I’m still spending most of my business hours trying to figure out the situation with my son. But, I finally got to watch Gov. Whitmer’s press conference today. Audio isn’t great, as you can’t hear the reporter’s questions, but I think she’s been sufficiently grateful to the feds here.

Mostly, lots of soup. It’s really stretched out our pantry resources. Although I’m gonna need more of Knorr’s Caldo de Pollo boullion soon. (to me the best and closest to broth), 

Tonight though, took a huge bag of drumsticks out of the freezer, which my southern mom is frying up, baking some potatoes the America’s…

I posted this as a reply to a reply on your last barf bag. I’m gonna add to it.

Trump doesn’t like the fact that the nasty woman pointed out that Michigan got enough supplies excepting gloves to cover only a single hospital shift, much less a single day. He doesn’t realize that our Republicans are saying the same thing. He doesn’t realize that it’s not just Detroit (read: black folks) hammered,…

There is ONE sweet grits version that I like. It was in a cookbook my ex-husband gave me. It was normally prepared grits or polenta (with salted water) with dollops of mascarpone and drizzled with maple syrup. I’m drooling thinking about it. A perfect combo of creamy, sweet, and salt.

lol at bubbling napalm.  They do hold a lot of physical heat!

I’m not sure. I like to overcook my grits, low and slow with lots and lots of stirring to build up that starch creaminess. They’ve never been slimy. I also double cook them, just something I found experimenting. First, with salted and peppered water, then when they get thick, some milk and then just a simmer, not even…

White lady comment again.  I love, love, that it’s called Black Spades here. Grew up playing spades, and considered myself pretty good, until I was 18 and was at a party that instead of my family circle of white folks, was all black folks with a few whites.  I got annihilated.  It was spades on a whole new level. …

Admittedly not an option for undocumented, but there is a serious direct care staffing shortage that allows people with disabilities and the elderly to stay home and out of institutions, and COVID-19 has only made this worse. I don’t know national shortage numbers, but for Medicaid recipients only in the state of…

Don’t be so sure, I’m currently disgusted with my sister (53) who is supporting Trump, while her husband (56) is hospitalized with covid19, her daughter (23) and son-in-law are confirmed and convalescing at home cases, and she and my youngest niece (21) are in quarantine but so far with only mild symptoms if not…

Yes, while mine is currently a sad story.  I’d be interested in writing a submission as well. 

If it means anything.  Thank you for working. As someone who’s needed services during this time, I can’t thank everyone enough.

I happened to be in the hospital listening to the presser, in a family waiting room outside of the pediatrics unit my son was in, when a doctor came up to catch a few minutes of it herself. Her face when he said they had millions of units of the treatment was stark belief. She turned and looked at me and said “We have…

I’m so glad to see this topic, especially since I’ve been melting down all over Jezebel the last few days over an emergency due to my son’s situation.

Yes, we have all the available outpatient supports, except for the direct care staff we need in the home (which is not just us.) And then of course, the dearth of these thanks to covid19.

It’s been a 6 year journey, with many successes along the way.

First an update. All my calls while initially hearing all nos were not completely in vain. Between advocate phone calls, my dad’s in person aggressiveness, and eventually our family doctor, we got my son moved from a cage in the ER to a private room on the peds floor. He is doing much better there. I don’t have to be…

My dad sent me home tonight. My son kept coming after me.  I will try again tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll be stronger, more healed, better rested.

My uniform for home is this dress that is cute and has pockets, but feels like a nightgown, soo soft. Link is for large to plus, but smaller sizes exist on Amazon too. I have 3 of these dresses...

We were just seeing some progress before covid turned our lives to hell. He just couldn’t handle the complete disrupt of routine. My guy is too stubborn for aba and after 4 years, of his protest behavior, I said fuck it, because I hate ABA in general...but gotta try, right? I could bitch for hours about ABA.