It’s been good! I’ve been trying to be more conscious about carving out time for little things that improve my quality of life, like exercising and reading, and this week I felt like I had a really good handle on that. And I’m capping it off with a fantastic weekend - just got out of an almost 4.5 hour Sasha & John Digweed set, and later I’m going over to a friend’s house for pancakes and mimosas whenever I manage to drag myself up.

Honestly, years later after dating this particular guy, I still consider some of the best sex I’ve ever had to be with a guy who was on the smaller side but had incredible foreplay game.

Just realized I failed to pay the cat tax.

Going great! Got back from a trip to Scotland last Friday, unpacked and repacked, and went to the second week of Pennsic the following day. I’ve had a fantastic time with my away from home experiences, but it’s pretty dang satisfying now to be sitting on the couch just chilling with my partner and cat and nothing on the agenda.

So much this! I was in therapy for depression. I had no idea that I had ADHD, just internalized the stuff about being lazy, not trying hard enough, etc. Then I eventually got a therapist who has ADHD. She started sprinkling in stories from her own life, and every time I was like “OMG, I relate so hard to that!” Eventually she was like, “Sooo have you considered…?”

What a sweetheart ❤️

Ugh, that sucks. I wish I had some sort of advice to offer, but everything in this country is so fucked. Rooting for you.

I wouldn’t say that’s irrational at all.

It would be cool to be able buy merch with the option to donate the same merch (or cost of merch for other needs depending on request) to another person in the community.

I always hate when people are sad but… I told this guy straight off the bat that I’m in a monogamous relationship. Had some excellent conversations with him about socialism. He kept trying to kiss me. He’s a nice guy. He’s mostly sober but on a bender because he can’t deal with the world. Damn, do I get that. But fucking boundaries, man. I finally just up and left mid-conversation.

Happy that my current representative has a spine. I’m in the midst of a move, and my new representative, not so much. Just emailed him to let him know I’ll be campaigning against him in the future.

Thank you!

I officially got the job offer that had been in HR limbo for awhile, so that’s a huge relief! Less than a week until the big move. Trying to force myself to take a breather now and then between frantically getting things done.

Thank you, I appreciate it!

Yeah, to be fair, I haven’t looked as hard as I could have for those pockets and small groups you mentioned, but what I’ve encountered so far IRL is protests without any cohesive plan of how to move forward. I’m about to move, and hopefully I can figure out how to find these pockets in my new location.

This is so cool, thanks for sharing!

Absolutely! Creative choice is a big thing in my classroom - there are so many different ways to approach music, and I want my students to have the opportunity to connect to music in a way that resonates with them.

Yeah, I get that. Often I like interacting at a slower pace, but sometimes I get in a more social mood, and that’s not really viable here at the moment.

I try to not do a mediocre job of it, but teaching music is my thing more than words.

That’s a shame about lemm.ee (I’m guessing that’s your former instance). Welcome!