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Category: Daily Shares
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I am so bad at consistency. I was gonna say “consistent posting of anything” and then I was like “actually just consistent writing of anything” and then… yeh. Just anything, really. I was gonna go over what I’ve been doing lately overall for this post and then I remembered this is a daily and that’s read more
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Went to Nate’s work Christmas party. It was suitably awkward while still being fairly enjoyable because Erica. There was a bunny hutch (yes really) and when Erica saw her first bunny… she screamed. Twice. o_o This child loves bunnies. Pics of bunnies, stuffed bunnies, she can identify a bunny if you ask her to… I read more
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It was Erica’s first time out in snow today! She had a bunch of fun, big ole grin. It helps that she’s already been in love with her new snow boots… We let her wear them off and on the last few days to get used to walking in em. We built her a snowman read more
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I ate two of em by myself and I’m fairly certain the server judged me for it. No regrets tho. Picked up some new calligraphy supplies and also stopped into a stationery store and gained my first real-life guild quest… there’s an email in my inbox about joining “the guild” that the proprietor of this read more
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So tired last night that I went to bed when Erica did. We’d had a full day – out for coffee in the morning, a movie over Erica’s nap, meeting up with a friend in the evening. I was exhausted. So of course now I’m awake far too early today. Gonna try doing some digital read more
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Holy shit it’s a daily. We took Erica out for breakfast (on a Saturday! We never go to breakfast on Saturday, but we did today and it was fine,) and then went for a walk afterward and it was very nice! Then we visited her grandparents. All that makes a lovely day by itself either read more
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Yesterday was a wonderful day! We went to breakfast, and then the library with Ecca… then went and bought her first pair of shoes! Very exciting. Then when we sang her bedtime song the most amazing thing happened. We always end the song with “goodnight” and then immediately each of us gives her a kiss. read more
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I’ve been p useless today. I did bring Erica to therapy, which everyone there always loves. That was fun. But otherwise I have done nothing but shower, games, and momming. I started my period so we are not pregnant yet which isn’t a huge shock but is a lil disappointing. Oh whale. I did as read more
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I finally had a burst of energy today and got a bunch of chores done that I’d been putting off since I got back home. There are still a few more to do (always) but it’s a relief. I’m tired af tho. Doing all those chores rapid fire is exhausting, I literally worked up a read more
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Last night was good. A couple lovely friends from back in NC came to visit (I might have mentioned they were coming yesterday, I don’t remember), and we had such a good time we decided to get breakfast today too. After they left I played games with my friends for the first time in a read more
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Started the day off real well, took Erica to the library. We were gonna attend toddler storytime, but she had so much fun wandering around and was so restless during the reading that we skipped out and let her keep exploring. She walked all over the kids section and the outside section, and got to read more
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Forcing myself to post because I care about posting but I feel like shit… Tryna get meds adjusted. I have my once a year get together with my Internet friends this week, and I’m def not gonna be fully recovered (any recovered?) before they get here, but I’m tryna not think about it too much. read more
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Not much to share about today – we went to a farmer’s market and now we’re at Grandma and Zaide’s house. BUT Last night Erica gave Nate and I both real big girl kisses on the cheek! Kept her mouth shut and made the smack sound and everything. It was unbelievable. Truly blows my mind, read more
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Getting pretty close to having more baby proof spaces for Erica now that she’s pretty much walking. It’ll be nice to let her roam more. Had a nice day so far. Went out for breakfast, which was great, then we walked to a garage sale nearby. I got a lovely watch necklace that I’m hoping read more
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My mom sent me a link to a thirteen year old post on her own blog (jruthkelly.com) and it was pretty wild. My mom writes really well, and the post was a snapshot of a really distant and different time, though I still remember the things she mentioned pretty vividly. I don’t really read my read more
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My back is finally better enough that I can be Erica’s primary care during the work week again. Resting a lot when she’s sleeping, but still, it’s a relief. She’s walking on her own more and more. She’s moving too fast man. We’re starting the process of baby proofing more rooms so she’s not just read more
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I just sang her a song and she swayed to it. When I was done, she clapped, then pointed both fingers at me and vocalized. I said, do you want more? More songs? And signed for more. She signed it back. And I sang another. She danced and waited. When I finished, she signed more read more
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The alliance for infants and toddlers (nonprofit org that helps monitor premature or at-risk kids for development milestones) has sent us our first “self assessment” and I’m low key freaking out. I have thought Erica was developing fine, but this assessment wants her already doing stuff she is definitely not doing yet. It is sposta read more
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bruh I have had a time I spent the first several days nauseousThen I was dizzy enough I couldn’t walkThen I had a good day!Now my fucking herniated disc is causing me pain for no damn reason and I can’t walk again. It has been so bad that more than once I have wondered if read more
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She just took 25 and turned around 😭 read more
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I haven’t kept up and now there’s too much to recall. This is why we don’t sleep on the blog posts. I haven’t felt super well the last couple of days, but they’ve also been fairly calm, low maintenance days. Erica did go to the doctor on Wednesday, which I mentioned here already I think… read more
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Got a new phone. It is exciting but entirely too big, and I may end up having to get a pop socket for it. I weep. They’re so ugly but they’re so functional. It’s unfair. I’ll see how long I last without one. As for the day… I had therapy, and took Erica to the read more
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I think my psychiatric appointment is the only thing really of note so far today. Yesterday I did write a random opening scene for a book I don’t actually plan to write. It’s a southern/mid-western horror type thing, so I reckon it was probably inspired by watching sinners the other night, lol. It was more read more
