The problem with being a good parent is that when given a choice between spending time with friends or spending time with mom and dad, my kid will always want to hang out with us parents.
She knows she's going to have a good time and she's gonna get what she wants.
Kinda afraid she'll grow to be antisocial like the reclusive old man I've become
One of the things I've struggled with while #adulting is the constant feeling of grieving relationships that fade in and out over time.
The parent groups, the coach/teacher groups, the play date and parenting groups, the neighbours, the local shop workers, the nearby restaurant staff. As time marches on, circumstances change, and so do the people. Those that were once familiar slowly become strangers or simply disappear.
Grief, but not just as your elderly family age and die. But that day-to-day grief when relationships fade away.
Still not 100%, but out of bed and moving around again.
Last week's root canal had me grumpy with swelling and headaches. Still can't chew on one side of my mouth without pain. I go in for a touch-up later in the week.
They gave me bucket of antibiotics to ingest beforehand to avoid any infection during and after the procedure. Those antibiotics turned my stomach upside down and inside out. Didn't eat much all weekend.
For my amusement, my kid was home with a cold and was coughing directly into my eyeballs and ears and mouth and nostrils. What a lovely, heartwarming experience that was.
My mum was half blind at this age. My dad had reading glasses already in primary school, but the eye doctor made a long speech about how I am getting older and my eyes will get worse, as if expecting me not to take the news well. My brother in Odin, this is the best possible situation for this electrical meatsack. This shambling corpse could not get any better at seeing things. This mortal is coiled. That I can see to pick my own frames is a miracle. #aging
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