Mäther

@carlysintothat.bsky.social

your friendly neighborhood Mäther

Is “kinda chic” the next TikTok phrase that’s going to be bored into our skulls by people overusing and misusing it for the next 2 months a la “and the saxophones were getting louder”

Well! I’m getting another cast tomorrow morning bc I cried frustrated tears through the entire process last time and I think the tech took pity on me/made it looser, but now that it’s settled it’s so loose I can almost pull it completely off and my broken bone is fucking rattling around 🙂

Mäther@carlysintothat.bsky.social · 7d ago

(TW - healed surgical incision + dead skin) At least I remembered to bring my exfoliating mitt to the hospital and got to scrub the absolute FUCK out of the dead skin/crusties on my arm before they re-casted it. Real satisfying tbh

My forearm with butterfly closures over an incision after being cut out of a cast

Redownloading My Fitness Pal not to torture myself, but to track my protein intake and make sure I’m eating enough healthy food for my fuCKING BONES TO HEAL — and that’s growth (maybe)

(TW - healed surgical incision + dead skin) At least I remembered to bring my exfoliating mitt to the hospital and got to scrub the absolute FUCK out of the dead skin/crusties on my arm before they re-casted it. Real satisfying tbh

My forearm with butterfly closures over an incision after being cut out of a castMy forearm with a mostly-healed incision after being cut out of a cast and scrubbed

Should I write I SURVIVED MY CAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE GOD ENJOYS LAUGHING IN MY FUCKING FACE real big across my new cast, which I will have for “3 weeks” as they’ve already told me 2 previous times, so I can only assume has to mean the rest of my life?

My arm in another cast where it will be for the rest of my life

Everyone at the hospital when I show up for follow-up appointments/x-rays and I have a cast on, which was installed at this hospital, on this exact floor, after surgery (also at this hospital) in June

Surprised pikachu

No one asked, but I borrowed the audiobook and gave up after 25 mins because the Smug Trad Wife Thing, even as satire, was really not helpful for me as a recently-divorced 36yo with no kids 🤪 I know society thinks I’m fucking useless and I don’t need to hear about it for 14 hours in any context!

Mäther@carlysintothat.bsky.social · 2w ago

Should I read Yesteryear or was the general consensus to skip it? I feel like I heard meh things. It would be the audiobook if that makes a difference.

Sweating like 30-50 feral hogs up in this bitch and I’m up to 3mph/8% incline 🐗 I also reactivated my Orange Theory membership last week because they added new cardio-only classes that don’t involve arms/hands 😃 we are so back (even though it still feels like it’s so over)

Mäther@carlysintothat.bsky.social · last mo.

Gym bro employee scans us in, looks at me and goes “not doing arms today?” like SIR??? 💀 (I thought it was funny but I did make him sweat for a minute)

Our last foster Pearl was returned to rescue 💔 she was increasingly afraid a family member (not on purpose or their fault— just a loud young man which was a bad combo for her) and her anxiety got really bad. It was the right thing and they tried for a long time. I wish I could hold her 🥲

Black and white dog on her back with a cute little blep and a tennis ball

Today is Crouton’s 11th gotcha day, so here’s us on her first night home + this morning ❤️❤️❤️ my baby angel, my stinky, the best big sister, and truly my soulmate. I love you Crou 💕

Me and crouton in bed on her first night home Me and Crouton in bed this morning

I just need a moderately safe place to say: I’m the most disgustingly smitten asshole rn and I know this is prob going to blow up in my face and if it does, everyone is welcome to talk shit about me like we prob already are 😃 asking a man “how are you real?” at my big age 💀 put me in DUMB BITCH JAIL