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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 19d

6 yo: why are you alive?

me: I don’t knowwwww 😭

me: why are YOU alive??

6 yo: cuz I’m cute!

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 3h

oh cool a violin

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 3h

…if so then all jazz would benefit from being Arabic

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 3h

me suddenly paying attention to my background music on spotify: “is this Arabic jazz?”

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 4h

ope. just got sleepier. guess this is it for tonight 😅

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 4h

I’m sleepy so not sure if I’ll wander downstairs to fool around on the bass for a few minutes or just call it a night like a reasonable person 🥱

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 4h

done all by play bass so far

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 5h

evening list of mischief:

✅ read from hefty Judaism book
✅ play bass
✅ pretend to be learning C for a few minutes
✅ check out the website audio that goes to my Arabic book
✅ none of the above

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 5h

this sounds like a naughty word

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 5h

just stop being a coward and eat them together in the same meal

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 5h

you shouldn’t be playing with a stick of death at bedtime, now go back to sleep!

are real words I just uttered to my son

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 6h

“…and that’s without addressing the issue of treating autism like a disease to be cured” I mention at the tail end of a diatribe against considering Tylenol a problem and my husband be like “welllll”

my husband who is diagnosed autistic married to a diagnosed autistic me

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 6h

remember kids, correlation does not equal causation 😇

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 7h

it’s convenient then that I’m something of a nerd myself…

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 7h

well I sure slept soundly for an hour… 😮

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 8h

but for the moment I think I’m actually gonna take a nap because my eyes are barely staying open…

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 8h

something…with boooooooks….

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 8h

but for the moment I think I’m actually gonna take a nap because my eyes are barely staying open…

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 8h

can’t wait to read the section entitled “Judaism is not Christianity”

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 8h

at long last finished my multiple hours of meetings today—curling up under a blanket in my bed and reading a hefty book about Judaism ✨

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madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 10h

my gourmet snack

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 12h

stole a neighbor’s flowers for a picture

Madeline’s head with pink flowers in the background

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 13h

noooooooo

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 13h

wow I wouldn’t have even lasted long enough to find that out

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 14h

thanks 😊

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 14h

felt awake briefly but now it’s gone

madeline @selfcareisaprison.bsky.social · 17h

also a wind breaking layer on the outside makes a WORLD of difference