Parental Warnings

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Julian had texted me around midnight, but didn't respond after I woke up. Much better day. I got all of yesterday's mail entered (just in time for today's batch to arrive), joined in the meeting, though I was distracted for most of it. For all that I'm anxious AF about my house of cards coming tumbling down, I also keep retreating to the knowledge that I actually do *a lot* of work here. In sort of a pleasant flip, that same mistrust of surface expression got me to thinking whether she occasionally drops in comments about that as a boost. Zipped over to the store on my lunch break, as I was out of Crystal Light and protein powder. There was a line for TJ's, so I just picked it all up at Ralph's.

I did have a brief scare in the morning - I went to check on the kids, and could have *sworn* I saw one of the girls in with Houdini. There is a crack in one of the corners they I guess might have been able to squeeze through. Being me, of course, I figured any damage was already done, and didn't want to disturb them, so didn't put her back upstairs. I started thinking about being a grandparent, the number of additional cages I'll need, etc....then a little while later, I moved Houdini's cage to the coffee table, and he was alone. I haven't started a new drug yet, could you wait a bit, Brain?

I managed to clean some, finally vacuuming both my room and the living room. Just at the end of work, a nice young lady called me because I signed a petition to get Costco to stop selling meat from factory farms. It's likely not to do anything, but you may not have the stage, but you still have a voice. I thought for sure she was calling for money, but the current Thing is just trying to put economic pressure on Cargill, the meat seller, to fight deforestation like they said they would. They wanted me to write a comment on Costco's page, and when I checked with her, she started gushing about what a great writer I am. I'll certainly take it.

In scrolling FB, I saw my mom post a meme with Bill Clinton, claiming he's a pedophile. Naturally, a quick search verified the meme is lying, and I shared it with her. I'm nervous about venom dripping out, but so far I've avoided any personal comments, just posted citations.
I rehydrated some soy curls in the fridge, but didn't find myself hungry in the evening at all. I had a few pretzels and a protein shake. I do this a lot, this sort of hovering around the edges of obsession. And I tell myself every time that I'm not going to fall in, and then... Scottie messaged me, as their pup had fallen ill again. He didn't ask for money, but I'm here. I had a couple glasses of wine and watched some Community next to Lady Miss Friday, and it was med time before I knew it.