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Drove to the McDonald’s on Wilson in Uptown, aka my old neighborhood and McDonald’s. Rolled down my window to order and it immediately smelled like crack. Ah, Uptown McDonald’s parking lot. How I’ve missed you. Never change, buddy.
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Drove to the McDonald’s on Wilson in Uptown, aka my old neighborhood and McDonald’s. Rolled down my window to order and it immediately smelled like crack. Ah, Uptown McDonald’s parking lot. How I’ve missed you. Never change, buddy.
Ideal late luteal phase breakfast tbh
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ideal late luteal phase breakfast tbh
First day putting mittens on my toddler for our actual morning commute and she had to stop, run though the house in her shoes, grab Goodnight Moon, flip the pages, and point out the “mittens,” pages. It took an extra four minutes I love her love of learning but CHRIST, let’s get a MOVE ON.
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
First day putting mittens on my toddler for our actual morning commute and she had to stop, run though the house in her shoes, grab Goodnight Moon, flip the pages, and point out the “mittens,” pages. It took an extra four minutes I love her love of learning but CHRIST, let’s get a MOVE ON.
A professional connection just texted me with a smiley face, which is not a problem, except instead of emoji or emoticon, she used the Arabic keyboard and added a dieresis. Now I have a questions about her keyboard layout and copy/paste choices and I frankly don’t feel smiled at, I feel confused.
October 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A professional connection just texted me with a smiley face, which is not a problem, except instead of emoji or emoticon, she used the Arabic keyboard and added a dieresis. Now I have a questions about her keyboard layout and copy/paste choices and I frankly don’t feel smiled at, I feel confused.
90% of my internal monologue is 30 Rock quotes and it’s mostly, “Behold! The splendor of my beginning!” But today is really more of a “SHE is an orca, Benjamin,” kind of day.
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
90% of my internal monologue is 30 Rock quotes and it’s mostly, “Behold! The splendor of my beginning!” But today is really more of a “SHE is an orca, Benjamin,” kind of day.
I am passionate about bike safety and also I am comfortable yelling at teenagers, so basically if you are a teenage boy biking in all black with both AirPods in and you don’t call out when you’re passing other bikes: hi, I’m going to chastise you! And for your own good!
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I am passionate about bike safety and also I am comfortable yelling at teenagers, so basically if you are a teenage boy biking in all black with both AirPods in and you don’t call out when you’re passing other bikes: hi, I’m going to chastise you! And for your own good!
Can I be honest? The phrase “Indigenous People’s Day” is clunky. Don’t get me wrong. Chr*st*pher C*l*mbus was horrible. Native people were and are worthy of celebrating. But maybe like…
-First Americans Day
-Turtle Island Day
-Be Grateful for Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Irrigation Ditches Day
-First Americans Day
-Turtle Island Day
-Be Grateful for Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Irrigation Ditches Day
October 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Can I be honest? The phrase “Indigenous People’s Day” is clunky. Don’t get me wrong. Chr*st*pher C*l*mbus was horrible. Native people were and are worthy of celebrating. But maybe like…
-First Americans Day
-Turtle Island Day
-Be Grateful for Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Irrigation Ditches Day
-First Americans Day
-Turtle Island Day
-Be Grateful for Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes, and Irrigation Ditches Day
Tried to ✨stay off my phone✨ and ✨live in the moment ✨tonight with some friends & my toddler. Checked the clocks in the house to know when to leave. My kid started getting really tired even though it was still early. Yeah, the house’s clocks were an hour behind :/ kiddo was exhausted for good reason
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Tried to ✨stay off my phone✨ and ✨live in the moment ✨tonight with some friends & my toddler. Checked the clocks in the house to know when to leave. My kid started getting really tired even though it was still early. Yeah, the house’s clocks were an hour behind :/ kiddo was exhausted for good reason
If I was Aiden, I simply would’ve devised a plan to kill Mr. Big and frame it as an accident when he showed up to the cabin drunk, in the middle of the night, and on a rainy muddy weekend.
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
If I was Aiden, I simply would’ve devised a plan to kill Mr. Big and frame it as an accident when he showed up to the cabin drunk, in the middle of the night, and on a rainy muddy weekend.
Finally got our new ebike up and going so I could bring my kid to daycare without having to wait for the bus. Problem is my kid now REALLY likes the bus and scream/sobbed whenever we saw one on the way home (because OF COURSE there were 1,000 on-time buses today 🥲)
October 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Finally got our new ebike up and going so I could bring my kid to daycare without having to wait for the bus. Problem is my kid now REALLY likes the bus and scream/sobbed whenever we saw one on the way home (because OF COURSE there were 1,000 on-time buses today 🥲)
Substitute teaching today, I picked up a book I had read in high school and hated. Think I would’ve described it as “whiny and unrealistic.” Read a few pages, OH. My younger self missed some IMPORTANT subtext. How many other books did I dismiss like that?
October 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Substitute teaching today, I picked up a book I had read in high school and hated. Think I would’ve described it as “whiny and unrealistic.” Read a few pages, OH. My younger self missed some IMPORTANT subtext. How many other books did I dismiss like that?
When you’re just casually living your life and you see “Guest Starring Chris Noth… AND John Corbett”
September 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
When you’re just casually living your life and you see “Guest Starring Chris Noth… AND John Corbett”
This week in Chicago far-north side #bikenews and #ebikenews:
-saw a family cargo bike with a Nigerian flag (a first!)
