Author: theapostateturtle

Well, you know it’s bad when the Apostate Turtle is seeking comfort in the familiar and starts pulling up songs from her past life, knowing that if we’re being honest the lyrics are extremely fucked up. Technically, I ended up going way down the metaphorical rabbit hole last night after blogging. Fortunately, thanks to my…

Well. We’re in a hotel. The electricity went out on Wednesday night and it turns out that the main breaker needs to be replaced. I’ve been dealing with this by attending to the kids, and whenever someone asked how I was doing, I didn’t really know how to respond. That strategy is reaching the end…

I made this video yesterday but didn’t get time to post it because I was assembling the closet. Which came out awesome, BTW! When I was a kid, my mother was totally used to me being suicidally depressed. Honestly, I think she liked it that way. But the second I was happy–or God forbid I…

Well, as tough as things have been, it’s Tannîn’s birthday!! (Well, he would point out that he HATCHED instead of being born, and the exact date when he did this is known only to him.) But I made this video to celebrate 10 years together 💚

Spring has arrived and with it; really, really awful nightmares. Things usually take a downward turn in December and don’t really bounce back until the beginning of August, so it will probably be another long ride. Therapists have suspected that there might be some sort of anniversary reaction there, but I was hoping to never…

Well, another Christmas on the books. I’d been hoping it would go well this year. Last night my cat and I listened to the entirety of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, because my grandpa recorded it once for us on cassette and I digitized it and uploaded it to YouTube under my real name….

Things continue to gradually improve. I’ve been working really hard trying to get into substitute teaching, but it’s taking forever and now everyone is on Winter Break so it’ll be a while. Meanwhile, I have COVID thanks to my current job at the preschool 🙄 Apparently my boss, who would probably have been a nice…

Well, you guys… it’s been intense ever since I got out of the hospital. When I discharged, I came home to find my turtle gravely ill. He’s pulled through and made a full recovery due to the most amazing veterinarian ever. However, it did require five trips to the vet in the first two weeks…

Well. Last time I got out of the hospital my therapist fired me, and this time I came home to a gravely ill turtle. It feels like I can’t catch a break! So my turtle and I are doing what anyone would do, and are panhandling on the internet. As I said somewhere else, my…

Behold: The cat. Now, there are a few potential issues that need to be ironed out, and I will probably be worried sick until he’s actually in my arms. My urge right now is to write a list of everything that could possibly go wrong, and of course a to-do list to prevent each thing….