Lenny

My dad would always say “don’t say sorry, DO sorry”. The apology will be present in your words and actions.

It’s me, hi, I have negative views of health insurance companies, it’s me.

For me, there is a “yessss let’s go!” moment that will happen eventually that let’s me know I’ve truly slept enough, but I truly do think we’re all exhausted in a way we’re not evolved to properly deal with yet. Maybe 15-17 hours, while excessive, is what we all collectively need to start the repairing process. Who knows.

I’m currently not working, not even job searching, just… taking December off it all. So naturally I’m allowing myself to sleep in as much as I want. I’m finding myself falling asleep around 1:30am and sleeping through to 11am, only waking due to the crushing guilt of ‘wasting the day’. I could probably go for another 2 hours or more. It’s all making me realize that humanity is doing the human condition dirty - we should sleep as much as we need to sleep, not be forced to grind at some mediocre task for 8 hours after under-sleeping.

The excitement when you get a monocot though…

Actually I use it as a starting point for fungi. Seek will usually get me to the genus, and from there I can cross reference various books to narrow it down. Hell, sometimes it’ll give me an exact match, and then I just have to perform a yes or no ID with my field guides. That being said, I mostly end up with no, I’m shit scared of all amanitas and most mushrooms just aren’t tasty enough to warrant the effort.

Cat 1: adopted from someone on Reddit who had taken in a preggo stray.
Cat 2: adopted from a shelter, was found in a hoarder house.
Cat 3: adopted from a shelter, was found in a Penske truck.
Foster cat: appeared on our window ledge, theory is she was dumped with her litter outside the pet shop nearby.

I’m anticipating more rescues in our future because people are selfish assholes who think spaying is cruel, but are totally ok with overpopulating the world with cats that don’t receive adequate care and often die lonely.

High as balls cat 3 (Fran) after her gabapentin fueled vet day.