Oh lord I hear you. I am very, very, very aware that I have significant pandemic privilege—I’m working safely from home, hunkered down with my husband and cat, we have a full pantry and live in a neighbourhood that is pleasant and walkable, I have exercise equipment in the basement and a hot tub in the back yard. But…

Indoor gardening today and having some revelations. My girl Pearl here is quite good at taking up space. Why don’t we take up more space as well? Someone’s going to take that space, might as well be me.

I guess winter and pandemic depression is kicking in over here, because most things seem pointless. I don’t even know what to report here about my week. Work is just rolling, I’m kinda mad at myself I haven’t learned to completely anticipate everything my boss wants yet, which is ridiculous. I’m doing quarterly…

That looks lovely on all counts, as always (I am weird, perhaps, in not liking big holes. I like my bread to hold lots of butter and cheese ;-) ). Will you come to my house and bake bread? I used to, but have given up.

Oh my god I want all that in my mouth RIGHT NOW. I started on weight watchers a few weeks ago to try and get my weight and health under control, so I’m learning to meal prep like an actual adult. This is what I’ve made this week: cheese and bacon muffins, and Asian inspired chicken rissoles. The rissoles will be lunch…

It is absolutely frigid here today, like praying to the car battery gods, please start cold. So, the obvious solution is to not leave the house and bake some bread, then leave the oven door open. I think I finally cracked it, this was as good as the bread from a restaurant we used to go on day trips to New York. The…

It’s fear of losing the rabid base that’s been radicalized for many years before trump came along. trump has just been added accelerant these past years but the fire has been burning for a long time. This country is a lot more fucked up than many people realize.

So the republicans are never going to do anything about her, what can we do to put pressure on them or her? If she has any corporate donors, would asking them publicly how they can support someone who is calling for violence help?

I’m fucking done with this shit. You want to call for the death of your peers to a bunch of drunken redneck assholes? You get yanked out of your seat of inscrutable power and you get tarred and feathered in the streets. This goes for you too, ted cruz, you miserable little pissant. fuck the gop. democrats, stop acting…

Yeah, that’s how I’m seeing it. If the choice is somebody, anybody, getting the vaccine by chance or it’s garbage...use that shit. The more people getting vaccinated, the better. Obviously, assholes using money\connections for preferential treatment should be put in stocks in the public square and pelted with animal…

i’m fine with people rushing to get leftover shots that are about to expire. i’m not fine with people lying about being an essential worker. i’m not fine with the rich and famous cutting the line. the people who are able to get their first dose by chance because of leftover doses have to get their second shot within…

Didn’t he always look like that though?

This selection of straight ahead photos is strangely fascinating and disconcerting.

Yup! And I can’t wear any bras anymore, because they’re so tight I can’t breathe! 

My leggings won’t stay up anymore and my jeans look like someone fucking painted them on. I wear long sweaters to hide that shit! But really, it’s not the way I look that bothers me, it’s how I feel. I just can’t carry this weight. I have small bones, and the extra poundage is not evenly displaced. It’s all in my…

Yes! That is the most frustrating thing. Now I have a pretty expansive wardrobe but the pandemic has me at the biggest I’ve ever been. I’ve mostly been wearing leggings since March but that’s not nice for me because I actually don’t like to feel sausaged. 

Ug. Sorry for the birthday cold. That just kinda adds insult to injury. As for the Covid paranoia, I totally think it’s real. We all suffer allergies here BUT every little sneeze cough etc makes us go hmmmm is this allergies or something more. 

In my house/family we refer to this as “Faux-vid”. It happens ALL the time.

Every time I wake up in the middle of the night coughing (sinuses), or hot (menopause), I worry that I have COVID! I also have COVID dreams where I’m in a group of people and then it occurs to me we aren’t wearing masks and that everyone needs to step away from me.

So I developed a head cold this week, and all the lack of smell/taste that comes with it.