What I'd Rather Be Talking About

What I'd Rather Be Talking About

The Hot Mess in Me Sees and Honors the Hot Mess In Each and Every One of You 🧘🏻‍♀️

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Abbey Algiers
Mar 16, 2024
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Good Morning,

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Do you want to hear a story about a hot mess?

Here’s one starring yours truly.

This past Sunday night, my husband and I were cleaning up after a late dinner. 🧆

We were going about our business when suddenly, a large alien-like bug🦟 flew over our heads and landed on the wall behind us.

I screamed, and Eric jumped to action, grabbing a magazine.

Impressively, he nailed the bug on the first try…

Not impressively, this caused the alien bug to take flight and then land on my ankle, completely freaking me out. However, I had leggings on, so it didn’t touch my skin. (Or so I thought.)

I brushed it off, grabbed a napkin, squashed it like a 🍇 and threw it in the garbage.

Other than emitting a strange maple syrup-ish smell, I thought this story would end there.

No harm, no foul, just an unfortunate ending for the alien bug. (✌️out🦟)

however…

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