Kimberly Hirsh

Y’all, I love my kid and helping him manage his emotions is hard work.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of things that make me cry:

• “Some Things Are Meant to Be,” Little Women: The Musical
• “Forever and Ever,” Pooh’s Grand Adventure
• Stories where people break up
• Stories where people stay together
• Feeling angry
• Feeling happy
• Feeling sad

I Don’t Have Time to Watch the Next Whole Episode of Star Trek Before Resuming My Caregiving Duties: The Kimberly Hirsh Story

It took ibuprofen, me singing a lot of songs, and Rock-A-Bye Baby’s Lullaby Renditions of Queen, but I finally got my freshly vaxxed kid to sleep.

The song “Forever and Ever” from POOH’S GRAND ADVENTURE: THE SEARCH FOR CHRISTOPHER ROBIN has been making me cry for two days and I don’t want to be alone in this, so if you feel like joining me, have a watch/listen.

My kid is getting his first COVID shot tomorrow and I definitely used that as an excuse to buy him a bunch of snacks, a new coloring book, a new book, and a video game for us to play as a family. Y’all, there are Scooby Doo-themed snacks that look like actual Scooby snacks.

I have been boosted and will now avoid productivity until Monday. Byeeee.

Finished reading: Not Your Average Hot Guy by Gwenda Bond 📚

Darren Rowse in his Ultimate Guide to Starting a Blog Course: Are you a high energy person or a low energy person?

Me: Yes!

(Yes I have been blogging for 20 years and still take courses for n00bs. Also only someone who has been blogging for 20 years would use the term “n00bs.”)

Hi web friends.

I’m having a weird day, with some great news but also me not feeling like doing anything, where I can swing from ecstatic about great news to extremely irritable with my kid. I’m not always the most gracious or graceful parent.

The great news is medical stuff: after only a week of modifying my diet to be more PCOS-friendly, my blood sugar has moved from high to high-normal. My liver indicators were looking rough a month ago, presumably because I was taking a LOT of Tylenol for headaches, but after a month of supplementing with milk thistle, it’s back to normal. My doctor prescribed a new migraine medication for me and if I take it REALLY at the first sign, it actually works.

This is all wonderful! Really exciting stuff!

But I also spent all day kind of blah, not really feeling like doing much. So I focused on really basic self-care: a little yoga, dental hygiene, outside time. I hope I’ll feel less Bartlebyish tomorrow.

The parenting stuff is no big deal, just being annoyed when my kid does stuff like hate every food he used to love or use my head as a footrest when I’m trying to fill his essential oil diffuser. Nornal kid stuff and of course he’s still my favorite person.

I’ve been reading the Moz Beginner’s Guide to SEO and geeking out about it. I had in my head that SEO was gross and pushy, but it’s actually about getting resources to the right people, which makes it a good skill for librarians.

Now I’m quite tired, so I’ll watch a bit of Star Trek Discovery and nod off.