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Does this mean I don’t have to exercise til then read more
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We took Erica to one for the first time today. It was so much fun. She went on a swing, which almost put her to sleep, but then I also helped her go down a couple slides and she crawled through a tunnel with me. It was truly amazing, she’s such a little kid. She read more
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Sliding another one in last minute. I’m a creature of habit, what can I say? I kid, I just procrastinate. We had a really good day today. Erica was wonderful as always, hit 14 steps again, and just keeps being more and more affectionate and sweet. Mike came over to drop off some food and read more
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Turns out I do not like this book. I am finishing it out of spite so that no one can say my 2/10 rating was because I didn’t finish it. Today has been a good day. Erica and I played a bunch. We walked all around the house and the back patio with her just read more
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Ngl, there’s not a ton to post about, but I wanna wrap up the night. I played a lot of vintage story once Erica was sleeping. Last night I played Labrynthine with friends, that was dope. Erica was really tired when she went to bed tonight, so I’m hoping she sleeps through the night. If read more
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There is nothing quite so precious as witnessing my child’s love for me. This morning I was very tired, cuz miss E woke me up three times last night. I laid down on the floor in her playroom with a blanket and just narrated what she was playing with to her, which I often do read more
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Well, I got my period. So that’s one worry soothed – we’ll be able to start trying for baby two when we want to. And I got home today! Nate and the pupper will be back later tonight. But also holy shit periods suck -_- read more
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We took a walk with Erica and then took another after she was asleep to get froyo. I got raspberry under caramel pretzel. The raspberry was really pleasantly tart and a change of pace for me… I don’t normally go for fruity flavors. A nice night to end our stay here. A good, simple night. read more
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I have read more vandermeer and still don’t like it. I’m gonna keep going, cuz I don’t usually give books up… but libby says it’s a thousand pages so I dunno, lol. That’s a bit of a slog, although I’m a sixth through now. Grandma made challah french toast this morning. I have never loved read more
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Finished the third book in the farseer trilogy. It was quite good. I look forward to reading the next set of three in the series, but first I’m gonna try to read city of saints and madmen by Jeff vandermeer first, but I’m a bit into the book now and so far I don’t like read more
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We started the day off with a farmer’s market. Erica’s great grandma came with us. We bought some flowers! They’re hanging up on Zaide and Shoshana’s porch now 😌 I’m starting in on a second cup of coffee while Nate cares for Erica. She’s had a really good morning, been really sweet. It’s peaceful so read more
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Writing at the close of the day… I have to get back into the habit of updating more frequently. Today was a peacefully uneventful day. I played with Erica in the morning, got groceries and coffee while she napped, and read in the evening. She fussed a little for dinner, gave her little blender screams read more
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Christ, that monthly took way longer to write than it should have. We started off the day with breakfast takeout, cuz Nate is a hero. Since then I have either been playing with my daughter (she knows she can drag her play pen gates around from inside of them now 💀) or trying to make read more
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Aaaaand piggybacking off my previous post… here is my official first wordpress exclusive post! Tomorrow I’ll write a monthly, send out the emails, and all my readers will know… how exciting! Thanks for moving with me, fam! …. thank god I’m finally done manually copying posts over holy shit In true daily share fashion I read more
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Okay y’all, big moment… this is officially my last bearblog post. Everything is migrated over to wordpress at marionmakes.com and my email list has been transferred, so if you get my monthly updates here (bear), you’ll get them there (wp), now. Yay! read more
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I meant to share some pics I took on a walk yesterday so I’ll share em now. Wondering what that spindly one is. Also, nate got a bonus at work so he bought celebratory pants, and he has just referred to them as his “big bonus pantalones” and that is a rhyme I cannot get read more
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Taking a break from migrating posts to wordpress to play a little vintage story before therapy. Erica is going with me today, so she’s taking a nap right now. I’ve been super lax about posting, but that’s because of the incredibly difficult month I had. I even missed a monthly update. My plan is to read more
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Zaide been watching NCIS endlessly so now I have the opening song stuck in my head. Wheeee I have copied 44 posts from here to wordpress. I am sick of it. But we’ll get there eventually. read more
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Ok. I’m officially leaving bearblog. I switched to wordpress for more functionality – you can leave comments over there! Plus the url is way simpler. It’s just: marionmakes.com I’ll keep this site up for a while longer, but then I’ll be cancelling it. Now I just have to go through the long, arduous process of read more
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We’re up to a grand total of 22 granny squares, so far. Considering how long ago I started, I feel I should have more… But I don’t work on it every single time I’m here. Things are going well here still. Erica loves walking around their house and climbing their stairs. Yesterday she did the read more
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Erica’s new thing is randomly doing downward dog. I’ll look over from wherever I am randomly and she’ll just be hanging out with her lil booty in the air for no reason. Kids amirite In other news I have made so many granny squares today I’m almost sick of em. Things are going smoothly here read more
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I am currently writing from the comforts of the in-laws’ house. Today was a crazy flurry of activity; I packed for this trip, which takes a lot of work cuz baby, but then I also vacuumed and mopped the entire bottom two levels of the house so we’d come back to somewhere clean. That included read more
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We did not beat act III of slay the spire. We got to the boss, deca and donu, and then two of us definitely would have died so we called it, thinking if one of us died we lost. That’s true in standard rules… They do have alternate optional rules where once you get to read more
