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Mu mu* wall.

Large Dragon: Ohanaveth, my turtle based, done by my little sister as a gift
Knit Dragon: Nadeeth, my little lady dragon made by a player in New Zealand. (It also has a sparkly knitted egg not pictured.)
Blue/gold Cord: K'vvan's Arroyo Wingsecond knot, done by a friend in New Mexico to commemorate his most successful rank
Centipede Army Badge: Comissioned by fellow Ansible player to commemorate the first army I ever commanded there
Eage: Nod to the ethnicity of my first character ever
Green Glass Dragon: Bought on whim (because I love my green Nadeeth okay?), shattered by students, then after two years of searching replaced
Bee Beret: Made by @thesuntsar for Norwood to represent our beret fad

And finally: Norcat! Made by @Crawfish.

Anyone who says muing is just a game misses some of the point. I have cherished memories of the people and places I've played.

I've been in love with the singleton kitten, Calypso, we've had for a few weeks. She loves our Senior cat and our younger cat has reached a semi-peace agreement. Moreover, she adores me and follows me around the house like a puppy. The other day my husband texted saying he couldn't find her, but when I came home and said her name once she came stumbling down the stairs at sleepy full speed.

But my husband wasn't as sold. Caly is a but jumpy, and isn't as found of men. So I've been crossing my fingers and doing my best not to press. There wasn't room in the shelter for her ANYWAY, so there wasn't a rush.

Today husband watched her fall asleep veerrryyy slowly by our senior cat, and then wake up every time Kiva moved to see if she needed to move too. Out of the blue husband announced, "She's home forever."

So as soon as I get into the shelter to fill out the forms and pay the fee, this fluffball will officially be ours forever.

Welcome home Calypso.

Alright, thread necromancy.

This morning I was able to go in and grab "essentials" from my classroom. I had heard they were packing up stuff, but I wasn't prepared for what I walked into. They are literally ripping it apart and packing it up to be able to deep clean. (Imagine how you would feel if someone came into your house and moved everything you own, that is how hard seeing my classroom torn apart felt.) There were bits and pieces of student work littering the floor. My books were stacked willy nilly. I take two + weeks of unpaid time yearly to set up my room every year, and seeing it destroyed made me realize that... we weren't going back. This face to face year was over. Even if we did end up back and may for the final weeks it wouldn't be instruction time, it would be an attempt to heal time.

Then a few hours later I got the phone call I knew was coming but... hoped wouldn't. Schools are closed for the rest of the academic year. We will continue to teach using distance methods but for the most part this year is just... done.

And I'm not ready to be done. I've been closer to this class than any I have taught in my ten years. (Actually, this year is my ten year mark.) They are weird quirky kids full of problems. I have a bunch of kids who came to me lacking social skills, and who had very negative experiences with school. Somehow the way I run my classroom clicked with them though, and they have been happy. Their academic growth is THROUGH THE ROOF. More than anything though, they have friends.

And all of that is done now. I can't hug them any more. When they get frustrated with work I can't immediately be there to catch them and reassure them. For some this will be fine. They have AMAZING parents who are able to be there. For others though, they are with an aunt, or being bounced between families. The only stable place they had - school - is GONE. The hug they knew they could get daily from me is GONE.

So I'm sad. I'm beyond sad. I feel like my heart has been ripped to pieces, and there isn't anything to fix it.

I held her like this for a half hour.

Then she woke up so I put her down assuming she wanted to play with her siblings who were going spastic near by.

Nope. She wasn't done cuddling.

It isn't cats but look at what my older sister made me!!

I can't wait for the sun to go around the other side so I can see it back-lit directly.

When someone rolls composure after your pose.

There is a husky mix that lives in the townhouse right behind us. He walked by me all polite yesterday while I sat on my porch so I asked to pet him. Then today when he came around the corner he assumed he already had permission and trotted onto my porch for pets.

10/10 good boy.

These are really hard times right now. I don't think many of us really want to think about what is going on around the world, except that we can't really ignore it whatsoever. Thankfully, we all have places we can go wherein, for short bursts of time at least, we can immerse ourselves in a totally different world.

So to every single game runner/Admin/Wiz/GM/Whatever Else You Are Called, Yes, I Do Mean You (and specifically Arx's AMAZING staff)

These games being here means the world to me right now.

We brought baby Calypso to my sister's wedding with us and this is her happily sitting with my brother and his service dog Levi. This is the first time since his accident (17 years ago) he has gotten to hold or pet a cat since most won't sit this serenely.

I got the intervention job I wanted!!! Basically, I get to build the role from the ground up!!!

My coworker wanted (note, not needed) a particular pattern of bulletin board boarder that has traditionally been in the Target Dollar Spot every year since... forever? She doesn't recycle it year by year because it has just always BEEN there. This year, it wasn't, and she was disappointed. (Mild, MILD!) When I went through my borders today I found three unopened packages of that particular boarder (I have a problem okay? The Target Dollar Shop is ADDICTIVE.)

It was soooo much fun to walk into her room and give it to her. I'm down the hallway and hearing her happy sounds as she tears down the other boarder she'd settled with and put up this boarder she really wanted. It makes me very very small tears in eyes happy.

Last year was //hard//, and this year will be difficult, but we'll get through it together.

I woke up ~midnight to hear my husband talking quietly. Turned over to see my kitten Calypso rubbing up on his face and him telling her how much he loves her and other sappy stuff.

I don't have a lot of history tbh. I stayed mostly in very specific spheres until my friends grabbed my arm and went, "COME WITH ME." (I when they do that.)

Former
AnsibleMOO: Junipersky/Juniper, Lance, Ari, Hazel, Silver, Et.all.
Harper's Tale: Sara, K'vvan, Renalde, N'tael, Xia, and so many more. I had an alt problem.
PernWorld: Ha'ze and Sabrael
NorCon: I can't even remember but I really liked my blue. I was so sad when it disappeared...
StarWars- Age of Alliances: Sylvixi
Ithir: Klaern, Lukina
Ankh-Morpork Mush: Scrappy, Madilyn
City of Hope: Hazel
Gray Harbor: Isi, Gail, Shawn
Arx: Kenna

Present:
Arx: Norwood, Zoya

@moth so it has been there for ~days~ and I am ~ruining it~ but the little summary on the front page was just "nudes" and that made me laugh.

When that first scene on an alt shifts your entire view about on what you thought they'd be and it makes you want to play them more.

fingers crossed said shift is okay

I've had to move the pillow he is on several times as my legs fall asleep but such is his trust and deep sleep that he didn't flinch or wake up.

Ngl, probably the cutest sleepy kitten pic so far.

I'm getting to rp non-serious things on an alt I love

and my other alt got to give something horrible to her ic husband

and my alt on another game got hit by a car

and finally i have an old lady who I love

so yes

happy

My student with the worst homelife is now living with mom. Comcast is providing free internet for 60 days. She was able to get on Zoom for the first time and the room (the five girls in this group) almost exploded with joy seeing her face. I texted her other teachers too and they all jumped on to wave at her too.

It is the tiny things that will keep me sane though this.

Omg, this parent in my class is SUPER CATHOLIC and SUPER CONSERVATIVE. Wouldn't let her read Harry Potter because it had evil magic. (White magic is fine though! Fairies and princesses ftw!)

I never broached other social topics with her, making an assumption based on her religiosity.

I WAS SO WRONG. I'm helping her girlie write a story and the girl couldn't decide if this unicorn was a girl or boy and mom pop's up, "I think it is very progressive to have a transgender character." Then went and described in perfect eight year old language what transgender means.

My heart just so full.