Back at CACC after 2 weeks away (I’d go everyday if I could) & it feels so heavy there. Intake has skyrocketed, lovely dogs disappear everyday.

But I met some amazing new pups, cried over losing one the vols tried so hard to free, & gave another a rescue ride to OTAT. ❤️‍🩹

Hug your furbabies, y’all.

@chicagodpd.bsky.social Will the recording of today’s CCL meeting that’s eventually shared include visual aids? There’s nothing in the live feed.

Like a fucking lizard in this goddamn sun spot waiting for Landowner to start.

Finished @joshnoel.bsky.social’s latest last night!

Meaning I laid down in bed, started at pg 27 & read the whole damn thing.

I was so overwhelmed with nostalgia, I couldn’t put it down. (Mostly I needed to hear what happened with Sam. I MISS THAT GUY!!)

This book is a warm hug.

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“Bunch of people” who don’t think about their consumption. 🤓

This also comes to mind:

As for the whole “how it started, how it’s going” thing, here she is playing in the yard at Chicago Animal Care and Control. Her markings are so beautiful, she had/has such good vibes. It was remarkable walking her around Bucktown today, like OMG she is here, she is free, she will never go back. ❤️‍🩹

Helped out a solo foster parent today over my lunch break, walking a dog I met at the city shelter back in December, a week before she was saved by @onetailatatime.bsky.social. Grateful! What a sweetie. She did so well, silently dog curious (hate to say reactive 😂), went right back into her crate. 🩵

Merrick has his 1st meet & greet this afternoon. That means he could leave today for his forever home! It’s been a great two months + one day with this vgb. 🥹🥹🥹

He has a Highlight on Mack’s IG if you wanna help spread the word: instagram.com/bigmack_smalldog

#adoptdontshop #blueheeler #shelterdog

Lucky me! It’s not often (ever?) I get to drink out of state #FOBAB entries a week later at the source. Derive Brewing in Columbus OH, you are delicious. 🍻

And that Tikka pizza was fire, almost literally. 🥵💦

Most times I feel like a high-functioning disaster and the fact that I’ve accomplished all the dumb little shit I needed to do this past week, and we’re on the road, and the foster dog & Mack are settled in the car is all such a relief. My survival mode anxiety has officially lifted! 🚀 #breathe

Fostering a dog for the first time is taking up all my brain space. Giving him the attn he needs, plus the resident dog, plus the bf, plus work… It’s been a v worthwhile distraction. I enjoy the discomfort. 😂

[Saved from CACC on 11/4, he was real sick & has a leg that will eventually be amputated.]

Rounding out a v momentous year w a new tattoo! Inspo is a vase from the Belle Shore Apts on Bryn Mawr. Scroll is from Nixon Elem near my house (‘19), rosette is all my artist friend (‘21). She’s a Chicagoan living in Philly, so we only add to the collection when she’s in-town & wants to work 😂

America feeling the #GrimacesBirthday Hangover.

First Post jitters, keeping is easy breezy:

Whipped up this “Make Ahead Broccoli & Quinoa Salad” for tomorrow’s BBQ. Pantry dish: nixed almonds, subbed dried cranberries for dates, had to skip scallions (no alliums for Dad).

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/make-ahead-broccoli-and-quinoa-salad