Lurker > Ryokles

Close Enough getting canceled hurt.

Saturn??

a 2 year old! I always wonder/worry about people who chose (?) to have kids before the pandemic hit and then ended up giving birth to a new world. and to do it while working in a hospital lab -- wow! how are you doing keeping everything together? are you working crazy hours, then coming home exhausted and trying to deal with the madness of a kid who maybe can't go to daycare? do you feel like you're failing at everything all at once? 'cause that's what a lot of us have felt like during this crazy time.

last year, I was homeschooling a second grader who is too smart for his own good and therefore tries to cut corners because it's all too easy for him. one day, his mom was out of town and he was on his morning meeting next to me while I was working on a call. he then took out his headphones at the end of it and I found out he was just playing on some chess site with the awful midi music blaring while maybe listening to his teacher. god, I could have killed him! I mean, chess is the GOAT so I kind of applaud the move, but really? you didn't think this one through and now I have to catch you up on your work while also trying to keep my job?

that's the kind of failing at everything that I've struggled with, and if you're anything like me, you're probably in the same boat. I really hope you're keeping it together because it's not always easy. 2 is bad, but 3 is worse! after that it's smooth sailing in my view, though 14 is a whole new list of problems that I can't even comprehend yet.