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mcakotp

@mcakotp.bsky.social

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Loud mouth Southern lady type • celiac • curses a lot • prone to hyperbole • PMoK stans need not apply • marriage equality doesn't exist until disabled people can get married without losing their benefits • vintage fashion • she/her

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 3h

I had shingles at age 38 and had post-herpectic neuralgia for 7 years after that. I had the worst case of shingles my doctor had seen in her thirty years of practice with immune compromised patients. It is horrible.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 21h

That makes me feel better. I just keep crying. I am *not* someone who cries

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 23h

I've cried so much. I'm going to have an eczema flare.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 1d

The trial is concluded. I pray I never have to do that again. It was agonizing. I cried all the way home, and I do not cry easily.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, that is wild. I met a dude this week who is a huge fan and told me all about them, and now I see this? Wild.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 1d

My lunch is made. I think I've figured out what I'm wearing tomorrow. I'm about to get a shower and wash this day away. Oof.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, yeah. We are all emotionally exhausted. Tomorrow is going to be brutal.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 1d

Update. Friday isn't looking good.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 2d

At least once a week I think about Kathy Bates in the parking lot scene of Fried Green Tomatoes. I did not fully appreciate that scene as a young person. It takes menopause to really get it.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

Rosen Thorne @rosenthorne.bsky.social · 3d

We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 2d

Yup. The judge said Monday they expect us to be released on Friday.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 2d

Parenting a senior in high school, elder care coordination, and jury duty is just too much, quite frankly. My tummy hurts and I'd like nothing more than to take to my bed and weep, but that isn't an option.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 3d

Today a stainless steel drink tumbler got put in the microwave by a 20 something who does coding and won't ride in Waymo, but she had no idea you couldn't put metal in the microwave.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 3d

I turned on the Monday night when I came home from jury duty and it was 66° inside the house. The heat is only set at 68°, but it does take the chill off.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 3d

I can fall asleep, but can I stay asleep the entire night? Absolutely not.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 3d

My lunch is made. My clothes are washed and drying. It is shower time and then bedtime.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 3d

I had an upset tummy this morning during jury duty which made the whole thing that much more stressful. I hope it is just from some rich food last night, and not the stress from the trial.

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shiftedshaped - emily mae @shiftedshaped.bsky.social · 3d

Alt text or don't post.
Don't reskeet without it.
It's the minimum we can do, friends.

I was ableist with unintentional ignorance, not using alt text until I was lovingly informed of the importance of it, and learned how to accurately use alt text. Do consider shifting your ways, & spread the word.

a skeleton is sitting at a desk in front of a computer

Alt: a skeleton is sitting at a desk in front of a computer with bright blue screen typing.

media.tenor.com

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 3d

It was a very long day. I am very tired.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 4d

Call time is at 9 AM. Traffic is so variable, that I tend to err on the side of caution. So, I left my house at 7:45. I was parked by 8:07. I sat in the car and applied my makeup. I guess it is time to go in.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 4d

My mom had seen too many of her friends from high school get pregnant and have to get married to ever leave us to our own devices. She even offered to take me to get on the pill, which was way advanced in 1989.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 4d

I have a quarter cup each of grape tomatoes, cucumber slices, and pineapple, a cheese stick, a small bag of chips, and a bologna sandwich on gf bread. It isn't the most thrilling lunch, but it was easy.

mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 4d

My clothes are set out. I have to shower and wash my hair. Then I have to make a sandwich for lunch so I have something safe to eat.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 4d

I'm a juror for the next week.

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 5d

I'm Gen X. My parents had 4 y.o. me watch "My Mom's Having a Baby" live televised birth. When my now 17 y. o. was 4, my dear friends (a lesbian couple) were having a baby and I used their experience to explain the whole thing to my kid when she asked. Technical terms only for 2 generations!

jessica jonestown @midnightmasseffect.bsky.social · May 16

did anyones parents *actually* talk to them about sex?

its been a plot point in like every TV show and movie about raising kids for like centuries at this point but does it actually happen?

i think "the birds and the bees" speech is entirely a ficticious construct

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mcakotp @mcakotp.bsky.social · 5d

I made a side salad for dinner on Saturday. We still have some left and rather than using a clean bowl, I am eating it out of a huge bowl. I have seen enough Kardashian memes to feel like this is a thing.