Find Me Here Amidst the Chaos

Sort of racist cat-owners and songs that never get old

Welcome new subscribers! And, old. Welcome, everyone! I’m accidentally perpetually in transition over the past many months so please enjoy this post which is a menagerie of life.

1. Last week, Theo (the dog, scroll to the bottom for photo!) called me over to the window and when I looked out I saw a person on the ground searching under my vehicle. I went to the door and called out, “Hi, that’s my car. Can I help you with something?” which led to a few minutes of pure ridiculousness. This woman’s cat had crawled under my car and up under the hood and rather than focusing on being happy that I was both available and willing to help, she seemed rather intent on insulting me. She asked me at least six times if it was my car, even after I had the keys in hand. Then, when the jittery energy of the moment (and being accused of grand theft auto? lying? tricking white women into thinking I can save their cats when I can’t?) caused me to take a few extra seconds to remember exactly where the inside handle and under hood latch were her insults continued. Oh, you don’t drive much, huh? You must not do a lot of work on this car huh? It was nonstop. Not a minute too soon, I watched from a little distance as this woman freed her big white and orange cat from between my engine and wiper fluid tank. Before I knew it, after micro-aggressing all over me, the stranger and her cat Butterscotch were gone. In all fairness, the woman had thanked me and called me a lifesaver…after all of the thinly veiled insults.

2. The next day, I had some wild MS-related experiences that made me question everything I know about life. I often think about how all of the systems of oppression, including housing insecurity, combine with ACES scores and micro-aggressions even when you’re helping, added to having to ask my kid not to play with their Halloween costume sword outside alone because they are Black and people are terrible all come together to make chronic illness thrive like a fairytale beanstalk. Fuck everything. Please & thank you.

3. I like music. It makes me feel when I’d otherwise be numb. Here’s some (maybe I’ve shared before, but current faves still):

4. And, my last random thing of the day, this game: The Fuzzies. It’s cute, quick, and very heavy on the giggles. I highly recommend. When I Googled it to find a link it says it went viral on TikTok so maybe everyone already knows about it? But, I found it while doing my standard “My body is failing but a board game will keeping it from hurting my kids too much” search.

image from cmyk.games

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