Friday mornings are for coffee, donuts & an hour with my counselor.

This is amazing.

Has that cannibal fellow made amends for his actions? Working in therapy to come a better human and demonstrating he's become a better human? Also, he's boring AF on the screen. Not all of your dreams (cannibalism and movie stardom) are meant to be chased, my dude.

Child’s med is now only covered in one form (capsules). I have spent an hour getting the Rx changed & the pharmacy to fill it. Available at pharmacy today? No. Now to try to get it transferred to a pharmacy that can fill it today.

Car shopping is the least fun shopping. We know what we want & now we're at the find the specific car and get a price stage. This is the least fun stage of the least fun shopping.

Going on family vacation next week. My manager told me to “carve out some time” for not working. This is second in ridiculousness to being told to write articles during maternity leave. Lawyers are ridiculous.

This pay range disclosure for a job posting absolutely sent me.

Honors AND distinction? In this economy?

My publisher Tantor Audio has a special promotion for Genealogy in audio - 50% off! A love story told across decades and oceans, read by sarah mollo audiobooks.com/promotions/pro… #audiobook

I’m reading Educated & all I’m thinking about is The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. I read that book in 2006. Amazing how some stories stick to your bones.

Weepy today. Trauma anniversary? Perimenopause? That I finished reading a wonderful book & that I haven’t written myself in over a year & I am grieving? Who said the teen years are the hardest? Bc today I’m telling them they are wrong.

Yesterday I took my favorite guy for surprise after school ice cream. Today my mother took him for surprise after school ice cream. Surprise after school ice cream is officially non surprising anymore.

On my way to counseling & my heart feels so heavy & I’m already roughly swallowing against tears. Beyond thankful for my therapist creating a space where I can grieve & my body knows that we’re almost there. So so thankful.

3/4 through Sarah MacLean’s latest & I don’t want it to end & I can’t stop reading & OH MY GOODNESS THIS MAY BE MY FAVORITE OF HER BOOKS YET!

A friend of my smallest kiddo is in Israel with their family. Went to see family for the holidays. Heartsick & praying so hard for peace & their safe return.

Thankful. #Thanksgiving

Two neighborhood garden clubs have inquired if I’m interested in joining. Two. I feel very middle aged.

I’m not part of the #SandwichGeneration part of fucking #GenerationPanini Feel the heat and the pressure of all of the caregiving in a country that relies on women instead of a real fucking safety net.

Curled up in the guest room of my friend of 20+ years. Playing hooky with both of our families tomorrow - heart balm at its finest.