Mom told me to get an “I have rabies” shirt for dads Christmas 😆 It really left an impression I guess lol. My dad is weird (and probably on the spectrum, as I also suspect grandpa was) and obviously passed down the “weird and autistic” gene to me 😭 We’re a lot alike, have a lot of the same tendencies, and like a lot of the same stuff. So of course he’d want one of my weird, off putting shirts. I’m going to order the parents Christmas presents next month, when my money is hopefully freed up by that loan. For the past two Christmases, dad’s gift came after the 25th. My mistake for not ordering soon enough. I’m getting mom shirts this year because she needs some different shit in her wardrobe! She never wears T-shirts anymore because I gave her a “makeover” 20 years ago because I thought she looked dorky, which is something, in hindsight of course, I should have embraced about her. 😕 She stuck to that makeover like superglue, unfortunately. Now I find her a bit stuffy. Maybe if she’ll wear a band tee, it’ll loosen her up a little lol. Is it even possible to be stuffy in a Queen or Beatles shirt?? I’m also trying to help her to be able to show her upper arms. She always wears 3/4 length sleeves in the boiling Carolina summer heat. I know that can’t be comfortable! She’s afraid to be judged because of the “wings” of loose skin as well as crepey skin. Mom, you’re 75. You look like you’re in your 50s!! Good grief, I’m 40 and have arm wings as well as crepey skin in some places. I want her to feel better about herself, and more fearless. I swear to god, every one of my peer supports and others as well have said “Your mom is so pretty!” Then I psych them out by informing them of her age and they don’t believe me 😆 I tell mom how everyone says how pretty she is. I’m not sure she believes me either 😕 I hate that she feels so mediocre about herself because she really is pretty and really does look about 20 years younger than she is. I don’t know, I’m just..trying to help her gain confidence. I want to help. Maybe I’m not helping right. I know how it feels to be insecure and I don’t want her to feel that way. This shit didn’t start until she hit her late 60s. Anyways, it’s up to her if she wears what I get her. I asked if she’d wear a tee and she gave me an annoyingly ambiguous answer. I don’t know whether to get her a female fit or unisex. We definitely aren’t similar when it comes to clothing.

Well, that turned into a big ramble. I write where my mind leads me lol. Which is usually a tangent 😅

So I’m getting dad the rabies shirt as well as a couple band shirts I haven’t decided on yet. I’m trying to find some of the bands he likes that he doesn’t already have a shirt of. The man definitely has more than enough AC/DC shirts. He has Pink Floyd and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He loves ABBA so I was hoping to find a good one on Etsy but they all said “dancing queen”. Dad’s not a dancing queen. 😬 Geez, men like them too, not just women! Make one that just says the name of the band ffs. I’m brainstorming over here. I don’t think I have enough brain to be successful though 😓

I must take a moment to say that iPhone keyboards SUCK especially in conjunction with WordPress. It’s a new level of craptastic. Autocorrect is recommending words and when I tap them, it will either use half the word or merge two words together (?!?) and I have to go back and fix a ton of crap when I post. Yeah. Sometimes I have to say it or I’ll defenestrate my phone. Right out the window lol.

I also wanted an excuse to say “defenestrate”. 😬 More people should punish their enemies by tossing them out of windows, truly.