So I've kept hearing "the new normal" getting pushed constantly. To be honest, I wouldn't know what to do with myself if we didn't have a daily crisis looming over us. After so long it would be strange to not have an existential threat hanging over the horizon, threatening to doom us all.
The collective societal trauma will be in textbooks for years.
My niece turns 18 today.
*ahem*
My younger brother now has offspring that is legally an adult.
I kept hearing about the huge storm overtaking the country. A bitter chill settling in. A deep freeze like no other. Then this happened:
See that red arrow? The one pointing at the brown patch that means nothing out of the ordinary? That's me. I know a *lot* of people that live in Texas right now, and they're sharing pictures of the several feet of snow, and stories of rolling blackouts during below-freezing temps.
I was prepared, but I am not complaining. I am, however, missing out on complaining. So there.
My thirdborn child has, in the past, fallen asleep on the couch at the end of the day. It's a victory, seeing as he can be the most rambunctious and difficult to settle.
Then one night he was unresponsive. I went to pick him up and he didn't flinch as he usually does. Carrying him up the stairs, he was more limp than usual. He was still breathing, but I thought perhaps that he was, I don't know, more asleep than usual.
Once I set him on his bed and tossed his blanket on him, he hugged me and said "I fooled you!"
I had to admit, yes, yes he fooled me.
Ok, so a couple weeks ago, I remembered the existence of a crypto currency called Doge, essentially a meme coin. I thought about looking it up and maybe buying some for the lulz. Instead, I did nothing.
Then the WSB crowd pointed at it, and Elon Musk tweeted about it. It's up over 300%
Another couple weeks ago, I considered buying more silver. I have a couple Walking Liberty's and thought about scooping up a few more as keepsakes for my kids when they're older, but again did nothing.
Now they're squeezing on silver.
Honestly the next time a potential investment comes to mind I'm not saying anything, I'm just gonna do it.
