I made it a whole minute into that music video. Please clap. Here is another ridiculous music video, but it has the advantage of being a good song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOGPHUFAxWQ
Sometimes I think about the fact that there are people who knew me in high school that still like me, and it's pretty mind-blowing.
After the driest July on record, apparently all that was needed was to just turn the calendar page because it has rained several days this month already, with more forecasted for next week.
Seeing that documentary last week kicked off my semi-annual Leonard Cohen bender, in which it's all Leonard all the time for who knows how long. Days, weeks, months, all of these are options. Various Positions is a perfect album and you all should go listen to it, preferably with whatever beverage makes you feel sophisticated.
WE FINALLY HAVE A DATE FOR CLOSING ON THE MORTGAGE THAT TOOK A LIFETIME TO GET APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday.
Now, depending on if my FIL did or did not do anything he needed to prior to this, we might not actually be able to close, but we will end up in somebody's office on Monday morning and that feels almost unrealistic to say.
You know that trope of kissing the ground once you arrive on solid surfaces after a particularly rough journey? I'm feeling it deeply and will no doubt do something of the sort when we finally finally finally have this whole thing over with and heaven forbid ANYONE talk to me about refinancing ANYTHING for the next fill-in-the-blank years because NO THANK YOU.
Hooray!! So glad your wait is nearly over! I told my husband after we closed on our house (after waiting forever due to seller circumstances), “please bury me in the basement because NEVER AGAIN will I do this.”
👏🏽 Hello! Today and Monday are my last radiation treatments for breast cancer! I will have completed 33 daily treatments Mon-Fri and I. am. here. for. it! How do I feel after 10 months of surgeries, chemo and radiation you ask?
We just annihilated Chuck the spindle cell b@st@rd, up next is Chad the thyroid tumor. No one likes you Chad. Surgery in September and then I can begin recovering ❤️🩹
This week (life) has been a ping pong match of turds and treasures.
💩 my daughter’s teacher emailed me on the 6th day of school to tell me she’s behind 🙄 Daughter cries every night saying “everyone else is faster than me” and “my brain is different than other peoples” She’s a wildly perceptive and deeply sensitive 7year old and I hate that she feels dumb because she is not performing the way her classmates are. Even when we tell her that all we care about is her trying and being a good human- she has this internal pressure (hello, oldest daughter) to be perfect. It hurts to see her hurt.
🌈 It seems our house will finally be available in September and we can move out of the 1BR and have some room to breathe. Not a moment too soon bc the daily fights over who gets to press the elevator button are killing me. Just let me press it, damnit!
but like, how can being behind 6 days into school even be a cause for concern?
Maybe it's the ignorant side of me but that feels so early to even chalk it up to something your daughter is/isn't doing/needs help with - she likely just needs some time to find her stride?
Poor kiddo - as an oldest daughter I know that internal pressure well.
Good morning Swipes! The last two weeks have been a shitshow-y clusterf*ck, so I am looking for treasures anywhere I can find them. But first up, it feels nice to be honest about my turds:
💩 Things with family have been hard, particularly with my 23 year-old sister (and her masterclass-level manipulation tactics). So I have just been repeating the 3 Cs to myself over and over: "I didn’t cause it, I can’t cure it, and I can’t control it." These are from Al-Anon, but if you need ‘em this weekend, use ‘em. 💜
😵💫 Professionally, things have also been a little wild, as another member of my team resigned this week. This time last year there were 8 of us, and going into this school year there will be 4. I’m feeling excited about the new school year (I work at a Christian college), but it also feels a little daunting if I’m honest.
🪴Okayyy I’m not sure if this is a turd or treasure, (I don’t think it’s either?) - but last week I officially got diagnosed with ADHD. I’ve had a sneaking suspicion that I might have it since I was 22 (about 7 years ago yikes), but It’s really been the last year that I started noticing how much ADHD-like behavior I have. So I finally went and got an actual assessment done. I had a lot of big feelings about it last week, but this week I’m feeling more settled, more hopeful, and looking forward to learning more about my brain. If you have any ADHD resources to share, please do! I’m trying to look at this like I a starting a journey of learning about how my brain works, and shame can see itself out, thankyouverymuch.