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Finna play act III of slay the spire’s board game adaptation with Mike tonight. Looking forward to it very much, although I’m not sure we’ll win. Erica is doing great. She’s been waving really well lately, and also gives high fives now. She’s continuing to develop her walking skills, and is making more complicated sounds read more
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Today is a landmark day. Erica told me she wanted to go to bed early. She asked to nurse by sign, then after, grabbed our nursing pillow and kept dramatically laying on it and patting it, gently head butted into my stomach a lot (this usually means she wants something) and babbled in sign until read more
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I really catch myself flippin through pics of my baby girl after she’s gone to bed like I didn’t just spend the whole day with her read more
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Erica woke me up 3 times last night, and it was straight up debilitating, which is hilarious cuz I’ll have to do even more of that whenever we have another baby. Lel. Oh well. Ent done too much today. Just got some groceries, and chatted with my siblings a little. Tonight Nate and I are read more
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Did some for the first time in like a month 👍👍 read more
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Today, Mom and Evan drove back home. Nate went to the office, so for the first time in weeks, it was just myself and my daughter in a quiet house. For a bit, I felt as empty as the space, but it was good. I’ve been so full of anxiety and planning and rushing around. read more
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Feeling a bit better about life because some plans are being worked out. Crazy how much a little direction can help soothe my anxiety. It’s been up, by the way. My anxiety. Probably the med change. That started a few days ago. Gonna stick it out a couple weeks. We went to the farmers market read more
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My stomach has hurt more in the last two weeks than it had in the last two years. Anxiety go brr. There is progress being made, but it is hard and the methods are a little traumatic. Sorta an end justifying the means kind of situation. Hopefully. Every indication is that we’re doing the right read more
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Blog is neglected but not abandoned. Hopefully never abandoned. I think technically it’s about time for a monthly update, but I’m not ready for that yet. Not sure how I’ll write about this month. The line between being open and sharing too much that isn’t mine gets kinda blurry sometimes. And some things aren’t super read more
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It’s friday the thirteenth too man migrate update: iykyk, ig. sry. read more
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My kid is one of those, I’m realizing. I have accidentally made her incapable of being alone in a room or playpen without screaming her lil face off. I’ve gotta be close, if not holding her. She does eventually calm down but dude it takes forever. I gotta encourage more self soothing behaviors… which just read more
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It is absolutely insane to me that I could dislike someone so much that just hearing the sound of their voice makes my skin crawl, but here we are. So glad over ear headphones exist. Today I’m leaving my husband alone at his parents’ house to stay at our house with Evan. Just for the read more
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I’m so tired and unsure what’s going on in my brain right now lol. It’s been a hectic and trying week. We’re doing well at the in-laws’ house, at least. Some routines are holding with Erica, and she’s been sleeping well. Still getting closer to walking but not quite there yet. Considering the trouble I’ve read more
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Been a really very difficult couple of days. Things are starting to look up now situationally, but I still need to recover emotionally and physically. Nate is an amazing support. So grateful for my family, old and new. read more
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We chose the place for its proximity to another. She saw the signs, and she knew. She walked in on her own two feet anyways. Her rights and dignity intact, and her boundaries exercised. She held her head high and used another door to enter. She spoke her truth and spit her fire and kicked read more
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Nate asked if I wanted him to remind me about my blog earlier. I said no thanks, but did take it as a hint that he’s eager to read more content, lol. A good reminder in itself. It’s been a good couple days. Erica’s been eating a lot of food and practicing walking with us read more
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Was a nice regular day. Made some calls for lawn care, got prescriptions moved, requested an ob appt. We did go out for mad mex, and we ordered Erica a kids quesadilla thinking it’d be a small thing. It was a whole meal with sides of corn and rice and a dessert after too. It read more
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Bought shelf inserts for our minis cuz they were living in shoebox monstrosities. Got em delivered from ikea, put em together, go to stick em in the shelves, and they don’t fuckin fit. It’s only at that moment I remember Nate told me that particular shelf is not actually a kallax, it’s some alternative. So read more
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Shout out to all my fellow humans who only put effort into hair and makeup when they have a special occasion or they feel like absolute shit Like if nothing special is going on and I have a full face of makeup I’m just not ok Is that weird or…? The belt and boots are read more
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I have been awake for one hour and in that time all I have done is clean poop. My child had an enormous blowout. Bath very required. Poo sheet and onesie are soaking in oxiclean. Now I can have coffee. I’m drinking caffeine again, as of yesterday. It had been over two weeks and I read more
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Erica has officially lifted a foot and taken a single step on her own! No chaining steps yet, and she fell on her butt right after, but she’s a stepper! She’s done it a few times now. It’s been a good day. I made pancakes for breakfast, from this recipe, and they were fantastic af. read more
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Still slogging through some crazy ups and downs. I missed online game night for a third week in a row. I did a lot of obsessive cleaning yesterday. Today was better. No creativity, but I bought some self care stuff? And we walked. I’m counting it as a win. Also, for any of you considering read more
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Been a couple days. Mama bought herself a new gaming handheld. Got the asus ROG ally. Oblivion is very pretty on it. I’ve also been actually busy too though, I swear. On Tuesday (today is Friday) I went to a concert with Dyno. Was a combo of Primus/Puscifer/A Perfect Circle, and it was amazing. Dyno read more
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I’m out of hair bands for the first time in like a decade. How does this even happen. Currently holding my braid together with a flimsy decorative scrunchie while I wait for my husband to finish his meeting so I can make him watch the baby while I go pick some up. This is crazy read more
