#autumn;

[fisherken]

Herbstfarben by fotobunt

[exmpxtheo]

Meet Autumn, Theo’s loyal labradoodle pup! Picked out from the shelter with the help of @mploren, she is incredibly sweet, friendly, and well-trained. She almost always accompanies Theo to work so that she can help comfort distressed patients in transit to the hospital.

[drunken-boat]

Leaf Experiment

Ganjiakou, Beijing 2022

[paradoxically]

I'm trying to frame my responsibilities, like cooking and cleaning, in a different way lately. I'd rather view them as "doing nice things for myself" instead of "near impossible burdens that steal away my time". The latter is not a nice way to treat the parts that help keep us healthy and make our home comfy and relaxing.

[paradoxically]

Today was a good day. I made vegetable stew, and it turned out really nice. I even made it with vegetables I haven't tried before because stews make vegetables easier to eat. It's better with parmesan cheese on top though.

[paradoxically]

Now that things are calm......I would like to order some slippers with kitty cats on them with our leftover Christmas money. Our other slippers broke and the floor texture is icky to walk on cuz of all the weird lil grooves and stuff. I know we will look silly in them since were a grownup but I want to wear cute lil kitty faces on my feetz when I walk around, plz. Then if we get upset we can just look down and go "look a kitty!!!" and feel better.

[paradoxically]

I get so angry when anyone says I shouldn't care about my dad. I see a lot of myself in him, so it feels like an attack on me. It's like they're saying "no one should care about you and you're a bad person" even though I know that's not what it's about. And I know my dad's being terrible. I don't think he knows any better though. His mind isn't what it used to be and I think they're mean for saying he doesn't deserve kindness right now.

My mom just says "I know I raised you to have a heart and that sucks sometimes, but he's way out of line".