Sending you strength.
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The good news: I’ve already used my newfound mama bear tendencies to loudly and forcibly remind my father that he is a smart man who can find better insults for women he disagrees with than the ones that begin with ‘see you next…”
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Oh lord. Sending you all the steadfastness.
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Do you need to go for some walks solo? Or maybe with one other sane family member if there is one?
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Thankfully with Bobbin I have a ready made excuse to leave anywhere at any moment except while boating really. So it’s ok. I’ve learned to deal with them but I’m not going to allow Bobbin to grow up seeing any of the prominent men in her life talking like that.
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Hmm, I don’t know how that insult ends. I guess that is a good thing. Sorry it’s so familiar to you.
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It’s finally warm out! Hooray! … The cats are miserable. Booooooo. I worked from home yesterday and they were so clearly overheated that I felt like the worst cat mom ever.
So we put in the window AC in the living room last night. I hate AC. HATE it. I did not mind that it was 85 degrees in our apartment, but since the cats were clearly so miserable (and crabby to the point of fighting with one another in a nonplayful manner, which is VERY rare), the AC is on and blowing. I’m oddly resentful about this. That’s dumb. Their comfort is important, and they rely on me for that. I just hate being freezing cold in my house when it’s been freezing cold outside until, like, a week and a half ago?
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Euphemistic. First letters of those words. 
it’s definitely one everyone knows.
ETA: or for the first word, it’s phonetically that letter anyway.
I’m still too naive! That’s a Tony victor
Complaint is that I live in a world where people who fall down from non contagious illness are expected to work
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Me too - I still don’t know what well-known insult I am not recognizing… I may have a “doh!” moment if anyone reveals it.
ETA: based on further clues - “DOH!”
my family cursed a LOT, but that word was not used. Geez.
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It’s… “see” as in the letter it sounds like when you say it out loud.
You’ll figure it out.
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Oh… I was like syn doesn’t spell count. (autocorrect is a prude).
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Oh I actually forgot about that meaning of it. I thought it was like “see you next election when we kick your asses again and Trump wins” which is still snide and dismissive.
Tiny complaint - people that cuss without cussing. Like with the example above or saying aitch ee double hockey sticks. Don’t make my brain do your cussing for you, own your shit! (I’m okay with saying stuff like “heck” instead of “hell” because I think it’s a different word/intention.) And if you’re doing it that way to not offend small children (or really the adults supervising said small children) then maybe just shut up and not say anything at all till you can figure out how to be a nice person.
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Hahaha, YESSSSSS. I live in the land of people who do this to the ridiculous max. Regardless of the words you say, you are still swearing, ASSHOLE.
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Oh my gosh Ramona that would make my head explode if I were in the sorting room.
It’s probably a good thing I volunteer at the actual shop and not in the sorting room…
Is it okay if I just throw out books like that? I feel guilty about it, but I’m not going to donate it but then it’s still in my house … I need librarian permission, apparently.
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Yes! You have Official Librarian Permission to throw books like that out!
Depending on the binding and the recycling in your town, you might be able to cut the cover off and recycle the pages.
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Lol, WHO CHEWED ON THAT BOOK?
Seriously, I wish I was surprised, but I am not surprised. You should see that crap at my local thrift stores. (I am quite jealous of those folks who have actual quality thrift stores, as mine are filled with detritus not fit to shoot into the center of the sun.)
So, I guess that’s my tiny complaint for the day. 
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Sometimes going through donations is actually kind of funny when you find horrible things, but then sometimes you want to boil yourself in hand sanitizer.
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