He also had this gigantic lawn that required MOWING. 18th CENTURY FUCKING MOWING.

In THREE DIFFERENT ARMIES. He led Virginia/British troops in the French and Indian War, became General in Continental forces, and was the only sitting president to ever lead an army, leading the US Army during the Whiskey Rebellion.

I work at a pretty high profile historic site and have had to give some tours to some interesting folks.

Never go to a historic site on a day that kids don’t have school. It’s absolute insanity.

Another incredible fear of mine. 

I also just realized that this means I could get mono again and HELL TO THE FUCK NO. 

As someone who works with the public in large hoards, I might support this too.

AHHHHH FFUUUUCCCKKK.

I swear it’s something in the air as of late. My anxiety, that is normally well contained and is at worst an annoying din in the background, has been an absolute deafening roar recently. I had to stay home from work yesterday because it manifested itself in a migraine. 

Welcome to the fun club! It’s weirdly addicting, as you can tell.

Buy an island and fill it with rescue dogs.

My boyfriend does this sometimes jokingly, just to see how quickly the phrase ‘out of the car!’ or ‘out of the house!’ can fly out of my face. 

You know why most people’s husbands/wives/people kiss them deeply?

My social anxiety started early on, apparently. I generally hated big family gatherings, going places with crowds, etc.

Every time I’ve tried to put my boobs into a bra using the red method, they fall out the bottom.

After my husband died, the first time I had to zip a dress by myself was an adventure. I eventually had to walk around half zipped and find another woman who would understand and help. 

Unclasping from the back is a more gross motor skill, and can be done with one hand and a ‘grabbing/pushing’ motion.

And say all body parts all like you and function ‘normally’, the mechanism of unclasping a set of hook and eyes requires SOOOO much less dexterity than trying to hook the eyes to each other. It’s a gross motor pinching motion and can be done using one hand, not a fine motor ‘let me get these small things to fit to…

I have to lace my own stays and corsets when I need to wear them, and I loose lace them in the front and spin to the back and those don’t rug burn me either. If they’re not uncomfortable to shimmy around, then a bra isn’t. 

My boobs aren’t big, in the grand scheme of boobs. They’re middling, but I like the support of a proper bra that has a larger band with three or four hook/eyes. If I put my bra on the red way, those bags are flopping out the bottom of the bra while I fiddle my way with the hooks.