1. Annorlunda Books is back to publish another book by @asakiyume.bsky.social!
2. I’ve been appreciating all the cute animals that Instagram has been serving me even if I’m still baffled why it won’t just show me the people I actually follow.
4. I treated JB and myself to a local conveyor belt sushi dinner which was both cheaper than if we’d tried to feed the whole family and much more fun than if we’d had SmolAc along as they are famously a giant pain in the patootie when it comes to every possible fun dining experience.
1. For Mother’s Day we enjoyed a trip to the shelter and to the local reuse center. It was deeply satisfying to find expensive office supplies for cheap (saving at least $45 on address labels), and then at checkout I paid for a lady’s stuff for her kid when she didn’t have cash on hand and wasn’t buying enough to use her CC. I’ve been caught out cashless before so I told the guy to just add it to our order. She was shocked but it was only $2! And it’s fun to randomly help a person out.
2. We took the kids to the zoo and decided, at $9/ticket, only three of us would ride the train. This was really SmolAc’s burning desire. We’d have sent the two kids without us but SmolAc is still short enough that they are required to ride with an adult. We’re being a little bit penny-pinching where it seems appropriate. In the end the tickets were discounted to $7 because we’re zoo members this year ($21).
Then the conductor waved PiC on free so all four of us rode! Completely unasked for, and unexpected, but very nice and totally appreciated to have that bit of fun together.
We’re all doing our best to cope with all the everything. Anxiety, depression, dread, (minor blips of relief from me), more anxiety. We’re all struggling to figure out next steps for ourselves, for our families.
I still haven’t told most people in my offline life. I don’t want to. I don’t want to think more about who I am without this job. I just want to be for a bit before I have to think about that.
Doesn’t mean I haven’t been hunting, I have. Sometimes for me, sometimes for the team, sometimes to just get the words I need to polish my resume some more.
1. Sorry, I’m hard-pressed to think of anything good this week TBH. I guess it’s a small comfort that the team is sticking together like glue to navigate the bullshit that came down a few weeks ago?
1. I have been searching for the AAA poppy in the Westways magazine for years and found it for the first time in the March issue which was a big deal. I think that broke my losing streak because I just found it in the May issue on my first pass.
1. Despite the very bumpy road to get here with all kinds of drama caused by classmates, JB has performed in their first talent show. I’ve never been a fan of talent shows generally but managed to contain my own anxieties so they didn’t splash over and they seemed to have a good time.