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I really thought I could come up with new post names based on whatever I was writing about, but I feel like I’m running out (ha!) of names. I do a lot of repetitive things. Same name type shit. We’ll see what happens I guess. Erica had breakfast and then had to entertain herself for read more
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Bro the pants I bought today. They’re fire. Pin stripes and wide fit? Yes please. Also probably the highlight of my day, besides miss e. We did go to the in laws, and Zaide said a few words to her and grinned at her, so that was nice too. I did some granny squares. We read more
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Hehe. Is this what success looks like? Monthly post is up, woooooo. I didn’t draw but that’ll come next. Erica is screamin in her crib cuz she hates sleep. If she only knew how jealous adults were of her socially acceptable multiple naps per day. oh my god I’ve just realized my monthly post fulfills read more
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mental health go brrrrr. we been having a bit of a depressive episode for a few weeks. I’m planning on talking to my psychiatrist about a med adjustment, but my next appointment is still three weeks away. Here’s hoping we see a major upswing before that. I’ve missed twoooo game nights with friends now. Still read more
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Day 4 of no caffeine and I’m napping so much it’s stupid. No headaches. I don’t think I’m thinking about it more than usual. Just napping. All damn day. Every time my child sleeps I’m sleeping. What a yikes. How do committed no caffeiners wake up??? read more
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Yesterday was mother’s day, but we decided we would use the day to celebrate Shoshana and I’d get my day next weekend. So we went over to the in laws house and Nate made pancakes and eggs. Then Critter crashed the party, came in bearing a plastic floral crown full of their hairs for me read more
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Nate and I have been watching this show poker face. I told him last night, the mc reminds me of my god sister Sarah, who passed away a couple years ago. Erica’s middle namesake. A ton of her mannerisms, her drifter lifestyle, the troubled with a good heart motif… It all reminded me of my read more
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We had a lovely time hiking. We’re sun tired now, and my legs will be sore tomorrow. It’s good to be alive. We still on our depression arc rn but today was definitely helpful. Still doin skincare and language goals. Struggling on writing and music. Exercise is so-so. We’ll get there. read more
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On day 2 of no caffeine. I don’t sleep well. Hoping maybe this will help somehow. I’ve been struggling quite a bit the past few weeks. Wondering if I need to make a med adjustment. Today we’re going for a hike, sorta. It may be paved, idk yet. Def nothing crazy compared to some stuff read more
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What a crazy day emotionally.I’m way too spent to really describe rn, but y’all Cut out the shitty people in your life for real Like yikes 😳 P.s. Erica is the best and this pic of her balancing for two seconds before falling on her butt makes her look like a walker and it’s crazy read more
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Spent more money on some skincare stuff last night. Middle of the night buys type shit. I’ve been thinking about buying these things for a while now though so I don’t regret it or anything – just feels funny to have done it so late. Usually not a great idea. I feel a little bad read more
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Almost didn’t post on my thirtieth birthday. Sneaking it in with fifteen minutes to spare, lol.It’s been a wonderful day, despite being very different from my original plans. Nate was amazing and set everything up so we could paint minis together for the first time in actually years, and then we dropped Erica off with read more
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Yesterday Erica had her 1y development check with the alliance for infants and toddlers, and she did well as usual. They’re changing her assessments to once every six months instead of every three. I’m real grateful she’s doing so well. Last night was nice night talking with friends online. Now I’m out, supposed to be read more
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Going back later today. Things went pretty smoothly here, considering, but I miss my kitties. And Erica’s toys, sort of. She did pretty damn well with the few she has here, though. Living in this home, even for a couple of days, has been kind of surreal. This place is massive and feels so sturdy. read more
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Day one of staying at Zaide and Shoshana’s has begun. Only gonna be a couple days this time, but I’m hoping I can get the bones of some sort of routine for when we stay longer later. We’ll see.Not much happening so far today. Got some coffee, dropped off an Amazon return at staples. I read more
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Got a couple of granny squares done while Erica napped at the in laws. We did cake for her birthday, and I got to bring home some paints that I’m hoping to use during my birthday fun. Pretty chill day, I reckon. I took a nap in a comfy rocking chair. Nate taught me I’m read more
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Hanging out at the in laws’ today. I was too busy doing chores to post yesterday. Didn’t even game all day, it’s practically a miracle. We watched Gerald’s Game after Erica went to bed, though. It was truly excellent, but I definitely would not have been able to watch it if I hadn’t already read read more
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You’re too young to be holding on for dear life like that kid read more
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In getting back into daily writing, I’m finding that I tend to use MS onenote for my exercises and random unplanned scenes. I get almost all the same functionality out of onenote that I do out of the program I used to write the bulk of my manuscript (scrivener, in case you’re wondering), but with read more
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Last night I stayed up playing games with friends, and I laughed so hard I cried twice. One of them squeaked in fear when a monster went by and it was such an unexpected sound I thought it was a weird game sound. That was the first incident. Then I accidentally yeeted the same friend read more
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I know it’s all I talk about, but I have to keep trying, cause I haven’t gotten the words right yet. How can I possibly express my amazement at being a mother accurately?It’s the most mundane thing, but it is also the most important thing I will ever do. It is making me so much read more
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Been having a tough couple of days. My brain has decided it’s depression time. Erica still brings me joy, and I’m grateful that stays untouched so far. But other things are all draining. I’ve been exercising this week, and therapy went well. I’m getting enough sleep. It’s just a low period. We’ll get through it. read more
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Erica had a doctor’s appointment today. It went well, she’s healthy. Hitting her milestones. Went to a cafe after. I’ve talked to one of the baristas there about pregnancy on a previous visit, because she’s expecting. She was excited to meet Erica, which was really sweet. Erica and I shared a bagel and a croissant. read more
