Ah yes, the old “I want to go horseback riding but I have this dang baby” dilemma

TikTok and my mat leave ending at the same time feels like a cruel joke

before having a baby: omg the upstairs neighbors are tap dancing again lol

after having a baby: I swear to god if you flush that toilet up there one more time

I like that christmas albums will have one song about baby jesus and then the next is like “I don’t want presents I just want to bang santa”

Editor Emily Stephenson gotten to do a lot of unusual things as a journalist. She's flown on Air Force One. She's been to Iowa on caucus night and Las Vegas on debate night. Once, she filed a story from a beach in Honolulu, with snorkel gear still on.

But she came back to NC.

“having a baby will take a lot out of you” yes like specifically all your hair

it’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! (I get to say “see you next year ha ha ha” all the time)

if you weren’t traumatized by the wicked novel at a very young age I don’t really want to hear about your childhood wicked obsession ok!!!

somehow Bluesky has decided that my interests are foxes and people getting good grades and they’re not wrong about one of those

my main takeaway from Netflix’s “the ultimatum” is that people don’t realize you’re supposed to like the person you marry

I just feel like the only perk of being famous now is getting to go on dancing with the stars

I promised myself I wouldn’t be an annoying parent but I just texted 8 people “self-soothing here we come!!!” with a picture of my son sucking his thumb so