Thursday Thoughts - And you ask me what I want this year and I try to make this kind and clear

1. How much is that doggie in the window? Bruce sits there for hours while I work, waiting on the world to change.

2. I'm also waiting on the world to change. I'm not here to blow smoke up anyone's ass. This week has been a struggle. I had to postpone my acupuncture appointment due to the last big storm and my neck is so jacked up that my eye twitches constantly. I'm still over a week out from that rescheduled appointment. I’ve lost some motivation and I feel like I have nothing to show for this week aside from work work. I miss seeing my people. Winter is suffocating me. I was up shoveling this morning and Bruce absolutely refuses to go to the bathroom thus far today. 

3. So those things this week, in addition to 11 months in a pandemic; government giving citizens and businesses literal fucking crumbs financially and with vaccine rollout; living in a country where a violent cult is trying to seize power, half of the people in government don’t feel that is alarming or punishable, and half of the citizens who previously were like fuck your feelings we own the libs you’re all demoRats would now like the rest of us to care about their very special feelings while we sit in a circle, ignore systemic racism and white supremacy, braid each other’s hair, and sing songs about unity. Fuck all of that.

4. Also, fuck whoever packed this paint. Come on! All over everything else in the box, me, my shirt, and another box. But this is a good color. It's for a dresser. Hopefully the replacement arrives intact. Amazon: I'm going to refund you without asking you to return anything. Me: NO SHIT, THERE'S PAINT ALL OVER EVERYTHING. 

5. Over on the Good Ship Lollipop, I spied this big mama in the water at Dog Beach and ventured in to get her. If the big ass fillable lamp I bought from Target doesn't open, I'm going to have a problem. 

6. I’ve spent a fair amount of time out on the beach this week with the best friend dogs just walking it all off. It’s been grand. 

7. I scored amazing advanced reader copies from Netgalley, my Girl Scout cookie order arrived, and I got a new AND CHEAP (under $50) stick vac that works well out of the box. I'll use it for a while before expanding.  

8. How you know Ben was here. 

9. Reminder, in case you have not unlearned this:

10. E-cards: the rooms are virtual but the annoyances are the same

What appears beyond the hyphen in Thursday Thoughts titles is what I'm listening to when I'm starting this - this week is Better Days by the Goo Goo Dolls