Hello! I had BIG INTENTIONS AND GOALS this week to do a Q+A but you know me: I overbooked myself in a big way and then got overwhelmed and saved everything in a draft and will try again next week. OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
And now for some treasures:
š³ This weekās episode of Faith Adjacent is centered around the subject of breakfast foods. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so you wonāt want to miss this episode! I also got to chat with Kendall Vanderslice and Sister Schubert for The Bible Binge Patreon and it was a total delight!
Look, hereās the deal. I have bacne (back acne for those of you with smooth shoulders) and no matter what I do, itās just always there, being annoying. BUT! I saw this Paulaās Choice Acne Body Spray (WOW LOOK AT ME NOW) and took a gamble and I can totally see a difference. I am a person who extols the virtues of back acne spray this is who I am now.
And now for the long-awaited Tweets!
Plant patriarchy at work:
This little girl is brilliant:
Pals, thank you again for grace in this space. Also, if youāre new, please say hello today! Looking forward to reading your treasures!
š„ Lil Treasures #79: Bacne and Breakfast Foods
Pray for your vets, folks, because it's going to be a long summer. This week was bananas, not just in terms of busyness but also just a lot of emotional labor I do not have the bandwidth for. I am also incredibly behind on my admin stuff because once I finally have a minute to do it I find I have the attention span of a goldfish.
I posted here about hurting my back when I fell off my porch a couple of weeks ago. I feel much better but still have some pain and stiffness and have a hard time lifting heavy things, which is really throwing a wrench in my "start packing early to make the move easier" plan.
I am at this moment watching an American Masters episode of PBS about this group: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Ballets_Trockadero_de_Monte_Carlo
This is shaping up to be a great decision.
Hi friends!
Commenting a little late in the day, but for anyone who reads this Friday evening/Saturday/next week - hello! š
Last week was my 28th birthday, so my husband and I spent Thursday and Friday at Catalina Island - which was just lovely. I also enjoy my birthday more than I have in (probably since I was a kid?) mostly because I lowered my expectations. I usually end up a little disappointed on my birthday because my expectations are ~ridiculously~ high (like, I want every bit of the day to feel perfectly magical and if I din't hear from everyone who loves me I will be a little sad). This year I finally said, well this is DUMB. So I went and had reasonable expectations and had a LOVELY day. Who knew? šš„³
Highlight of the trip was seeing a pod of 50 dolphins(!!) (for just a few minutes) on our way over! Low was spending $20 on a very sugary (and not very good) frozen PiƱa Colada. Why did that sound like an okay price at the time?? š¤£
Turd of the week is that I'm feeling some major disappointment in the job-search sphere. I shared that my husband left his (well paying, but bad for his mental health) job in December, so he's been out of work for 6 months. We must have been overly optimistic, because we did not think it would take this long for him to get hired. He's put in SO MANY applications, and it's just... crickets.
Yesterday was particularly tough because I applied for an Assistant Chaplain job at a different university (a job that I checked every box they asked for and would be perfect for and would really enjoy!) only to hear back that I didn't even get an interview. WOOF.
So I will absolutely covet your prayers in the job search department! I am a natural optimist, but have been feeling pretty pessimistic as of late. I did joke with my husband that if we just decided to have kids right this minute, he could go from being a "househusband" straight to a Stay-at-home-Dad. š
As Erin Spatz said earlier, sending so much love to "my favorite internet gang in all the land!"
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