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I loved Yesterday! OH! And I've been watching Hamilton so much my husband started teasing me about my Lin-Manuel crush. 😂

Just dropping in to give belated birthday wishes to @OHIOPIRATE02 , @SUZN, and @ZELLA . @ZOOMAMA I'm sending you good vibes. @COUCHTATER your kitties are so cute. On a personal note... I've been feeling very, very lonesome and down in the dumps. You know, if I didn't have you all to "talk" to, I wouldn't really have anyone. I mean, I do have my daughters, but when I feel like this, I don't want to burden them. I don't have friends in real life. I am so shy it is not even funny. My favorite cousin, who I could talk to about anything, went really religious after her mom died 4 years ago. After that happened, we still got together but we agreed not to talk about religion. Then I found out she voted for someone I can't stand. Fine. Now we didn't talk about or religion or politics. Now we don't talk at all because she has fallen into the Q cult and kept trying to get me to believe in it🤣 (that's all I'll say about that.) I just can't deal with her anymore (and now her husband is divorcing her over it) I really miss being able to talk to her when she was sane. Ugh sorry for unloading my *carp* on everyone. What else? I was relieved to hear today that my City of Chicago grands won't be going back to school in person until at least November. I was so worried. I already knew my suburban ones are scheduled to be doing virtual starting next week. The German ones probably will be going back, with masks, and social distancing. The four living on a boat will continue homeschooling. I have won the battle of the bird bugs.

Here it is with scenes from the newly released Hamilfilm..it's great!

Aww..she's so out of breath! I remember those last days of pregnancy.

I think she looks like a man in a bad wig. (just me?)😁

Picture #6 is seriously Nike. Swipe right at your own risk Made me look! 👀 😁

Agreed.

I have been battling wild bird mites in my house. So far it's a losing battle. I'm ready to set my f'ing house on fire. 😡 I know that's what they are because it all started after my husband brought in a bird's nest to show me. He pulled it out of our bathroom's outside exhaust vent. It's on the second floor, and not easy to get to. I googled the heck out of this, and finally figured out that this is what the problem is. Every site said they are a b*tch to rid of, and they are. They also said exterminators aren't much help with this, unless they specialize in wild bird mites, and that those are hard to find. Wtf. PLUS..I wouldn't let my husband clean it out, because I kept hearing baby birds chirping in there, so I wanted him to wait until they left the nest. Before I thought "aw, how cute! baby birds!" Now I think birds are @$$holes!😭 The mites are microscopic in size but have been eating me alive. They only bite ME..and not my husband.😭 I thought I was losing my mind (and I think he did too) until I finally captured some and showed him under a magnifying glass (they look like grains of salt.) Sorry..didn't mean to write a novel..but I'm so discouraged, and 2020 can 'bug' off. Btw, the websites all say they like to bite women more than men..the misogynistic jerks. 😠

I'm so sorry.

I used to lurk on TWoP! I had finally gotten up the nerve to post two or three times after reading there for years when it went belly-up! I was so upset. I vowed not to wait that long this time when Ptv opened up. (Primetimer now.) Welcome @thehorseofpower 😊 .

There is not a shyer person in real life than me, if I can post anyone can. It helps the loneliness, I promise..everyone here is so nice. I encourage all lurkers to take a deep breath and jump right in.💗 2020 is already the weirdest time ever..what do you have to lose? 😁

I sometimes change my avatar just because I feel meh, or I'm in a mood..I think it should be up to everyone to do what they like with it, whenever they feel like it. Sometimes I think "oh, but everyone"knows me" by that picture..and then I'm like "F that! I'll change it if I wanna! They're not the boss of me! That's my extremely mature mood today🙄

That has to be making you feel so feel so helpless! I'm so sorry.

He was a beautiful boi. 💔

I was telling my kids and grandkids today (in a zoom meeting) that I just learned this week what Juneteenth meant. Most of them didn't know what it was until recently either. Only my two granddaughters who live in the city of Chicago knew (and then only from their friends.) I think this should be taught in school.

All three of those for me too. 😭 (And I've never smoked in my life ,btw.) I just had a virtual visit with my shrink and I started crying when I told him I just gained 15 pounds during the 3 months we've been on lock down. I had a lap-band done, that I had lost 50 lbs with, that had to be removed when it made me unable to eat or drink anything (even water)after awhile. 😟 He just just started me on topiramate for weight control this week. I looked it up and it says it's used for seizures and migraines of which I have neither, but then I looked further, and it is used for weight loss too..so..I guess since I'm desperate I'm going to keep trying it. (Seems to be working so far.) I probably shouldn't have looked it up.I love to sabatoge myself. 😜

They said they are doing it to be fair. Whoever gets into those first masses won't get to attend another one until everyone who wants to attend a Mass has had a chance to attend one. My sister's evangelical church in Colorado is doing something similar. She was complaining to me about it today. They have 800 parishioners, and only 50 were allowed in today (today was their first time also.) Next Sunday it'll be a different group of 50, and so on. She is incensed because "everyone can still go to tattoo parlors!!" to which I replied "last time I knew, you don't have 800 people gathered together in a tattoo parlor."😂

My husband's Catholic church is starting having Masses again tomorrow here in suburban Chicago. (Well, it's after midnight here as I post this, so I guess it's today already.) But he didn't call in quickly enough to get a reservation...so they are all filled up, so he's SOL (why they couldn't have scheduled more than the usual two normal Masses after being off for three months is beyond me.) He is really disappointed, but I can't say I am...I really don't trust him to follow social distancing rules.

These clothes are probably from the second hand store (marked way down because they're out of style even to the other shoppers there.)

What's the groom's last name? Could it be for that?

I love this advice. I need to say it to my kids once in awhile. On a side note, I'm having a problem right now with my dog having fleas (again.) Not a huge problem considering what's going on in the world right now..but I need to do something about it, because they're biting me now too (and not my husband, ofc.) I was sharing this with my messenger group that just has my 3 daughters in it (because my sons are not big communicators.) This was one daughter's "helpful" reply... (she has my sense of humor)🙄😂

I really liked this explanation of why so many people (including me!) are so set in their own way of thinking. (this is the clean version, there's another one that contains swear words.) It is not slanted politically one way or the other, btw. https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe_clean

I'm sorry you got so scared. These are weird times, for sure. I found this: "When your body is subjected to stress, it goes into fight-or-flight mode. Stress hormones flood your body and speed up your heart rate, blood pressure, and your breathing. Your body prepares to deal with the stressor, interpreting the anxiousness as a signal that you’ll need to stand your ground or escape from danger. Your muscles become primed to act, leading to a trembling sensation, twitching, or shaking."

Thanks for checking @Scarlett45 ...I'm fine, where we live nothing much happened. We live in Cook County, but just on the edge of it. All the stores near us are in DuPage County, and they didn't seem to be getting touched (that I heard of.) How is it where you live? Be safe, please!