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We hosted a foreign exchange student from China in 2015 and he was casually appalled by my size 12-ness.

I hope you've kept up your smiting skills.

I'd say Saturday, selfishly. Most of the podcasts I listen to regularly post Tues-Thur and by Saturday, I'm out of new episodes.

That's gorgeous and I'd buy it if it was for sale!

Similar: when my then-teenage son had surgery a few years ago, they clipped a little peppermint sticker to the top of his hospital gown to help w post-anesthesia nausea & it worked great.

Yes

How is it possible that DOGE has been able to fire/lay off thousands of federal employees? How?

Yes, my kids were disturbed by all of the holiday/special event visitors...We had to put Easter baskets and Christmas stockings on the back porch. Tooth fairy, forget about it. Loosing teeth is traumatic enough.

I'm so sorry. This is terrible.

Until he couldn't turn his head any further.
Once we finished squawking/panicking, I wanted to follow him in our car bc he was headed toward the crowded ice cream place & i was sure he was gonna murder children.
We couldn't find him.
Noone else had seen him.
I felt like it was a fever dream.

head was cocked to the side, and he was peering into the car window. Hands in pockets of oversized knicker-style pants.
We made eye contact. I froze like a startled rabbit. Then clutched at my husband (oblivious up til now) & fumbled for car door locks.
He kept strolling by, not breaking eye

Pleasant midwestern suburb, late spring, twilight.
My husband & I were in our car, eating froyo & chatting. Caught movement in corner of my eye, glanced out the window to see a man dressed up like....a vintage joker? That's the closest style I can describe. Huge painted smile, white face. His

That actually happened to me! I still don't know wth.

I appreciate that you are not horrible.

When my youngest was in 3rd grade, he fell off the monkey bars and broke his wrist. We didn't find that out until a full week later, when we finally took him in for an xray. It just didn't look that bad & he wasn't acting like he had a broken bone. Tough little tater.
Hope your son's arm heals quick

Yes, more of this. Thank you!

I haven't seen them crying around here. I live in a small college town and yesterday there was an anti ICE demonstration on campus. My friend who works there had to get in between the Magas who showed up and the student protestors bc the Maga were threatening them (the kids)