Anela

My dad rarely sees his family, because he only gets one day off, most weeks, and he’s generally getting me out of here, to get to the store, on that day off. I only ever see them at funerals. I’m wondering if I should tell him to go and see one group of them, on thanksgiving, and he can drop me off somewhere for a few hours. Then we can have our own little dinner at home, later on.

I called to thank my rep, last night, because she changed her mind on a vote regarding the government being able to remove funding from non-profits. I didn’t like it, anyway, because of who it was initially targeting, but it was a big worry with trump being in charge soon. https://sykes.house.gov/media/press-releases/sykes-votes-against-expanding-power-to-strip-nonprofits-of-tax-exempt-status-for-political-gain

My dad will be home on thanksgiving. We’re just trying to figure out what to eat. The one thing we both liked, every year, was the stuffing cooked inside the turkey, but neither of us likes turkey, anymore. The pets didn’t eat it, either, last year, so we can’t get one to feed them for a while. I guess we’ll see what we can afford. We’re going out in a little while. my dog got to enjoy his first snow of the season, yesterday.

I’m going to make a small pumpkin cheesecake, next week, and I might try cinnamon rolls again, too.

My mistake with the McMuffin, was not using butter.

All of these recalls. I’ll check my carrots.

As someone who mentioned this thread had kept me away from a couple of places that aren't great for me, I didn't do that, but I could see some voting for him, because they thought it would be funny. I would have loved to have had a chance to gloat about a Kamala win. Those places I mentioned: I've been a member of one place for twenty-two years. I left for a while, went back after a person who'd been harassing me, left, and then Covid happened, and conspiracy theories ran rampant. It can be easier to stay where you know what to expect, and from whom. the other place was an off-shoot of the first one, and the only issue I have there, is one woman who wanted me gone. I've known her since 2011, and we didn't argue until 2021, over the covid vaccine. A few people wanted me to stay, but I didn't. I've spent more time joining in on movies being streamed in a discord, and gaming. Half of my twitter feed is pretty pictures. Slowly replacing bad things with good things. I kept this open in my browser, after seeing it a few weeks ago:

Yeah, I have one longtime online friend, who lives thirty minutes from me, and I keep forgetting. After the election, she said that we should meet up, but I'm so used to being alone now, my social anxiety is dialed up to a million. Since my mum died, and she was mostly housebound for a few years before that (2016), not having a relationship with my sister, and her not being here since April 2017, I haven't had other women around me, since she was last here. One of mum's friends invited me to join a group that got her painting again, last year, but I was dealing with vertigo, and I forgot to get back to her. That is good news. I love how you all posted at the same time. 😄

I have been chronically online, for years, and I hate it. I’ve been trying to focus on other things. I feel the same way about this thread. It has been one thing that kept me away from spaces that are bad for me, because they are mostly MAGA.

They voted for all of that. And some are now concerned, after seeing who he’s promising jobs to.

Thank you. I don’t know why I can’t link with my iPad, most of the time.

I can’t add a link, but I’ve just seen that trump wants republicans to kill a bill that would protect journalists from the government. The Tennessee Holler posted a link to the Seattle Times.

“Are you certain you didn’t lead him on?” Oh, fuck off.

I thought I saw something about Sherrod Brown asking DeWine to consider him for Vance’s senate seat, but I can’t find it now. Sherrod says he hasn’t ruled out running for the seat in 2016.