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[kaoticspoonie]

Forcing myself to take them out in the heat to get them (and myself) adjusted.

Tried to get Kaz to tire out both dogs but Zeya's knees got tired before she did. Mischief had no interest in playing (idk what it is about the steroids, she's happier and also doesn't want to play with the other dogs?)

[butch-tradwife]

For everyone who ‘used to love reading’ but now hasn’t finished a book in years, you CAN get it back. Genuinely start bringing a book (preferably short and either fiction or a non fiction topic you already really enjoy) everywhere you go and when you have 5-20 mins waiting for the bus or at the doctors office or mechanic or whatever, get out your book and read it! You don’t have to finish it quickly or even read it often but it is so good for your brain and fun to get into the habit of reading more (and replacing being on your phone for those moments). Source: I read 0 books in 2023 and I’ve read 12 in the first 4 months of 2026

[fuzzycricket]

How do you get around the issue of like...I read so infrequently that when I pick up a book I'm part of the way through, I've forgotten most of what I already read? So it feels like I'm starting a new book every time but not even from the beginning? I mean I guess the answer is "read more frequently" but this will be like... within a couple of days. I'll just forget all of it. I'm at the point where I don't even want to open a book unless I can commit to reading it in one sitting.

[kaoticspoonie]

Short stories!

One of the upsides to fanfiction is that you already know what you need to know and the stories are short, but I tend to keep books of short stories around for when I know I can't commit to a full book. Poetry is also good!

If I'm reading a book I also take notes if it's a lot. Especially bc I switch between multiple books at the same time depending on my mood

[kaoticspoonie]

[kaoticspoonie]

49.1 lbs!! Her physical therapist agrees she might be gaining muscle in her temples/jaw! She still makes silly faces and it's so weird how different her face looks.

She did 22 minutes in the underwater treadmill and she thinks we can add some incline next time! (Which we haven't done bc we don't wanna shorten the front stride, but she needs to build back leg muscle more now then she did before)

Also got a short list of exercises to clear with neuro at her appt.

Waffle House made her eggs perfectly and she was super excited for them!

Another week till we can decrease her steroids again!

[kaoticspoonie]

[kaoticspoonie]

Another day another post about how billionaires who are investing in lab grown meat are also dropping boxes of ticks off at farms.

Which like

- I have AGS, lab grown meat is not safe.

- some of the mock meats have carageenan which is also not safe

- why farms?? Like realistically how many ppl would be exposed to the ticks from that box? Why wouldn't you drop them at hiking locations and busy parks and such???

- who is breeding and infecting these ticks??

- controlled burns and fighting climate change would still do more to fight ticks then the blaming billionaires for tick boxes (blame them for the climate change) (I feel like these kind of conspiracy theories are a way to remove any personal responsibility) (notice how there isn't even a clear link between who they accuse of doing it and how to do literally anything, even a boycott)

Mostly annoyed/concerned by how often I've seen ppl say the rise in AGS would help lab grown meat.

[kaoticspoonie]

I got a mattress pad on an amazing sale and now cutting up for all the places Mischief likes to lay!

First is the bench seat I've been meaning to get a cushion for forever

[kaoticspoonie]

I love this ridiculous dog so much

[exeggcute]

I need a polite and effective way to say "hey your heart is truly in the right place and your anger is often righteous but I think sometimes you’re getting recreationally mad about things that are frankly not worth the amount of energy you’re spending on them, and every time you do this you're driving yourself slightly more insane with nothing to show for it," and then I need a way to broadcast that message through a loudspeaker to roughly 30,000 people at once, and THEN I need a time machine to send that message to my past self lol. and maybe a second time machine in case past me tries to be clever and sabotage the version of me who comes through the first time machine

[kaoticspoonie]

Some days it really takes all my effort to not cry.

Mischief is doing relatively okay, but only bc I'm well trained in worst case scenario.b

But like she just wanted to go on a walk and she laid down in protest when I said no then couldn't fully get up on her own.

She doesn't seem to be in pain, but I think we pushed her 2 much yesterday and she needs a day of rest. We will take a walk and maybe do a picnic and ppl watch tomorrow.

[kaoticspoonie]

Why do so many ppl who have zero clue on dogs or dog training keep trying to analyze videos about the shooting?

[kaoticspoonie]

I'm not a 'live with small dog' person, but I do really like working with small dogs.

[kaoticspoonie]

He's just so cute?

Also don't worry I wasn't driving around with him unrestrained, we were unloading the kayak and wanted to get him used to the noises.

[kaoticspoonie]

My conspiracy theory is that you don't need to recruit someone to pretend to try to kill a political figure... You just gotta let security lapse just enough to let them in.

Like there's probably been countless attempts on every president that have just been stopped earlier.

So the real question in my head is which times is it a complete set up, which times is it a fake security lapse, and which times are they actually incompetent.

[kaoticspoonie]

Idk how to explain how weird it is to look down at a dog you've have at your side for 8 years and have to double take.

Like I kinda feel bad for doodle owners who get upset at their dog having to be shaved (especially ones who don't know how to brush their dog's coat)

I just wish there was something we could do other than steroids and trying to control the side effects of steroids.

[kaoticspoonie]

I don't want anesthesia free dental cleaning I want anesthesia free dental xrays.

[kaoticspoonie]

Crunchy crunches.

All of them got some puffed Himalayan cheese. Mischief got a larger piece that I held to try to get her back teeth a little cleaner (her dentist and neuro want her masseter muscle issue resolved before a dental)

Kaz and Zeya got the little pieces in little yeti toys, Zeya to build her frustration tolerance and Kaz to slow him down a little and make his brain work.