The Solar Eclipse Worries "Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" For Reilly's & Camille's Sakes

For example:

1. Are the girls going to understand to any extent what's happening?
2. Could they, God forbid, get blinded by the strength of the sun's rays?
3. How will they react to the temperature drop? 

"Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" could not get back to sleep because she thought of how Reilly and Camille would react to the solar eclipse. 

Somewhat Offbeat: What Did "Auntie Michelle" Do?! And How Did "Momma" and Reilly Respond?

Firstly, in Spanish (Porque, ¿porqué no?):

1. La forma violenta en que "Tita Miguela" hiciera hablando—aunque comprensiblemente—de varios incidentes en el pasado a uno de sus amigos hace algunos momentos estuvo haciendo "Mama" tener miedo por su seguridad y la  seguridad de Reily. ¡"Tita Miguela" puede hablar violentemente de vez en cuando, y—incidentemente—"Mama" está segura que el "Papi" potencial de Reily no toleraría cuando su cuñada potencial hablaba en esa forma si él fuera presente!
2. Cuando "Tita Miguela" casi tuvo una disputación por predestinación con eso amigo, Reily quiso la confortar porque pensó que su amigo la hizo daño ella. Mientras tanto, ¨Mama¨ bromeó a "Tita Miguela", ¿¨Quién eres—Pedro Alfonsi?" "Tita Miguela" lo entendió el chiste

In English: (En inglés):

1. The violent way in which "Auntie Michelle" was speaking—albe understandably—of several incidents in the past to one of her friends a few moments ago was making "Momma" afraid for her safety and Reilly's safety. "Auntie Michelle" can speak violently from time to time, and—incidentally—"Mama" is sure that Reilly's potential "Daddy" would not tolerate when his potential sister-in-law was speaking that way if he were present!
2. When ""Auntie Michelle" almost had a disputation about with that friend, Reilly wanted to comfort her because she thought that her friend hurt her. Meanwhile, "Momma" joked to "Auntie Michelle" "Who are you—Petrus Alfonsi?" "Auntie Michelle" didn't get the joke.

Just When "Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" Thinks That Reilly & Camille May Not Give Her Writing Fodder....

They do. For example:

1. Reilly demonstrated that treats are her price for a trick. With Reilly, Halloween would be "No trick if no treat." Not even a scritch or belly rub works at all (or at least usually).
2. Reilly and Camille gave, respectively, "Mom-Mom" and "Auntie Michelle"/"Mimi" quite the scratches today when a kid accidentally let go of his one-year-old Golden Retriever's leash and thus affected Reilly and Camille to freak out over a very-playful and much-bigger-than-them puppy. Understandably, the Golden Retriever freaked out in return and affected "Mom-Mom" and "Auntie Michelle"/"Mimi" to have to pick up Reilly and Camille quickly.
3. Reilly barked and set off "Momma"'s myoclonus again right before she and Camille went upstairs for their evening nap. Despite that "Auntie Michelle" doesn't like "Momma" saying so, Reilly is going to kill "Momma" someday unless "Momma" has someone to be a helpmate to her in general and to help her out with being a "Momma" to Reilly.
4. Camille just ran upstairs without "Mimi"'s and "Mom-Mom"'s permission a while agp because Camille really wanted to take her evening nap.

To All Of The August (And Other Months) Babies

Including to "Momma"'s/"Auntie Nicole"'s friend's Brat Terrier, Taquito 😉

PS Since Reilly's and Camille's half-year birthdays are in September, "Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" might make a special birthday card then; and she might make birthday cards for all of the months thereafter—and bribe Reilly and Camille with dentasticks!

Why "Momma" & Reilly Didn't Say "Night Nights" On Livestream Last Night, And...

Once again, as has been pretty much the case all week, "Momma" has had trouble getting comfortable and falling asleep at night—part of that, of course, has to do with thinking about a certain subject. As for why "Momma" and Reilly didn't say "Night nights" last night on livestream, that has to do with that "Auntie Michelle" was so tired.

By the way, a couple of anecdotes (mostly from "Mom-Mom") regarding Reilly's and Camille's vet visit:

1. "Mom-Mom" shot down "Momma"'s/"Auntie Nicole"'s idea of taking Reilly and Camille to pick up "Auntie Michelle"/"Mimi" from after the vet visit—notwithstanding that "Momma"'/"Auntie Nicole"' wanted Reilly and especially Camille to have a good experience after visiting the vet and while being on a car ride.
2. The thunder and lighting exacerbated Camille's vet-visit anxiety.
3. Reilly actually jumped into the vet tech's arms when he told Reilly, "Come on, Ri. Let's get your weight." Meanwhile, Reilly is now slightly underweight (14.5 pounds) and was actually obese (18.2 pounds 👀) "about a year ago"—how much can change in a year!
4. Even though Reilly and Camille let their thunder-and-lighting-induced anxiety affect them to not behave as well at the beginning of their vet visit, both behaved for the vet techs and the vet overall. Camille also—from per "Mom-Mom" and "Mimi"—did not have an anxiety-induced "potty" accident like she's had in the past!

Hearing Reilly Drink Some Water This Morning

For Reilly to drink water is significant, given that Reilly doesn't drink as much water as she should (Maybe Reilly somehow picked up on "Momma"'s lack of drinking enough water—to be fair to herself, though, "Momma" should mention that she often avoids a lot of water to prevent IBS flareups.).

When "Momma"/"Auntie Nicole" heard somebody drinking water, then, she turned around to see who was drinking around. She saw that Camille was (and still is) napping on the chair behind her (and Reilly is now napping on the couch in an adjacently-across-from-Camille position).

Meanwhile, "Momma" is preparing to have to take Reilly "peedy" soon (and may have to tell Reilly—as she sometimes has to tell her—to "hurry up and find a peedy spot [because she has] to go peedy") and drink (besides maybe a little bit of coffee) a little bit of water (and notwithstanding that many say that those like "Momma" give in to the counterproductive paradox of avoiding water while drinking caffeinated beverages, let her just say that caffeine helps keep her as homeostatic as she can be—besides, she had to literally have caffeine in her IV drip as she recovered from ITB Pump surgery, since she couldn't hold down even water for the first four days of recovery!).

By the way, Camille just moved from the chair to the couch, and she's napping to the left of Reilly and watching "Auntie Nicole" as "Auntie Nicole" finishes this blog entry. As for Reilly, she just rolled over onto her back and is anticipating a belly rub from "Momma".

Did Facebook Really Have To Wait Until The Murder Of Heather Heyer To Enforce Their Own TOS?

"Facebook does not allow hate speech or praise of terrorist acts or hate crimes, and we are actively removing any posts that glorify the horrendous act committed in Charlottesville."

Facebook surely has allowed other violations of their TOS for a long time, though:

"The company initially had allowed the page but decided as the event neared that it no longer met Facebook’s community standards because it was associated with “hate organizations.”

"The company said that it wants people to use Facebook to challenge ideas and organize peacefully, but draws the line when actions could put people in harm's way or involve hate groups."

How Facebook fails to enforce its own TOS and "draws the line when actions could put people in harm's way or involve hate groups" is beyond me. A mutual exclusivity exists between allowing "when actions could put people in harm's way or involve hate groups" and "draw[ing] the line when actions could put people in harm's way or involve hate groups.

Facebook has to either enforce its TOS to protect everybody against all hateful individuals and groups or not have a TOS at all. After all, Facebook shouldn't even have "allowed the page".