I also weirdly remember being encouraged to talk about my grandpa's WW2 service on Veteran's Day and another girl said her grandpa was in WW1 AND WW2 and I thought, "Wow he's really old."
Actually I think she hit me because I was crying that other kids were being mean to me. And she told me to stop crying and go play by myself.
Oddly enough, I held no ill will towards this woman, and now I own her family photos because nobody else wanted them when she died.
One of the problems was 2 x 2, and the kids were whispering "Four! Four!" So, I wrote "4," and the teacher said "No, you're wrong, because you added, you didn't multiply, go sit down." I was mortified and hated math ever since. God, this is getting depressing.
They always took me out of math class anyway. One day, I came back from therapy havmving never seen multiplication, and the teacher made me go to the chalkboard to do problems and then yelled at me when I didn't know how. 🧵
- I had speech therapy and was relentlessly bullied for having to go to the "r-word room." My mom repeatedly begged them to remove me from class during reading, NOT math, because I was terrible at math and excellent at reading. 🧵
- My teacher hit me once. I don't remember why.
- Same teacher, about 60~ years old was really good at jump rope.
- Another girl with the same birthday as me got to school early and thus got the special "Birthday Chair" while I didn't. 😩
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Things I Remember From 2nd Grade:
- Getting to sit and read whatever while other kids had to work on learning to read.
- A girl named Anne threw up and we all hid in the cloak room until they cleaned it up.
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The pharmacy gave me fat bottles instead of narrow bottles and the chubbier bottles don't fit on my medication shelf.
#chronicillnessproblems
A titian bubble-cut Barbie with big red lips
I've been collecting vintage Barbie for 35 years. I've now been collecting for longer than Barbie had existed when I started.
Are there any other collectors out there?
#barbie
There's a café somewhere waiting for you.
A book, a brew, a board game, the new friend you didn't know you needed.
I don't know who needs to know, but "Fresh Musk" at Bath and Body Works smells just like Burberry Brit.
Screaming into the void
During the State of the Union, I got FIFTY-FIVE fundraising texts.
55! One, I have no money, two, that's excessive.
#sotu #stateoftheunion #whut
I'm so sad it didn't snow like the weather said it would. :(
Oh also I'm drinking boiling hot tea, lol T__T
Matcha.
I am wearing two sweaters, socks, AND slippers, AND a heating pad on HIGH and my feet still feel like ice cubes. 🥶
AND, it's totally random if I'm going to be cold or not, and totally random if I might decide to have a hot flash because perimenopause. Such fun.
I had thyroid cancer and had my thyroid completely removed. Mostly, I've felt way better.
But the worst thing about not having a thyroid is I've completely lost my ability to regulate my temperature. I am in a snug house right now and I am FREEZING.
Am I a 40+ year old person with glow-in-the-dark Pokémon stuck on my ceiling? Yes, yes I am.
Shout out to my priest who, at Ash Wednesday mass, noted that "woke" means having compassion and empathy for others, y'know, like Jesus.
(He also said social media is bad, but here I am.)
That one's really cute!
I love Tim Curry so much. T__T
Dude has the charisma of a soggy burger wrapper in the rain.
A tiny pair of gacha machines in blue and white.
"You like model kits? What kind?"
"Uhhhh..."
Get paper towel, but not before bleeding all over counter and more clean dishes. Bandage finger.
Use can opener to pry open tuna can. Finger hurts. Rice is cold. Thank God for Kewpie mayo.
#kewpiemayo
Making dinner. Got some rice. Gonna put tuna on top. Tuna can tab breaks off. While looking for can opener, reach in drawer, cut finger on bread knife. Didn't know I cut myself until blood is ALL over the inside of the drawer and all over clean dishes. 🧵
I forgot to eat today and realized at 4:30 pm I was running on a pot of espresso I made at noon. I get it.
Happy to know you! 💕
Coal helped send half my male relatives to early graves. Why people fight to protect something that murders their family and destroys their landscape, I just don't get it. Money and jobs are great, sure, but having my grandpa was better.
Over 45 year olds out there, is it normal to hurt everywhere?
Bad Bunny's half time show was rad. So there.
