Well, this has been a year

 Wow, I blinked and it's JUNE.  

I still want to punch most of the Trump administration.  However, in my efforts to become a better human, I've started praying for those idiots.  I cannot think of people more in need of mercy, and that's what followers of Christ are supposed to do, be merciful.  It has been a tumultuous journey, with many rants to myself in my office at work.  It doesn't say that you have to love your neighbor but only if they are white and agree with you.  It just says that you're supposed to love your neighbor, and it's implied that that means everyone.  So I am making an attempt at being a better person.  They don't have AA for this sort of thing, but they should.

My dad still has dementia, but he's past the "make random comments at pretty girls" and the "wander off and fall asleep on the neighbors' bench" phase.  He doesn't move much at all from his spot on the couch.  He sleeps.  He is still a firm "no" on moving into a nursing home, and according to my mother, Dad is able to get himself up and to the bathroom, dress himself, and feed himself. He knows that he drinks an Ensure every morning with his coffee. He only wants to eat sweets, but his blood sugar is good.  Let him eat whatever he wants, I say.  I kind of envy him that.  When I visit, my dad calls me "Angel" and "Beautiful" so many times, and then I ask him who I am.  He has to think about it for a minute, but so far he knows that I am his daughter and he can say my name.   

And my son graduated from high school.  The valedictorian played a prank on us, sending us a QR code which was that Rick Astley video.  Yes, she rickrolled us.  What has been interesting to me is how many people do not know what that means!  I don't know how we can have any sort of culture war if nobody knows our culture. Everyone should know who Lawrence Welk and Milton Berle were, if only so you get the references, and the jokes. Anyway, now I have this man-boy in my house with nothing to do until college starts. It's weird. I have asked him about getting a job, but he just cleans the house and fixes us dinner. Like I said, weird.

And yes, this is NOT AI. This is an actual person writing this! Very neurodivergent!