@HQNewsNow - Pete Hegseth has just ended a mandatory flu vaccine requirement for the entire military. US service member deaths due to influenza and related pneumonia in World War 1: 45,000 US service member deaths due to combat in World War 1: 53,402 [A black-and-white archival photograph of a massive, overcrowded military hospital ward from the World War I era. Dozens of soldiers are seen lying in rows of white iron cots that stretch deep into the background, with medical staff in white uniforms moving between them.]

Share this far and wide. The Spanish Flu started among US soldiers and spread to Europe on troop ships. If you don't know about the Spanish Flu, it killed 675,000 Americans. It wiped out entire families.

Was getting morning Tai Chi exercise in, and severely confused the dog.
He's sure to write about this in his journal.

In the rocks on a hill?
Sounds like... fun.

Not enough room in this house.
And certainly can't use one outside.

No.

boy #1 walked in the door just in time to watch me struggle to stand up after falling.
🤦

Only what is mortal bears life. Only in death is there rebirth. The Balance is not a stillness. it is a movement--an eternal becoming.

From my 5 minute sketches:
#art

Apparently I don't have a life, if I have a Duolingo streak of 2352 days?

Noted.

I guess at 4am, I should be vacuuming instead?

It's been two months, and I'm still getting new medical bills?

HOW?!?

Apparently not my fault.
There was another earthquake.

me: (walking quietly through the house and not waking up boy #1)

(holding on to door jams and walls and furniture to not fall over)

(falls over)

boy #1 from other room: YOU OKAY?

me: Fucking hell. I'm fine.

Sorry to share this again but mom is still recovering from surgery and I’m trying to pay room rent and for her medicine. Anything helps.

Old #art
2"x2"

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boy #1: I love you. Sleep tight. Good night. Try to not have a heart attack.

me:

It never fails.
If a day starts out pain free and pretty good, it ends with a lot pain and hell.
#StrokeRecovery

#Truth

"Do you pay for required medications?"

No. I goddamn shop lift them.

"Are you working a second job? If so, what is your wage?"

I'm a part-time sex worker at the candy factory down the street. My wage is dependent on tourism.

"Are you blind?"

Yes. I'm just guessing what this mandatory paperwork is asking.

Sunday morning:
Even more paperwork to "prove" my disability.

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Boy #1 just lectured Edgar about the way he's been treating me.

I'm sure the dog fully understood.

Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

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boy #1: I got the weed trimmer working. Will start clearing out some of the plants popping up.

me: That's wonderful. BUT DON'T YOU DARE DAMAGE THE RARE INDONESIAN PHOTOGLYBIA SPITOON STALK I PLANTED YEARS AGO!!! I CAN NEVER REPLACE IT!!!

boy #1: ok. I won't. I promise. (eyes wide)

me:

The dog, not the boy.

The dog just ate boy #1's hair tie?
I guess we have to wait and see if he needs a visit to the vet.
AGAIN.

me: (in bathroom)

boy #1: (knock knock)

me: What?

boy #1: Are you okay?

me: Of course. Watering the orchids.

boy #1: Are you okay?

me: Watering the orchids!

boy #1: Need me to call the hospital?

me: WATERING THE ORCHIDS!

boy #1: What's wrong?

me: jesus fucking christ.

OR... ask your plants what they like and ignore goddamn government maps.

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Boy #1: Can you teach me to draw?

Me: I'm still trying to re-learn it myself. Why?

Boy #1: I want to draw something on my guitar case.

Me: (head explodes)

(sets up meditation cushion in the quiet)

(Edgar wakes up to repeatedly headbutt me in back)

(Ignoring it. Moving on.)

(He starts punching me in the groin)

(I'm not ignoring that!)