I have been thinking a lot about marsupials lately, because the North American Opossum is one of my favourite animals. They are chronically misunderstood and under appreciated imo. People think they’re gross and probably don’t feel too sad when they see one dead in the road, which is pretty much every day around here. 95% are immune to rabies and they eat a substantial amount of ticks. I know all this, but still wondered why they are North America’s only marsupial.  I never thought to look it up for some reason. They came from South America, which is not a place I ever associated with marsupials. Of course this was three million years ago and the marsupials of South America have since gone extinct. The Possum is the only marsupial that thrived in North America, all the others lost the battle with placental mammals. Another question I have is that since “Opossum” is an Algonquin  word, why are their Australian cousins, who are also adorable, also called Possums? How’d that come about? I’m not sure how to phrase that simply in google so that I’d actually get an answer. I’m not very good at that lol. I write too much and very specifically in the search bar and Google is like “wut u talkin about”

I also saw a picture of a Quokka just now and almost died from the cute. I love marsupials, they are so unique and cool. If I ever visited Australia I’d just be doing wildlife stuff, hell with everything else 😆 Australia is lucky to have so many of these beautiful animals. North American wildlife is beautiful and fascinating, but I wish we had more marsupials.

See, they are cute!! 🥰

Anyhow!

My allergies are soso bad today, I don’t know what the fuck is happening. I mean I know what’s happening but WHAT IS HAPPENING. The yellow snow is omnipresent. Wish it would rain and get some of this yellow bullshit out of the air. I love trees and plants but wtf.

Had another argument with mom and I’m just not talking to her right now. I’ve had enough for today. She has been trying to adopt this hardass attitude for the past bit and it’s really straining things between us. And of course there’s the ever present passive aggression, which has been a problem for years, maybe even the past decade. The older she gets, the worse it gets. She can’t stop taking digs at me. I’m sick to death of it. She hates the term “passive aggressive” but if the shoe fits…you’re gonna have to wear it. 😑

Don’t dwell on this shit Serina….think about possums and quokkas. Possums and quokkas. Kittens and puppies. Fluffy little round birbs. Pygmy goats. Ferrets and raccoons. Red pandas. Bunnies. Psychopathic but occasionally altruistic dolphins.

Thats better. Haha.