Me: [manages to have a smooth and uneventful morning cloaked in a grandpa-style bathrobe]
Also me: [puts on a nice white sweater for a teams meeting, spills coffee all down the front, steps directly into the dogsβ water bowl]
@hjuhl.bsky.social
Cats, dogs, kids, and Oxford commas.
Me: [manages to have a smooth and uneventful morning cloaked in a grandpa-style bathrobe]
Also me: [puts on a nice white sweater for a teams meeting, spills coffee all down the front, steps directly into the dogsβ water bowl]
βThe government says public bodies have a duty to use exemplary French, and Roberge says the language must be easy for everyone to understand.β
One might wonder: Do public bodies have a duty to protect the dignity and mental health of citizens?
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My kid made it two hours at school. 
I did something really hard: I didnβt tell her I was proud of her for getting on the school bus. I didnβt tell her I was proud of her for lasting two hours. 
I said: βThanks for calling me. Letβs go get lunch.β
My teen got on the school bus today. Itβll be her first time in a classroom in nearly a year. She did it herself, without the mental-health support she should have been given.
02.09.2025 12:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thankfully the downstairs door was open because we hadnβt gone far. Damn dogs
30.08.2025 02:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The dogs havenβt learned how to open the front door, but they have learned how to lock it when weβre outside, so thereβs that
30.08.2025 02:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Since becoming more vocal about workers' rights on another platform, people have come at me in my DMs and threatened legal action. Strikes are hard, they're inconvenient, they're ugly. And they're the most powerful thing workers have at their disposal.
18.08.2025 17:22 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0My kid just called me buckaroo and I don't even know what to do with that
31.07.2025 14:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βMom, you know what a lobotomy is, right?β
βYeah, thatβs what Iβm getting you for your birthday.β
And that is how you end a conversation with a teenager.
And she knows it!
01.07.2025 15:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A young puppy outside, wearing a denim dress
She just took toilet paper OUT OF MY HAND and went dancing through the house. Why must puppies be exactly like toddlers and when will I be able to finally pee alone?
01.07.2025 14:57 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The Gazette investigation: A troubling timeline of sexual abuse allegations by former students spanning a 20-year period during which Phillip Baugniet was principal at FACE. (1/5)
21.06.2025 13:15 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0βHowβs English workinβ out for ya?β I teased the teen when she flubbed a couple of words. 
She lifted her eyebrow and said, βHowβs AI taking over your job working for you?β
Go team!
18.06.2025 21:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm intensely proud to be a small part of this historic movement. Welcome, Halifax!
18.06.2025 21:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My teen describing her friend: Heβs my social security number and both sides of my credit card.
14.06.2025 23:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And I said life couldnβt get better β¦
12.06.2025 17:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Generally good advice in this household! 
(She was looking for the carrot peeler, but also apparently the carrots were "deader than [family member who died years ago]." I'm so tired.)
Things my kid says in the kitchen that terrify me: "Where is the skinning thing?"
12.06.2025 15:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Microsoft-BGS union files for first contract arbitration.
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@bethesdaunion.bsky.social
I said something or other to the teenager about a dog having a job and she looked aghast said, "Oh god is she corporate?"
09.05.2025 13:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thereβs no indication whether accommodations will be made for neurodivergent students β some of whom rely on their phones for self-soothing and as a literal lifeline.
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My kid was initially turned away from their polling station because they didnβt have photo ID. There are other ways to prove who you are! Know your rights:
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
Itβs frustrating when you want to practice your French but you go to a place where the correct way to order is βun cheeseburger, frites et quatre hot dogs all-dressed avec ketchup.β
05.04.2025 23:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βTheir whole life was a lieβ: Shocking DNA kit results can destroy families and mental health, study shows https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/health/article700461.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky
01.02.2025 11:01 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0βBoys. BOYS! Are you playing nice?β
31.01.2025 02:01 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0During a power outage, I got a text and, yβknow, lifted my phone to read it. I guess my screen is a bit bright, because this child said coldly, βWow. Say youβre old without saying youβre old.β
23.01.2025 02:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rare job opp to launch sth new in Canadian media! Itβs the last couple days to apply to come work with me on a project Xtraβs parent company is launching all about covering LGBTQ2S+ health. 
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/jobs/...
My best friend and I had a mantra in our 20s: βNever cut your hair over a man.β
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