The amount of times I have spent more than half an hour looking for a tool that I know I own is WHY I own multiple tools of the same kind. Sometimes buying a second $20 tool is worth the stress and anger of continuing a search that might take another 3 hours.

I'm listening to an "audiobook"—more like a radio play, with sound effects—and the characters keep referencing a pet named Pug, which... probably a dog, right? And logically, that makes the most sense in this world. But it sounds like a turkey. Pug gobble-gobbles. So I'm imagining a turkey. 😌

I'm getting really fucking tired of trying to be an independent person and failing over and over again. I just want to install my drawer fronts 😭 I've literally spent more than 4 hours collectively on one drawer, and I'm nowhere closer to getting it on than I was when I started. Further, in fact.

Goddamn, I wish I still had a heated blanket. Ever have those days where the heating in your house is the same as always but you're just extra cold for some reason?

Where the hell did today go

I don't know whether I'm mad at myself because I made a to-do list of 8 things and only accomplished 2 of them, or working the system because I made a to-do list of 8 things and so accomplished 2 of them I really need to rethink my perspective 🤔

The amount of times I've wished I could just up and move to another country, tho

I have been to Home Depot FOUR TIMES in the past FOUR DAYS and I don't wanna go anymore 😭 someone go pick up 3 feet of 14 gauge electrical wire for me? 🙏🥺

There's something about being home after being away for a few days that makes me feel like I'm wasting time just sitting on the couch. I'm like, "Sam! You have things to do!" But also, Mo is sitting on my lap, purring, and isn't that important too? 🥲

Happy holidays, y'all. ❤️

Mom: "Do you know why we celebrate Christmas?" Lucy: "Because Aunty Sam is here!"

Me: "Imagine if humans had to eat every two hours." My sister, feeding her baby: "Um, my child IS a human." Me: "ADULTS, I meant ADULTS—"

Okay friends, I need a recommendation for a notification app that actually gets your attention. I end up just ignoring push notifications. 😅

I would like to listen to the new Lubalin album but I forgot headphones for this fliiiiight 🥲

My niece is two years old, and boy does that girl NOT do well without a nap.

Hoping everyone a happy Thanksgiving, especially if you aren't clogging up traffic on the way to MA tonight 😅

I'm no longer allowing myself to apologize for talking too much. If you think I am, you're gonna have to say it. 😅 because it's silly to not allow myself that space. (I will still absolutely be wondering if I am in fact talking too much, but what is life without wonder?)

I love that we have nicknames for nicknames. Suburban area? Nah, I'll call it the suburbs. mmm, on second thought I'll just call it the burbs

Who here only gets creative inspiration when they're astoundingly busy? 🙋‍♀️ Any tips on how to manage that? I mean, other than reshaping the earth so that days are longer. 😅 Love, someone whose stories are weeping inside of her

Person in Instagram video: "I just want to lay in bed all day and read!" Me, glancing toward the book I have two inches to my right that I planned on reading an hour ago: "oh yeah"

Every once in a while, I'm reminded that I have a Bluesky.

Ahem. My short story has dropped. 😎 Under a thousand words, so a quick read! horrortree.com/trembling-wi...

Oh hey, got a short story acceptance today.

I just went to Staples to buy a cord that I had looked up ahead of time to make sure they were in stock, and I was told they did not have any. So I went out to the parking lot, ordered the cord online with in-store pickup, and I've just been notified that my order is ready. 😂

This humidity and heat is my favorite, I love being sweaty

Was thinking the other day about things I want to start putting into practice, and one of them is to just brag about myself once a day. Especially as a woman, I feel like being confident and proud of myself is such a foreign concept, and I'd like to break that habit.

Hey writing community, how are your projects coming? Have you been writing or slacking lately? (No judgment, I've definitely been slacking haha)

I just realized that Crowley only starts calling himself Crowley after the incidence with Job and the crows. He renamed himself after a constant reminder that he couldn't kill the goats 😭❤️

Authors who are actively trying to get their books into bookstores... have you experienced said bookstores returning your books? I'm curious to see how often this actually happens.

There's a certain style of character that we see as a man a lot, but never as a woman. It's like... carefree chaotic? Goofy badass? I'd like to see more women like that, please.

I am currently trying to corrale a cat who doesn't want to be corralled. Got the gashes on my face to prove it.

I'm not on here enough. How's everybody doing this fine Saturday?

Reviews are starting to come in for Tween! 🥰 That panic that I was feeling the first few days of launch is finally starting to subside 😂

Oops, I forgot to post here about my book release yesterday. 😅 Tween is out! So proud of this lil book baby. 🥰 www.sammileighm.com/tween/

Hey friends, I'm trying to get Tween on 100 Goodreads shelves before its release! Anyone interested in speculative litfic willing to help me out? Please share! www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

It's always right when you decide you need to leave for work that the cat crawls onto your lap. 🥴

Wow, I have not been good about posting here. Will you all still interact with me? 😅

What a world we live in.

Looking forward to spending the night reformatting a book cover. 🤓

About to get knee-deep in some writing.

The new cat is slowly adjusting to life here. The other cats are very untrusted so far. But Loren just rolled over on his belly while growling at him from a couple feet away, if anyone would like to interpret that move.

Went for a walk, and now am ready to just fall asleep until tomorrow.

I mean, we exist, but in a very depleted, tumbleweed sort of way. 😂

I haven't sat with a good pizza in a while. It feels good to be back at it.

Just sitting here at work, worrying about my cats destroying the house from the anxiety of the road construction that's happening directly next to the house. 🥴

I have 95% of a novella written. And my dumbass is over here like, "Maybe I want to switch it to a novel" 🤔

Boo, Tuesday. My only solace in this Tuesday is that I am wearing a cute shirt. My wages will go into tracking down where to buy more of these shirts.

I'm getting grumpy, so I guess it's time to eat some dinner.

Sometimes you get stuck on a story where you think, wow, that idea has been staring us in the face for ages and someone only just came along and funneled it onto a page. And it's such a simple, complex story, and everything in you delights in it. And you want to funnel like that.

I think I'll write about crabs today.