Why am I so exhausted feeling lately?
Have you seen the state of the world? I think our nervous systems are all out of whack. Exhausted is just my baseline most days.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Apr 22, 2026 7:09:58 pm PDT #12395 of 12473
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
-t - Apr 22, 2026 7:27:25 pm PDT #12396 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is true
meara - Apr 22, 2026 8:47:15 pm PDT #12397 of 12473
There is definitely a lot of that for sure, msbelle. I also realized eventually this morning that I’d forgotten my meds both Monday and Tuesday. Which maybe didn’t help.
msbelle - Apr 23, 2026 6:18:05 am PDT #12398 of 12473
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
In “what is time” news, Mac is 25 today.
25!!!!
To update, he is in his 2nd semester of classes at community college. Taking half a load and door dashing for some money. Still lives with me and is getting better about contributing to the house (mostly when asked). A young man of few words, we can go days without saying more than hello and he stays mostly in his room on his computer, but does ask about things little by little. No local friends that I know of.
The click is ticking on getting him to a job with benefits in this next year.
That’s my anxiety you hear.
Laura - Apr 23, 2026 7:17:25 am PDT #12399 of 12473
Our wings are not tired.
What is time, indeed! My 33 year old son was the same with house chores. Happily comply with any request, but it would never occur to him on his own to wash a dish, empty cat box, or take out trash.
-t - Apr 23, 2026 8:12:49 am PDT #12400 of 12473
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
25! Wow. Happy birthday to Mac and best wishes to you both in that ticking clock
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 23, 2026 8:17:08 am PDT #12401 of 12473
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
Happy Birthday to Mack!
I'm afraid I was like that about everything but pet care when I lived with my parents. The perils of being raised by a supermom who took care of everything. But I was at least taking mental notes and jumped pretty seamlessly to being self-sufficient when I moved out, minus the one obligatory red item washed with the whites.
Friends even told me that they'd never seen the shared apartment as neat/clean as after I moved in (a scary thought in retrospect), but that was a function of just having come from an immaculately-kept home and basing my housecleaning standards on that. And my roommates would always join in on the cleaning once they saw me with a vacuum or mop, it was just that I was the one with the lowest something-must-be-done-about-this-mess threshold so I always broke first.
askye - Apr 23, 2026 10:08:50 am PDT #12402 of 12473
Thrive to spite them
Wow Mac is 25!!
I'm terrible with housekeeping but I finally came to realize that I am not someone who should have ever lived by myself. I could keep up ok when I wasn't working and wasn't in bad mental health. But working and trying to keep up housework even with good mental health just leads to anxiety and stress.
dcp - Apr 23, 2026 10:40:28 am PDT #12403 of 12473
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
"Not everyone can be the type of housekeeper I am. It takes years of neglect, and a natural sense of entropy." -- Sam Starfall
Trudy Booth - Apr 23, 2026 10:44:00 am PDT #12404 of 12473
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Someone broke math and made Mac 25?
Oh, as usual, dear.
If he remembers me pleasantly, please tell him happy birthday from me.