🥃 The biggest treasure of my week is that I did two great things for my mental health: an extra long therapy session on Wednesday and happy hour with a dear friend yesterday. And maybe a yoga class today?
The Sari Solden “Women with ADHD” book was such a gift when I got diagnosed! (She also has a workbook that I haven’t used). And the Jessica McCabe “How to ADHD” YouTube is great!
I LOL'd at the Kung Fu quote. Ugh. Sorry everything is shitshowy. And I have only recently learned about Al-anon and didn't know about those three c's, but I think I need to take them and run with it!
Also, the STRUGGLE of routine and structure after a chaotic summer is killing me slowly. 😂
We have a 7th grader who’s sole purpose is to act like we have inconvenienced him by asking any questions or offering help in any way.
A 1st grader, who told us he does not want to go back to school because we told him he did not have to go. 🤦🏻♀️
We moved into our lovely new home Monday, as in 4 days ago, and everything is a disaster. One child has only a bed and no other furniture. Clothes are everywhere. The other one is bugging us to get his boxes into his room (they’re all in the garage) so he can open them to find this one specific thing.
But we are taking it one day at a time.
Erin’s Dirty Hair Friday today is the energy I’m taking into the weekend! Do I need to start drinking iced coffee? 😂
Happy weekend! We made it! Treat yourself (especially if your kids are back in school)! You deserve it!
It's a cool and rainy morning in White Bear Lake, MN and I'm here for it - we need the rain so much. Drove my husband to a work reunion yesterday to connect with former co-workers of 30+ years ago. His health has been challenging for the past 2+ years, so it was nice to see him interact with old friends. Our two younger daughters are both moving to college 400+ miles away by the end of the month, and I'm getting all up in my feelings about how much I'll miss them this fall. Hoping to get some last minute errands done this weekend to finish preparing for that. Hope you all have a great weekend!
I feel like you are the people who would understand. Why is my beloved pair of skinny jeans only back in low rise? Didn’t you youngins just tell me they were only wore by moms and “older” women. Well, guess who needs high rise the most, people who have birthed another human. For the most part we have middles that are still ptsd on why we stretched them so much (in my case 4 times in 6 1/2 years.
At least I can be consoled that my single parenting gig for the weekend is way easier than my husband’s. I just have the two kids that don’t fight and he has the 15 year who likes to push the 12 year olds buttons plus 8 other kids he has to share responsibility in my making sure they don’t seriously harm themselves in the woods and maybe get them to brush their teeth.
I came of age in the era of the torso, when the popular fashions (including very low rise jeans) looked good on about five people in the entire world, two of which were Hiltons. These children have refused to listen to their elders - on their own heads be it.
Additional treasure: the new episode from Bible Binge about heaven. Gave me a lot to think about (definitely resonated with Jamie and her being nervous about what she’d learn bc of what she always believed about heaven). It’s a great episode, highly recommend listening!
Man. I love Terry Stokes. I used to live for his modern collects on IG. The Internet is a wonder. And that Costco tweet killed me. Lol.
I worked several 11 hour days in a row this week after pulling an all-nighter on Sunday, so I don't have any other treasures. But I hope you all have a Corntastic Day!
It's the missing front tooth that is so cute. I love those interviews. Those kids have no idea how awful everything is - they are just excited about corn. Or cars. Or whatever. So! Excited!
Good morning! It has been a much better week around here and I'm so glad.
Old man coworker and I had a talk last Friday, so hopefully that will continue to improve but I got to work 3/5 days at the other branch with my friends and that's been lovely.
I made my beloved Tikka Masala from Define Dish this week, it's just the best.
I finished Messy Lives of Book People and have to agree with the 'meh' reviews I've seen around the interwebs. I'm starting The Bodyguard by Katherine Center today.
I recently finished season 10 of taskmaster and Mawaan Riswan is my favorite, particularly this bonkers song about skiing https://youtu.be/PBmOrWXfntY
My SIL is still job hunting for me in MI and found one in Novi that is right up my alley. I'm submitting my application today, so we'll see what happens 🤞🤞 Any Swipes in the Ann Arbor, Novi, Detroit area?
