Tai Chi class is really hard to do online.
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I’m desperately trying to finish a deodorant and a lip balm that I thought would have both been done over a week ago to rave about it on the tiny victories thread but they STILL are not done. Maybe a few more days (which is what I thought a week ago).
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It has been 3 years and I still feel like I’m doing a shitty job being the parent of an autistic adult, especially one living a thousand miles away.
There are things that they are not doing to take care of themselves (big things, like getting health insurance, and eating, and going to the doctor), but I can’t really help/insist anymore. They MIGHT act on some of them if I prod enough (I am trying), but If I prod too much or they finally go from being oblivious to my anxiety about it to realizing how anxious they are making me, there could be a complete meltdown.
I need a fucking manual.
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School had been closed for a week and then it was spring break. Now it’s closed through midApril. Even though I was expecting it, FUUUUUUUUUUUCK. We have to work from home with Kiddo underfoot for a fucking MONTH. (Or longer, but shhhhh, shhhh, I can’t think about that now.)
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I am so very, very tired. My sleep/nap schedule is completely blown, because Duckling’s was blown from the stress. He slept in until 8AM this morning (an amazing feat!) but I have been up since 5AM. I need several hours more sleep than I am currently getting. Please send sugar.
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yesterday I had to remind my team that to reduce the load on the work network/vpn, we ask that people don’t stream from Netflix or ESPN on their work computer during core work hours.
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We just had a fucking earthquake big enough to wake me up out of a sound sleep.
I DO NOT LIVE IN CALIFORNIA.
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Uhhh that does not sound little.
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There’s a reason I moved away from the west coast. 
(Actually it was not even the main reason, but it might have been top 5?)
(I actually live very close to a fault line (not the one this quake was directly on I don’t think), but it isn’t very active like the west coast faults are. Still, I have earthquake insurance because my house is 100 years old and made of bricks.)
It will probably be on the news (here, anyway, it wasn’t like, catastrophic or anything so doubtful it will be reported elsewhere) so now everyone knows where I live. 
No injuries reported but there is damage and no power close to the epicenter, which is about 10 miles from me, and all light rail is suspended indefinitely.
Yesterday I was complaining about people hoarding bottle of water, because this isn’t a hurricane or a blizzard, dummies. Who’s the dummy now, I guess? I am filling buckets in my back yard. Just in case.
Just what we needed on top of a plague.
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Apparently Italy had a volcano erupt yesterday. Which is exactly what they needed
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I have PMS and I’m cranky.
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OMG. So that’s worse. This wasn’t even a big earthquake. (I mean, it was big for people here, and damage did definitely happen, but still.)
I was joking with a friend this morning that this better not be a sign of the apocalypse. IT BETTER NOT BE. 
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I’ve felt tired all day (ongoing stress? not adapting well to day 3 of WFH?) and Kiddo threw a shit fit about going down for quiet time. He is definitely not napping right now, which is what fixed yesterday’s bad behavior. I’m tempted to leave him in his room till we’re out of our “office hours”.
Also constant Teams chats of when my teammates are going on/coming back from break. They need it for coverage but I’m in a different category so have zero need to know about that, and yet it’s “Back from break” “Welcome back [nickname]!” “Thanks!” Like, y’all, calm down. Be less friendly or something.
Grump grump.
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My MIL ordered us a magnetic sleeper online for the baby (yay, cool). Used (good; they’re expensive). Pink and magenta striped velour (whatever, it’s baby clothes).
I assumed since it was well used, it would be safe to wash with other stuff. Since I have an infant that voms constantly, I just throw everything in as one load right now.
Almost all of the baby clothes in her current size and one of only 3 shirts I own right now are now red tinged and dingy looking 
along with a couple hand towels and some other stuff like socks.
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(Warning: humblebrag.)
My hair is bugging me right now and I want to braid it, like I do every afternoon. But every time I go to the bathroom and wash my hands, I see it in the mirror and it looks so pretty today that I don’t want to mess with it.
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I had nachos for lunch. The meat was in a bowl that had been reheated. While I was sitting at the dining room table I made the mistake of looking into the kitchen. The cat had her head in the bowl eating the meat. Sigh. Good thing she’s cute.
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One of the only remaining unstained onesies (see: laundry disaster above) just got bled on quite a bit by accident by my husband. 
in oxyclean now, hoping it all comes out!
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shadowy one’s primary gig is dependent on volume for a movie theatre chain
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My paint and supplies i purchased Monday is now on sale. I need to go back to the store to get a price adjustment of about $65.
Edit to add: I got $51 which was still worth the trip. And then I bought lettuce and cat grass seeds.
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I attempted to dip dye my hair - and the dye barely took at all. In certain lights I think there’s a pink tinge, but no-one I haven’t told has noticed. My housemate, who’s hair is the exact same colour as mine, did hers at the same time at it looks super pretty
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