8, née 7 woke up sick on her birthday. Being a trooper about it.
8, née 7 woke up sick on her birthday. Being a trooper about it.
Finished reading: Confessions of a CIA Spy by Peter Warmka 📚
Currently reading: The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson 📚
Finished reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚
I learned the correct pronunciation of the word “satiety” last week, and now I keep catching myself chanting it and giggling.
It took a couple weeks, but I finally managed to throw out the wadded napkin in my jacket pocket.
That time 6 hid a knife in a breadstick.
Sometimes you just gotta let the kids chase that happy.
6yo keeps shouting “WAR MACHINE” and giggling from his bedroom at bedtime.
I refuse to investigate because I just want him to live his truth sometimes.
There’s a tiny bit of snow coming for us this afternoon. Taking bets we close school.
Back to work tomorrow for the first time since … sometime in December. I don’t actually remember any more.
Opened Apple News to find a recommended article by People Magazine reporting on a Reddit AITA post.
I feel like someone somewhere can do better. It’s probably me.
I expected a lot of challenges when we decided to become parents. I didn’t expect one of them to be desperately trying to get away from my 10yo chasing me around the house showing me lightsaber forms he figured out from YouTube.
Me: Do you like milk?
6: Yeah!
Me: Name every milk.
6: I’m not gonna do that.
My cousin proposed to his girlfriend tonight just after his dad read a poem he wrote about a magic Christmas possum on his front porch.
It was magical.
How’s everyone else’s Christmas Eve?
Picked up some espresso from a local roaster I’ve been meaning to try for ages. ☕️
I think they’re going to be our house roast.
I ordered two packages on the same day. One is from NJ and the other from Ukraine. Guess which is arriving first.
When you really want to put your finger on society’s pulse, you analyze Pornhub searches. Imagine my surprise there’s an uptick in ‘tradwife’ kink.
🎮 Slay the Spire - ★★★★★
Apple News+ Crossword Mini: Thursday, Dec 12, 2024
My wife and I got ourselves an espresso machine for Christmas. It arrived at 8:00pm. I made and drank a couple mistakes before getting the grind dialed in enough for tomorrow morning
Of course now it’s 9pm and I’ve had three double espressos in rapid succession 🤷🏻
I let my Duolingo streak expire. I’m not sure why it’s so important to the app and its developers for me to keep it, but the constant notifications designed to shame people back into the app finally pissed me off enough to just drop out.
I’ve told some people the last couple days I don’t enjoy the cold. You and I are close enough for me to tell you the truth. I love the cold! I love heaters! I love dressing in layers!
This Christmas spirit feels a lot like a migraine.
Apparently falling asleep at my desk is my strategy for using up residual office leave in 2024.