Christy
@christyhelzner.bsky.social
Writer turned FT quarantine mom turned VP in real estate finance. I love my family, gardening, cooking, baking and general creating. Ex-Christian and secret opera fan. Opinions are my own. (she/her)
Don’t ask me what prompted me to check in on BlueSky tonight. We checked into an Airbnb that has no bedroom door which is certainly material!
But also wanted to check on my old friends…how are you? I got a new job at a super fancy place last month and it’s going meh/yes/good I think it’s good/fine.
But also wanted to check on my old friends…how are you? I got a new job at a super fancy place last month and it’s going meh/yes/good I think it’s good/fine.
October 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Don’t ask me what prompted me to check in on BlueSky tonight. We checked into an Airbnb that has no bedroom door which is certainly material!
But also wanted to check on my old friends…how are you? I got a new job at a super fancy place last month and it’s going meh/yes/good I think it’s good/fine.
But also wanted to check on my old friends…how are you? I got a new job at a super fancy place last month and it’s going meh/yes/good I think it’s good/fine.
I took a pic of the iconic Bernie Baruch as I high-tailed it out of the building.
My Master’s degree has taken me eight semesters. My undergrad degree only took seven.
But this time I had a full-time job, two kids and a much higher GPA.
My Master’s degree has taken me eight semesters. My undergrad degree only took seven.
But this time I had a full-time job, two kids and a much higher GPA.
May 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I took a pic of the iconic Bernie Baruch as I high-tailed it out of the building.
My Master’s degree has taken me eight semesters. My undergrad degree only took seven.
But this time I had a full-time job, two kids and a much higher GPA.
My Master’s degree has taken me eight semesters. My undergrad degree only took seven.
But this time I had a full-time job, two kids and a much higher GPA.
I believe in God. I also believe that belief in God and belief in religion are on a Venn diagram and that I exist only in the belief in God part. Religious people who also believe in God can always find me.
April 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I believe in God. I also believe that belief in God and belief in religion are on a Venn diagram and that I exist only in the belief in God part. Religious people who also believe in God can always find me.
The fact is, I’ve been experiencing low-level burnout for about a month. My body keeps warning me to take it easy, but that just hasn’t been possible.
Finally having the spa day tomorrow I’ve had to reschedule twice. Then leaving for a four night vacation next Saturday.
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Finally having the spa day tomorrow I’ve had to reschedule twice. Then leaving for a four night vacation next Saturday.
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
April 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The fact is, I’ve been experiencing low-level burnout for about a month. My body keeps warning me to take it easy, but that just hasn’t been possible.
Finally having the spa day tomorrow I’ve had to reschedule twice. Then leaving for a four night vacation next Saturday.
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Finally having the spa day tomorrow I’ve had to reschedule twice. Then leaving for a four night vacation next Saturday.
🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
I’d rather be reincarnated than die for good or go to some sort of magical afterlife. I obviously do not get a say, just putting it out there.
April 6, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I’d rather be reincarnated than die for good or go to some sort of magical afterlife. I obviously do not get a say, just putting it out there.
Sometimes your better angels don’t prevail.
April 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Sometimes your better angels don’t prevail.
Weird day to send this but okay. 😂
April 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Weird day to send this but okay. 😂
If I dig down really, really deep I can say that at least today *might* be the last PTO day I have to take off for schoolwork for the rest of my my life.
April 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
If I dig down really, really deep I can say that at least today *might* be the last PTO day I have to take off for schoolwork for the rest of my my life.
I wonder how long past tomorrow my feeling of being so over this week will last.
My rough guess is until I become over next week. So, Tuesday.
Because Monday I took off work to write a school paper, not realizing both girls will be off school for Eid-Al-Fitr. 😂🤦🏻♀️
So Monday.
My rough guess is until I become over next week. So, Tuesday.
Because Monday I took off work to write a school paper, not realizing both girls will be off school for Eid-Al-Fitr. 😂🤦🏻♀️
So Monday.
March 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I wonder how long past tomorrow my feeling of being so over this week will last.
My rough guess is until I become over next week. So, Tuesday.
Because Monday I took off work to write a school paper, not realizing both girls will be off school for Eid-Al-Fitr. 😂🤦🏻♀️
So Monday.
My rough guess is until I become over next week. So, Tuesday.
Because Monday I took off work to write a school paper, not realizing both girls will be off school for Eid-Al-Fitr. 😂🤦🏻♀️
So Monday.
I feel like 95% of people who came here have now abandoned this platform and gone back to Twitter.
