I am going absolutely stir crazy in this house. I typically go for at least 2 walks a day (like a dog) but there are still large swathes of sidewalks out here that haven’t been shoveled, and I don’t feel like climbing over snowbanks with my fragile bones that I feel could snap at any given moment. #ageing

We spent most of the weekend…well, it feels like we did nothing. Henry primed the bathroom walls. We watched the Michelle Obama documentary to get it back into Netflix’s Top 10 (it was #6 last time I checked, fuck you Melania), and also Weapons which I had wanted to see for a while yet somehow had absolutely no idea what it was actually about so that was cute. I finally finished recapping our Romania trip to the applause and accolades of no one (not even myself lol). I read a lot and exercised even more.

Have I mentioned that I absolutely hate winter?

Luckily, I have actual plans lined up for the next several weeks and I’m thankful for the excuse to leave the house and the chance to see some of my friends.

Relatedly, Henry and I never do anything for Valentine’s Day because:

1. we’re not that couple
2. we’re apathetic AF

But this year, we have not one BUT TWO Valentine plans! I’m pretty excited. One of them is on 2/12 and it’s a beer and seitan pairing at my favorite local brewery, Lolev. Then on actual Valentine’s Day, we’re going to the Cabaret for Romero & Juliet, a zombie spin of Romeo & Juliet obvz.

No Kpop concerts on the horizon (yet, fingers crossed!) so sadly people won’t get the chance to remind me on here that they don’t like Kpop. But I have been throwing some regular old concert suggestions at Henry, trying to see what will stick. So far, we just have The Midnight in April but there are some others I’ve been slobbering on about, so we’ll see what will happen. I’m bored AF.

This is one of the shows I want to go to! It’s at a venue that Henry likes because he sit comfortably at the bar so I think I might have him sold on this one at least.

I read 17 books in January! I think my record was 20 but I still had no idea I read so much last month. That’s not saying too much though because a lot of them were trash. Recap forthcoming!

I miss Chooch and Drew every day. My brain (heart?) still hasn’t accepted that one doesn’t live here anymore and the other is never coming back. It’s a very sad and strange state of limbo. I can’t read old blog posts about Drew still, have to scroll by super quick, but my favorite “I need to take a 5 minute break from my job before I flip my desk” past time is reading old stuff about Chooch. This one from 2016 made me laugh:

People Feature #4: That Riley Kid

This also made me want to bring back my People Feature series except that I would have to talk to people.

You know that I really truly love my son with my whole entire heart because when the Seahawks won their last game thing, I was so genuinely happy because that is Chooch’s favorite football team. I don’t like football at all but he does and I will never diminish that joy and even happily bought him a Seahawks Superbowl jersey (Henry was Daddy Frownsalot when he saw how much I paid and said, “Glad he knows to come to you for these things” LOL)  I love that he has not just grown into his own person but has ALWAYS been his own person because Henry and I have always given him space to like his own things and not just robotically go along liking all the things I like, because who needs a Mini Erin in this world?? Plus, he likes Bad Bunny a lot too (or at least used to) so I will happily be doing the Superbowl this year in solidarity with Chooch’s interests and also to support Bad Bunny and the ANTIFA agenda, obviously. (And Green Day, who I have admittedly never been a fan of but LOVE their outspoken politicalness, so let’s gooooo!!)

Plus, fuck that other team and their Trump-sucking owner.

Mostly my life lately has been centered around hating MAGA, having heart palpitations over all the ICE brutality, feeling like my rage is going to cause an earthquake. I will never forgive nor forget anyone who voted for this whether they have changed their stance or not. This was not a surprise. We told you this would happen. Fuck you.

That’s all I’ve got for now. My blogging compulsion made me log on and type words for the sake of typing words.

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