Marje, a humane bean

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Native Minnesotan with Finnish heritage. You probably mispronounce "sauna" and I'll judge you for it, but I'd still share my cookies with you. Also, tell your dog I said hi.

Topics you'll find here:
- parenting (teens & baby)
- gardening
- ACL rehab
- baking
- encouragement
- sorrow/anger/frustration at the current political state of the US.

Pronounsshe/her/hers
Favorite spiceCardamom
New species of baby dinosaur named after famous South Korean cartoon | Natural History Museum

An exceptional fossil find from South Korea is the nation’s first new dinosaur in 15 years.

After doing the math... I could skip my microbiology final and still get a "B" in the class.

Which - I'm not going to skip the final, but it's good to know that in the unlikely event I bombed it completely - I would still get a grade I'm happy with for the course.

Sunday is for pannukakku.

#Finnish #Breakfast

RE: https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/116451204258595534

Mostly chaotic good, but with true neutral and lawful evil tendencies.

BIG NEWS:

On Tuesday, my eldest told me they wanted to take the GED; "Mom, let's make an appointment, and go do it."

And today, with no expectation other than facing down a thing that felt big and scary - they sat for 4 exams and PASSED on the first attempt, without study or prep.

This kid has spent the past 4 years surviving treatment resistant depression and murder brain.

This kid is a total badass. I am so fucking proud to be their mom.

"Mom! There was no rocket blast off with an astronaut that woked me up today! Yeah. It wasn't noisy!"

Littlest - at 8:04 when I finally went in to wake her up so we wouldn't be late to school today.

Kiddo in the bath, singing:
“Wash the grubbies away! Wash the grubbies away! Now they’re clean, squeaky clean!

Can I eat the soap, Mom? Mom says no, don’t eat soap! I won’t eat soap.”

Just saw a family scooting down the sidewalk on the way home from the park.
That was a vicarious joy. I love living so close to a park.
Littlest is 3! We celebrated with a small family party on Sunday and a blue truck birthday cake, made with blueberries.
SO many care plans. Whew. Nursing clinicals are A Lot.