Author: theapostateturtle

A Chance Encounter Well, I was recently back at the privileged mental hospital. It started out as a med adjustment gone wrong, but then my therapist dropped me and the details are extremely cryptic. I do not like that as soon as life gets remotely hard, therapists run away. Their tolerance for stress seems to…

So, I’m not saying I’m the greatest genius in vegan history, but I feel like I need a little recognition. About a year ago when I had first moved and had a place to cook but was low on money, I set out to save on groceries. Protein is generally more expensive than other nutrients,…

I’m out of town and I was feeling a little down, so I figured I’d look up just the ∞-ish most recent photos of my kids 🐢🐈‍⬛ Photos This is my pictures of my turtle that I had to save to Google drive. Originally I got a new laptop and thought a good first move…

Well, I must have started this post at least a year ago, but I always stop when I get too emotional. So, my apologies if it feels choppy. I had the text conversation above with a wonderful woman who I’m in the process of befriending. She’s actually the owner of a dog-walking small business. Now,…

So, I thought John Piper (who I wrote all about in my early days on this blog) was unique in that he actually had no problem directly saying that God sometimes commands the killing of children, but apparently now WLC is doing it, too. In the incredible off chance that a reader finds themselves hearing…

Did you think I would let a month go by without an update? Things here are pretty good. I have a “permanent” subbing assignment for the rest of the year, which is awesome because we’re almost at the end and everyone is out of vacation time. So I’m in a middle school, helping out with…

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 💚