Bekah Rhea

Tonight I have the dreaded "is it a tonsil stone, or is it illness?" I'll be back with more news in the am 😅

Maybe it would also help to plan birthday things that don't require your presence or extra effort if you end up feeling bad. Coordinating with some other moms to take him somewhere, letting him choose delivery dinner/dessert, putting him in charge for the day in a fun way that also gives you breaks?

Prepare your surroundings for the awful, as much as you can (buy some pre-emptive treats, hire a maid or a friend, plan low effort food, etc) and in the end if it's not awful, you still have all those useful things in place!

I can second that they probably overcharged you long ago but finally got the insurance claim/money. It's happened to me a few times. Always a pleasant surprise!

Did you wheel throw or hand build this lil duck? I love it so much!

I haven't yet made a piece this year I felt was fit for even bisque firing--the imposter syndrome hits so hard, and I don't even sell my work. These are beautiful pieces! Striving to sculpt more whimsical creatures as soon as I get out of my own creative funk.

So sorry for your loss, my friend. The grief is heavy no matter the size or species 💌 So glad the vet could save the fur and whiskers like that. What a beautiful lil keepsake.

Tried to open the defunct bird app to see if I could find more of my previous friends & follows who might have Bluesky. Turns out the former is so broken I can only stay logged in for a few seconds. 😅

#Skincare girlies age 30+! What are we using to get dewy, radiant skin? Vitamin C? Some kind of serum? Snail Mucin? Bonus points if it's safe for rosacea prone cheeks & nose

I am feeling that pain too 😭 My incentive is that soon I get to shop for new clothes that actually fit current me!

#Skincare girlies age 30+! What are we using to get dewy, radiant skin? Vitamin C? Some kind of serum? Snail Mucin? Bonus points if it's safe for rosacea prone cheeks & nose

Do I have any followers that are good at car stuff? Interpreting an estimate from a local body shop and suspect I could use other opinions.

I know they're super great for some diabetes cases but they're literally just appetite suppressants causing more cases of gastroparesis, Ans I can tell ya from experience, GP does not always make you lose weight 😅😅

I blame the widespread availability of GLP-1s being prescribed willy-nilly. Everyone I know, including non-diabetic skinny people, is being offered one at the mere whisper of dissatisfaction with weight at any given doctor.

This has big Pluribus energy. 😅 (If Pluribus is AI, then I am most certainly a Carol)

I didn't know until today (having to limit online activity for my sanity) that the candidate for surgeon general is a wellness influencer. Here's why that is distressing!

Today, I gave a 5 minute Tedtalk to my entire division of the university, including the Vice Chancellor and some other very important people and it was actually really nice to be on stage doing my thing! (except my brain will not let go of the monologue now that the event is done.)

Today at work we heard a keynote from a woman who made a career/company out of installing urban bee hives and offering bee-themed leadership advice and I just realized you have done almost the same thing, but with squid [illustrations] and zines.

When I got to grad school, I told myself if seminary didn't work out I could apply for Clowns Without Borders, which is a very real organization. 😅 Because, I said, I'm obviously too disabled for the Peace Corp 😂

This month I decided to take part in a faculty/staff Active Challenge where we earn points for physical activity (including some nice accessible options). However, I have not consistently done the same activities every week (ADHD brain) so I do not have many points...

10/10, love this, would die for lil goo guy.

I always think I'm applying bronzer incorrectly, until I wash off my makeup and my cheekbones disappear 😅

I'm glad my occasional oversharing is beneficial!

You deserve access to abortion care if you are pregnant and do not want to be. Full stop.

Your reasons are your reasons and they are good enough.

Abortion is healthcare and everyone deserves healthcare access.

I just wanna point out every person I've heard dismiss the #BreakTheICE hats as "performative," even in progressive spaces, has been a cis man 🤔

I apparently chose the world's busiest parking lot in which to unload my mobility device this morning 😅

Yes, the evangelicals have and will find a way to make the Super Bowl a culture war and I just can't handle that today 🫠

It's been a really difficult week re: a huge dose of the all too common "moral injury coming from people you used to trust" so I'm avoiding Super Bowl discourse altogether. For once, I don't have any commentary in me. I'm gonna go eat some corn pudding.

My Nintendo Boxing trainer did not go easy on me today 😅 #SitFit #PunchingPrediabetes

A big component of my mental illness is feeling the need to be small and shrink down in a crowd and my spirit is tired. It took a lot to even make a Substack to begin with. I used to be braver with sharing my writing (even when my takes were cringe) but I'm feeling less brave as of late