Noxmunk/Boxmunk

We have only outdoor cookie booths this week, and I am absolutely frozen. 🥶 If anyone wants to buy some Girl Scout cookies, the link is here: bit.ly/katsgirlscoutcookies

Yeah, that seems fine.

I also had my annual OBGyn appointment today, and all 4 of these abscess/fistula procedures happened since my last appointment with her, so I filled her in, and she enjoyed a chance to tell me that my fistula is one of the easiest to treat, followed by a few horror stories about much worse types.

I went for 3 hours on Monday, and I was just angry for the last hour. Today I skipped because I bled so much on Tuesday and was in too much pain to sleep that night. I am giving myself permission to skip tomorrow too — nothing happens to me if I don’t go. I need to heal.

I had surgery last Wednesday, and I’m still in a lot of pain. The doctor has me on 7 different prescription medications. Before I knew I was going to need surgery — my 4th procedure for this damn issue since February 2024 — I signed up for 3 days of professional development for this week. 🙃

It was my son’s first time taking these tests, and he got “masters” in both math and reading - he “mastered” rather than just “met” grade level expectations. I was worried that his type of ADHD might make standardized testing more difficult.

Anyway, I got them both giant milkshakes about it.

We got the results today for my own kids’ state testing; they both did well, which leaves me torn because… do we celebrate effort and success and growth? But also, as a teacher, I know these tests are not actually a good measure of learning, and I don’t want them to tie their worth to test scores.

I repurposed my protest sign as a yard sign. The turnout in my smallish Texas suburb was pretty good — 500+ people — and I’m really glad I went. It made me more hopeful. There were a lot of supportive honks from passersby in cars and no counter-protesters.

I’ve seen estimates closer to 12 million worldwide, but I don’t know how they calculated that

I haven’t played Sims 4 much (I prefer Sims 3), and never with that expansion pack, so I was just guessing, but it does seem like something witches would do in a Sims game.

Kat is playing Sims 4 on my computer (with a bunch of expansions installed), and I heard -
Kat: They’re all nude! Why are they nude?
Me: In Sims? (Yes.) Is it blurred out? (Yes.) Are they witches? (Yes.) Is it nighttime? (Yeah.) Oh, they’re just dancing in the moonlight. That’s what witches do.

I once stood in line behind Dirk Nowitzki at a movie theater while buying popcorn. Definitely the tallest human I’ve ever seen IRL.

Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

So, now we can both go - yay! I’m not worried about police in the town where we live, just possibly some counter-protesters. I might go to one in downtown Dallas, and that one might be more risky even though it’s early in the day.

I called my grandma to ask if she can watch the kids on Saturday while I go to the No Kings protests; she said, “I’m happy to watch the kids, but I’m scared for you to go to the protests; I don’t want you to go!” I said, “I’m going either way, but if you watch the kids, then G can come with me.”

That sounds pretty comfortable actually. The pregnancy pillow is a must! I’ve got one now even though it’s been nearly a decade since I was last pregnant.

The ADHD and autism in my brain are always squabbling about this. The Type A organizer who loves routine vs. the chaos gremlin who wants to be surrounded by her treasure like a dragon sitting on its hoard.

…is she sleeping on the ground in a sleeping bag, or is she at least in a cot or something? My back hurts just thinking about camping while pregnant.

My chaotic gremlin brain is so soothed by this new makeup organizer in my bathroom. I have too much makeup - including a lot of free samples from various brands - and the chaos was beginning to overflow.

Oh no, I’m sorry.

Summer break is for finally doing all of the health/doctor stuff I should’ve been doing all year. I just scheduled my annual physical, & asked if I could schedule G’s at the same time (same practice) & they said he’d actually be considered a new patient because he hasn’t been there SINCE 2017!!! 😱

That was not painful for me at all, and while I didn’t expect to be manhandled as much as I was, it didn’t faze me because lactation consultants were much more aggressive there. However, if I had never breastfed, it would have been much more awkward.

I’m in my cape and ready to go. When the receptionist asked me if I was nervous about it being painful, I said, “No, I breastfed 2 kids,” and she said, “Oh, yeah, piece of cake then,” and I answered, “Yeah, at least no one will bite me this time.” Just have to turn the awkwardness to 11.

That is actually comforting

I’ve heard that happens a lot with the first one. It will probably still make me anxious.

Oh yeah, same on the squish

That’s a good point! After breast feeding, I don’t have much in the way of modesty feelings around my boobs, which will probably make this easier.

I have my first mammogram ever today at 2:30pm (so that my OBGyn won’t yell at me when I go in for my annual this summer since I was supposed to do this last year when I turned 40). Any tips or tricks? Apparently I’m not supposed to wear deodorant.

I love it when kiddos are so uniquely themselves.

I don’t use ChatGPT, but if it could do this reliably, it would be pretty tempting.