-saw a someone biking with a 10(?)-gallon ceramic pot that seemed full of food
-my landlord agreed to install a bike rack on our property
-saw a family cargo bike with a Nigerian flag (a first!)
-saw a someone biking with a 10(?)-gallon ceramic pot that seemed full of food
-my landlord agreed to install a bike rack on our property
September 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This week in Chicago far-north side #bikenews and #ebikenews:
-saw a family cargo bike with a Nigerian flag (a first!)
-saw a someone biking with a 10(?)-gallon ceramic pot that seemed full of food
-my landlord agreed to install a bike rack on our property
-saw a family cargo bike with a Nigerian flag (a first!)
-saw a someone biking with a 10(?)-gallon ceramic pot that seemed full of food
-my landlord agreed to install a bike rack on our property
Once again sat down after my kid went bed, poured myself a glass of wine, turned on the TV, and accidentally watched Daniel Tiger for a full episode before I remembered I’m an adult.
September 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Once again sat down after my kid went bed, poured myself a glass of wine, turned on the TV, and accidentally watched Daniel Tiger for a full episode before I remembered I’m an adult.
I love being a 30 year old woman bc sometimes a friend will ignore you/ act a little flaky for a couple weeks, and then she’ll set up a phone date or coffee-and-walking date. And then she’ll be like, “So…we have a little bit of news…” I love it. Let’s start lists for boy and girl names. I love it!
September 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I love being a 30 year old woman bc sometimes a friend will ignore you/ act a little flaky for a couple weeks, and then she’ll set up a phone date or coffee-and-walking date. And then she’ll be like, “So…we have a little bit of news…” I love it. Let’s start lists for boy and girl names. I love it!
New historical non fiction audiobook said “the Euphrates and the Tigris,” and my eye is twitching, you can’t put them in that order that’s INSANE
September 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
New historical non fiction audiobook said “the Euphrates and the Tigris,” and my eye is twitching, you can’t put them in that order that’s INSANE
Sometimes I’ll see a dude with a beard and a hat in Andersonville or Lincoln square and mentally im like “oh is that [friend]’s husband??” And then I’m like no, that’s another dude, that’s just kinda their uniform.
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sometimes I’ll see a dude with a beard and a hat in Andersonville or Lincoln square and mentally im like “oh is that [friend]’s husband??” And then I’m like no, that’s another dude, that’s just kinda their uniform.
I’m trying to diversify the types of beans my toddler will eat and somehow I thought of trying to tell the Quinn family that I am “trying to diversify the beans,” and I keep laughing at every voice saying it and every possible reaction #DerryGirls #beans
September 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I’m trying to diversify the types of beans my toddler will eat and somehow I thought of trying to tell the Quinn family that I am “trying to diversify the beans,” and I keep laughing at every voice saying it and every possible reaction #DerryGirls #beans
I have been in a line for a novelty ice cream sundae for entirely too long but dammit I’m not quitting now
August 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I have been in a line for a novelty ice cream sundae for entirely too long but dammit I’m not quitting now
“I wonder if this place supports families and fathers. Do you think they have a changing station in the men’s room because dads matter too?” -me, to my husband, trying to avoid a diaper change
August 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“I wonder if this place supports families and fathers. Do you think they have a changing station in the men’s room because dads matter too?” -me, to my husband, trying to avoid a diaper change
Does the U.S. government mandate & provide 1 Really Loud Guy per section of major league sporys field/ arena/ stands? Are we training our young men in that loud-ass whistle & chant starting? Where do these people come from?
August 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Does the U.S. government mandate & provide 1 Really Loud Guy per section of major league sporys field/ arena/ stands? Are we training our young men in that loud-ass whistle & chant starting? Where do these people come from?
Like, you do actually have to clean the baseboards and the corners no one goes in. Bc the dust and grime in those areas will catch an air curent every once in a while and become dust and grime in the areas you DO care about. It’s outrageous. Outrageous!
August 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Like, you do actually have to clean the baseboards and the corners no one goes in. Bc the dust and grime in those areas will catch an air curent every once in a while and become dust and grime in the areas you DO care about. It’s outrageous. Outrageous!
Gotta say, one of the worst parts about becoming a parent is the realization that your own parents/ society were correct about cleaning and housekeeping. And that my shabby post-grad, single living routines weren’t smarter, I just didn’t have a family and I didn’t care about corners and baseboards.
August 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Gotta say, one of the worst parts about becoming a parent is the realization that your own parents/ society were correct about cleaning and housekeeping. And that my shabby post-grad, single living routines weren’t smarter, I just didn’t have a family and I didn’t care about corners and baseboards.
Can someone tell the marketing girlies that I do not in any way want a Happy Birthday email from my dentist, gynecologist, or shoe company I once bought shoes from, thank you.
August 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Can someone tell the marketing girlies that I do not in any way want a Happy Birthday email from my dentist, gynecologist, or shoe company I once bought shoes from, thank you.
Just sat with friends on a picnic blanket for 2 hours and now I’m setting reminders in my phone for the depths of hell (mid-February) to either sit on a picnic blanket again or look at picnic blanket pics and take whiff of sunscreen. Damn life can be beautiful. Never want to forget it.
August 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Just sat with friends on a picnic blanket for 2 hours and now I’m setting reminders in my phone for the depths of hell (mid-February) to either sit on a picnic blanket again or look at picnic blanket pics and take whiff of sunscreen. Damn life can be beautiful. Never want to forget it.