It is now just this eerie political echo chamber of people I generally agree with but I am also increasingly antagonistic towards people who prefer to exist in echo chambers.
It is now just this eerie political echo chamber of people I generally agree with but I am also increasingly antagonistic towards people who prefer to exist in echo chambers.
March 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I feel like 95% of people who came here have now abandoned this platform and gone back to Twitter.
It is now just this eerie political echo chamber of people I generally agree with but I am also increasingly antagonistic towards people who prefer to exist in echo chambers.
It is now just this eerie political echo chamber of people I generally agree with but I am also increasingly antagonistic towards people who prefer to exist in echo chambers.
Got a call from the nurse’s office that my 5 yo busted her lip and might need stitches.
Got her, brought her to urgent care, who sent her to the ER, who ultimately said she doesn’t need stitches, she needs a dentist. This took 5 hours.
8 yo: I don’t understand why DAD is bringing me to soccer. ⚽️
Got her, brought her to urgent care, who sent her to the ER, who ultimately said she doesn’t need stitches, she needs a dentist. This took 5 hours.
8 yo: I don’t understand why DAD is bringing me to soccer. ⚽️
March 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Got a call from the nurse’s office that my 5 yo busted her lip and might need stitches.
Got her, brought her to urgent care, who sent her to the ER, who ultimately said she doesn’t need stitches, she needs a dentist. This took 5 hours.
8 yo: I don’t understand why DAD is bringing me to soccer. ⚽️
Got her, brought her to urgent care, who sent her to the ER, who ultimately said she doesn’t need stitches, she needs a dentist. This took 5 hours.
8 yo: I don’t understand why DAD is bringing me to soccer. ⚽️
I’ve been really unhappy at work lately, but I won’t know if that’s mostly because I need my class to end and a vacation for a while.
I rescheduled my spa day this Friday to be available for these absolutely shitty deals and now they’re saying they probably won’t do the deals.
I rescheduled my spa day this Friday to be available for these absolutely shitty deals and now they’re saying they probably won’t do the deals.
March 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I’ve been really unhappy at work lately, but I won’t know if that’s mostly because I need my class to end and a vacation for a while.
I rescheduled my spa day this Friday to be available for these absolutely shitty deals and now they’re saying they probably won’t do the deals.
I rescheduled my spa day this Friday to be available for these absolutely shitty deals and now they’re saying they probably won’t do the deals.
Mom on the parent thread freaking out about her kindergartner’s report card! She’s worried it’s not good enough for gifted and talented!
I said kindergarten report cards are a joke and I didn’t even open it. She agreed and sought affirmation.
Her Whatsapp name says Mary/Maria.
Let’s start there.
I said kindergarten report cards are a joke and I didn’t even open it. She agreed and sought affirmation.
Her Whatsapp name says Mary/Maria.
Let’s start there.
March 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Mom on the parent thread freaking out about her kindergartner’s report card! She’s worried it’s not good enough for gifted and talented!
I said kindergarten report cards are a joke and I didn’t even open it. She agreed and sought affirmation.
Her Whatsapp name says Mary/Maria.
Let’s start there.
I said kindergarten report cards are a joke and I didn’t even open it. She agreed and sought affirmation.
Her Whatsapp name says Mary/Maria.
Let’s start there.
It’s true I have no time for myself and the weeks bleed together and my eyes bleed but we were the only group in the class to get 10/10 on our first group paper so I will accept my baubles.
March 25, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It’s true I have no time for myself and the weeks bleed together and my eyes bleed but we were the only group in the class to get 10/10 on our first group paper so I will accept my baubles.
Just submitted my third homework out of five. About to start the second group assignment out of three.
Man this is a slog to the end of my Master’s program and also an incredibly boring post but theme = form.
Man this is a slog to the end of my Master’s program and also an incredibly boring post but theme = form.
March 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Just submitted my third homework out of five. About to start the second group assignment out of three.
Man this is a slog to the end of my Master’s program and also an incredibly boring post but theme = form.
Man this is a slog to the end of my Master’s program and also an incredibly boring post but theme = form.
I went and got another glass of wine not even knowing I’d be met with a teary-eyed kindergartner who needed her ass wiped in the middle of the night on my way back upstairs.
The wine knows. It already knows. I don’t even question it anymore. 😂
The wine knows. It already knows. I don’t even question it anymore. 😂
March 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I went and got another glass of wine not even knowing I’d be met with a teary-eyed kindergartner who needed her ass wiped in the middle of the night on my way back upstairs.
