May 9, 2025
1. I really like this Friday Afternoon tea shop. I don’t really drink tea. I wish I could get into it but it’s rare for any tea to make it on my drink again list, I just like them as a business. I bought a barrel (hyperbole) of tea from them to gift a good friend and it’ll last them a year, so I can’t support them by continuing to buy, but I’m glad they brought on a tipping option that we could use now and again to support a small business: Our “State of Tea Union” for April 2025
Helping folks:
Amadi Lovelace needs a mobility van.
My friend Q lives on social security which, as we all know, is especially precarious these days on top of the very small amounts they’re willing to pay for disability income. She’s hoping to go to school to be able to take on work and needs help to fund school.
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May 2, 2025
1. We have plans with two sets of friends already for May, and if we pace ourselves properly, we may have 1-2 more. It’ll be good to see them all, however many of them we manage to schedule.
2. I’ve petted two dogs this week. Almost made it three but that neighbor was in a hurry.
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April 25, 2025
1. Ilona Andrews has a new … Book? Series? I don’t know what it’ll be but while I both wished for a longer snippet on the blog, it’s good that it ended where it did because I couldn’t hold my breath any longer. What a treat.
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April 11, 2025
This week was simultaneously too long and so short and I hate that feeling but we have made it through!
Maybe I’ll cut my hair again this weekend.
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March 28, 2025
1. We watched Moana 2 together. JB declared the songs in 2 to be superior to the first but I’m not feeling it. The songs sound fine but none of them catch the brain in the same way.
2. The kids and I took advantage of a beautiful day to do a lot of yardwork together. We also ran loads of laundry, put away clean laundry and dishes, and scrubbed tiles (collectively). It was a very productive and active few hours that felt good for once. I won’t think hard about the price I paid for it.
Actions this week: I downloaded our Social Security information to have on hand.
I’ve checked the kids’ MMR vaccine statuses. I couldn’t remember if Smol Acrobat had gotten their second one yet and that was making me antsy. Yes, they have, so both kids are as protected as they can be. I’m not positive if PiC and I each got two MMRs or not, he might be in the age group that didn’t get a second one routinely. I may request boosters for both of us just in case.
Helping folks: R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative fiction writer from Trinidad and Tobago is scheduled to undergo three surgeries for cancer while out of work. She should have undergone surgery mid-March but the hospital royally forked that up and put them in an even tougher financial position as a result. They need help getting through to the surgery and beyond. Every little bit makes a difference.
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March 21, 2025
1. We’d committed to seeing a pair of very local friends regularly this year and we have successfully hosted the second get together of the year! It was a lot of fun.
Challenges this week: this was a very hard week emotionally in so many ways.
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