I think my kid just broke my nose.

Exams are terrible. I’ve been out of law school for a while now (I work in a law-adjacent field) and I still recall the misery of the whole process.

If my babysitter wants to complain about my precious angel on social media as long as she is circumspect about it (ie: private profile, no names, we’re not friends) I approve.

Thanks!

Congrats!

I’d just start flatly agreeing with her. She says, “well I’m not as smart as you so I guess I don’t know anything about raising kids.” I’d answer with, “I guess not.”

I have a final interview for a good new job coming up this week (lateral but more money, better benefits, and better hours). Yeay!

Will definitely start looking around for a good inspector. Neither of us have ever owned a home before and no other of us are particularly handy. I’d like to become more handy but since we both have a 5 year old and demanding jobs, any decision to buy will assume our current level of handiness.

Spouse and I have finally saved enough for a down payment on a house! But...now what?

Precious Little Sleep

I’m so sorry you’re going through this and law school, which is it’s own special kind of terrible. When you’re ready for the angry, fuck that guy, righteous anger phase, I recommend Beyonce’s “Hold Up” and “Sorry” as well as Lizzo’s entire catalog but especially “Good as Hell” and “Truth Hurts.”

Everything in nature is trying to kill you at all times. For the 48th year in a row you have thwarted the entire universe’s nefarious designs!  Laugh it it’s face and go have some cake (or the indulgence of your choice)!

Does anyone have thoughts on text banking?

Same. The concept of Heaven, being really stingent about the physical body at the funeral, and resting next to each other for all eternity aren’t really Hindu concepts (at least not the way my husband’s family from the middle-India region practice it).

Hard pass. I remember listening to “Your body is a wonderland” for the first time in college and thinking, “this is a guy you shouldn’t leave your drink unattended around.”

At 18 months old, my child took 3 vaccinations in succession (that appointment is a doozey) and didn’t cry.

I’m an idiot for not proof-reading.

Curse my typos. 80% of pediatric deaths last year were in UN-vaccinated children. Un! Un! My 5 year old got hers last week because I am all about stacking her odds against pandemic as much as I can per current medical advice.

As if measles weren’t frightening enough on its own, even if your kid comes through it just fine, measles basically “resets” their immune systems, leaving them more vulnerable to almost all other diseases:

If you are in a place where you know you can’t do this forever, but don’t want to give up just yet, I recommend working with your therapist on figuring out what your dealbreakers are and working on better defining you boundaries and enforcing them.