I go to MI once a year just about and fly into Detroit! I love MI. Summers on the west coast of the mitten are magical. I was born there and my whole family is there. Fingers crossed for you!
Ooooh, I haven't gotten to season 10 yet (I'm pacing myself) but I've seen Mawaan Riswan on other shows and now I can't wait to see him on Taskmaster, I bet he's a lot of fun! Are you about to start season 11? That was the first one I saw.
So glad you've had a better week and got to work with your friends.
OK, that Denzel monologue video? Oh. My. Goodness. 1-why does he sound just like Denzel? Not just the delivery but his voice...wow! 2-I am stealing this and making it an assignment for my community college acting students: find a song and adapt it into a monologue, then perform that monologue. Love it!!!
That was probably my very favorite assignment in my high school theater class! I chose Fearless by Taylor Swift (it was 2009 and I was 15 😂), but I still have it memorized! Thoroughly enjoyable (and challenging!) monologue experience. I bet your students will love it! 😊
I made it a whole minute into that music video. Please clap. Here is another ridiculous music video, but it has the advantage of being a good song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOGPHUFAxWQ
Sometimes I think about the fact that there are people who knew me in high school that still like me, and it's pretty mind-blowing.
After the driest July on record, apparently all that was needed was to just turn the calendar page because it has rained several days this month already, with more forecasted for next week.
Seeing that documentary last week kicked off my semi-annual Leonard Cohen bender, in which it's all Leonard all the time for who knows how long. Days, weeks, months, all of these are options. Various Positions is a perfect album and you all should go listen to it, preferably with whatever beverage makes you feel sophisticated.
There is just one treasure worth mentioning:
WE FINALLY HAVE A DATE FOR CLOSING ON THE MORTGAGE THAT TOOK A LIFETIME TO GET APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday.
Now, depending on if my FIL did or did not do anything he needed to prior to this, we might not actually be able to close, but we will end up in somebody's office on Monday morning and that feels almost unrealistic to say.
You know that trope of kissing the ground once you arrive on solid surfaces after a particularly rough journey? I'm feeling it deeply and will no doubt do something of the sort when we finally finally finally have this whole thing over with and heaven forbid ANYONE talk to me about refinancing ANYTHING for the next fill-in-the-blank years because NO THANK YOU.
Hooray!! So glad your wait is nearly over! I told my husband after we closed on our house (after waiting forever due to seller circumstances), “please bury me in the basement because NEVER AGAIN will I do this.”
Hahahaha YES! You understand.
👏🏽 Hello! Today and Monday are my last radiation treatments for breast cancer! I will have completed 33 daily treatments Mon-Fri and I. am. here. for. it! How do I feel after 10 months of surgeries, chemo and radiation you ask?
🔥 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRyjJxmB/
We just annihilated Chuck the spindle cell b@st@rd, up next is Chad the thyroid tumor. No one likes you Chad. Surgery in September and then I can begin recovering ❤️🩹
This week (life) has been a ping pong match of turds and treasures.
💩 my daughter’s teacher emailed me on the 6th day of school to tell me she’s behind 🙄 Daughter cries every night saying “everyone else is faster than me” and “my brain is different than other peoples” She’s a wildly perceptive and deeply sensitive 7year old and I hate that she feels dumb because she is not performing the way her classmates are. Even when we tell her that all we care about is her trying and being a good human- she has this internal pressure (hello, oldest daughter) to be perfect. It hurts to see her hurt.
🌈 It seems our house will finally be available in September and we can move out of the 1BR and have some room to breathe. Not a moment too soon bc the daily fights over who gets to press the elevator button are killing me. Just let me press it, damnit!
My oldest is 9 and she struggles with that internal pressure too. It is so hard to watch them hurt ❤️
but like, how can being behind 6 days into school even be a cause for concern?
Maybe it's the ignorant side of me but that feels so early to even chalk it up to something your daughter is/isn't doing/needs help with - she likely just needs some time to find her stride?
Poor kiddo - as an oldest daughter I know that internal pressure well.