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The post name has a double meaning – I’ve been missing from here for a while because my family has been visiting, and now I am missing them because they’re gone. We had a wonderful week, and Erica’s birthday was happily celebrated on Friday with a delicious cake my mom worked on for two days. read more
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Fam let us leave the baby with them so we could have a date. It was wonderful. migrate update: I should’ve mentioned in the original post that one of the reasons this fit is so fly is the blazer I’m wearing. It belonged to my grandmother-in-law, and is still in pristine condition. It’s really fun read more
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Last night Erica wanted to chew her book and I wouldn’t let her, and the look she gave me was vividly and specifically indignant, not just formlessly frustrated. She looked at me like “Mom! How dare you?! Let me chew!” It was wild. She’s a little human with little human emotions. How wondrous. Zaide is read more
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Getting ready for errybody to arrive tomorrow – the whole fam is coming up to celebrate Erica’s first birthday and I’m super psyched! Our fridge is packed. My second knitted scarf is slowly growing. That’s the only craft thing I did today. We cleaned a lot. Family visiting is always a good excuse to go read more
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Dress I bought was cheap and stinky. I hate amazon. That’s what I get for buying a funeral dress on amazon, though. First thing I bought on there in months… idk why I did it. Back to boycotting. Mike’s thing I was supposed to do calligraphy for got postponed, which is sad for him, but read more
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We have three variants of daffodil in our flower garden read more
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When all else fails and you gotta feed yer kid, fry an egg migrate update: shout out to her little cannoli foot read more
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Skipped a day. Too stressed and tired yesterday to think of posting. I ent get nothin useful done anyways, besides buying a dress for Zaide’s eventual funeral. Today I feel mildly unwell, despite having gotten extra sleep the last couple nights. So far I’ve just been spacing out and knitting. Gotta get work done on read more
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don’t care read more
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they can take longer than ya might think read more
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Having a good, low-key day so far. Erica’s in a good mood. I finished the line art for my next drawing of her. I mentioned last night that I’m super excited for this one… There’s a lot of fun detail in the wrinkles and tulle of her shirt, and this is the first time I read more
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Erica had some kiwi with dinner, which was fun. I read some of a book on writing, it was already helpful and I’m 20pgs in. Picked the next photo I’ll be drawing from and started the outline for it, I’ll post tomorrow when the outline is complete. I’m really excited for this one. Ended out read more
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wdyd when u don like the start of ur own book srs reply only thx I’m (sort of) joking…? This read through has been rough. The pacing is so slow. Things jump around too much. There’s too much fluff. I’m gonna lose my damn mind. I guess that’s what a read through is for fixing read more
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I’ve had a couple people I haven’t heard from in ages reach out because I posted about this on facebook and it makes me so happy I could cry, lol. People are so sweet. I love the earnestness and enthusiasm I’m receiving. Thanks friends :) read more
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I’ve seen four in our house in the last two days. I freaking hate ants so much. They’re awful little bastards. Yesterday ended quietly. Today has started quietly. Overnight was awful. Erica’s sleep is still borked. She’s waking up to feed every four hours like we did when she was taking her meds for her read more
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We had spanakopita with eggs and overnight oats, and Mike stayed after to play clank with us. It’s been a wonderful day so far. Erica looks adorable in one of her new tshirt+shorts outfits. I don’t have much else to report, to be honest. Just grateful for the calm day at home with loved ones. read more
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Nate and I played a board game for the first time in a while after lunch. It was lovely. Staying home and having a normal day is kinda rare for us. It was such a a treat. We also played the card game fluxx. We planned meals and got groceries and invited Mike over for read more
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Erica’s fever broke this morning, which is fantastic cuz if it hadn’t we were gonna have to take her to the doctor. I’m much relieved. Super tired today. I stayed up too late playing games and talking to friends, and then Erica had a rough night. Luckily we stayed home instead of going to the read more
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My child has decided smushing her face into her high chair tray is the best way to eat. I did in fact post to socials. Four days late isn’t too bad, is it? 😭 read more
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Ok y’all. Been a rough week, I can’t lie. It’s been a minute since I posted. My lil girl has been sick, so I’ve been sleeping pretty terribly. She is finally at a normal temperature today, but she’s still tired and coughed a couple times this morning. Nate is finally home as of last night, read more
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My husband just brought me four meals worth of ramen from my favorite ramen shop so I don’t have to cook much for the last couple days he’s away 😭 he is amazing read more
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Tfw you say you’re gonna do a thing and then you don’t… Had a really tough day mentally yesterday so I did not end up feeling confident enough to post about the blog. Same with today, as far as spoons for posting. I need more confidence to do it than I thought, I guess. Yesterday read more
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Nate did in fact end up buying the coffee maker referenced here, by the way, the Aiden by Fellow. I will let you know how it brews when we get it and set it up. By we I mean he. Lel. read more
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I missed a day. I was still in pain and didn’t do much yesterday, but I did finally catch a pic of Erica gripping her food tray on her high chair with her toes. Been trying to get that pic for weeks, but she stopped doing it for a while. That was exciting. Today I read more
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I’m experiencing this wild phenomenon where, because I feel much better today than yesterday but am still stuck in bed, I feel like I’m lying. Like, I’m much less pained, so I should be up! I should be mobile! I’m still legitimately hurting badly enough that standing and even sitting is really painful and difficult, read more
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I said “tomorrow I’m gonna be productive and not play any videogames!” And my body said “haha remember the herniated disc that hasn’t really hurt you in months though?” I made it to therapy but I’ve been stuck laying down since then. So of course I’m gaming. Back on Coral Island for hours. Aleve hasn’t read more
