Oh, to have the confidence of a mediocre white male...

I just attended a meeting where I was brought in as an expert on a particular issue... and this one dude kept taking over the conversation, going on and on 'explaining' the events that preceded my invitation.. He was so confidently wrong about everything in a way that I never see with women. How do they get this way? I'll never understand the inside of a man's head.

Tired of men automatically emoting at me when they don't want to be social. I live in a Red State and the social rules for men and women are a lot different than in other parts of the country.

Women are social receptacles for men: Be open and welcoming if he wants to come talk to you, but don't EVER initiate a conversation with a man unless it's something important.

If you talk to him and he doesn't feel like socializing with you, he has full rights to be as shitty to you as possible. You as a woman have stepped out of line by speaking to him, a man, out of turn, and you've brought his emotional outburst onto yourself.

Mind you, if he comes to you five minutes later and wants to yap about something, you are to forget the emotional outburst ever happened. Be friendly and sociable immediately. Smile and give him a positive response.

Also you are never ever allowed to respond rude to a male when you don't feel like talking. Again, be friendly and sociable even if you don't even know him.

Last night I "lost the game" by daring to acknowledge my male coworker and yea I was "put in my place" for ...having the audacity to say hi.

Mind you we've never had any bad reactions before. These are just the common rules of the social system between men and women. Many men have done this to me before. They all understand how the game is played and what the rules are.

Then I had to stand there in silence while he and another man chatted happily along, giving each other the mutual respect and acknowledgement that women are never to expect

This is also why I'm so shitty to TIMs when they talk to me. Here's that woman treatment you ordered

Last week, my 12 year old pup was diagnosed with heart failure. I adore him, so it was a bit of a blow. I just have to focus on keeping him as happy and comfortable as I can with the time he has left.

I had a covid jab Friday, and spent the weekend feeling awful, but glad that I was having a good immune response. I'm on an immune suppressant, so there's always a concern that vaccines won't work well for me.

I still exercised a bit, so that was good.

Last night I had a friend over for dinner, and she liked what I made so much she asked for the recipe so she could share it with her family. I love it when that happens.

My wife's first novel has been picked up by a legit publisher, so it's been so fun to watch her doing author stuff, like having a professional photo done and planning a couple book tours. She's worked so hard to make this happen, and I'm ridiculously proud of her.

She's also been working to bring back the writings of a woman who lived in the early 20th century. She's worked with a specialty publisher to do a fancy limited edition of her work, and finally it's been printed. It's absolutely gorgeous. It isn't going to make any profit, but hopefully it'll get her work into the hands of a few hundred people.

I've finished all my work helping another friend republish her out of print book to an e-book. I thought I was finished in December, but I realised a few weeks ago that there was more to be done. I'm really hoping that it'll make enough money to make her more comfortable financially.

My big plan for today is a long, hot bath with a cheesy mystery novel.

I got an ear infection recently and couldn't hear out of one ear for days. I already have ear issues, so any problems with my ears/hearing freak me out. Finally back to normal, thankfully. Posting in case anyone happens to relate and wants to commiserate lol. Not fun. 🫤

I just finished my second greeting card tutorial and posted the link to it in the Arts and Yarns Circle! I’m working on two more designs that are chicken and goat themed. I’ll post free tutorials for those designs as well when I finish them!

I’m attempting to make sourdough from starter I recently cultivated. I’m staring at a lump of dough that’s supposed to double in size… I hope this works…

I know it happens every frickin' month, but somehow my period still manages to blindside me. Like I almost start to feel like I've recovered from the last one and am getting back into a routine of staying on top of things, but then *wham* it's back to feeling like my body is one continuous bruise, energy is non-existent, and I'ma be struggling to keep up with the bare minimum, never mind catch up on everything that needs doing for moving soon.

I've got to cross my fingers that I will be sufficiently recovered for the Reality Based Women conference this Saturday.

terrible week. i had to get a new car battery, then i got into a minor car accident, received a jury summons, developed a swollen lymph node and (worst of all) had to go to a corporate mini golf outing

I’m on day 6 after emergency surgery for my gyney stuff. I’m crawling up the walls while I wait for things to heal. Not allowed to do anything strenuous for at least another week and not sure when I can return to the gym/running so questioning if I should defer a race planned for late march.

I applied for the job I mentioned in last week's thread, but I haven't gotten any response yet. my period decided to show up this weekend, which is a little annoying. in the event I get an interview for the job, it'll be annoying to worry about maybe still having my period on that day. depends on how quickly they get back to me, I guess...

I'm kind of ready for winter to be over.