Hillary M
@hillarym.bsky.social
Sorta-chemist and spreadsheet bitch in the streets, stays up too late reading in the sheets. I lost on Jeopardy! She/her
Found out my new coat isn’t rated for perimenopause. It was great the other night when I was outside for a couple hours, but I wore it to go shopping today and literally sweat through the short-sleeve tee I was wearing under it.
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Found out my new coat isn’t rated for perimenopause. It was great the other night when I was outside for a couple hours, but I wore it to go shopping today and literally sweat through the short-sleeve tee I was wearing under it.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild (grew up in Texas edition):
Coyotes
Roadrunners
White-tail deer
Grackles
June bugs
Coyotes
Roadrunners
White-tail deer
Grackles
June bugs
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild (Montana person edition):
Bison
Black bears
Marmot
Big Horn Sheep
Moose
Bison
Black bears
Marmot
Big Horn Sheep
Moose
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild (Arizona desert rat edition):
Gila monster
Coyote
Elk
Rattlesnake
Vulture
Gila monster
Coyote
Elk
Rattlesnake
Vulture
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild (grew up in Texas edition):
Coyotes
Roadrunners
White-tail deer
Grackles
June bugs
Coyotes
Roadrunners
White-tail deer
Grackles
June bugs
I made a giant batch of jambalaya tonight but I forgot I have dinner plans Wednesday, so there’s no way I’ll finish it before Thursday. My kid does thanksgiving with her dad so idk if I should wait and make the potatoes and stuffing next weekend. (And maybe some turkey but I love me some carbs!)
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I made a giant batch of jambalaya tonight but I forgot I have dinner plans Wednesday, so there’s no way I’ll finish it before Thursday. My kid does thanksgiving with her dad so idk if I should wait and make the potatoes and stuffing next weekend. (And maybe some turkey but I love me some carbs!)
The clouds cleared up for a few minutes!
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The clouds cleared up for a few minutes!
It is November 9, why am I already getting inundated with Elf on the Shelf content? Keep that creepy little narc off my feeds.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is November 9, why am I already getting inundated with Elf on the Shelf content? Keep that creepy little narc off my feeds.
I didn’t have any caffeine today and had been doing ok, but I’m crashing so hard right now. Pretty sure the only reason I’m not asleep already is the raging headache that just kicked in, but it’s too late to have a soda now.
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I didn’t have any caffeine today and had been doing ok, but I’m crashing so hard right now. Pretty sure the only reason I’m not asleep already is the raging headache that just kicked in, but it’s too late to have a soda now.
Inktober days 29-31: Lesson, vacant, and award. Justice for Chewbacca!
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Inktober days 29-31: Lesson, vacant, and award. Justice for Chewbacca!
Inktober days 17-20: Ornate, deal, Arctic, rivals
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Inktober days 17-20: Ornate, deal, Arctic, rivals
Inktober, days 13-16: drink, trunk, ragged, blunder
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Inktober, days 13-16: drink, trunk, ragged, blunder
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Woke up to a text from the new girl; she’s not coming in today. My boss is out too, so I’m flying solo. I’ve done so a million times, but he left me a pile of unfinished work from last week because he’s lazy AF. Gonna be a fun one! 😭😭😭
October 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Woke up to a text from the new girl; she’s not coming in today. My boss is out too, so I’m flying solo. I’ve done so a million times, but he left me a pile of unfinished work from last week because he’s lazy AF. Gonna be a fun one! 😭😭😭
Inktober days 9-12: heavy, sweep, sting, and shredded #inktober
A couple came out ok, but the first one is just embarrassing. It had been a loooong day. Still fun to do, though!
A couple came out ok, but the first one is just embarrassing. It had been a loooong day. Still fun to do, though!
October 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Inktober days 9-12: heavy, sweep, sting, and shredded #inktober
A couple came out ok, but the first one is just embarrassing. It had been a loooong day. Still fun to do, though!
A couple came out ok, but the first one is just embarrassing. It had been a loooong day. Still fun to do, though!
