I don’t have to tell anyone reading this that the Orange Turd outrages and illegal treasonous activity continues. Once again, I thought the worst would be over by now, but the hits keep coming. It seems people are too stupid to see when he threatens a thing, implements it, and then immediately retracts it, that it’s not a “win” for him. Usually it’s a combination of realizing the thing he did will make him unpopular plus the other side doing something they were doing under Biden anyway and his finding a way to make it look like they’re capitulating when they’re actually not. But then again these are the same people who were stupid enough to vote for him, so there you go. It’s been two plus weeks of non-stop rage and frustration on my part. My only solace is listening to podcasts like Meidas Touch and The Bulwark to hear other, smarter people be equally incensed so I feel less crazy.
I’m trying to comfort myself with aspirational things, so this weekend I gave our living room a glow up with some new lamps and new framed art by a friend’s kid, changing a 24-year-old setup. I love it and it makes me happy every time I walk in the room.
I’m also plotting to have the pool re-done since it’s completely falling apart after 20 years and might endanger the house if I don’t deal with the problems soon. I don’t really have the money, but as usual I’ll find it. Bonus, we get a nice cleaned up pool. Very much looking forward to that, since it’s been practically non-functional the last couple of years.
I opened my contests on Saturday night and it went well - a couple of technical glitches that were my fault, but ones hardly anyone noticed and that were easily fixed. It felt less insane than last year - way fewer panicked emails - probably because I expanded most of the more popular contests with the additional day. So at least on my end the extra day plan is already making things better. And as of now I have exactly the same number of people coming as this time last year. I always want more, of course, but this year? I’ll take what I can get. The fear of being spun into a global economic depression by one narcissist in charge haunts me always. There’s plenty of time before September for lots of damage to be done.
Colonoscopy biopsy came back clear, no cancer. It’s such a relief to know that, at least right now, colon cancer is not in the cards for me. Maybe I’ll escape that family curse yet.
I’m thinking ahead to spring break and also summer plans for the kids. As I’ve talked about a lot here, now that Bobby is aged out of the parks and rec summer camps, I’m at a bit of a loss. He did express interest in the CIT program, and I may still try for that, but apparently you have to interview, so he may not get selected. Also with how insane these camp signups are now, Theo may not get in, either. I just don’t know. I feel like we could very well just have a nice summer at home - I would love to not have to get up early, and the kids can be left at home now when I need to go out and do things. My only issue with this is a) I know they would just spend the entire summer on screens, b) I don’t want to be making lunch every day and hustling them through dressing/tooth brushing etc, especially when I really really need to focus and work, and c) the prospect of not having a minute to myself all summer kind of makes me want to cry. There are so many specialty camps for kids, but they’re SO EXPENSIVE. I’m sorry, but I can’t afford $1200+ a week for two kids to go to camp and build robots for a few hours (and that’s on the cheap end). I signed up for a summer camp expo just to get some ideas. I know I’ll figure it out - but it’s stressful.
I was going to have us just spend part of spring break in the desert working on projects - but part of me wants to say fuck it and go to Hawaii. I have enough points for free lodging and one way flights, so I’d just have to pay one way (about $1000 for me and the kids), plus a rental car, pet sitting, and airport parking. It all adds up, I know this. So obviously spending a few days in the desert for free is the cheap option, and useful as we have some big things to accomplish out there that take more than a day (setting up water tanks, drainage for the kitchen sink, solar). But man oh man would an escape to paradise feel absolutely amazing. I’ll see how I feel about it. That trip can always be moved to the summer, too. We’ll see.
No comments:
Post a Comment