Cerina

Assuming you can afford it, lawyer up anyway. It's not going to stop. They're being absolutely fucking ridiculous at this point. Is her therapist willing to testify to her overall stress level and emotional state? I would also yank her out and homeschool anyway. But I know it's not as easy as it sounds since you both work full time and all. But seriously, fuck these people.

Solidarity, sister.

So that's one of the only good parts about living close to family - I never feel like compensating them for inconveniencing them for things like laundry usage or dinner or a place to stay when the AC goes out or baby/pet sitting.

Teh memes are rolling in!

Yeah, the bank refunded it all while they do their investigation.

I keep trying to watch the rebuttal. It's painful.

So yesterday someone cleaned out one of our bank accounts. They stole my debit card number, so now I have to get a new card...again. This is like the 3rd card in 2 years. But that wasn't the most interesting part of my day. Trevor and I each got a letter in the mail from the Polaski, Indiana Department of Children's Services letting us know that some kid we've never heard of was removed from her home and we had to be notified by law since we're related. Long story short, she turned out to be one of Trevor's ex-wife's kids. Trevor and his ex divorced almost 20 years ago. They were together for less than a year. We have no earthly idea how or why we wound up being flagged as relatives. Even using the legal definition of "relative" in the law the letter referenced we wouldn't qualify except as "any other related adult as named by the child or their parent". Other oddities - my letter came to me with my maiden name on it, a name I haven't used in 12 years at least; both envelopes were handwritten with our current address which we haven't even updated our DLs to, they both still say Houston; the envelope was postmarked 01/29/24 but we got it yesterday.

OMG I'M SO JEALOUS

Why u gotta be so dark and broody?

Did you try clicking "Unfollow"?

Have y'all seen some of the bat-shit insanity coming from CPAC? I mean, more than the usual bat-shit insanity that is typically CPAC.

Crap. I thought it was the 8th. ok. Well let’s pick a Friday

...will be old enough to legally buy and consume alcohol in all 50 states in about 3 weeks. I was a few months shy of turning 21 myself when I first joined, which now means that I have lived more life with Nightly than without. My Nightly-aversary happens to be on a Friday, so...Zoom party??

Update! Despite having these dreams regularly for over a decade, I actually have not had a single one since I posted this almost 18 months ago. Therapy works you guys. Even if it's just ranting online.

My heart goes out to you both. That's just so painful to read. Mean girl behavior is excused just like "boys will be boys" bullshit. The guilty parties just don't believe that they're doing anything wrong. They feel that they're entitled to be that way.

Jesus! What little bitches are people raising up there? I know kids are mean and cruel at times, but this just seems over the top. I don't see how the adults in charge can just let this behavior continue.

Definitely not too harsh. Setting and enforcing boundaries is very important. Especially when it comes to safety. And yeah, that's a bit odd for that age.

Ah yes. When you get your gentle parenting ideas from TikTok. I see shit like this a lot in gentle parenting groups. Parents are straight up permissive and don't understand why their children are brats.

I get that. I tune out when they start offering opinions. Mostly I watch their recaps or Easter Egg videos for the Disney+ series.

I think I should change my goal. I'm at 12 books so far this year, and I have 2 more that will be finished probably before Thursday. The list so far in no particular order: Fourth Wing Iron Flame The Thursday Murder Club The Man Who Died Twice The Housemaid Wrong Place Wrong Time A Good Girl's Guide to Murder The PARA Method Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank Murder on the Orient Express The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Legends & Lattes Almost finished with: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect A Court of Thorns & Roses

Same. Cinema Therapy Midwest Magic Cleaning Legal Eagle How to ADHD Heather Kell of Kell of a Plan Planning with Bumble The Speech Prof Mothers Against Greg Abbott Hannah Bayles Mended Light Clutterbug And some I'm not subscribed to but must watch a lot because they're always on my home page: Ms. Mojo/WatchMojo CNN all the late night talk shows Mama Dr. Jones Charisma on Command TED-Ed Howard Ho Brandon McNulty ScreenRant Mountain Rug Cleaning

I really hope the moderate right jumps on the Haley train. I mean, they won't, because nobody thinks she's electable, but it would go a long way in restoring some semblance of sanity on that side of the aisle. Republicans as a whole need to get their shit in order and stop kowtowing to their fringe.

Yeah. I won't go as far as to say that Biden or Harris are in public service for the right reasons, but I do get the sense that they're not in it for power or ego alone. And that lends to them being open to the advice and counsel of others. That's the low bar I require of my elected officials.

I hate this stupid template because the colors are backwards. Like why is red at the top at the good thing? Red is bad. Green is good. Red stop, don't, danger. Green go. Stupid tier ranking template.

I still fucking just love girl power scenes. Even when they're on the nose or in your face. I guess it means that I'm old enough to remember a childhood where females were still just sexy lamps in movies and TV. Even minor representation gets me. I cried at the inclusion of female background characters in TFA (I was also very, very pregnant but still).