October 29 and 30
Okay, time to stop doomscrolling and obsessively looking at poll results and predictions so I can actually make a journal entry. Making myself nervous and afraid is not going to help anything, not when I’m already doing everything I can. It’s just that the flashbacks to 2016 are getting stronger every day and I was so shattered then that it left deep marks on my poor little psyche. I really,really, really do not want to have to go through that again, do not want to have to explain to the kiddo what the grownups have done, again, do not want to have to be unable to even speak to my parents for weeks again. Please, please let this time be different.
Anyway. I did not journal yesterday because I forgot, but it was another set of not too exciting days that are easy to bundle. The kiddo got enough of his work done by the end of the day yesterday that I gave him back electronics privileges, including permission to start Fallout 4. I wasn’t super happy about the start where they literally fridged the mom, but my husband pointed out that the fridging is entirely gender neutral and depends solely on which half of the couple the player chooses to embody. So I guess that’s a little better? Anyway, it’s an interesting game that I can’t play and can barely watch because it is hell on my motion sickness, but Husband and the kiddo are enjoying it a lot.
Last night was trunk or treat at the kiddo’s school, but it was a “drive through” trunk or treat that basically consisted of literally driving past the open trunks of a bunch of the teachers and their families, who had dressed up and decorated their cars. No candy was exchanged, but at the end of the drive, you pulled up at the main portico of the school and were given a bag full of candy while the costumed mascot of the school danced to a child-friendly version of Uptown Funk. (I’m too hot! Oh yeah!) It was all very surreal and didn’t really require the kids to dress up at all, but there was candy and that was the important part. The kiddo does not like caramel or peanut candies much, which works out great for me because I got all his Snickers and Twix bars.
Today was another school day but the kiddo felt like it was practically vacation because he only had to do the work assigned that day and no more makeup assignments. Now that he’s caught up we need to work on multiplication tables, but that’ll come soon enough. I was busy being on hold with the cable company because they raised our bill by 30% and I did not want them to do that. Luckily I was eventually able to connect with a very nice representative who managed to get me the same package for only like a dollar more per month with another one-year promotion deal. So we’ll have to go through it all next year again, but that sounds like a problem for Future Me.
Today was also the day to build the grocery list, or rather rebuild the one I built last week but that was lost when the Walmart app updated. This new update is very bad and slow so there will hopefully be an update for the update soon, but until then, I need groceries! We also need camping supplies, because our new Cub Scout pack is going overnight camping! It’s just a one-night deal in the big local park, but they gave us six campsites at a big discount, so there’ll be plenty of room to spread out in safe ways. We were sad to miss the three-day campout like we had last year, but this small camping expedition will still be fun. Our tent is hilariously massive, a ten-person tent for two people, but it does give us plenty of room to spread out! And I got it for free from my folks when they stopped camping, which is my favorite price for things. It’s definitely going to be cold though, so we’ll be packing along plenty of blankets. Last year I had two weanling kittens, Mork and Mindy, who I had to bring along as well, and it was much harder to keep them warm than to keep us warm. This is going to be much simpler!
That’s about all there is to report for the end of this week. One of my TNR friends is moving away, bummer, so I went out to her moving sale to say goodbye and pick over the stuff she was getting rid of. She already donated most of her trapping supplies to our rescue, but I did pick up a few new screwdrivers, a hammer, and a needlenose pliers. I have all those things already, but damned if I can ever find them when I need them. Like scissors, pens or masks, the only way to ensure having one when you need it is to have lots of them and put them everywhere.2Bluetooth #Mackie CR4-XBT came in handy for sure
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-73mBFQ9-/?igshid=6v2zvtk17j1k0So apparently I brought something home with me from our camping trip.
Looks like some lichen has started growing under my mirror
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Author and conservationist Harvey Broome, explains how the trial markers work on the Appalachian Trail
Charleston, North Carolina
1932
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