Good morning Swipes! The last two weeks have been a shitshow-y clusterf*ck, so I am looking for treasures anywhere I can find them. But first up, it feels nice to be honest about my turds:
💩 Things with family have been hard, particularly with my 23 year-old sister (and her masterclass-level manipulation tactics). So I have just been repeating the 3 Cs to myself over and over: "I didn’t cause it, I can’t cure it, and I can’t control it." These are from Al-Anon, but if you need ‘em this weekend, use ‘em. 💜
😵💫 Professionally, things have also been a little wild, as another member of my team resigned this week. This time last year there were 8 of us, and going into this school year there will be 4. I’m feeling excited about the new school year (I work at a Christian college), but it also feels a little daunting if I’m honest.
🪴Okayyy I’m not sure if this is a turd or treasure, (I don’t think it’s either?) - but last week I officially got diagnosed with ADHD. I’ve had a sneaking suspicion that I might have it since I was 22 (about 7 years ago yikes), but It’s really been the last year that I started noticing how much ADHD-like behavior I have. So I finally went and got an actual assessment done. I had a lot of big feelings about it last week, but this week I’m feeling more settled, more hopeful, and looking forward to learning more about my brain. If you have any ADHD resources to share, please do! I’m trying to look at this like I a starting a journey of learning about how my brain works, and shame can see itself out, thankyouverymuch.
🥃 The biggest treasure of my week is that I did two great things for my mental health: an extra long therapy session on Wednesday and happy hour with a dear friend yesterday. And maybe a yoga class today?
😂 Also, this video makes me laugh every time, no matter what: https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJalTRsYyH/
🥰 I brought my letterboard to my office and put a new quote on it that says “Surely not everyone was Kung Fu Fighting” and it makes me giggle. 😊
Here's hoping you find something to giggle about this weekend, too. 💛
The Sari Solden “Women with ADHD” book was such a gift when I got diagnosed! (She also has a workbook that I haven’t used). And the Jessica McCabe “How to ADHD” YouTube is great!
Okay I am totally checking these out right now. Thank you for the recs!! ❤️❤️
And hooooo boy the feelings are real. Happy to lend an ear/shoulder/brain if you need one.
Thank you Anne 💕
I LOL'd at the Kung Fu quote. Ugh. Sorry everything is shitshowy. And I have only recently learned about Al-anon and didn't know about those three c's, but I think I need to take them and run with it!
Okay thank you for laughing, because none of my coworkers have thought it was funny 🙄😆.
Yes! Run! I am about to write them in sharpie on my bathroom mirror 😂
*to the tune of Eminem’s Slim Shady
School is back, back again!
Praise be, y’all! We are finally back in school!
Also, the STRUGGLE of routine and structure after a chaotic summer is killing me slowly. 😂
We have a 7th grader who’s sole purpose is to act like we have inconvenienced him by asking any questions or offering help in any way.
A 1st grader, who told us he does not want to go back to school because we told him he did not have to go. 🤦🏻♀️
We moved into our lovely new home Monday, as in 4 days ago, and everything is a disaster. One child has only a bed and no other furniture. Clothes are everywhere. The other one is bugging us to get his boxes into his room (they’re all in the garage) so he can open them to find this one specific thing.
But we are taking it one day at a time.
Erin’s Dirty Hair Friday today is the energy I’m taking into the weekend! Do I need to start drinking iced coffee? 😂
Happy weekend! We made it! Treat yourself (especially if your kids are back in school)! You deserve it!
Hi all,
It's a cool and rainy morning in White Bear Lake, MN and I'm here for it - we need the rain so much. Drove my husband to a work reunion yesterday to connect with former co-workers of 30+ years ago. His health has been challenging for the past 2+ years, so it was nice to see him interact with old friends. Our two younger daughters are both moving to college 400+ miles away by the end of the month, and I'm getting all up in my feelings about how much I'll miss them this fall. Hoping to get some last minute errands done this weekend to finish preparing for that. Hope you all have a great weekend!
I feel like you are the people who would understand. Why is my beloved pair of skinny jeans only back in low rise? Didn’t you youngins just tell me they were only wore by moms and “older” women. Well, guess who needs high rise the most, people who have birthed another human. For the most part we have middles that are still ptsd on why we stretched them so much (in my case 4 times in 6 1/2 years.
