See also: ALT text. I'm seeing a lot more posts that are not inclusive and it makes me sad.

Update! I only woke up once in the night and that was because there was a big storm and the thunder woke me up!

I am very lucky because my kid tells me everything. She was telling me about some drama within her friend group and I said "I'm not slut shaming friend X, and she has to know hooking up with someone who is in a relationship is going to cause mess and drama."

My full statement: democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines cancel more than 1,000 flights on first day of cuts tied to government shutdown.

I just spent $179.00 on seven prescriptions, including my generic rescue inhaler and generic EpiPen and meds should be free. What do I pay insurance premiums for?

I just got my MMR shot and it can apparently cause a rash at the injection site, and there is no way my meatsacks misses an opportunity to have a rash. My immune system loves any excuse for a rash.

The worst part of menopause has been the sleep disturbances. I cannot tell you the last time I slept through the night. The NP and I decided to give progesterone a try. I just picked it up and a 3 month supply was $50.00. We really are in the bad place. Gender affirming care should be free for all.

Just sitting here thinking about Christmas 1996 when my sister administered the Myers-Briggs test to our natal family.

imo mamdani should start shitposting again now that he won the election.

My NP is out sick and I have to see someone new to me. I asked the front desk to convey to this person that I will not be discussing my weight or weight loss. A young fat person overheard me and thanked me for speaking up. They didn't know that there was a HAES practitioner in the office.

I have a check up with my NP tomorrow. Finding a HAES provider has been a game changer. I no longer dread going to the doctor

While the PSC is still controlled by Republicans, this is huge. Dems beat *incumbent* Republicans. The PSC has raised electricity rates to historic highs that are obscene. We had the highest power bill in the 21 years we've been in our house. We paid $385.00 in August for a 1450 sq ft house.

I would like to thank past me for slicing up and freezing an onion in September. Tonight I used it to make deconstructed stuffed bell peppers.

Elder care is not for the faint of heart. I know far too much about the state of my father's bowels.

Our polling location has changed, again, and for the first time in years I actually had to wait in line for five minutes to vote. There are two open statewide positions I had to vote for, and one thing about me is I exercise my right to vote no matter how minor the ballot issue may seem.

I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA: THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN ON CHRISTMAS THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS THAT IS ADVENT WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

“Oh poor people can buy popsicles with food stamps” shut the fuck up the government gives perverts a trillion dollars in government money each year for pervert factories for billionaires the fucking popsicles are none of your fuckin business

Self care this weekend has taken the form of binge watching The Crown.

The kid is going to a party at a kid's house where the parents don't have rules. I talked to her about not holding anyone's drink, and not holding anyone's drugs for them. Stay with your friends. Don't drink anything that doesn't come sealed. I am absolutely my mom.

The trial is concluded. I pray I never have to do that again. It was agonizing. I cried all the way home, and I do not cry easily.

My lunch is made. I think I've figured out what I'm wearing tomorrow. I'm about to get a shower and wash this day away. Oof.

At least once a week I think about Kathy Bates in the parking lot scene of Fried Green Tomatoes. I did not fully appreciate that scene as a young person. It takes menopause to really get it.

Parenting a senior in high school, elder care coordination, and jury duty is just too much, quite frankly. My tummy hurts and I'd like nothing more than to take to my bed and weep, but that isn't an option.

Today a stainless steel drink tumbler got put in the microwave by a 20 something who does coding and won't ride in Waymo, but she had no idea you couldn't put metal in the microwave.

My lunch is made. My clothes are washed and drying. It is shower time and then bedtime.

I had an upset tummy this morning during jury duty which made the whole thing that much more stressful. I hope it is just from some rich food last night, and not the stress from the trial.

Alt text or don't post. Don't reskeet without it. It's the minimum we can do, friends. I was ableist with unintentional ignorance, not using alt text until I was lovingly informed of the importance of it, and learned how to accurately use alt text. Do consider shifting your ways, & spread the word.

It was a very long day. I am very tired.

Call time is at 9 AM. Traffic is so variable, that I tend to err on the side of caution. So, I left my house at 7:45. I was parked by 8:07. I sat in the car and applied my makeup. I guess it is time to go in.

I'm Gen X. My parents had 4 y.o. me watch "My Mom's Having a Baby" live televised birth. When my now 17 y. o. was 4, my dear friends (a lesbian couple) were having a baby and I used their experience to explain the whole thing to my kid when she asked. Technical terms only for 2 generations!

I made a side salad for dinner on Saturday. We still have some left and rather than using a clean bowl, I am eating it out of a huge bowl. I have seen enough Kardashian memes to feel like this is a thing.

I made it to voir dire, but still don't know if I am on the jury. Im guessing not. I'm fine if I don't make the cut!

It is 49° and pouring. It is as if we skipped straight to the end of February with this weather. I am being forced to wear my duck shoes and a water resistant coat. Gross!

I have jury duty. I have tomorrow at noon. I have to leave work by 10:30 AM at the latest because parking is going to be a nightmare. I am trying to figure out what to wear! Like, I want to be comfy, but also look together.

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

Hurricane Melissa which is en route to decimate Haiti and Jamaica rapidly intensified to category 4 storm. Rapid intensification is a hallmark of climate change, but that category is only a measure of its wind speed. It is also expected to bring up to 40 inches of rain

I'm sorry, what? The same Reagan that was mocked as a doddering, old fool in a music video by Genesis? He was mocked for his failing memory constantly. He killed an entire generation of gay men. I don't know who this person is, but this is a wild take.

If you can make it to Rush Hospital in Aurora, IL, an ICE patroller got pulled out of her car, assaulted and pepper sprayed by agents. She's in the hospital and nobody except ICE is allowed to see her. There's a call to assemble and demand ICE leave the hospital, and let her husband in to see her.

In Les Miserables, Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread to save his sister’s starving son He serves 19 years in jail & emerges the hero The villain? The cop who’s determined to pit him back in jail For the crime of not wanting someone to starve Telling this story for absolutely no reason at all.

Do you want to see a younger foster dog annoying an older grumpy but patient dog? Of course you do! But can you tell which is which?

I am home and in my lounge wear. I have to go back and do it again tomorrow morning.

Update! I successfully removed the gel foam dressing. It smelled like cauterized flesh even through the mask. Going home so I can come back and do it again tomorrow morning!

You really have not lived until you are going through menopause while having a senior in high school, and a father with dementia in assisted living all while working full time.

Guess who has two thumbs and will be doing wound care today through Tuesday at the earliest? The dermatologist said they sent the referral and said the service would call. I'm on hold w/the service and they have no record of the request and it takes 2 business days to get it set up. Awesome. Wow.

I'm boring the hay. It was a long day. I'll will say my dad handled it like a champ. No one screamed or cried. We were all very calm.

This is such a good thread that acknowledges people have different challenges!

How to change a swastika that cant be removed

See also: my beloved em dash.

OFFS. The dermatologist ordered wound care done in an office thirty minutes from my father, and not home health as I requested. Looks like I'll be doing wound care on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Mother hugger.