Twiddleshit it is. Forever.

I was just thinking earlier this week that summer came early, and left early. The yo yoing temps have me a little thrown off. 70's one day, 95 plus the next.

I found a stray dog today and coaxed him inside. My other dogs did not eat him. I had him scanned for a microchip at the shelter and filed a Found Dog report. I put a Found Dog ad on Craigslist. I listed him on NextDoor and on LostMyDoggie.com, which will fax and email a flier to local vets and pet businesses. I made…

I was finally able to get into one of the Planned Parenthood NYC Activist Council trainings, and it was super awesome and now I can be a sex ed advocate and a clinic escort, among other things, and i’m super excited! Also, I went to the happy hour that they had after the training and actually had some really awesome…

Right? Lots of my friends have posted cutesy bullshit about letting their kids go but one person posted a link to an article that really hit me. The bottom line was: “I know you are moving on to your life and that’s what I want for you but I realize I will never be as important in your life as I was before and that’s…

I'm in the running for a clinical instructor position with a good university, and while I've been wanting to move into more of an educational role, I'm even more excited than I thought I would be. I love that I can take on a teaching position without giving up much of my clinical practice. It's seriously the best of…

This was my kidlings’ entry in a sandcastle competition last week. There was much kerfuffle ahead of time, with artistic differences, and questionable management styles; by Team Fluffy Penguin pulled it together and managed to cooperate, with no outside refereeing needed. So quite proud of them for that.

I went to my first audition in over a year and a half and got called back. Then today at callbacks I was one of maybe a third of the people they brought into another room to sing individual parts for the music director. I’m about to graduate acting school and I’m nervous about not having that safety net, but I’m…

I tried to be less of a people pleaser. My narcissistic witch mother (I know, she always makes an SNS appearance, sorry) made sure I learned that her life and concerns and whims were to be attended to by me at all times, so what's automatic for me is putting myself aside to take care of everyone else. I'm aware of…

Saturday afternoon, nothing to do, i was watching tv and decided to download the Pokemon go! app. Yep, me, a 26 year old english teacher women with no boyfriend and nothing to do hahahah pathetic. FUN GAME, get excited just to trap pokemon on my living room and my back yard, i can see there are some pokemon stop near…

Thanks! My focus was Cosmology, which is the study of the beginning and evolution of the universe. I’m basically a less cool Neil deGrasse Tyson now!

New boyfriend! I like him quite a lot. Moving into the sweet spot of post-nerves, pre-arguments

My baby is heading to college this week and I have held my shit together. I’m pretty proud of that.

I’ve been volunteering at a museum for just over a year, and yesterday I floated the idea to my boss that I might be interested in a paid position if there was something she thought I’d be qualified for. She was thrilled at the idea and encouraged me to apply to everything they have open.

I finished my PhD in Physics!

I deleted everything. My massive to do list, the 400 movies in my Netflix queue. I kept my reading list because it’s still mostly reasonable but everything else in my life just got wiped clean. My kids are starting a new school and I’m not joining anything this year, so my calendar is empty too. It feels like a brag…

I think when it’s over I’ll be all, “it wasn’t that bad” because that’s what people do. I want to carve into my own forehead now: Yes, it is that bad.

I can’t fault parents for that. I’m not a parent, I can’t say what I would do and I understand that relationship clouding your judgement. This person is a close but not immediate family member. What I’ve read about pedophilia/paraphilia is that, while there is no way to guarantee rehabilitation, strong community is a…

Oh, you know, got married, went on a honeymoon where we saw a double rainbow and a dolphin calf, started my reading for next semester and fell in love with Evidence, and made a pear cake. The usual!

I’m finally on time for SNS and it’s the end of all things! I hope Jezebel doesn’t change too much. I’m a lurker but I have a secret, lurkey love for y’all.