At least I can be consoled that my single parenting gig for the weekend is way easier than my husband’s. I just have the two kids that don’t fight and he has the 15 year who likes to push the 12 year olds buttons plus 8 other kids he has to share responsibility in my making sure they don’t seriously harm themselves in the woods and maybe get them to brush their teeth.
I came of age in the era of the torso, when the popular fashions (including very low rise jeans) looked good on about five people in the entire world, two of which were Hiltons. These children have refused to listen to their elders - on their own heads be it.
Us youngins don't want low rise, either. The jean gods take no prisoners.
Additional treasure: the new episode from Bible Binge about heaven. Gave me a lot to think about (definitely resonated with Jamie and her being nervous about what she’d learn bc of what she always believed about heaven). It’s a great episode, highly recommend listening!
I would love to know about your new jeans! Desperately looking for a new comfy pair!
I cannot stop laughing about the clapping on the cooking show clip. I do not understand what is happening?!?!?
Right? I’m sure it’s good, but it’s...salmon and grilled veggies.
Right? What is happening? And she looks so creeped out during the hug. 😆
It's so chaotic.
Congratulations, Erin Moon Sports Mom! That felt like a Very Texas video. Lol. The best I've got is the Space Lady:https://youtu.be/1leWu43A44E
Oh wait - there's also this Leslie Hall banger from back in the day: https://youtu.be/i8WoyPEVRFo
Man. I love Terry Stokes. I used to live for his modern collects on IG. The Internet is a wonder. And that Costco tweet killed me. Lol.
I worked several 11 hour days in a row this week after pulling an all-nighter on Sunday, so I don't have any other treasures. But I hope you all have a Corntastic Day!
You have a corntastic day too!
It's the missing front tooth that is so cute. I love those interviews. Those kids have no idea how awful everything is - they are just excited about corn. Or cars. Or whatever. So! Excited!
Those interviews are magical!
Did you know he has a book of prayers? It's so good! https://amzn.to/3vWfMl9
I did not - 😲 Thanks for letting me know! I'm so glad for him. And for me!
Good morning! It has been a much better week around here and I'm so glad.
Old man coworker and I had a talk last Friday, so hopefully that will continue to improve but I got to work 3/5 days at the other branch with my friends and that's been lovely.
I made my beloved Tikka Masala from Define Dish this week, it's just the best.
I finished Messy Lives of Book People and have to agree with the 'meh' reviews I've seen around the interwebs. I'm starting The Bodyguard by Katherine Center today.
I recently finished season 10 of taskmaster and Mawaan Riswan is my favorite, particularly this bonkers song about skiing https://youtu.be/PBmOrWXfntY
My SIL is still job hunting for me in MI and found one in Novi that is right up my alley. I'm submitting my application today, so we'll see what happens 🤞🤞 Any Swipes in the Ann Arbor, Novi, Detroit area?
I go to MI once a year just about and fly into Detroit! I love MI. Summers on the west coast of the mitten are magical. I was born there and my whole family is there. Fingers crossed for you!
Ahh, I'm so behind on Taskmaster! Fingers crossed for your application!
Ooooh, I haven't gotten to season 10 yet (I'm pacing myself) but I've seen Mawaan Riswan on other shows and now I can't wait to see him on Taskmaster, I bet he's a lot of fun! Are you about to start season 11? That was the first one I saw.
So glad you've had a better week and got to work with your friends.
Sprinkling some virtual prayers over that application!
OK, that Denzel monologue video? Oh. My. Goodness. 1-why does he sound just like Denzel? Not just the delivery but his voice...wow! 2-I am stealing this and making it an assignment for my community college acting students: find a song and adapt it into a monologue, then perform that monologue. Love it!!!
That was probably my very favorite assignment in my high school theater class! I chose Fearless by Taylor Swift (it was 2009 and I was 15 😂), but I still have it memorized! Thoroughly enjoyable (and challenging!) monologue experience. I bet your students will love it! 😊
I will never unsee (or unhear 😳) that music video.
Can you post link to your super awesome new jeans discovery??