Also something possibly worseā¦
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TROGON
Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster)
Photo by Dax M. RomƔn E.
[ https://www.flickr.com/photos/dax_roman/ ]
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There are a few things cuter than a baby elephant who still hasnāt figured out their trunk.
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TROGON! Burninating the countryside! 
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I donāt know how many times Iāve had to say this: Never share your gun safe combo with your owl.
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This makes me laugh every time it comes up.
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The deerās all, āI am so damn cool and have all the moves ā WTF!!! ā still cool, movinā like a genius, no one saw meeeeā¦ā
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Someone can lose an eye until itās all fun and games.
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ā¬ Iām al-right
Nobody worry 'bout me ā«
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Just because this scene always makes me smile:
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I wish I had more time for TV.
ETA: a sincere wish, not a jibe against people who do watch more TV than I do.
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Well, sometime around this past March or so, I suddenly found myself staying at home all the time and only going out when I absolutely needed toā¦
(Dark humor; it keeps me goingā¦)
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I should probably have said I wish I had more time without my 3 year old either with me or popping up from bed like an adorable but exasperating gopher. I canāt watch the fun adult stuff with her awake and I canāt watch when sheās in bed or she will hear the TV and wonāt go to sleep! Sheās at a stage where she gets seriously offended if she thinks Iām staying up when she isnāt. Though her dad is allowed to 
I wonder if I can get headphones for the tvā¦
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I feel ya; thereās not many silver linings in this pandemic, but I am thankful it happened when my kid is a teen and not a toddler.
I know thatās roughā¦
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thatās funny because Iāve been thankful mine is a toddler and not a teen. Harder on us parents, but easier on her. She knows about corona and why we canāt do much but she doesnāt have the understanding to feel as much fear/anxiety and experience the isolation I hear a lot of teens are suffering. She wonāt really remember the whole world going topsy-turvy.
That said, she has ended up in my bed nearly every night.
Dark humor, silver linings, and the judicious application of alcohol!
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Excellent point.
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At some point in the middle of this misery, my 3 1/2-year-old began to need less sleep than myself or my wife. The Ratel kit generally doesnāt go to sleep until after 10, wakes up in the middle of most nights, and maybe sleeps in 30-40 minutes more than us in the mornings: which sounds like heās sleeping a bit more, but in fact weāre simply constantly sleep deprived.
I guess I feel like this is a very teachable moment for a teen: good and evil playing out in very stark terms before your eyes, but also the real meaning of things like community, sacrifice and honor. All the Ratel kit will get out of it is that he got to watch a shit-ton of Shaun the Sheep.
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We asked her pediatrician about the night wakings and she said to try melatonin for kids. It hasnāt helped the night waking but getting her to sleep in her own bed at the beginning is ridiculously easy. Which we were having trouble with. Anytime we give her a āsleep gummyā my husband says weāre playing on cheat mode. She wants to get in bed and go to sleep! She falls asleep halfway through her story! If we donāt get her in the bed by 30 kin after the gummy, she gets cranky.
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