M went to get me fast food for dinner because it's gonna be a long night and I just want some chicken nuggets. So he gets to the window and they say "sorry, we're just waiting on the fries." And almost 10mins later, they finally give him the food and he comes home, and there are no fries. 🤬

The cat puking his guts up is exactly what tonight needed. Perfect addition to a sick baby, me with a fever, and M taking forever at the store.

As a kid you think life is gonna be all “Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches. I slam in the back of my Dragula.” But then you get older and realize that it’s just “Do all the dishes and cook all the fishes. How’d I hurt my back and my scapula?”

B's fever has come down, but he's refused to drink anything for about 9hrs, and in this heat that has me very worried. He won't even eat anything besides dry cereal, so I can't sneak liquids in that way either.

When your friends are playing a game you probably won't play.

I have a fever + the baby has a fever and refuses to lay anywhere but directly on me + hot flashes + the air conditioner told me to fuck off about 12hrs ago and it's still 6° hotter than it should be even though it's after midnight = 3 fans aimed at my bed from 3 different directions

Today is my anniversary. We didn't have plans anyway, other than me going to work (which I'm not now) but a sick baby was definitely not on the agenda

Special thanks to my shitty landlord for replacing our AC with one that basically nopes out when it gets over 100°. We live in the fucking desert. I've spent the last 3hrs trying to figure out if the baby is sick or just too hot.

Just a thought but if all you want to do is cosplay being a novelist, you don't need AI. Just put on your crappest sweatshirt, make a cup of tea, open Word to a blank page, then go on Bluesky for the rest of the day, and you're sorted.

M went to the store earlier to get baby formula and a couple OTC meds. He swiped my HSA card to cover the meds, and debit for the formula. Except I looked at the receipt and it did it backwards. It covered the formula and not the meds. I have no idea what happened but it's $20 more in my bank acct 🤷🏻‍♀️

It's 108° and I'm making chili. But: 1. It'll help my sinuses 2. The crockpot won't make the house as hot as the stove would

I miss when this kind of crap was satire.

I don't think I've ever found anything as funny in my entire life as B apparently finds apple cinnamon Cheerios. Just cackling every time he puts one in his mouth.

It was worse than I thought. Rent is paid, but now I have $30 to my name and we still need gas and groceries. I think $150 would cover the basics. I would really appreciate any help. PayPal.me/brokenqueene CA/V: brokenqueene

I can feel the insides of my ears. Thanks, sinuses, I hate you

We were talking at work about how bad the latest software update is. I said AI probably wrote the code, and one of my coworkers said "nah, it was a human, AI wouldn't have messed it up that bad." Oh. Oh, honey. No.

I don't know why I'm so much more tired from working later when I'm still going to bed at the same time and getting the same amount of sleep. But I am even more exhausted than usual. Hopefully I'll adjust soon.

Ruining my own day by checking the weather forecast and seeing it's expected to hit 109° Saturday

I have a new credit card on the way, as much as I hate to do that. But I'm worried we're going to run out of diapers or formula or gas before it gets here

I love whimsical packaging. Honey in a little bear bottle? Yes please. Cheese in red wax? Absolutely. Do I want a fat little raindrop of mediocre chocolate? No, not really. Do I want one if you wrap it in shiny foil and put a little feather in its cap? You're goddamn right I do, give me twenty

I need to sleep. B will be awake in about 4hrs. But I'm too stressed to sleep.

Help me buy food for my baby to throw all over the floor? Lol/sob

Most of the shows at work get done all at once, but there's a reality show that comes in overnight, one clip at a time. And the group chat is full of 40-50yo dudes gossiping about it 💀

Help me buy food for my baby to throw all over the floor? Lol/sob

crazy that if you harbor self-hate you will think that everyone hates you, but there's only one man in the US who can visit new york city and get boo'd from every corner of madison square garden and general city

Money stress aside, today has been amazing. I got to spend the day with B, he didn't have to be cooped up in the playpen for more than 5mins, I got some stuff done during his nap, more stuff when M got home, and we're about to eat dinner at 7pm instead of 11. I think I'm gonna like this schedule.

It was worse than I thought. Rent is paid, but now I have $30 to my name and we still need gas and groceries. I think $150 would cover the basics. I would really appreciate any help. PayPal.me/brokenqueene CA/V: brokenqueene

Watching B try to eat makes me laugh and want to cry at the same time. He keeps putting a Cheerio in his mouth, chewing it a little bit, and then when it's time to swallow it, he spits it out and moves on to the next one.

I no longer have to feel guilty and panicked because I'm still awake at 5am, because now I work until 4am so that's just normal now. This pleases me and my weird nocturnal brain.

I ate like 1/4 of a gummy, and I don't really feel high, I just feel better than I have in months and I'm kinda mad about it. That's all I had to fucking do?

Oof. We're probably going to have $100 for groceries after rent gets paid. So that's gonna cover like eggs, milk, bread, and a box of cereal for the baby..

I love Horror. I love Fantasy. I love LitFic. I love History. I love Comedy. Fans of one genre or another are not my enemies. They are my fellow readers. My enemy is a censor.

I'm starting to get answers to all my questions last year about "is this a postpartum thing or a perimenopause thing?" And the answer is always "yes." The magic of having a baby at 42 🤣

Last day on swing shift is over. Onward to overnights (but not until Monday night)

Someday I won't cry after every time I try to feed B

B's ENT had an opening in 3wks. That is UNHEARD OF. We have to schedule 3mos out most of the time. I am taking this as a sign that we're going to get his lip fixed before summer is over.

Ooh. I didn't realize how much I needed angry Evanescence.

I got added to the night shift chat tonight at work. They're all weirdos (positive) and I think I'm gonna love it. Everyone on swing shift is so damn serious all the time.

My whole apartment building just shook for like one second and I have no idea why.

I get to start night shift next week. I think this will solve quite a few of my problems.

Here we go again with the AC barely working the second it gets over 100°

Welp. B has a lip tie. It's not really something OT or SLP can help with. We're at the mercy of the ENT, whether they'll do the release procedure or not. And apparently they normally don't bother because kids grow out of it. Meanwhile he can really only eat purees at 14mos. 🙃

Doctor asked me if I would be ok trying lithium and I am so Gen X, I just started humming it.

M made enchilada Hamburger Helper for dinner. He accidentally grabbed a half pound of beef from the freezer instead of a full pound, so I had him add some black beans to stretch it. That was surprisingly good, actually. I thought I wouldn't like it but would just have to deal, but nope. Yum.

There are so many slop stories on FB where the daughter is named Lily that we are approaching the point where I stop believing any story involving a little girl named Lily ever happened.

I have no idea why my house is a magnet for stray tuxedo cats specifically but I hope it never changes

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

again it is really weird how this tech is apparently making people completely lose faith in the value of their own work and thoughts and ideas

Awesome, now our mobile data is throttled for the next week because the WiFi has been so crappy on my phone that I keep turning it off and forgetting about it and I used up all the data. This week just keeps on giving.

As someone said somewhere, "I'm not afraid AI can do my job, I'm afraid my boss will think AI can do my job.