My kid’s old school aide/2nd mama-that gave us a family when we had none, is having an important surgery tomorrow that she’s put off for 6 months because she doesn’t get PTO in her job, which is dedicated to helping children with developmental delays, so I’ve made a gofundme gofund.me/9a29d6357

in my heart I know that Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to play Zohran Mamdani on SNL so bad it physically hurts him

I’m NC with all my family save for one bro and it really sets the bar high for what I’m willing to accept from folks I’m not even related to.

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

My dog sitter is such a nice young woman and she’s hesitant to give a price on dog sitting, says “oh, whatever you think” and I want to covey to her that she is worth the going rate and I don’t know how to do that except to pay her well.

roses are red big laughs are hearty

“He doesn’t have a mandate” are you fucking kidding? Dick Cheney died the day Zohran is elected he has the mandate of HEAVEN

It's been a half hour since the AP called it for Mamdani and already I see some people wringing their hands about how the cards are stacked against him, and to them I say, my friends, learn to enjoy a fucking moment, they didn't come around near enough, the man of the hour is partying, take the hint

Niche, but I am so mad on behalf of Grace on MAFS UK because the posts on social media have made her look horrid when all she is really doing is standing by her morals as a feminist to not be in a misogynist relationship and society really doesn’t like that.

If you read an amazing article from Teen Vogue about politics in the last several years, chances are that Lex McMenamin wrote it. Any publication that is serious about meeting this moment would be lucky to have them.

Fresh food, fair access. Nashville Farmers' Market will match every SNAP dollar spent at the market up to $100. Take your receipt to get reimbursed and ensure your dollar stretches farther.

A group of participants at my son’s program told me at the Halloween dance today that I “looked like someone from a movie” I thought they meant my shiny jacket but then they told me I “looked like Captain Marvel, but all the time” and y’all, I am floating on cloud 9. I don’t even care if it’s true.

Amazing how I punish myself for not leaving the house (and therefore my son stayed home too) due to a slamming headache by making myself clean all day with a headache instead of rest. If I ever get rid of my guilt issues, I may never get anything done again.

I love the new Lily Allen album and I’ll bet this is an album that inspires divorces.

My neighbors are so strange to me. They have cats that roams freely and sometimes the kids go looking for them across my front yard but if I’m on the porch they run away. I’ve told them it’s fine to come look but it’s made no difference. The parents haven’t spoken a word to me ever in 4 years.

Richard Marx is underrated

Serious question: how do people deal with passive aggressive people without burning bridges?

Went to a caregiver event where we got massages and lunch and while we were at lunch, watched one of our participant’s car drive past on a tow truck. Nashville parking is the worst!

Lady found a stray cat on our street and asked me for help. I took her to the old guy who knows everyone. Turns out she moved here from Ireland recently, but doesn’t live in this neighborhood and doesn’t know anyone so I’m really impressed she is helping this cat. Old guy IDs this cat…

We need a break from the stress of life, so I am readying Nashville 911 on Hulu for us to laugh at tonight.

They remade The Hand that Rocks the cradle. Y’all, if some creative people don’t get their new ideas approved by studios soon, I am going to lose my mind

I love my therapist and I’ve been going long enough I can predict about 80% of our conversation and use it to help me get through tough things, but there is always 20% I can’t see for myself until she says it and it’s always the game changer.

I am so loud. I just challenged my kid to a loud voice contest and by god my voice is so loud

WE ARE DOING FREE BUS PASSES FOR EVERYONE. BUT WE ARE NOT TELLING ANYONE ABOUT IT UNLESS THEY SHOW UP IN A THREE-HOUR WINDOW ON LESS THAN 24 HRS NOTICE. COOL COOL COOL

I mean A Team is literally Airwolf + macgyver

one of the best things about not owning crypto is you are immune to a surprisingly large number of scams I keep getting these coinbase scam texts and guys sorry but I don’t have a coinbase account you cannot fool me

Boooooooooooo. Today is beautiful outside but I’m not feeling it. Boooo

live your life so that you're the person everybody tags when the Pope breaks up a cult

What if I do go to my hs reunion but just to be an asshole to the MAGA folks?

There should be a limit on how many disappointments you have to suffer in a week.

This is such a true writing on grief. It’s beautiful and raw.

Ok, I’ve been up since 12:38. It’s now 4:35. Do I just call it and stay up or hope for that second sleep that may or may not happen between 6 and 8 and will definitely be fitful due to dogs and people getting up?

Why are pretzel bags so freaking loud? There is no way to have a sneaky treat in this house.

Where are the great Halloween display yards in Nashville near you? There is a pretty cool one on Fairwin (east Nashville) 🦞

Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and have a moment of complete appreciation for your partner? I’m having one now.

Super cool that I forgot these pants have a hole in them and wore fuchsia colored underwear

Bucket list random wish: I want to be an actor in a dramatic reenactment

No Taco Tuesday next week. Instead, we're encouraging folks to attend this FUNdraiser concert with @civictn.bsky.social at City Winery featuring some powerhouse singer/songwriters. 🦞

I think there should be a perimenopause hotline and/or community center and/or counseling service and/or spa for the last day or PMS and the first day of your period when you know it’s your hormones but my god your hormones have taken you hostage

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States. Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Watching 6 young dudes trying and failing to back a haul into a driveway and I so want to go offer to do it for them but I know their egos cannot handle that

Just fucking reprehensible. I mean, there are no other words to describe it. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

I’d do embarrassing things for a pizza right now.

I read, “ I fucking stink but I’m too rich/insulated to suffer any consequences I care about right now.”

I'm going to start calling essays like this "odes to whiteness" because the underlying premise is that they are like this because they don't anticipate any social cost to smelling bad. This one is v. frustrating because it tries to lump in perfumes with the broader (problematic) beauty industry

I see a cardiologist. I’m going to ask him what my cardiac age is next appointment and watch him laugh in my face. Trump must know a good portion of us know better, but damned if it doesn’t work on the rest.

My schedule is weirdly similar to my next door neighbor dude. If I had a dollar for each time we exist the house or driveway at the same time, I’d never have to exit my driveway.

I said I was done with horror movies and tonight my hubs puts on “the Strangers” which he knows is top tier for scaring me and he had not seen so now I am pacing the floors, reminding him that through genetics and trauma, he better do as I say in any life or death situation. This is why I cannot.

I hate when I decide I NEED something. I am on the hunt for the perfect sweatshirt and the perfect cross body bag.

After years of being a horror movie fan, I think I have to let them go. My autonomic nervous system ain’t great at the best of times and genetic testing shows my startle reflex is ready for action at all times and the aftermath is just not worth it. We grow, we change, we value our peace.