A month ago I spent an hour or two going through all of our winter hats, gloves, coats, scarves, and misc crap that had gotten thrown into them. I sorted everything into bins, and labeled them "hats", "gloves", and "buffs/scarves".
Two weeks after I did that, I noticed that someone had put gloves in the hats bin, and vice-versa. The next day I noticed that the buffs/scarves were in with the other two. I mentioned it to my wife, and she shrugged.
A week after that, my wife told me, "I said I wouldn't tell you, but the [#6yo] told me that she keeps switching the labels on the bins. To mess with you."
When I finally lose my marbles, I just want this story in the public record.
I'm explaining to the #6yo that she can't just go around randomly calling people; that's not what younger generations DO. That's only for older generations (50+ years old). She needs to message first, at least.
She found this upsetting and just wants to call. So hey, maybe that'll make a comeback after Gen Z?
The #6yo found an eye on her shirt as I was brushing her teeth at bedtime. She stuck it on my forehead. I made a mental note to take it off after she was in bed.
I forgot.
Then I went out to the grocery store like this. No one said anything. Maybe because I was wearing a kf94 mask already (although I wasn't the only one there masking; even one of the checkout people had a kn95 on)? Not a peep from anyone over the course of an hour. That's #NYC for ya.
For the first time ever, my two kids are attending the same school. We almost have them on the same bus, too, except the #6yo (who gets car sick) threw up on the bus this morning. Sigh
It was her first time on a school bus. Her older brother's been taking buses since like 2018.
lol the one trick we had for getting the #6yo to school (letting her play on her tablet for 5 mins in the school lobby), she was told by a teacher isn't allowed.
Honestly I'm finding it harder and harder to get mad about her school refusal. NYC DOE suuuuuuucks.
#6yo: "Dad, when will Mom be done?"
me: "I don't know"
6yo: "How do you not know?"
me: "Well, it depends on how long the lawyers take.. "
6yo: "There's short way to say everything."
me: 😂
me: "Unfortunately lawyers are not very good at saying and writing things in a short way."
Alright, time to stop ignoring the electrical pops that the cargo bike motor makes when I turn it on and resolder the XT-90 connectors for the THIRD time. This bike was designed to haul 400+ pounds and make heavy use of its BBSHD, and as such the wires are a heavy gauge that just barely fit into the connectors. It makes soldering them really challenging.
Sigh. I needed to get the #6yo off screens ~30 mins ago, but she's doing khan academy math. Like, how am I supposed to stop that with a clean conscience?
Old box fan #CRBox and the new pc fan one that's replacing it. Based on https://www.texairfilters.com/an-easy-to-build-corsi-rosenthal-box-using-modular-pc-fan-systems/ , although I used 1" filters instead of 2" filters for half of them (which was a mistake. Don't do that. The 1" filters are 1/4" longer than the 2" filters, making everything just slightly more annoying to build. Should've just waited for more 2" filters to ship.)
Those PC fans are pricy, but still cheaper than a commerical HEPA filter and somehow more effective. My Coway AP-1512HH performs worse.
the #6yo just rolled her foot on a pencil and was like "ow!" (but no crying) and I said, "hm.. and why is there a pencil on the floor?" and my wife responded with, "I feel like I just took a poll on this situation" and glared at me 😂 😇
Shout-out to all the other people waiting in the returns line* at #Macy's who kept shooting me sympathetic glances as my #6yo asked/whined non-stop for 20 mins about buying a toy. Any toy. She didn't even know what she was holding, but she wanted SOMETHING.
Don't ever do this. Mail it back. Let my life serve as a warning to others.
We let the kids play with the dough (at the table), and then they usually spread it on the pan and add cheese/sauce and whatever other pizza toppings they want. Except tonight they were too dysregulated to get passed the playing stage, so we did the spreading/cheese/sauce steps. But then the #6yo informed us that she had dropped her dough on the floor. We ate it anyways. 🤷 #Feetza