The wine knows. It already knows. I don’t even question it anymore. 😂
The wine knows. It already knows. I don’t even question it anymore. 😂
My daughter left a leprechaun trap right at the foot of her bed in the world’s most creaky house and at one point I’m pretty sure she was just sitting there watching the door when I went down. 😂
I finally turned ALL the lights off at 11 and made it and was literally shaking 😂
I finally turned ALL the lights off at 11 and made it and was literally shaking 😂
March 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
My daughter left a leprechaun trap right at the foot of her bed in the world’s most creaky house and at one point I’m pretty sure she was just sitting there watching the door when I went down. 😂
I finally turned ALL the lights off at 11 and made it and was literally shaking 😂
I finally turned ALL the lights off at 11 and made it and was literally shaking 😂
My husband cc’d me on an email to our accountant, but I was the first person to notice autocorrect changed “issues” to “kisses”.
As in, “Hi Norbert, let us know if you have any kisses.” 😂😂😂
As in, “Hi Norbert, let us know if you have any kisses.” 😂😂😂
March 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My husband cc’d me on an email to our accountant, but I was the first person to notice autocorrect changed “issues” to “kisses”.
As in, “Hi Norbert, let us know if you have any kisses.” 😂😂😂
As in, “Hi Norbert, let us know if you have any kisses.” 😂😂😂
The return of a beloved tradition, after it got preempted last year by my coursework load. ☘️☘️☘️
As after this semester, I will hopefully never have coursework again, it could be here to stay. 🤞🏻
As after this semester, I will hopefully never have coursework again, it could be here to stay. 🤞🏻
March 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The return of a beloved tradition, after it got preempted last year by my coursework load. ☘️☘️☘️
As after this semester, I will hopefully never have coursework again, it could be here to stay. 🤞🏻
As after this semester, I will hopefully never have coursework again, it could be here to stay. 🤞🏻
We were out with the kids and there was a retro game room the girls wanted to go to. It was six bucks for the whole family and we were like “wow, good deal!”
We were possibly overcharged. 😂 It used to be a fun place, but I do not expect it to be around much longer.
We were possibly overcharged. 😂 It used to be a fun place, but I do not expect it to be around much longer.
March 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
We were out with the kids and there was a retro game room the girls wanted to go to. It was six bucks for the whole family and we were like “wow, good deal!”
We were possibly overcharged. 😂 It used to be a fun place, but I do not expect it to be around much longer.
We were possibly overcharged. 😂 It used to be a fun place, but I do not expect it to be around much longer.
My review of the week:
It’s too cold. Still not enough time for myself. I’m too tired.
C
It’s too cold. Still not enough time for myself. I’m too tired.
C
March 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My review of the week:
It’s too cold. Still not enough time for myself. I’m too tired.
C
It’s too cold. Still not enough time for myself. I’m too tired.
C
Work was so nuts today my head is still spinning. It was kind of exhilarating and exhausting all at once.
One nice thing is a head guy kept obviously trying to recommend offloading more mundane tasks from me to other departments to free me up for the most important work. 🏅
One nice thing is a head guy kept obviously trying to recommend offloading more mundane tasks from me to other departments to free me up for the most important work. 🏅
March 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Work was so nuts today my head is still spinning. It was kind of exhilarating and exhausting all at once.
One nice thing is a head guy kept obviously trying to recommend offloading more mundane tasks from me to other departments to free me up for the most important work. 🏅
One nice thing is a head guy kept obviously trying to recommend offloading more mundane tasks from me to other departments to free me up for the most important work. 🏅
Not bad for an 85 year old
March 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Not bad for an 85 year old
Welcome to NYC, the greatest city in the world! The trains here are so fast! So reliable!
March 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Welcome to NYC, the greatest city in the world! The trains here are so fast! So reliable!
I took 1/2 a day off just to catch up on my management class enough to have read NOTHING for tomorrow’s class.
What I have done:
-Exhaustively edit a group paper which they were thankfully receptive to as the first draft was a disaster and now it is actually really good, I think.
-my own homework
What I have done:
-Exhaustively edit a group paper which they were thankfully receptive to as the first draft was a disaster and now it is actually really good, I think.
-my own homework
March 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I took 1/2 a day off just to catch up on my management class enough to have read NOTHING for tomorrow’s class.
What I have done:
-Exhaustively edit a group paper which they were thankfully receptive to as the first draft was a disaster and now it is actually really good, I think.
-my own homework
What I have done:
-Exhaustively edit a group paper which they were thankfully receptive to as the first draft was a disaster and now it is actually really good, I think.
-my own homework