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Something I’d never thought I say as a mom:

This morning at about 5am Lanie spit up on me. It came out all watery and mucusy. AND THEN when she woke up at 8am, she peed on me.

Motherhood let me tell ya....

-T

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3 hour glucose test

I’m currently sitting in the hospital waiting room waiting for someone to come get me so they can take my blood again for the third time. I don’t really have anything exciting to say but I’d thought I’d take this time to call out my fellow tibstra roommates for not posting anything. How dare they!

-Tessa

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Christmas mishaps

Brian and I realized that we are missing two Christmas gifts. We did some searching and realized they are apparently just sitting in No Man’s land. The first gift made it to a USPS sorting facility but has just been sitting there( our local post man is looking into this one. Thanks Post Man!). The other left a UPS shipping facility and was enroute to a USPS shipping facility but never made it. How is this even possible?!? Time to do some detective work. It’s a good thing my days here at the library are slow. Here’s to hoping we get all our presents in the next day or two. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Update: I looked at the tracking again and the UPS present has made it to the USPS shipping facility. Something must be wrong at the shipping facility because it’s the same one that our other package is at....

Update: we did finally get the last two packages. They just took their sweet time getting to us apparently.

-T

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WE BACK!

(It’s been decided, based on L having a good story to share.)

-H

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Overheard in the Car

Occurring immediately after a quick trip to find Ponytas, amid complaints from my mom (who calls them Ponytails): L: "Mom, two more Ponytas and I can evolve mine! Guess what it will be?" M: "I don't know. A barrette?" 😂 Too much.

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A little #tbt

-H

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#bawlin

Hannah and Lin had a bet that I would bawl when leaving Grand Rapids. I didn’t bawl at all and now she owes money to someone. Even tho Hannah bet against me, I still love her 😜😂😂😀 -T

Vern, now I’m down 20 cents! I thought you would be more emotional about this. Oh, and Lindsay, you owe me 25, 25, 25, 25 cents. Wiffle ball.

-H

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I’ll Seize the Day Tomorrow

This blog post is inspired from the format of Jonathan Goldstein’s I’ll Seize the Day Tomorrow.

MONDAY In an effort to switch up my daily routine, I like commuting to work in a variety of ways: driving, biking, walking, and Razor scootering (ok, that was only the one time). Sometimes I switch up the route to avoid getting bored of the same old same old. And maybe because I’m subconsciously paranoid of others following me.

Today I decided to try something new... reading while walking. And I don’t mean listening to an audiobook. I mean like holding open a physical book and walking home. Hey, I always like a good challenge. It was a tremendous success. I didn’t trip over anything, step in any dog poo, or get hit by a Prius. There was only one encounter where a tree smacked me in the face.

TUESDAY Attended a social media workshop without my phone. I think I was the only one. Became more paranoid about how much people know about me based on where I visit online. THEY’RE TRACKING EVERYTHING. NOTHING IS SECRET.

THURSDAY (3 WEEKS LATER) Apparently I suck at this. Eh, oh well.

-H

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Happy National Donut Day!

I didn’t realize it until I got to work otherwise I would have tried to stop by a bakery early this morning. No worries though, the Salvation Army was handing them out on the street. Plus someone at work walked around with a box of donuts. If you think about it hard enough, the donuts will come to you.

Even if they are only Krispie Kreme.

-H

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Overheard in the 2nd Grade Bathroom

From whom I can only presume (and hope) are preschoolers:

O: Are you done yet, A? A: Yeah. Hold on. I want to touch the toilet water!

O: Eww! You’re esgusting! (her word, not mine) There’s a lady in here! (referring to me now; I’m debating whether or not to interfere...)

A: I know. I just want to touch the toilet water!

I couldn’t even make this stuff up.

-L

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Kids and scissors.

Today, one of my I never get in trouble and I'm an angel kids, was playing With my hair and decided to take a pair of scissors to it. Looks like I'll be getting that haircut sooner than I though -T

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Iowa just became a WHOLE lot cooler.

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I'm so fancy

Little girl: She's fancy.

Little girl's dad: Yeah, she is pretty fancy.

Amazing what a simple trench coat and a pair of sunglasses can do for you.

-H

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If I was old enough, I would never vote for Mr. Grump. He's mean.

a seven year old

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REMEMBER THIS?

-H

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Things You Never Want Your Eye Doctor To Ask You

“Did you get hit in the head with a ball when you were little?”

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Sitting, reading, and snapping. -H