If you have 32 minutes to spare, this was a helluva ride

Wordpress. I really miss thoughtful, well-written, long-form, slice-of-life blogs where people wrote about what they were doing and feeling.

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Huh. I share my location with my kids - and they reciprocate, but I've never insisted on it once they were over 18. They all went through a phase where they stopped sharing the minute they turned 18. They all started sharing again of their own volition. I also share location with Jim.

Oh dear. Where is the dedicated pervert on the marketing team that's supposed to keep them out of trouble? Maybe they know? And did it anyway?

My ex-husband was a narcissistic alcoholic, and I lived with the constant cycle of narcissistic emotional abuse. An anonymous blog and later an anon Twitter account were the only places I could express myself without fear of retribution. It was healing. Point 5 on the below removes that option.

Anyone that says 'Use real names' has never had a normal job where posting that you are taking a sicky, struggling with your mental health or just fancy showing off your new bikini could land you in front of HR.

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Counting down the days 'til I'm back in the UK. 🛫 Tagging @jimbobbers.bsky.social for the lols and his eyeroll. 🤣

Lol, okay Instagram ads. 🤣🤣

I love sports. My favorite sport is watching folks flee from the old witch's cottage as it lurches about the forest on giant chicken legs, wreathed in ancient magic and madness.

I think my day-at-a-glance is advocating masturbation. Lots of masturbation.

Well, it took less than a minute between me receiving this telegram spam and the account being frozen.

I am absolutely charmed by the existence of "darkle" as a word.

People who send a Teams message, and then a WhatsApp message and then call all in the span of two minutes - before you even have a chance to reply to the first message - and while your Teams status is "busy" piss me right off. That's not proactively getting an answer, it's being a pest.

Oooooooh, B'sky has group chats now. I can't decide if this is good or utterly awful.

I mean, it's not actually no reason. I have fibromyalgia and EDS, and I'm, errr, curvy (read: a lard ass) and the extra weight doesn't help, but I'm definitely way more inclined to wake up hurting from sleeping than I used to be.

Current state of mind. I should probably go exercise or something if I can't focus on work and I'm looking for attention.

It's me

My Amazon app just suggested I order a "deluxe swimming pool cleaning kit." I think their algorithm is broken. Nothing I have ever ordered suggests I own a swimming pool. 🤣 🏊🏻🩱🏊🏻‍♀️👙🏊🏻🤿

My brain is rebelling against doing work things. I should be independently wealthy and able to live the life of an idle dilettante. (The burnout is bad today, or my 9-5 is not in alignment with my broader goals and needs and is making me sick or something like that.)

Meh. My cell phone plan has a balance due - the due date is next and I have a payment scheduled. My fucking cell phone company has just sent me a nagging text to remind me there is a balance due despite the payment to clear the balance being scheduled. Annoying twats.

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Earlier-today-me was much more ambitious and motivated than current-time-me. But it looks like I'm making meatballs anyway, because what else am I going to do with this ground (mince) beef, breadcrumbs, egg, parmesan, parsley?

Shit, who the hell are they talking to? I am so much happier not going in to the office.

I've just seen a LinkedIn post advocating "fighting the tyranny of the urgent," and if that doesn't describe corporate life, I don't know what does.

We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine. Quote post with yours.

Lol 🍋 Followed by 💸🫏💺 Not entirely sure THAT is how I'd describe the state of my relationship, but the lemon is funny. So is the donkey. Some things are just inherently funny. Like anything Bob Mortimer says.

Without downloading new pics what is it like to date (and/or be married to) you?

Ooooooh, yay! Sunday gutters is back.

Last weekend, very spur of the moment while sitting in the audience for the symphony, I bought tickets for this weekend's symphony for my youngest and I. It was a fantastic concert. Better than last week's.

The Telegram spammers aren't even trying anymore

Nothing to see here officer, just four normal bros, driving at a totally normal speed away from the pound

I should get dressed. I have errands to run. But... there is still more coffee to drink.

Yourself, but as a cartoon

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I dunno. Bread, porridge, and vegetable stew sounds good to me. My youngest often tells me I eat like a peasant - a very common "too tired to cook" grocery run for me is a mini baguette, cheese, apples.

For any of you DIY fans, here's a Brit doing some comparisons to DIY in the US.

B'sky is being a little shit and giving me grief today. Accidentally double-posted something because it looked like it errored out first attempt.

I'm really fascinated with Kelsey Pfendler's mission to row solo from California to Hawaii. The videos are on Facebook - unfortunately, she doesn't appear to have a YouTube channel.

I have a teeny tiny little dehumidifier, however, and that might go into my bedroom for the night.

It is 76.3F/24.6C and 65% humidity in my living room and it is just verging on becoming a little uncomfortable. Not uncomfortable enough for me to be willing to crank up the air conditioner - but I've clearly gone soft in my old age if I think this is uncomfortable.

Does anyone use Duck Duck Go as their browser?

In other news, it's been both a very challenging week on some fronts, and a good week on others, and I want to talk about all of it and don't know where to start.

I'm restless and dissatisfied tonight, and I feel like I am waiting for something, something important, and I don't know what it is. It's like there is something missing, and i just can't put my finger on what it is.