Let's all just make it to adulthood and call it a win. Mom to a 5yo, a 3yo, and a baby. Avi by @emilychibwana. My children are pale, pale ghostly gingers.
My son had a nightmare about dinosaurs, so I said, "Don't worry, sweetie. The dinosaurs are all dead. A meteor killed them."
And now he's afraid of meteors. 😬
@MamaNeedsACoke Well, you'll be happy to know that he quit after lunch. Just left the desk and never came back. These new hires are not what they used to be. 🙄
Funny how I’m expected to physically and emotionally bankrupt myself to care for everyone else yet I’m the only person in this house that doesn’t have their own space to retreat to.
@justinmatic5000 We found mine from childhood and turned it on. And then, a day later, my 5yo and I let it die the death it deserved. I recently dropped it in water just to make sure.
Kids today have iPads, but when I was little my parents kept me busy on road trips by saying, ‘keep an eye on the trailer, and let us know if it falls off.’
Eating in my 40s is confusing: I’m young enough that I still need to take care of my body, but old enough that I don’t want to risk having a salad as my last meal.
Me: I'm not crying.
Them: It's okay to be sad.
Me: No really, I just have anterior basement membrane dystrophy in my left eye.
Them:
Me: Or right yeah, I'm definitely just sad.