3 days of parenting: Saturday, my daughter: "Mom, you're better than an ice cream sundae!" Sunday, my daughter: pours her bubble mix into my beer without me noticing. Monday, me: I'm still burping bubbles.

55 babies toddlers and preschoolers have been hospitalized for covid in ontario in the past two weeks and 1 has died. This is a recording.

DRIVERS, REMEMBER: Just because the temps are rising, does not mean your speed has to increase, too #hamont #slowdown #cityofcars

"73.2% of the tech industry are men, 83.3% of tech execs are white. So, it’s likely that whatever programmers have personally internalised - from beauty standards, fatphobia, racism, homophobia and ageism - will exist in the future of the #internet." i-D i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/…

Defamation trial... or defecation? #MePoo

Has anyone been commuting to and from Union Station this week? Is it a nightmare or doable with the strike? #hamont #commute Metrolinx

Me to my 4 y/o: Is there anything special you'd want to say to me on Mother's Day? My 4 y/o: Hey Mom, what do you wanna do on Father's Day?! Yup. That sums it up.

I want two things for #MothersDay: motherhood to be a choice and to have enough time to learn the new LIZZO TikTok dance. In the meantime, I'll keep writing some words that you can find here: medium.com/@hellorachelle…

Today's horoscope from Refinery29 feels like it should be my life's work: "preparation and process will have to take a backseat to a gentle kind of optimism and an openness to awe." #Scorpio

Mulch is my "how to garden for dummies"

A 4-year-old's birthday invitation included gift ideas, one of which was #bitcoin. I've never felt so behind in life as I do right now.

Serious parenting question from ill-prepared mom: summer's coming up. My 4 y/o kid has 10 weeks off, but only 6 weeks of camp. What do I do for the other four weeks?! #ontario #parenting #sos

If you're one of the few people on the GO Train right now who's wearing a mask, THANK YOU. For the other 99% of folks who don't seem to care about the mandatory GO Transit rules, I hope you used your freedom to vote today. #SOS

Money on my mind, but what else is new? As Canada's inflation rate spikes again (😰), the need for affordable "just in case" protection rises, too. Check out this MoneySense article for some tips. moneysense.ca/spend/insuranc…

My daughter had the hiccups so I hid in her closet pretending to be the boogeyman. Her hiccups are gone, but they've been replaced with nightmares. You win some, you lose some.

My quiet shy kid wore an N95 all year last year. So did her teacher. She began immersion french, and she is now incredibly fluent. She learned to make eye contact, project her voice. All through 2-way masking. She knows when a masked person is smiling. Masks work.

The same day I wrote out my drowning dream (medium.com/@hellorachelle…), this line appeared via @TimKreider2 as a sign to take breaks ✨ "No one's call it anything other than what it is anymore: an endless, frantic hamster wheel for survival." Happy Monday, y'all.