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Uh I did nothing but take care of my baby and play coral island today Feeling like tomorrow is gonna have to be a no gaming day as penance cuz that was not the best choice ever Props to my husband for rolling with me and making dinner and decaf for us after a long read more
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She’s eating it. Mixed with blackberry, banana, and applesauce. Sweet as hell. I need some spinach to mix into shit for her. I haven’t done anything useful today even though I slept well. Just played with her while she was awake, and played coral island while she was asleep. She’s expressing herself vocally a lot read more
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We took a walk and did dinner, yadda yadda. Erica did great with her second hour of patching. Proud of her. After I put her in bed I went to do some calligraphy for a friend and had this lovely moment. BUT I’m a god so I saved most of it. Then I accidentally worked read more
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Rough night, though not really because of Erica. The animals were a lot. They’re not great at sharing bed space. Nate even ended up having to move to the guest bedroom cuz Merlin kept messing with his knees. Erica did wake up at like 730 but once Nate woke up for work he also watched read more
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When we got home Erica slept on me for like an hour and a half and then we patched her eye and fed her. She did such a great job with this patch, y’all. Only fiddled with it in the beginning and at the end when she got more tired. It did get food on read more
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I missed yesterday, whoops. We were having a family day at the in laws. Zaide’s sister and brother in law were visiting. We all had entirely too much bread with Shabbos lunch and then chocolate cake for dessert… I’m hoping to get the recipe for that one. Erica took only one nap yesterday so we read more
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So I feel a little better cuz she ate I accidentally dumped too much oat cereal in her bowl and for some reason decided that meant I should try mixing in a whole pouch of apple sauce and some peanut butter (don’t ask, mom brain) But she ate it? And she used a spoon! Had read more
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I’m gonna try putting words after share numbers so they’re more distinct I guess Rn and for the past couple of days I have been battling with uncertainty about my performance as a mother. I think this happens pretty cyclically. I spend time doing something for myself a lot for a couple days and get read more
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How the hell is it that I can lull my baby to sleep on my lap with her head on my shoulder, and then transfer her to a pillow and clip her nails and carry her up the stairs and gesture wildly at my husband to get the door to her nursery and she stays read more
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I was all worried cuz Erica wouldn’t eat her dinner but then she ate mine Lil homie smashed like half a cup of udon, of all things. Babies are crazy. read more
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Why do I always lay awake at night scheming these grand designs for what I’m gonna do the next day? It never ever works out that way. In the middle of the night, when I should be resting, my silly little brain is spinning it’s wheels, certain I can take on the world come morning. read more
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Wait this pre-motherhood jam I didn’t get to on my first listen through?? I love it wow much good so relate :o :) Also an art update. Looking at close to two hours now… that’s enough for tonight. read more
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We went on another walk today and it was amazing. We met a couple in the neighborhood with a lil boy Erica’s age and exchanged numbers, so that’s interesting maybe? I was like, “is this weird?” and the fellow mom was like, “I dunno, is this what parents do?” He was their first kid too read more
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Had a good therapy session this morning. Erica ate some eggs for breakfast, and she’s having more finger food snacks for lunch. Finally listened to the first half of brat for the first time. It’s aight I guess? I liked sympathy is a knife but that’s it. We’ll see how the album is with headphones. read more
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We went for it with the food! She had diced orange and colby jack and Cheerios for lunch. She ate a lot! I’m feeling positively about it. She was more enthusiastic than I feared. We got burgatory delivered for Nate’s birthday dinner… We thought about going out but he decided he’d rather be home and read more
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Spent basically the rest of the day yesterday tryna make my book’s magic systems make more sense, with the help of my husband and my brother. Unclear if there was progress or not, lol. Today, I did some research, and it is hitting me pretty hard that Erica needs to be eating a whole lot read more
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I was wondering earlier this morning why I could smell the diaper pail more than usual So I just went to change it and One of us forgot to tie the bottom of the new bagI weep On a more light hearted (?) note, the opthemologist said we can start patching Erica’s right eye to read more
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I have finally found a baby snack that Erica loves but I think is vile They literally smell like the hay I used to feed my guinea pig I hate spinach read more
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Slept in a bit on accident – I’m used to Erica waking me up, but I don’t seem to hear her in the nursery the way I expected to. Gonna have to set alarms and have a baby monitor. She woke up last night and I didn’t hear her. Nate did though. Starting the day read more
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Hangin out at the in laws. Zaide got some imaging done recently, so we’ll hear results from that hopefully next week. Erica slept through the night, so Nate and I got tons of sleep. I’m not crafting, today – I’m working on my book notes and planning. I need to sit down with my book read more
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Cutting it close today. I did some calligraphy and wrote some letters. In true crazed artist fashion I put my hand down on wet ink; I’m pretty sure you could read words off of it now even though I’ve washed my hands. I spent a good portion of time trying to digitize my crazy whiteboard read more
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I got sleep last night, thank goodness. And I even got a lil morning snooze on the couch while the girl was napping. Now we’re eating pizza for pi day and Erica’s munching the crusts. Mike’s gonna come over for a movie later. Not much else goin on… I might play some more of the read more
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I’ve been living a lie First it was Parm, then romano, then provolone and now cheddar All of them can sometimes not be vegetarian and I just didn’t know for the entire time I’ve been veg I cri Other than that, very little to report. Went on a walk to enjoy the nice weather. Feeding read more
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Bro I am so tired My child woke up at 1030 last night and then just stayed awake and screamed any time she was placed in the crib. Nate literally had to sleep in the guest room cuz he wakes up so early when he goes in to the office. She was crazy. No idea read more
