Three things, and I’ll try to keep them brief because I don’t want to be That Guy:
1. Hope you’re recovering well from your mysterious and sudden ailment. I’ve had one emergency surgery in my life (it was to remove a whole-ass human from my body after I literally crashed out), so I hope your experience wasn’t nearly as traumatic as all that 😅
2. Cooter has entered my child’s lexicon (we finally had to explain that it’s more than just a cute, funny word). Not long after you posted yours, I bought a fuzzy ring at an antique mall and he promptly anointed it Cooter. I’d add a picture but Substack is… nonsensical.
3. I’ve had bathroom mood lighting on a potential gift list for my husband for the longest. (He’s a real whore for a bubble bath.) But honestly, he just turns off the bathroom lights, leaves the door open, and turns on the hall light, and that does the job 🤷♀️ We as a society have paid so much for convenience.
Can’t wait to see what you cook up with these ideas!
Ugh! Thank you for the kind words, it was luckily not as harrowing as any sort of baby-adjacent procedure 🙏🏼 I read this entire thing smiling and kicking my feet. I am unbelievably locked in to your child’s discovery and experimentation of the word cooter… its evolution brings me joy. (But apologies in advance for any embarrassment its use will inevitably cause in the future as a parent) 😭
Lastly, dude… the way I could go ON and ON and ON on the topic of how we’ll be sold anything. I saw an add for a glorified bungee cord billed as “the shirt cropper!” today… goodbye 💀
Siri, play that One Republic song because it’s too late to apologize—he has already yelled out, very sincerely and innocently, “I love Cooter!” well within earshot of two upstanding citizens in a library parking lot. The extraction trauma was worth it though!! 😂
Add it to the list, baby. We need to hear it. Like, why can’t we just… make do though? It’s just too easy to buy stuff, we can’t bypass the fact that the game’s rigged as hell.
You're not wrong about Substack overwhelm, but I did miss your particular brand of cultural skewering 😂 glad you are back and not dead from mysterious hospital visit
Three things, and I’ll try to keep them brief because I don’t want to be That Guy:
1. Hope you’re recovering well from your mysterious and sudden ailment. I’ve had one emergency surgery in my life (it was to remove a whole-ass human from my body after I literally crashed out), so I hope your experience wasn’t nearly as traumatic as all that 😅
2. Cooter has entered my child’s lexicon (we finally had to explain that it’s more than just a cute, funny word). Not long after you posted yours, I bought a fuzzy ring at an antique mall and he promptly anointed it Cooter. I’d add a picture but Substack is… nonsensical.
3. I’ve had bathroom mood lighting on a potential gift list for my husband for the longest. (He’s a real whore for a bubble bath.) But honestly, he just turns off the bathroom lights, leaves the door open, and turns on the hall light, and that does the job 🤷♀️ We as a society have paid so much for convenience.
Can’t wait to see what you cook up with these ideas!
Ugh! Thank you for the kind words, it was luckily not as harrowing as any sort of baby-adjacent procedure 🙏🏼 I read this entire thing smiling and kicking my feet. I am unbelievably locked in to your child’s discovery and experimentation of the word cooter… its evolution brings me joy. (But apologies in advance for any embarrassment its use will inevitably cause in the future as a parent) 😭
Lastly, dude… the way I could go ON and ON and ON on the topic of how we’ll be sold anything. I saw an add for a glorified bungee cord billed as “the shirt cropper!” today… goodbye 💀
Siri, play that One Republic song because it’s too late to apologize—he has already yelled out, very sincerely and innocently, “I love Cooter!” well within earshot of two upstanding citizens in a library parking lot. The extraction trauma was worth it though!! 😂
Add it to the list, baby. We need to hear it. Like, why can’t we just… make do though? It’s just too easy to buy stuff, we can’t bypass the fact that the game’s rigged as hell.
Emergency surgery? Say it isn’t so! I hope all is well as well can be. You were missed!
One of lifes most fun surprises, no? Thank you so much! It actually created perfect conditions for perfect 10, believe it or not 😂
You're not wrong about Substack overwhelm, but I did miss your particular brand of cultural skewering 😂 glad you are back and not dead from mysterious hospital visit
This made me genuinely laugh out loud, thank you Hannah-Rose! Also gorg name and makes me wish I had an Anna-