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  • What it Means, Having Nowhere to Be

    I woke up a week ago and realized after dropping my kids off at school that I did not have anywhere I “needed to be” on the horizon and that it was really the first time in my life I can recall that being the case. My parents were very into keeping my sister and me “occupied” as children–we weren’t weighed down by neverending classes (that cost money we didn’t have) but we weren’t allowed idle summers.

    It was just very weird, being like, well there’s nothing on the docket for today. Or tomorrow! I do not have to read an email, or worry about links working on a website. A weekend or a vacation are specifically breaks where you pretend you don’t need to worry about any of that, but it’s coming back.

    However, I am very bad about “not thinking” and I need somewhere to put my thoughts since I can no longer corner coworkers on Slack, so it’s time to revive thee olde blogge I guess.

  • GSS Halloween Fundraiser 2025 Edition

    Hello to all my friends, acquaintances and people who want to help out a lovely small parish school with fundraising.

    I have two children at Good Shepherd School, and who do an annual fundraising event around Halloween. The kids all put on costumes and take a jaunt around Inwood Hill Park and then do a trunk-or-treat afterwards. It’s a really fun time.

    EVERY SPONSOR GETS A PICTURE OF AN OLIVE OR A PINA OF THEIR CHOOSING!

    So, you want to be a sponsor, yeah? Here’s how:

    You can send donations to:
    * Paypal @ paypal.me/leokittie
    * Venmo @ leokittie

    With a note of who you are and where you want your Olive or Pina sent! If you have other ways you’d like to send, please contact me (find me here https://bsky.app/profile/leokitty.bsky.social).

    No pics from the event since it involves other people’s children though I’ll take some pictures of mine in their costumes for sharing if they’re okay with that.

    THIS IS PINA
    THIS IS OLIVE