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Help I need another whiteboard I do actually have a second whiteboard exactly like this one 👀 read more
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Plotting my story the old fashioned way Still so many details to iron out, I wonder if I’ll ever feel like I know the whole story… read more
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Started the day off right with some sourdough French toast, cuz what else are you gonna do with half a loaf of sourdough your mom left in your fridge? Now I’m snuggling Erica while I wait for therapy to start. Sleepy and happy. read more
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Erica and I went to a cafe with Mike and ate delicious food. Praise be bagel and mousse cake. Had an encounter with another mom pushing a double decker stroller. Her kid threw her cookie on the floor and she didn’t see. I didn’t wanna leave Erica (read: I’m lazy) so instead of getting up read more
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Spring fits are the shit read more
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Sitting here trying to find courage to write creatively, and I stumbled upon something I wrote several months ago. I still feel very similarly to this, although I wanna put in the caveat that the desire to have faith and the ability to have it are very different things, and I can wish for something read more
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We ended the day yesterday with a walk in the early evening and then just chilling and keeping the girl awake til bedtime. I used food. It was p effective. I got some really lovely feedback for the posts on my first email list so that was pleasant, even if expected because it’s all family. read more
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Rapidfire updates but I heard unexpected munching and ran over to see this She must have thrown it on the floor and I didn’t see it, I busted out laughing, she looks so satisfied with herself 🤣 read more
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It’s unseasonably warm so I have windows open and it is so good for my mental health oh my god. Looking forward to a walk with Nate and Erica when Nate gets off work. Losing an hour fucking sucks, but the later sunset is amazing. One of the things I forgot to mention but want read more
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Gotta get back into the swing of things! Ahzig, Nersch, and mama came to visit and since ahzig is my only super regular reader rn and my family is distracting, I stopped writing. We had a lovely week. Went out for dinner, tried mooncakes for the first time, played some games together. They watched E read more
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I can’t even remember the last two days rn y’all Lemme catch y’all up tomorrow I know I made a couple granny squares at the in laws and I painted some hands pretty poorly Crafts! read more
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A big first today! Erica also had soup for the first time and seemed to like it! read more
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It’s been a crazy busy day! Took Erica to the library with mike, then we grabbed coffee and popped into a clothing store I love for a minute. Talked thru the afternoon. I have game time with friends tonight. I did some calligraphy during Erica’s nap but I didn’t take a pic and frankly I’m read more
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I cleaned the car and then it started raining lol I have had a really difficult time emotionally today/tonight, for no apparent reason. Depression go brrrr. No, I did not forget my meds, lol. It just be like that sometimes. Nate made me my evening cuppa decaf and took care of Erica so I could read more
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After therapy I bought a latte, put it on my car to put Erica in, and then drove off Heard it while I was driving and went wtf was that but didn’t put it together until I parked and went to get Erica out and saw coffee all over my car So that’s how my read more
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Miss E is back to playing like she never had a fever at all. Temp is still above normal, but goin down. I haven’t done a whole lot today, still. Mostly held muh baby. I was telling Nate she’s been clingy today, but really I think I was the clingy one, lol. It’s weird having read more
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Well, she knows she got a vaccine now… Woke up to her crying at 4am, picked her up and said oh, my baby is lava. It’s her first time being sick. She’s still cheery and smiling despite throwing up and having a fever. Doctor told us what to look out for, and so far she’s read more
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Erica does not even know she got a vaccine, I swear. She has no idea why she had to go lay on that table for a minute or why she has a purple crayon on her thigh now. Girl is a trooper. We got coffee at a cafe before her appointment and took home some read more
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Another day, another mediocre piece of watercolor art. There’s shading! And she’s pretty proportionate! Erica has vaccines today 😞 read more
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Stick a fork in it, it’s done read more
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I missed a couple days. It’s been a crazy time. Had some unexpected chat time with a couple friends, and then one of them suffered a terrible loss almost immediately afterward. Still hurting for her. Hug your animal friends, yall. Had Zaide Dovid’s brother in town, and while I didn’t interact with him much, there read more
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Ahzig and Dad and chat GPT helped me set up Prev/Next buttons! Woo! Got some metadata fixed as well. Nate is home and doin aight. Zaide’s appointments went fine. I can’t decide if I will write stuff for blog or do calligraphy while Nate is watching miss E. Hm. *this was written when I was read more
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Nate is at a neuro-oncologist appointment with his parents for Zaide Dovid, so it’s a me and E morning so far. She’s been her usual cheery self. Fed her some banana and a puree pouch. Those things are fire. I’m feeling self conscious about my weight recently. Thought I’d share my insecurity for relatability, cuz read more
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Tried to do some gaming with the sib today, but got fooled by the game… Dark pictures anthology friends passes are all expired, btw 💀 but we hung out on discord anyway. Weird sleep day for Erica. Four naps for the first time in a long time. Hopefully tonight will be ok. We got some read more
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It’s one thing to miss the last entry of a day and backdate it… it’s another to miss a whole day and backdate it lol. Oh whale.2/19 was rough, I’m a little frustrated with myself. I was very impatient. I think I managed to avoid taking it out on most people, but I did vent read more
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Slept late cuz Nate is great. Erica ate Cheerios and Mac n cheese for the first time. I finished my first ever knit thing – an ugly red scarf. All in all, a good day. read more
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Finna go to bed after a night of staying up too late gaming with friends And I get this I’m wheezing He used a fucking dustpan to SCOOP IT UP 😂😂😭😭😭 read more
