Year: 2025
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In Between Years
Work milestones are every 5 years. For adult ages I’ve got things like: 21 (legally drink), 25 (can rent a car), 35 (can be president), and all the decades (like turning 40). But I find those in-between numbers to be less memorable.
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No Frosting
In all seriousness, the harder hits were my homemade meals and all the niche alternative foods we had for my kid with food allergies. It is luckily close to the time of year that I tend to start restocking my cake stash, anyway.
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Probably Too Young
Junkos made a nest in our (overgrown) lawn right on the ground. Unfortunately, of 3 eggs, none have survived to adulthood, so maybe it wasn’t a great location, and now we’ve had to talk about mortality rates.
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Some Actually
This comic was based on a real thing someone said over 15 years ago. My kids have this habit of saying “I don’t like it” about something (usually my cooking) and then leaving a huge terrible pause that is just long enough for me to get frustrated before adding “…I LOVE IT!” excitedly. So maybe…
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Best or Worst
Who says it’s the worst way of doing things?
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Sea Servant
So “The Royalty” are the ones with maids, eh? Seems legit.
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Won’t Stop Groovin’
Looking it up, Shake It Off was released over 10 years ago in 2014, and the song I played for her was released in 2004. It’s not as though I was playing music from the 1970s.
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Happy To Help
Ah, the joys of being the only one who can do a thing.
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Being Purposeful
The important thing is to solve the problems.
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Side-line Hustle
This is why you have to be careful about making a reward match the thing you actually want.