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Life on the NEB Titanic II Day #2

All this constant “coronaTION” talk triggered my own plethora of “TIONS” yesterday, one after another. And of course, I shall digress.... REINCARNATION: Son #2 slamming the laptop frustratingly down onto my bed (perilously close to my slumbering head) while screaming like wild hyenas were attacking him. A.K.A. Introduction to E-learning Lesson 2. 😳 [WAIT, DIDN’T THIS HAPPEN YESTERDAY??? IS THIS DEJA VOUS???? OMG, AM I TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE HORROR FILMS WHERE THE BRUTALLY MURDERED INGENUE IS FORCED TO WAKE UP AND RE-LIVE HER TRAGIC DAY OVER AND OVER AND OVER AD ID INFINITUM?!] “Mother!!!!! How can this be two tenths???” [WAIT, yesterday started with, “where does the decimal go??” Phew. False alarm. I’m not a dead movie star ingenue. It’s just Coronacation Day2.] # samenightmaredifferentday # watchContagion 🙄 😬 😵 😱 REDEMPTION: That’s right, people. Redemption. MY redemption. A slam-dunk badge win for my Mother-of-the-Year sash. Because this incredibly awesome,...

Life on the NEB Titanic II Day #1

* Morning alarm clock: Son #2 slamming the laptop frustratingly down onto my bed (perilously close to my slumbering head) while screaming like wild hyenas were attacking him. A.K.A. Introduction to E-learning Lesson 1. 😴 * 10:30 am: escorted by the grim reaper over the River Styxx for my third (yes third ~ and hopefully final) surgery for my tooth implant. Cha-Ching goodbye another $950. Most. Expensive. Tooth. EVER. Don’t even ask. 🙅 🤬 * 12:15: Arrive home to the raucous sounds of two boys blowing up society on Fortnite. Child # 3? Wholly unaccounted for. But iPad is missing. Wherever she’s lurking, she’s winning this day hands-down. 😉 🤗 * 12:17 pm: Horrifyingly happen upon the ugly remains of the ferocious bear attack that happened to our kitchen. 3 very ravenous bears apparently made small work of pretty much every consumable item in the pantry that: a) did not require any preparation; and b) did not contain any trace amounts of beneficial vitamins. 😱  Note to ...