@dontfearthehops.bsky.social The day is here! Gayle sent us a most beautiful day. 💜

My kettle is getting a workout today as I try to keep the birds in non-frozen water. It's rewarding to see them flock to the bowls after I refresh the water. My job is out of control lately and this makes me feel like I'm doing something good in the world.

Are we all in pain today? I've got the freaking AC on bc my office has 5 windows and French doors and it is sweltering. But Monday... my sinuses are already crying.

Well, they wouldn't quit fighting long enough to even eat dinner. So I told them they should be more grateful to have each other and now I'm crying again. I miss my family so fucking much.

Does crying while I make dinner mean I'm a real mom now? I miss my family today a lot. Jon's family sees each other too often to appreciate what being together today means and I am struggling. I hope everyone had a good Christmas.

Jon takes terrible pictures and I don't know how to smile normally, but omg they light up!

I got a random Facebook post from a brewery in the area that's opening a location back home in Mississippi. Worlds collide in the weirdest way sometimes.

My therapist gently told me she thinks I might need extra support this holiday season, so I'm doing great. It's fine, I'm fine. (It's not, I'm not. But persisting is kinda my entire thing, so here we are.)

There is something quite shattering to spend so much time researching the perfect gift for the recipient to barely even look at it. I fear I'm not ready for Christmas at all.

Jon offered to sort them and did so without looking at the box to see how many each puzzle has. I did one and it was missing pieces. Now I have to do them all or I won't be able to sleep tonight bc they're messed up. This is almost worse than them all being together. 😭

We got that good bird seed at my house. All the pretty babies hang out here. 🥰

Made Jon swear to stop me and Ambien from shopping after my accidental 25 lb guinea pig food purchase for my baby possum that lives under the deck. "Not this time babe, it's enrichment for the cat!" I compromised by agreeing to add to cart only. The cat needs a laser toy.

Is it a time capsule moment if hearing "I Get Around" always makes you think of Look Who's Talking? It can't only be me, right? I need to ask Jon, but he's not home.

The stars of winter at my house. 😍 I think those bluebirds must leave for summer bc they've been gone for ages. Delighted they've returned!

Jon is doing some work, so I thought I'd do a little puzzle from the 12 Days of Catmas. Tell me this isn't the rudest thing they could've done! 😾

Might fuck around and become one of those ladies who wears hair bows. Maybe that'll fix me. 🤷‍♀️

Deleted that post about Jahri Turner bc I linked the wrong video. 🤦‍♀️ He's still delightful though.

Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.

This little friend is a northern flicker and it stopped by the bunnies' water bowl. Gemini says it's a female. She also seems to like my new tray feeder. Less fun is the hawk I didn't manage to grab a pic of earlier. We've had two birds die on my porch this year. I don't need more.

@dontfearthehops.bsky.social Checking in on you. I hope you're doing okay. Are you putting a tree up this year? I put mine up early. I think it's exactly my brand of insanity.

I keep trying to watch Batman on TV on Saturday night, but the channel is messed up. I own the DVD set, but there's something about watching it on antenna TV. Reminds me of being a kid.

Fool me once... Don't get fooled by the new sushi place in Affton. That bottom dish was labeled as "salmon mango(6)" and cost $11.95. I don't see 6 of anything in that picture and the illness that happened the next morning will seal me never going again.

Not me over here feeling paranoid about not wearing deodorant while waiting for my mammogram appointment. I put some on last night, but I took a bath earlier and couldn't put more on yet. But I'm also not brave enough to break the rules. At least it's not summer?

No answers yet on the kidney stone, but I have a CT this afternoon. (Mercy came through with a same day appt... love them for that.) I bought the pink ones on the way home and came home to the yellow ones. We had also bought each other donuts and I got him a plant. Just disgustingly adorable. 😍

The world is a mess and I think I have a kidney stone, but Jon sure is cute in his suit. Now I'm gonna try to hold it together until it's time to go to the doctor.

I think you could make an argument for Phil Spector being the dumbest person of all time. Firstly, he fumbled that goddess Ronnie. He created magic and then threw it all away by being a terrible person who hurt women. Truly infuriating, but at least he can't do it again.

I never watched Grey's Anatomy and there's too many seasons to start now, but I've been watching it through reels. Does Derek really suck? Because he seems like he might.

Is Schnucks trying to tell us something? 🤣 This ad was funny. Someone had fun coming up with this.

Poppy tried on Bernard's costume. He's gonna be an elf for Christmas.

What if I had a day this week where I didn't cry and feel absolutely useless and unseen? I have a half day tomorrow, so maybe. 🤞

The gang's all here except the third baby possum who ran off. I think the chipmunk startled it.

This little cutie has been hiding under the umbrella for at least 30 minutes.

I am normally asleep when the vacuum runs at night, but I've stayed up late the last two nights. So it's made me think someone was coming to get me two nights in a row.

I'm running a possum daycare here. Am I the Disney princess? 🥰

OMG, there is a camel cricket in my basement and it jumped at me twice. Jon either has to kill it or we gotta move. They're not supposed to jump AT you. 😭

An officiant ghosted me after telling me on May 29 to send her dates that worked to discuss. We moved on and hired someone who is amazing. Guess who emailed me today to ask if we still needed someone. That's a 10 for audacity but come ON miss ma'am.

Vax gang 💪💪

Flu and covid shots for 2025 are officially obtained! I recommend getting yours before the governor decides to change it so that we can't get them without a prescription like the 16 states doing that shit currently.

I have an appt to ruin my weekend aka get a flu and covid shot this evening. Fingers crossed they don't give me trouble about the covid one. They told my doctor's office that I didn't need a prescription when they tried to call it in.

I watched Grandma Ann (per her license plate) turn left from the middle lane in front of a cop earlier and that's one of the dumbest things I've seen anyone do in a while. I noticed because I was trying to figure out where the cop had gone because I'm a paranoid person. 🤣

My internet has been out since about noon and I am spiralling.

I hide the rage at men most of the time, but there is a man making a woman in my life sad and I really wanna beat him with a baseball bat.

That new Dexter is fantastic. I'm mad at myself for starting it before all the episodes came out.

So many James Dobson posts. 🤣👏🎉

I used the last of my peaches for lunch. 😍 I love peach season.

As a southern person, the act of feeding someone is so sacred to me and recently, I keep getting criticism about everything I make. I am so tired. It's ruined the whole thing for me and I don't know what to do. Another topic for therapy, I suppose.

The world is a mess, but look at my baby dinosaur. 😍

My job is very into AI lately and all the boot enjoyers make me feel like I'm running around screaming about Soylent green.

Does everyone feel like an alien in a human suit desperately trying to hide the fact that you're an alien?

Why am I having the sort of day that Dusty Springfield can't fix? 😭