March 1, 2024
Small happy moments this weekend: I made a huge effort all week to clear off my work so I could stop work at a reasonable hour on Friday, and it finally happened! (the past 4 week’s efforts ended in disappointment)
PiC took the kids earlier than usual and gave me two hours to myself. My brain wanted to tackle the 6 of the 7 bags of clothes that have been sitting in the corners, demanding my time. They need to be handed down, donated, or were just handed down and needed to be put away. Everything was sorted into hand down bags and donation boxes and dresser drawers. That felt GOOD.
Sera and I went for a walk on Saturday morning, it was sunny, warm, nary a cloud in sight. Naturally that meant she didn’t want to walk. We came back home for what she really wanted: giant rolls on the grass in the backyard and sunbathing. I got some excellent pictures of a happy dog. 😍
Helping folks
My friend Zara Bain runs an audio transcription business that hires disabled people. I really believe in her business model and they need a bit of help to get through a tough time. I’ve donated and shared on Bluesky, perhaps you might be able to lend a hand too?: “Disabled people face countless barriers to employment. We’ve worked relentlessly since 2017 to change this. Without your help, we won’t survive. Please donate #SaveAAT#DisabilityJustice #Disabled”
Tinu is an activist for Black women and disabled people who has fought back cancer multiple times, while living with asthma, was hospitalized with COVID pneumonia and is facing another recurrence of cancer. I’ve supported her health expenses for quite a while now at the GoFundMe, and am now changing to a regular donation by Venmo to reduce the fees because she won’t just need help right now this month if she’s going to survive this bout with cancer. She also has a Cashapp. We recently lost @sassycrass to Long COVID, we can’t lose another person.
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February 23, 2024
Big opportunity to help folks: Amy Jo Cousins (@ajcousins.bsky.social) said: “Applying for asylum without an attorney is a nearly impossible process. Six nonprofits are coming together (this is REALLY unusual) to raise money to maximize the number of families who will have the legal rep they need to MEANINGFULLY seek safety here.”
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February 16, 2024
- I managed TWO, no, THREE short yardwork sessions this weekend. I pulled weeds for ten minutes Saturday morning. Smol Acrobat very sweetly asked for a weeding session later that afternoon, which I’d been promising them for days, so it was time to make good on my promise. The last one was for Smol Acrobat’s sake too, but mostly to divert them from the Lego trolley they wanted. However. Ten minutes of chopping hedges is not the same as ten minutes of pulling weeds. My hands were shaking terribly after whacking off the sticky-out bits all along the hedges and dumping them into compost. I needed an hour to recover from that one.
- I have come to like my Darn Tough wool socks so much that I don’t want to wear my cotton socks anymore. The first part is good. Not sure what I’m going to do about the second part since we try to keep things out of landfill as much as possible. They’re still in good shape but I think they’re too worn in to be handed down. Actually maybe I’ll set them aside for one of the kids to wear when their feet catch up. They like borrowing my stuff.
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February 9, 2024
1. We made it to Friday. Thank goodness for giant battery power and that the storm passed on.
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February 2, 2024
1. JB took a very proactive lead in helping keep Smol Acrobat entertained when I was working on paperwork this weekend and then played with them the whole time at the playground when we walked to the park. They aren’t usually that focused and these outings are more often like handling two only children wanting things they want when they want it.
Help a family escape Gaza
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January 26, 2024
1. The WordPress app occasionally has trouble with uploading posts when I’m on WiFi. I’ve learned to toggle it off when I’m ready to post and back on again. This weekend it decided to quit uploading anything entirely, regardless of my connection, which was quite the fitting cap to this awful week. Thankfully after an hour of fruitless troubleshooting, uninstalling and reinstalling the app did the trick. Could have been worse.
2. I couldn’t make my Monday therapy make up appointment between illness and stunningly bad news but thank goodness for my Saturday appointment because, well, awful week.
It’s been a hard week.
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January 19, 2024
- My post-holidays recombobulation process continues apace. I pulled pictures for JB’s school project and that pushed me to pull pictures from the holidays to photoshop a group picture. That led to me downloading a couple pics for my cousin. THAT led me to finally downloading the majillion (42, actually) pictures from Smol Acrobat’s friend’s birthday party to share with his friend’s mom who says they can’t get their kid to smile for ANY pics. That kiddo beamed like the sun for me so these are precious.
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