Inktober, days 1-4. Themes were mustache, weave, crown, and murky. I really like how weave and murky turned out! The other two were pretty half-assed.
October 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Inktober, days 1-4. Themes were mustache, weave, crown, and murky. I really like how weave and murky turned out! The other two were pretty half-assed.
Had to call the exterminator to schedule someone to come spray the yellow jackets that have moved into my garage wall, I told him I had a “membership” because I couldn’t think of “service agreement.” It worked but oof.
October 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Had to call the exterminator to schedule someone to come spray the yellow jackets that have moved into my garage wall, I told him I had a “membership” because I couldn’t think of “service agreement.” It worked but oof.
I’m so burned out. I got to sleep in this morning and then accidentally took a long nap, and I desperately needed that, but I have so much work to do. If I’m lucky our audit won’t actually happen this week and I’ll have a bit more time to prep, but I have to assume they could show up Monday.
September 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I’m so burned out. I got to sleep in this morning and then accidentally took a long nap, and I desperately needed that, but I have so much work to do. If I’m lucky our audit won’t actually happen this week and I’ll have a bit more time to prep, but I have to assume they could show up Monday.
Simultaneously disgruntled about the chain of events that means I have to work at home this weekend and also this week on the days we’re closed for Rosh Hashana, and also annoyed at myself for not putting in as much time as I probably should have. I got a decent amount done but there’s so much more!
September 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Simultaneously disgruntled about the chain of events that means I have to work at home this weekend and also this week on the days we’re closed for Rosh Hashana, and also annoyed at myself for not putting in as much time as I probably should have. I got a decent amount done but there’s so much more!
Got my updated flu and Covid shots, and now taking a few minutes to enjoy the fall-ish weather. Work has been hellacious with no chance of improving anytime soon, and I’m exhausted, but at least I can take a few minutes to breathe before jumping into my weekend to-do list.
September 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Got my updated flu and Covid shots, and now taking a few minutes to enjoy the fall-ish weather. Work has been hellacious with no chance of improving anytime soon, and I’m exhausted, but at least I can take a few minutes to breathe before jumping into my weekend to-do list.
Reposted by Hillary M
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Old Soviet joke for today:
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.
After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”
“I’m looking for the obituaries.”
“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”
“Not the one I’m looking for.”
My kid’s on the swim team and is doing laps for two hours a day. Meanwhile I sat funny at the parent meeting last night and now my right leg is cramping from my thigh down through my toes. The foot cramp that woke me up hurt so bad I was trying to figure out how to drive myself to the hospital. Ow.
August 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
My kid’s on the swim team and is doing laps for two hours a day. Meanwhile I sat funny at the parent meeting last night and now my right leg is cramping from my thigh down through my toes. The foot cramp that woke me up hurt so bad I was trying to figure out how to drive myself to the hospital. Ow.
My child is 16. Why did her dad just have to text me from the store to ask what pads and deodorant she uses?
August 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My child is 16. Why did her dad just have to text me from the store to ask what pads and deodorant she uses?
I feel like absolute garbage and I don’t know if I’m actually sick, exhausted and burnt out from work, or just not dealing well with the heat. I’d kill to not go to work, but no one else knows how to do my job and my AC isn’t working at home (getting fixed tomorrow).
June 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I feel like absolute garbage and I don’t know if I’m actually sick, exhausted and burnt out from work, or just not dealing well with the heat. I’d kill to not go to work, but no one else knows how to do my job and my AC isn’t working at home (getting fixed tomorrow).
Didn’t make it to the local protest because my kid was having a bit of a meltdown, but I was there in spirit.
June 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Didn’t make it to the local protest because my kid was having a bit of a meltdown, but I was there in spirit.
I have a 4-day weekend because we close for Shavuot, but I’m so exhausted I can’t even make my grocery list because that requires making decisions about what to cook, and I have no idea how much energy I’ll be willing to put into that. My brain is totally fried.
May 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I have a 4-day weekend because we close for Shavuot, but I’m so exhausted I can’t even make my grocery list because that requires making decisions about what to cook, and I have no idea how much energy I’ll be willing to put into that. My brain is totally fried.