johannasarus Rex, the Second. @Johannab@wandering.shop

There are many johannabs, johannabees, johannab33s and more than that johannas out there. I am a few of them.

Hi, Shop. Hi, ‘verse. The world has me awake and feeling sick about it all in these here wee hours, while my wee girl snores beside me.

Had to pop back in for some cats, art, harmless chipper lil bots and you know... sane ppl.

Vacation road trip, 2nd day. We had a water park morning at our halfway point. Then brunch. ~3 hours more in the road.

Several bits of me hurt in a deep, spasming, twisting way, there is a swollen lump in my tongue making one side of my mouth ache, I am way too awake right now and I have massive heartburn.

Ok to mix tums and one of my precious T1s?

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada.

If you're of a demographic similar to mine, Ontario-educated in the 70s-90s, you likely know only superficial details of the culture and history of Canada's First Nations, Inuit and Metis cultures.

Read something and share something today to improve that.

For example, I recently read up on what the Haldiman Tract and Haldiman Proclamation are: http://www.sixnations.ca/LandsResources/HaldProc.htm, and the reasons for Land Acknowledgements: https://www.amo.on.ca/AMO-Content/Policy-Updates/2018/GuidanceonTraditionalLandAcknowledgementStatements

Preliminary but interesting research results linking Alzheimer's dementia and diabetes - and possible treatment.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/health/alzheimers-insulin-study-partner/index.html

If anyone's interested - been so crushed by world news, I've been using my birbsite today to thread up a list of charities/orgs, from local to global operators, to which Canadians could give support. Its generally World Refugee Day related, but of course current US events are not unrelated.

https://twitter.com/johannabee/status/1009445464268103680

Picked up a 2nd-hand ear worm, now I’m stuck trying to find obscure Canadian recording from the early 80s.

Surrender.

I can find Zappacosta’s more recent re-recordings, but I really loved some of the Surrender arrangements.

@Johannab but now, I am ded. Sleep time, bye-bye.

Blew off all of the grown up responsible stuff that needed doing today. Well, my own stuff, anyway. Helped a friend who is moving soon. Ran around town with my kid on a futile quest for bagels, ended up at a swimming pool. Then tried to pick up a package, missed the postal counter closing by 5 minutes, and spontaneously decided to buy a ticket for a restaurant sampler crawl. One ticket fed 3 of us well as we walked about 4K all over our Uptown catching sights and shows and treats.

Discovered the sensibility of the hand distaff or ring distaff today at #thespinningseminar #ontariohandspinningseminar. Giving myself a little kick in the pants to resume my hobby.

Dear coworkers, it might be a good day just to not speak to me. The nauseau is coming over in waves and I'm a little bitier than usual.

We will resume normal oscillation between existential dread and ennui possibly by mid-next-week.

Voted!

Happy to see lots of voters brought their kids along, and were explaining everything to them and letting them “help” (carrying the folder to the blind, etc).

Now eating vegan takeout, then ice cream as per rules.

Ontario, #onpoli, you need to vote today.

If all the "undecided" and "unlikely" voters turned out, the polling industry can be turned on its ear. It COUNTS and it MATTERS and it takes minutes, and the law says your employer is responsible for ensuring you have 3 consecutive work-free hours to do it.

And one of our knitting heroes @kateatherley has declared we can get ice cream after voting!

Tomorrow, June 7, election day in Ontario, would have been my mom's 78th birthday. She never missed a vote (usually Liberal). She died a few days before the 2011 fed election, but hadn't been well so *made sure* she had already voted early.

ONTARIO, PARTICULARLY ONTARIO MILLENNIALS, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSES.