so long, and thanks for all the fish

trying very hard to have patience with the people in my life who are freaking out for valid reasons right now but holy shit I was not prepared for one of them to have a fucking 25-year backslide today

what do you mean you don't know how to hop a chain-link fence. what do you mean you're not willing to figure it out right now in an emergency. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WOULD RATHER JUST SIT HERE AND HAVE A PANIC CONUNDRUM ABOUT HOW YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HURT YOURSELF. I'm truly sorry but I simply do not have time for this

trying very hard to have patience with the people in my life who are freaking out for valid reasons right now but holy shit I was not prepared for one of them to have a fucking 25-year backslide today

my brain: it doesn't matter what my parents think of my new name. I am picking it for me and I like it, and that's what matters most

me: yeah so I know you're bummed out about me losing the middle name you gave me, Mom, but here's the new name I picked

my mom: oh!! I like that name, it's pretty

my brain: 🥺🥺🥺 oouuuu yay... thank goodness...

I have been making a concerted effort to get out of bed before 9:30 in the morning, and 1) it's nice because now I actually feel like I have more time to get through my morning routine; 2) it's having a welcome side effect on me in that I'm actually getting tired before/by 11pm, which encourages me to go to bed at a decent hour more often, which makes it easier to get out of bed earlier in the morning

fucking up your sleep schedule is a cyclical spiral, but it turns out that fixing it can be too (just upwards instead of downwards)