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It is, objectively speaking, an absolute horror. So many sympathies.

The noise *I* made was pretty distinct!

...you'll just have to see....

Farmer's market haul: corn, [redacted birthday present for family member], strawberries x2, blueberries x2, raspberries x2 The godkids have had a hard week, and they all basically run on berries.

A couple of boxes arrived at my house today........

I, on the other hand, have no particular taste for accounting, and thus the balance of the universe is restored.

Well, John, it's probably because it's a very different skillset than spreadsheets and account balances

Yes, buddy?

I think it can be a useful early career milestone! Knowing that you're successfully getting things in front of editorial eyes, you're making yourself do the thing. And then later...yeah. Much less useful.

Teenage helper is WAY more upset that people would dare to reject Auntie Marissa than I am

I had my life's only (knock wood) UTI and also my period one of the times we moved. Our house is lovely and I love it here and you can walk to the library but also we have stayed here for 23 years because I REALLY HATE MOVING.

In related news, my rejection letters from 1999-2010 are going in the recycling this week. When you don't move house for 23 years (because moving is the WORST), sometimes things just...go in a corner of the file cabinet and stay there. Until they don't.

When dinosaurs roamed the earth, my children, young writers heard stories of stars of the field--aspirational figures--coming into workshops and plunking down phone book-sized stacks of rejection letters in front of awed students. So yeah, it turns out you will literally never need those.

SO MANY LOGISTICS Even when it's a move you dearly dearly want, the logistics just. oof. oof. and then the some of the things that you carefully selected to help you with logistics? are PACKED. THE WORST.

Strength to you, and you know I am always sympathetic to "Moving suuuucks" messages

...thank God you were here

After the week you've had, might I recommend only possessing BORING corpses More seriously, oof, so sorry

This is not really supporting evidence to convince @mattfnwallace.bsky.social that you're not the worst, Michelle

yes excellent good follow-up question what if two bits of cheese

And he take it so politely