Kiddo is headed on a road trip tomorrow to visit their out-of-state girlfriend.

Kinja didn’t post my post, so shorter version:

Food threat! What tasty things have you eaten? What have you made lately?

My heart is kind of heavy today. I have no family left other than my sister.

3 dozen-ish lifeguards tested positive for COVID this week in my area. Which honestly doesn’t surprise me as I was expecting something like this to happen as the summer progresses. It just is frustrating as we’ve had a relatively low case count compared to North Jersey until now. So I’m back to being VERY cautious…

I haven’t worn pants or anything other than a t-shirt since the end of March. It helps that we’ve come to a gentlemen’s agreement at work to not turn on our webcams.

Pajamas? My son has forgotten what pants are.

The only thing my 2 teenage daughters have bought for back to school were the headsets and a Dwight Shrute facemask and an embroidered “Butter Emails” facemask off of Etsy (they will have in person classes 2 days a week).

I’ve seen Target ads recently for back to school and all I can think of is:

**sigh** Going back to school shopping for wireless headsets for my kids to do their school from home. Fuck.This.Shit.

What happened to his anger issues?

It’s astounding watching my neighbors vote year after year for the ghouls killing my small, rural, very Republican town. But, apparently, my tears are more satisfying than having a post office that can promptly and affordably deliver checks, bills, medicine, packages, whatever you need.

Bullfuckingshit.

Gosh, I was watching Obama speak while I was having lunch and 1) he looks great, 2) I miss this man... so. damn. much.

Time and time again, members of this administration have shown that they are willing to do traitorous and treasonous things in their own self interest. It is an utter mystery to me how Republican voters and Republican elected officials can find a way to turn a blind eye.

I’m always amazed when people have multiple jobs while while attending college. I have one full time job and I feel like I’m always behind classes. Maybe it’s because I’m not American and college is different here (I can’t choose my class schedule and the classes are mandatory, I feel like that’s different in the US).…

I was a SAHM for 10 years because we had 3 little ones back to back and it made no sense to go back to work full time and break even financially but lose our sanity. I regret nothing.

I am also a SAHM because my paycheck wasn’t worth the cost of childcare. I’m also a little paranoid about childcare (like besides me and my husband, my kids have only been in the care of school or their grandparents). I could've afforded daycare, I couldn't afford one I trusted.

Kelly, I feel for you and wish there was a solution on the horizon. But I have little hope for progress because men still have so much power to veto better access and subsidies for childcare. And in my own life, I know exactly zero men who want anything to change because they benefit from the status quo while their…

That’s so disgusting. I was just talking to my SAH dad husband about how parenting blogs are filled with moms talking about dads that AVOID taking care of their child. How absurd it is that so many men see their offspring and have no desire to care for it. The men you’re talking about are no different to me, they just…