Kimberly Hirsh

Bunnies and fishes at For Garden’s Sake.

Put on my podcast for M, who likes to listen to “the Mommy Podcast” and he said, “We should do a podcast with me and my guests, you and Daddy.” Please remember that my remains should be dissolved via aquamation because I am about to die from his cuteness. 💗☠️

I’m reasonably well-rested today and yet my brain still just… won’t.

W & M were drawing boats so I drew mine but 1. I had to make it a shape I could sit in and 2. I’m so out of practice I couldn’t remember its full shape.

I just took a minute to call my dad to see how he’s doing in the wake of Alex Trebek’s death. He’s okay. (My dad does not like me to call him this, but he is JEOPARDY! Champion Ken Hirsh. He won in the episode that aired 10/27/16.)

Let’s keep working to make the unpocalypse happen.

W. is reading The Magic Treehouse to M.
Morgan le Fay: Most people call me an enchantress, but I’m also a librarian.
Me: SAME!

I’ve updated my bullet journal & I think that’s my work for today. I’m giving myself the weekend to restore myself & then really get into it on Monday. I hope to be back to writing more substantial blog posts soon. Maybe I’ll start with the cost of a free dissertation boot camp.

What if moving forward we took the energy people say we should spend on courting voters in whatever category they say is making it hard and instead spent that energy on fighting voter suppression?

Y’all getting any work done today, or no? I did one thing for my assistantship and made the barest bones outline for my discussion chapter and now I’m like… Maybe I read books and listen to podcasts and crochet and watch Julie and the Phantoms? (And feel old?)

The comedic possibilities are inherent.

I feel great affinity for the Mandalorian, because, like him, I am usually accompanied on my adventures by an adorable child with giant eyes.

My plan for coping for… oh, the rest of my life… is to read books and make stuff. Want to join me? Right now I’m reading Frankenstein 📚 and making the Habitat Cardigan 🧶.

You know what isn’t great for my mental well-being as a student? Taking a required 45 minute online training course about student mental well-being.

Logging off Twitter tonight and don’t expect to be back for a while… Will still autopost from my website, though.

Blown away by Flow’s ability to get a piece on Cottagecore out while it’s still a thing. Looking forward to reading it!

Hey guess what, just submitted a THIRD chapter to my advisor! Worth noting that all of these have been close to finished for a while so it’s not like I wrote 3 chapters in 2 weeks. I wrote them over the course of 3-4 months and have just closed gaps in the past couple weeks.

Do you feel like you need a nap even after the most energizing of video calls? How do y’all who have 9-Zoom days or whatever deal? Do you just drink a lot of black tea? What’s up? After just one call, even or perhaps especially an awesome one, I’m ready to hide for a few hours.

Hello I am Kimberly and I have now sent 2 completed chapter drafts to my advisor and expect to send the 3rd by the end of the week so I should probably break into the Halloween peanut butter cups yes?

I joined some Discord servers related to my research interests and now my phone feels like the spring of 2000 in the best way, there are smart and friendly people in there.

Feeling cute on a high-pain day. Not going to take it for granted.