed animal collection now.

I'm so grateful my PCP got me in today, but hearing it will be 8-12 weeks before I'll start feeling more normal is devastating. She told me it's normal for me to be completely wiped out after just tiny tasks or just walking a tiny bit & it will be for a while. 😫

I fell asleep with a ritz cracker in my mouth today. Anyway, I'm tired all the time. Tomorrow I get to chat with my PCP finally about what my recovery should look like.

I'm super sad I don't have it in me to make lefse right now. It is such an important part of my holiday tradition. I bought everything but even my husband said absolutely not next week. Look, I know I'm super weak & tired, but I want to eat lefse. 😫 The store bought is shite here!

I've had to be in bed a lot lately because of my exhaustion. Tonight in a total role reversal, my son tucked ME in. 🙃

I have a cold. I'm recovering from abdominal surgery & I have a cold. The sneezes are now screams The coughs are catastrophic. Is this a 'man cold'?

My gym sent me flowers. My coworkers are bringing me sooooo many home cooked meals. I appreciate my community so much. 🥰 I am so tired.

Hi friends, If you know me IRL & want to help my family out, pls DM me & I can send you a link to our Meal Train. I'm not comfy posting it publicly here but I will happily share it with friends. My husband is doing 100% right now taking care of me, kiddo, & our household chores. We need help.

This is specifically a question for @defnotadino.bsky.social bc I know you're a smarty. Idk if anyone else has that info but man I can't find anything online telling me when I'll be less horrible feeling.

I keep getting into trouble for trying to help around the house with my little grabby tool. The worst part is my little heart starts beating fast from doing a few tiny chores & it fully proves my husband's point & I get banished back to bed. 🫠 I am extremely bad at bed rest.

My PCP's nurse called to check on me today & I happened to check the notes after the call. 🤣 Look, I told the truth. I am actually alive now. Depleted of iron & rbcs. So exhausted & completely useless, but alive. I lived.