My friends aren't opening their gifts and I have one gift in inventory to unload.
Anyone who plays #PokemonGo want it?

The handwork on this outfit isn't done yet, but I'm already in love with it.
My friend is so talented.

#Barbie
#Fashion

Getting in bed I remembered when my husband said, "If you see chicken on sale you should just buy it," and I am pleased that we don't have as much chicken as that indicates, but when he's tired of chicken I really think that's on him.

Is my younger son asleep?
Is it safe to go to sleep because he can't get into shit? Or leave the house?
I think it's safe.
I think he's asleep.
I'd better go pee first though.
Folks have no idea what this is like.

I said, "Never ever put your hands on someone without permission."
Kid - "It was funny, though."
"It was hilarious. The only reason I wasn't taken to court was because these were my kids and I loved them and they loved me. This is not how retail is done. But there was trust and retail is weird anyway. But establishing that level of trust isn't usual."
My kid starts laughing. "Should I be laughing?"
"As a person who was also an HR manager I would have fired me for doing that. While laughing."

So we started talking about my management time in the Borders Cafe.
I said remember this was 2001 and I was actually an HR nightmare in 2023.
Never put your hands on anyone.
Kid - wtf
Me- it was really busy one day and one of my kids was standing at a table and chatting with a regular while the lines kept growing so I walked over, picked her up, and put her down at the register at which point she started ringing up people while I made drinks.
#CafeStories

I just told 16 that when he gets to UNCW hopefully his customer service work needs to be as a barista in a cafe.
"why?"
Because making the drinks correctly will satisfy you because it requires fiddling properly and you're going to get to know everyone who comes in regularly.
"That sounds amazing."
You will also smell really bad at the end of a shift and it's hard.
16- "I love it."
#CafeStories

My biggest regret is that I never finished college or attended a trade school because I don't have the earning potential to give my husband a rest that he absolutely deserves.
When people wonder why people quit to have a kid? That was me. We did the math. My working would cost more than I brought in adding daycare.
I cried for MONTHS because I had earned a paycheck since I was 16.
This country is a mess.
It's a mess.
#Labor
#Parenting

Also anytime he uses I instead of referring to himself in the third person is a huge win.

Getting younger son in bed.
"Ele-"
"I know! Eleven!"
"And yet you totally ignored that last night and threw a screaming fit which kept the rest of us awake. And upset."
"Eleven."
"That's right. Not kidding."
"Good Night! I love you!"
"I love you too. Good night."

We shall see.

#Parenting
#AutisticHousehold
#AllOfUs

I thanked my kid for trusting me enough to be himself with me, tonight, and his eyes got wet so I hugged him and left the room.

#Parenting
#TransKids

I just opened a bag of microwave popcorn for 16, and I winced. And was extra careful. Again.
16- "Why do you always freak out when you open a bag?"
"Because I will never forget the day when I was 6 and my dad let me get a bag of chips at the bowling alley and when I opened it it exploded chips everywhere and he screamed at me and beat me and no one in the bowling alley did anything about it."
16- "I forgot about that."
Me- "I never will."

I'm 52.

#NC continuing to fuck up life.

#politics

https://www.cbs17.com/news/north-carolina-news/i-did-not-know-will-no-longer-be-an-acceptable-reason-for-lacking-voter-id-in-nc/

My husband just came in from the office to say goodnight to the kids before going back to work (salary and no overtime yay) and responding for the first time to a text I sent right after dinner said, "I still watch King of the Hill every night while I'm working," and he looked utterly heartbroken.

I was very kind.

#JohnnyHardwick
#RIP

There was a truly disgusting looking Papa John's commercial on, and it was followed by a Hot Pockets commercial, and I feel like someone programming the ads was making a sly statement.
#Advertising
#TV

Went grocery shopping today. Put the produce in the fridge drawer.

#AuDHD

Yep. It really is. I Googled for confirmation, and lo-

#DC
#TV
#Animation
#Trans

“My Adventures with Superman is Kinda Trans, Actually?“

Read this story from ElizaBeth on Medium: https://medium.com/@LizBeth1400/my-adventures-with-superman-is-kinda-trans-actually-fd9897cd765a

I never slept last night so I threw chicken parts in the oven and we're having boxed stuffing and microwave mashed potatoes. Frozen corn.
No knives.
#CoSoBarelyCooks
#Insomnia
#Clumsy