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Not me backdating a post to make up for what I missed already. My back hurts a lot today. We are playing a lot of games on the steam deck. By we I mean me. Erica is amazing and claps and waves all the time, and she put a ball in a hole again today. read more
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Made baked Gouda Mac n cheese, cuz a guy on the Internet reminded me baked Mac exists. Woo. It tasty tho. Nate introduced me to balatro. It might be dangerous. read more
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Gotta go fast read more
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Another nap, another nib. I think Erica is beginning to understand unwanted behavior and does it in protest. I was gonna cuddle her to sleep for this nap but she was upset at the sleep and kept slapping and scratching me, pulling my hair. She does those things out of curiosity or excitement sometimes too, read more
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Calligraphy momentReally loving the new handle. It’s got an angle adjustment feature that might be game changing. Also, regular ink flows a thousand percent better than the gouache I mix, lol. read more
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Nasty rainy day today. Nate let me sleep in. Erica’s 9mo regression is killing me. She’s doing wonderfully though. Getting better at occupying herself and moving away from separation anxiety. Clapping and waving all the time. Starting to get a more regular 2 nap schedule, too, so hopefully the regression will end soon. Nate has read more
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I picked up frostys and fries for us to end our big love day. ☺️ read more
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It’s Valentine’s Day, which means it’s my 4th anniversary as Nate’s wife! We braved the cold (very, today) and went to breakfast to celebrate. I got an eggs benedict dish that they put on this amazing layered cheese and filo dough pastry instead of an English muffin. Hollandaise has just the right amount of spice, read more
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We ascertained at the in laws – Erica learned to clap while she was at the library this morning 🥹 playing nuclear nightmare with the friendos online. It is a buggy POS (it’s early access) but we’re still enjoying ourselves. read more
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She woke me up a lil too early, but we got tasty bagels for breakfast and took Erica to storytime this morning! Heading to the in laws shortly. Good start to the day. read more
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One last update to super shout out Nate for bringing me decaf and donuts in the middle of class. Legendary. read more
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For class we were told to read the brilliant and scathing poem “Who Said It Was Simple” by Audre Lorde and then we were given TEN MINUTES to write a poem or short story response to what we thought it was about. My blood pressure fucking skyrocketed. It has been more than ten minutes and read more
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Had a good therapy session. For any who don’t know, I’ve been with the same therapist for like eight years now. Highly recommend therapy, if you can find someone who really draws you out and challenges you when needed. Prepping mentally for novel class again tonight. I’ve been anxious about it, but I’ve been able read more
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Mike came over and brought some dresses for Erica, courtesy of his mom and sister. Very cute classic styles, good for when she’s older. I can’t wait til she can stand and wear dresses! We’re hella tired today, still suffering from her sleep regression. I have to find some constructive ways to critique two of read more
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I went to the store like a big girl this morning, solely because we were outta milk and I needed it for my coffee.I hate the store, y’all. Grocery pickup or delivery only kinda gal. Be proud of me, it took effort. We’re on cup #2 now. 😌 read more
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My nips hurt real bad and I’m exhausted of having tooth marks on em after breast feeding. But also Nathan is the best husband ever and made me ice cream outta frozen bananas and peanut butter. read more
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This sleep regression is gonna kill me, particularly if it lasts beyond these last two weeks of Nate’s paternity leave. I think she woke me up five or six times last night? Is that even possible rn? I dunno. Just before bed I was thinking about brushing my hair, because it really needed it, and read more
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Finished out the day by making the guest bedroom more livable and organized (can you tell we like the Ikea kallax?) and then spent the last two hours on calligraphy. I’m struggling lately with feeling as if the time I’ve put in practicing isn’t reflected in the quality of work I put out. Obviously I’ve read more
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I’ve just taken what I’m pretty sure is my favorite pic of Erica ever so far. read more
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Not much to report so far today. I’m stupid tired. Zaide and Grandma seem all right. Haven’t had the energy to craft anything – I’ve just napped and munched on unhealthy food. Zaide is watching a prison football movie (I guess cuz Superbowl weekend?) and Nate’s helping clean here and there. I shouldn’t nap anymore. read more
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I have stayed up far too late doing a Minecraft speedrun with old online friends. We beat the ender dragon, but Nick blew up one of my axolotls, so idk if I’d call it a win. To close the night, I noticed that the towels my family used to dry after showering when they visited read more
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08 Feb, 2025 We got Montessori style toy shelves set up for Erica! We need a better way to display books when she gets older, but this is good for now. She went straight for her balls and ramp, and put a ball in the hole by herself for the first time!! The video is read more
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08 Feb, 2025 Trying a new format perhaps? 4.1? Today I got up and took two hours to make and drink my coffee, then went back to sleep from like 1030 til 1. Not my best day so far. While I was napping I did have a dream that felt like a writable plot, which read more
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07 Feb, 2025 Erica had her 10mo development assessment with the alliance for infants and toddlers today and did very well! It’s a relief that she’s testing beyond her age, even if it’s only a couple weeks beyond. It would have been completely normal for her to score five weeks behind because of her prematurity. read more
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Feeling really grateful for my siblings support and for the support of the people close to me. When I feel unwell and need to work through my feelings I usually end up doing so by expressing myself to others. They are always so willing to hear me out and offer loving and patient feedback even read more
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I started a writing class tonight, and already I’m seeing how my attitude is going to be a problem.I haven’t taken an actual class in years. The cast of characters in this continuing education group is distressing and comical, thus far. There’s Dot, whose writing strengths are ImAgInAtIoN and also that they got an artist read more
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