Calling myself Monstera in hopes it helps me remember to drink from the water bottle I lug around

When Albuquerque made their bus system—including their bus rapid transit lines—free, not only did ridership jump it was actually found to be more cost effective.

So wild

Me: you know when you are tired, exhausted even, but not sleepy?

My ~very good analytic philosopher~not adhd~ partner: I don’t understand the distinction between tired and sleepy. They are the same.

Like, I no longer run through 437 permutations of how my day will go tomorrow and make a plan for everything that could go wrong.

I feel like we are overdue—we just debated department policy where we actually agree but I insist on reiterating a tiny point of differing emphasis, so that means “is K trans or does K have boring anxiety” is up next.

I always have a “discarded paragraphs” doc open just for this

I smiled at my seat mate.