the Through
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shit has not been great- the school district i work on is now on strike1, a family member is very sick, my ex moved out and the worst part is on his way out he broke my tomato lamp2. i work in a high school and while teenagers are selfish they are pretty intuitive about emotions considering they have all of them all of the time at the same time, so i’ve had a few kids come up and check in like “hey are you Good” with the answer essentially being3-
every person in our family is in therapy and we have all at some point in the last few weeks heard “the Through is always the hardest but things will get better” what a lovely sentiment is that- somewhere out there is a magical land of Passed Hardships where everyone is happy and healthy BUT the only catch is you have to go through Shit From a Butt Mountain for an undetermined amount of time. in the timeline of Dealing with Things i do believe i am soundly in the nihilism phase and not in a “we’re all gonna die anyway” way but in a greg from over the garden wall kind of way where it is what it is have some candy and get a frog like!! this is just what we’re doin for a bit and it sucks but i guess it has to end sometime
so in the event you ever enter Shit From a Butt Mountain these are like the two things i have managed to make the last few weeks to stay living 🥳
smoothie packs:
my sister and i are card carrying members of the safeway app fan club- they have a section called meal hub where it has little recipes and adds the ingredients to your cart if we were cavemen we would be floored by fire. BUT i found some smoothie recipes in there and essentially did all the prep one night and filled bags with the combos so in the mornings i could just dump it in the blender and go (i just was getting bored of the same frozen fruit blend every time so it was nice to mix it up)
chicken & cuces bowl:
i am,, a little obsessed with making this bowl it has become my go to comfort meal it just has all the hits!! a little crispy chicken, a fresh green- i also love swapping the cucumbers for some edamame, some good starchy rice which btw the microwavable rice from bibigo (these have been featured on Chef and My Fridge on Netflix a Korean show that unpacks chefs as well as other celebrities like Lee Know and Felix from Stray Kids’ fridges! so cool people have this rice and it’s fine and not sad) has been a lifesaver because otherwise i would just have two loose chicken tenders which i really am not above having but now it’s a meal
smallies
🎶 monthly playlist!! alternative name: No Little White Boy Don’t Go To Los Feliz
🧋 on recent costco visits we learned that 1) kirkland wine is good and 2) they have kirkland boxed wine. it’s not spending money it’s saving money see it’s 3 liters
✨ have you guys been watching the live action one piece on netflix?? i have never seen the anime (here’s my thing about the original why is it lik 1500 episodes long.. “the story is so good the story is so good” not everyone is dickinson and being paid by the word so either someone isn’t a good storyteller or someone is really just that dumb and needs a plot point spelled out for six episodes ANYWAY) so i can’t speak for it’s accuracy to the original but it’s been so good!!
side note why did people keep saying “i’m so shocked you’re going on strike too” like there’s not a massive farmworkers of america flag in my classroom and a picture of my aunt junaita holding one of those flags while she worked in the field with cesar on my wall...the literacy crisis is real. Anyway.
a replacement has been ordered but STILL
i do think this kind of response is why people at my work mistakenly thing i am very calm and chill naur 🙂↔️