mom. infj. ♋️. writer. librarian. https://linktr.ee/lenicatherinehttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3m44v2gxr622zMe assembling something: "Oh sweet, it came with an Allen Wrench. I'm going to throw it in the junk drawer for the next time I need an Allen Wrench to assemble something." My kids in 60 years: "And that's how we inherited Mom's collection of 376 Allen Wrenches."26 Oct 2025 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m44v2gxr622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lxpjz43xns2rThis was not the future Wyld Stallyns promised me.31 Aug 2025 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxpjz43xns2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lwq7gm7dpc2xcall me a fruit salad, if you will.19 Aug 2025 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwq7gm7dpc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lt473xopyk2uAt this point, I really would prefer the Jurassic Park dystopia.04 Jul 2025 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt473xopyk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3looolmuoqc2mNot to be dramatic, but like YouTube is the worst thing to ever happen to parenting.08 May 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3looolmuoqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3llxdv7q2k222A little girl at the library told me her favorite princess was her sisters and I have not yet emotionally recovered from that response.04 Apr 2025 02:15 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxdv7q2k222https://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3ljepln5dt22hMTV'S Cribs really set my expectations way too high for how organized my fridge would be.02 Mar 2025 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljepln5dt22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lhprtp72qs2mTrying to find small bright spots in some dark days. Today my daughter asked me what nail polish tasted like. I told her yuck, don't eat nail polish, it tastes like chemicals. She said "like octopus and jellyfish?" This girl confused chemicals with tentacles and I cannot stop laughing about it.09 Feb 2025 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhprtp72qs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lhbvo42ag22wRead and hope.03 Feb 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbvo42ag22whttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lgz4kovmcc2fI don't know who decided couch potato was an insult, but they really got that wrong. Couch and potato are two of my favorite things.31 Jan 2025 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgz4kovmcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lgllfbgu322cOne of the most radical things you can do in this world right now is read.25 Jan 2025 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgllfbgu322chttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lga2mlmwoc2zFellow librarians, for no reason whatsoever, what are your favorite dystopian novels?21 Jan 2025 04:52 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lga2mlmwoc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lfx3ouxhzc24The older I get, the more I realize that there are two types of people: people who view sci-fi stories as inspirations and those who see them as warnings.17 Jan 2025 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfx3ouxhzc24https://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lfw3yflso22fNightly affirmation: "I promise you are not dying and you're not a horrible person." My OCD: "Okay..and hear me out first...but what if you were?"17 Jan 2025 05:50 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfw3yflso22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lfqzqpgd2s2t"Your voice is crumbly, Mommy." ...so glad I got an MFA when my 4-year-old can just spew out poetry off the dome.15 Jan 2025 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfqzqpgd2s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lfl3gwnt5k2jAnyone else having the realization that 2025 is their villain origin story? It's giving Cruella.12 Jan 2025 20:41 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfl3gwnt5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lfgub6xgyc23"Why are you being rude to me?" my child asks as she takes a handful of my M&Ms and a swig of my freshly poured ice water.11 Jan 2025 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfgub6xgyc23https://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lf5r7aodi22qIt is honestly so brave of me to go to work when my cat looks this cute.07 Jan 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf5r7aodi22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lexqjzzbfc2oMood: You know that episode of Gilmore Girls where Rory writes a really mean review of a specific dancer? That but it's me writing a review of myself.05 Jan 2025 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lexqjzzbfc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lenqaj37bc2k2024 really didn't deserve to be a leap year.01 Jan 2025 04:33 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lenqaj37bc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3lei7mv5n5k2d"Oh you're a writer, how often do you write?" ...first of all, how dare you.29 Dec 2024 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lei7mv5n5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3ledrdxuo7c2dI severely under-estimated how often I'd have to use the words "please keep your shoes on" as a librarian.28 Dec 2024 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ledrdxuo7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3leb4jatdw22b12 years into this parenting thing and I still can't keep a straight face when my kids swear.27 Dec 2024 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3leb4jatdw22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3le6jsrpz6s2sIs it even Christmas if I haven't annoyed my cat with some bs holiday photoshoot?26 Dec 2024 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3le6jsrpz6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lenicatherine.bsky.social/post/3le5egf6agc2dChristmas mood board25 Dec 2024 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:wfnt2thpg6b3jeaig3a2m4gc/app.bsky.feed.post/3le5egf6agc2d