AZTEC LADY

Aztec Lady did a blog post about disabilities and society and there's a link so please give it a gander. She's much more erudite than I could ever be and it's really a worthwhile read.

I met a new counselor/therapist yesterday and she was the right one. I had met one the week prior who was not right but yesterday's was a good fit. Of course I knew she would be the moment I entered her waiting area and saw the myriad of colors decorating her space. And the office itself was a lavender/purple dream with florals and clouds and comfort. 

My post office cutie and I are still texting. She has a much busier schedule than I but I'm looking forward to seeing her again. 

My birthday is a week from tomorrow and I've decided to order a cake. I'll share it with the neighbors (maybe) but damn, my favorite thing about birthdays is the cake. So fuck it, I want cake.

The hard thing about birthdays when you get older is that you're supposed to be too old to care about birthdays but I'm not. I'm happy because my daughter has sent me a gift from Japan and as long as I have cake and one gift then I'm happy.

Carolyn is still on this earth and sending me the pictures that are decorating the blog posts. We were on the phone today and I was like "ok, time to go" after some conversation and then we talked another 40 minutes so... 

Life is life-ing. I got a bed desk and it's one of the best purchases I ever made. Oh, and Mollie is planning a solo trip to South Korea in November to go the theater and eat Korean street food.

Love at First Sight (Part 2)

 

So Tuesdays is my laundry day and I got all my stuff together for the laundromat and realized I didn't have my wallet. I looked everywhere and nope, it was gone. However, I knew I had it yesterday at the Post Office ...

Because I had 😍with the young lady yesterday and fate was throwing me back into her world today I decided to shoot my shot and I grabbed one of my favorite skin cleansers (I buy extras when the price is lower) and I wrote a card saying how much I enjoyed meeting her ...

and I went back to the post office where in fact, I did leave my wallet and I saw my girl again and I gave her the card and gift and I got my laundry done and if she calls or texts then there will be a part 3...

Love at First Sight

I fell in love today.

I had a huge box of food I was sending to Mollie in Japan (she cannot get a decent bag of Cheetos) and at the post office I was helped by a woman whom I fell in love with. 

This isn't a joke. This isn't hyperbole. 

She was wonderful. Cute as hell. We started talking and it was like *soulmate* 😍. We talked about Japan, about moving to the mainland. We talked about getting our nails done and Korean skin care and K-Pop and Cheetos and we dragged the encounter on waaaaaay too long and when I left I thought I want to hug her and smooch her and damn, I fell in love.

And before y'all ask if I'm going to follow up ... I don't know. Very probably, most likely not. But I don't feel like I have to. Although I might. (See how messed up I am?) I would never follow up romantically, maybe invite her to lunch as a friend. I'll think about it.

Anyway, it was crazy. I've never walked away from an encounter like that feeling the way I felt.

Stroke?

 

If it looks like a stroke and droops like a stroke could it be a stroke?

Charlie Kirk - Political Violence

 

Charlie Kirk, a right wing commentator was shot and killed today while speaking at an event in Utah. If you don't know who Charlie Kirk is, well, you're that much better for it. He was a man who made a living arguing with college students about politics. (Okay, that's all I knew him for. He might have done more than that.)

Kirk was an odious man who supported MAGA, thought Trump was awesome and believed that our 2nd Amendment rights should be untouchable even as children are murdered in school. He was a 'thoughts and prayers' kind of guy. 

So these are my thoughts, and I offer no prayers:

If your world view is accepting of murdered children then don't expect tears when you die from gun violence. It's called Karma. You put ugliness and violence in the world and you get ugliness and violence back. 

The conservatives in America had a field day when Paul Pelosi was attacked in his home by a whacko with a hammer. The current president of the US and his disgusting child named after him, made remarks suggesting it was a sexual liaison gone wrong. You foster this environment and then claim the democrats are mean and violent.

Well, conservatives, these are your ducks coming home to roost. 

And if you're reading this and wondering if I'm dancing in the street over the death of Charlie Kirk: I'm not. I abhor violence. But I honestly don't give a fuck that Charlie Kirk was murdered. You don't get to fight on the side of gun violence and expect tears when you're the victim.

Fuck you. Rest in Hell. 

Tick Tock

 

My cat Kitara came home. (That's Kitara snuggling Wednesday). It was amazing since I thought Kitara was gone forever and then voila, all three cats are home and safe. Lovely moment.

So apparently on Twitter Trump Dead was trending. Mollie sent me a million memes and when I pointed out we had no proof he was dead she said, "I'm manifesting. Don't steal my joy". I raised her, I'm so proud.

Unfortunately Trump isn't dead but it doesn't look like he's doing well. Of course we've had other Republican presidents with dementia who continued to serve (Ronnie Reagan: remember?) and I doubt we'll see Trump out quickly but Word Salad Donald isn't going to be around forever.

Carolyn is still alive and says "hey y'all". Actually she said "who ate my ice cream?" but still in all, she said something.

My French lessons got too hard for me. I might switch over to Spanish since I already know some. I still want to learn a language but man, French got too hard too fast.

Carolyn's Auto Buy Authors

 Carolyn and I were talking about books the other day and she mentioned how prices (as always) keep going up and that she'll only purchase certain authors at a higher price point (we're talking $10.99 and over).

I asked her for her list of auto-buy authors and here it is:

Kelley Armstrong (highly agree)

Patricia Briggs

Anne Bishop (enjoyed The Others series)

C.S. Harris

Linda Castillo

Nalini Singh (altho she's given up on the archangel series)

Faith Hunter (sounds like an occupation more than a name)

Laura Griffin

Nora Roberts/JD Robb

Ilona Andrews (Carolyn would rob a bank for Ilona Andrews)

Daniel O'Malley (Dunno him at all)

Grace Draven (I'd rob a bank if she requested)

Kylie Scott

Kristen Callihan

P.J. Tracy

Lucy Parker