abandon your children, live your dreams!

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My kid is being SO NICE to me right now. All I had to do was abandon him for a week and go on a hiking trip through the Alps. I think it sort of shocked him. Not the hiking, but the abandoning. He was like, wait, you can do that?

YES, BITCH, I CAN.

Truly the last six months have been insane. You may recall that I quit my job, went on a publishing journey (more news on this soon!!!), and had a midlife crisis where I was forced to reckon with all the decisions I’ve made so far and what sort of decisions I was going to make for the future. Honestly, shit was bleak. Like once I was with my besties Elizabeth, Amanda, and Julia, and they were being so nice to me, I had to leave dinner. Like they were loving me so hard but I was so sad and confused and dark and scared I couldn’t take it. (I blame my therapist Pam who’s got me feeling feelings all over the place and in real time. Thanks, Pam!)

But there have been bright spots too. Like when I quit my job, I was paid out a chunk of money for unus…