If you immediately caught the Lonely Jew on Christmas reference in the title to one of my favorite South Park episodes then you and I can definitely be friends! I’ve always been a fan of South Park. I love the straight-up honesty and ridiculous unrealistic dialogue between all the characters. They make fun of literally everything. And on the surface I’m totally okay with it. If I thought about it any deeper than that it would probably be terribly disturbing. LOL but that’s not what I’m about here today.
Halloween candy is super easy to get addicted to and it takes so much time to get over. I have a huge candy jug on my desk and everyone is totally surprised that I don’t dive into it every day. It has taken me a while to find my willpower but it is there. Lurking under the protective layer of blubber that is my body. Hahahahaha!
Let’s thrift! Thrift shops are the place to go for all things secondhand. I LOVE walking around aisle after aisle of cast offs looking for my next big find. When my kid was younger I hit up some of the local thrift stores to stock up on shorts and shirts for his summer camp. Since he barely comes back with any of his own clothes, I wasn’t going to spend a lot of money on new clothes that would last three weeks max. Sadly the cost of clothing at thrift shops has gone up so much that I can buy new clothes for about the same price. These days you have to know your stuff to play the thrift game.
The newest hottest trend for young people is an e-cig or vape pen, and for those where cannabis is legal, it is the dab pen. But following everyone else down this particular yellow brick road does not lead to “happily ever after”. Vape pens and dab pens are hot, they’re cool, it smells awesome and it’s killing you. No, literally, it’s killing you.
I currently have the most spectacular ESA (Emotional Support Animal). He is a border collie/ papillon mix named Biz. Aka the Notorious B.I.Z. AKA getting down to BIZness. He’s amazing and awesome and very popular at my school. I got him during covid and at first it was a challenging friendship. I’ve never had a dog that came to me as a puppy. And we both realized we needed to learn about navigating the ins-and-outs of a very energetic, very charismatic dog in my house. He also never lived in a house before so this was also a new territory.
Everyone is all over the place with self help these days. It’s a huge buzzword right now. With the Brene Brown followers and Mel Robbins backers it’s no wonder the self help movement is on the rise. Okay, we’ve also been dealing with COVID and we all need some self help these days so that may have a part in things too.
