Happy Friday!
Reporting live from the trenches. This week has been a doozy
It started with a few itchy bites that I blamed on psoriasis. Then the internet convinced me I had carpet beetles. Then I found what I can only describe as tiny sesame seeds on my bed, which I was informed were, in fact, tapeworm segments that had exited my cat through her butt.
(I know. I’m also processing.)
Turns out, tapeworm segments usually mean a cat has eaten an infected flea. Which means my cat had fleas. Which means those itchy bites were most likely fleas too.
I’ve vacuumed more this week than I have in the last year, washed everything I own, become intimately familiar with insect life cycles against my will, and now every time I feel an itch I’m like, “Is this new or…?”
To keep things interesting, I also started hormone therapy this week, so I’ve been dealing with flu-like symptoms while my body adjusts. I am tired. My house is spotless. And I no longer trust my cat. But hey, how’s everyone else’s week going?
How delightful.
LOVED this quote I read on IG (via kendall_bousquet):
“Reading books is so profound because it denies you the ability to speak when confronted with an idea. You must listen. It isn’t a conversation. Sometimes it shouldn’t be a conversation. Sometimes we should listen.”
Do you guys remember the “Sunscreen” song from 1999? I listened to it again this week—highly recommend.
From the book, Make Believe by Victoria Hutchins:
You haven’t forgotten how to love your life. Even if you don’t remember the sound of your real laugh, and all you want is to be left alone, or you can’t remember the last time you had a dream (though all you do is sleep), I promise—you haven’t forgotten how to love your life.
Think of it like this: joy is a stray. She won’t let you put a collar on her, and she doesn’t come when she’s called, but she’s never far. She’s easy to lose and hard to kill.
Brene Brown on What Now? podcast (06/03/26): Really enjoyed this conversation—they talk about everything from human connection, modern media, parasocial relationships, community, and belonging to so much more. I especially loved how they framed sports as a form of community, especially as someone who's not really into sports.
Grey’s Anatomy: Started this for the first time—I know, I knowww I’m late—and loving it.
I’ve been wanting to write about this week’s topic for a long time. Like, a long time. The kind of long where you draft it in your head while brushing your teeth, rewrite it while driving, and then decide, “Actually, maybe the world can wait because I do enjoy having people think I’m pleasant.”
Ironically (or maybe not ironically at all), the very first DM I received yesterday after posting about this topic perfectly captured why I’ve avoided writing it for so long.
It said, and I quote:
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