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I have a kid who needs the crusts cut off. Where did I go wrong??!!

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Actual quote from dinner conversation with the eldest: “are you allowed to punch the monkeys?”

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We got engaged in 2006. There was an announcement in a local paper. We have the clipping on our fridge.

daughter: they had color photos back then?

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Me: you’re having pizza tonight!
Daughter who loves frozen pizza: wait, is it…
Me: it’s not Digiorno, it’s delivery

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My god, I always sympathized but I could never really know

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Day 5 Quarantined with a Toddler: it’s April 2020 except I’m a single parent

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Day 5 Quarantined with a Toddler: basically a virtual vasectomy

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Day 4 Quarantined with a Toddler: apparently it’s actually called Finding Limu and this is non-negotiable

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It’s like they can smell the exact moment I finally sit down to relax

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Why do we use the same phrase to talk about putting our perfect little angel to a safe & peaceful night’s rest as we do euthanizing a beloved family pet? Why?! Did we run out of words?

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Me: picks up her toy car to find all the carrots she was supposed to have eaten before her treat
Ellie: “Well they were so cold and slippery they just fell out of my hands and whatcha gonna do?” /shrugs and sashays away

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Wordle, we’re in a fight right now

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In retrospect acutely, but in an unavoidable gut feeling while locked in blinders doing it, is a clear difference between producing work that will advance the corporate client’s goals vs creating engaging, empathetic work that appeals to the goals of their prospective customers

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Growing up I thought piranhas would be a much bigger problem than it turns out

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Do you ever watch something just so Netflix stops recommending it?

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@warriors Please tell me you’re going to selling these, need them for the whole fam

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Me: Where’s Ellie?
Maddy: Oh, in my fort, I suspect.

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Working from home: Easy

WFH w/kid: Difficult

WFH w/more than one kid: Expert

WFH with one kid who needs help with every goddam assignment while her sister is potty training and mom is on zoom calls literally all day: Just give me corona already cuz it can’t be worse than this

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Just reflecting on the irony of having to disinfect the box the hand sanitizer was delivered in.

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Ellie: I turned water into pee!
Me: yeah, you’re a goddam miracle worker.