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Overheard while running the book fair today: A mom: lots of anne frank posters huh An unrelated dad: i think you mean…lisa frank?

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

First rain of the season and we already pulled out one of the kids big christmas presents. El niño is going to take a financial toll in more than just the normal ways.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So today was setup and all the sports posters they sent us are for LA teams…even though we are in San Diego. Imagine some of the kids faces when they come to preview day tomorrow and instead of their very beloved padres they get offered dodgers posters. Its going to be chaos.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This sounds sarcastic but its not. Peak parenthood right here. Bringing reading magic to the kiddos. We all remember the book fair and these kiddos will all remember theirs.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’ve made it in life* *Running the scholastic book fair at my kid’s elementary school

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My husband accidentally started streaming his spotify through our thermostat instead of the house speakers and my god the future is lame

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is what every writer needs to feel in their soul (at least occasionally) and it’s why ai will never make anything worthwhile.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Planted my garden in the middle of August this year because of…life…but here we go getting some tomatoes and a teeny wee strawberry.

A few small red and yellow tomatoes and one very small and slightly disfigured strawberry but it tasted great

Just 2 happy kiddos walking around a community garden. They look peaceful and in an idyllic place but i assure you, it was pure chaos. The little one wants to rip out all the pinwheels and the big one wants to eat everything. Impossible to garden with them. Constant vigilance instead.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

*I’m a cool hip urban dweller just checking things out* I whisper to myself as I load up on my weekly Costco run

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You may see this and think Oh! He needs a nap! The boy needs a nap like he needs a hole in his head. Even a 20 min nap means he wont fall asleep until 9pm tonight. Thus reinforcing The Napping Oroborus.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There’s some law in CA that says you cant wake up a napping kid in preschool so the educators put him on the floor instead of a cot, in the brightest part of the classroom, next to the loudest non nappers, and they will take his blanket off him too.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Apologies to my neighbors who hear me yell ‘No! Fuck!’ at approximately this time every weekday when a notification comes through that the 2.5 yo is taking a nap. There goes bedtime once again.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mrs Rabbit was not tracking wake windows because she lived next door to a serial killer, didnt sell her tree and chose to stay there, and raised deeply traumatized children

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also mrs rabbit sent her kids out to forage knowing her neighbor slaughtered her husband but she sent them out anyway? Imagine how tired you would have to be to send your kids outside in those conditions. She was deeply unwell.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Though i would love to read a book about the things mrs rabbit gets done in her house when she kicks her kids out to go forage everyday

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And if you dont resonate with this then you had a kid who was easier at sleep. That’s ok! Mine were never colicky or unhappy and have never been bored for a second and eat almost anything. But they. suck. at. sleep.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The crib to bed transition has got to be one of life’s greatest tests of parental strength and fortitude and i’m 2/2 for absolutely losing

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Congrats on making it to parent teacher conference season. Your school will be early release for the NEXT 2 WEEKS. Pick up your kid by 1:20 you absolute moron who thought they could have a job and kids. Also, you cant bring your kid to the conference and we only take conferences after the release.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

They wont look at a screen for more than a few minutes which is why i’m climbing a wall. The tv wall. In hopes they look at it and not me for a moment.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Me to myself all weekend when solo parenting and the kids are driving me up the wall:

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just staring forlornly at the pile of dishes

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Someone of course wakes up and dad suddenly has a baby in a carrier strapped to him

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Let my 2 yr old play with the reclining seat buttons and blast that AC. I’ll pay full price. Frozen for the 1,000th time, whatever.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Movie theaters should always have a movie for little kids playing. Dont care if its new or 50 yrs old. Just let me get out of the house and give my kids high level snacks they never get anywhere else. It could be Frozen. It could be Cars. It could be old eps of Mr Rogers I dont care.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Since the cars in Cars are just using their bodies to race, Cars is actually about ultrarunners

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I THOUGHT SOMEONE ABDUCTED MY CHILD AND ALL I GOT WAS AN AI AGENT APOLOGY TEXT is even too on the nose for 2026 isnt it

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Tried texting the co. running the program and it’s just an ai agent. Each text starts with ‘I see!’ or ‘Got it!’ and despite me referring to my daughter as she or her multiple times they keep responding with he or him. I THOUGHT SOMEONE ABDUCTED MY CHILD AND ALL I GOT WAS AN AI AGENT APOLOGY TEXT

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Anyways she’s all good no one was impersonating my husband by my god my heart was racing on that 3 minute drive between schools.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Got a random text today from a company that runs an after school enrichment program at my 6yo’s school that she had been checked out by her dad…who is on a work trip out of town. And their number isnt callable. And i was wrastling a fiesty 2 yo out of preschool.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The teacher is definitely going to correct ‘under garden’ and then my 6 yo is going to have a lot of questions isnt she

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The pledge of allegiance, according to a 6 yo who is just learning it in school: I pledge allegiance to the flag of united states america and to the republish for which it stands one nation under garden justice and liberty and justice for all

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I actually had a dream about a crockpot last night if you’re wondering how old i am

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh hand foot and mouth you say. That’s what we’ve all had? Out of the last 8 days, at least one child has been home for 7 of them. How any parent manages to work is truly a feat of strength.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ahhh yes, nothing better than navigating an airport parking lot to dine at a chilis

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I once played Edward 40 Loko Hands with a group of friends…and let’s just say not a single person remembers anything from that night

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mr Rogers driving a backhoe goes pretty hard

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

*Asking for more salsas than I can possibly handle so the people working at the fast casual mexican restaurant respect me*

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 1st cold of the new school year to all who celebrate (suffer)

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Nate's Scary Myth @natesmith.dev · 05/09/2026

"have you asked chatgpt ?' no mf, I conferred with Zoltar

Zoltar, the arcade fortune teller featured in Big (198x, Tom Hanks, Robert Loggia)

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

the above mentioned 6 yr old departed the kitchen to head to the bathroom earlier with the words ‘it’s now time to extract some teeth from my body’. i did not ask questions.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Anyways how do i explain this to the tooth fairy and what is the going rate for semi-digested teeth

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I know the girl mom /boy mom debate is constantly raging and boy moms think all girls just like sit and color all day but not only is that not true of all girls but some will happily eat their own teeth that fall out of their faces in order to not show any sign of weakness

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My 6 yr old just lost her first tooth and i’m 99% sure she ate it.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

omg!!! well happy back to school to you, indeed!!

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Does not exist in summer!!! Summer break is such a wild thing. The district next to ours has free camp all sumer, and ours…crickets. I just paid preschool prices again for our first elementary summer.

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alex g @alexgioulakis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I know we give boomers a lot of shit but can we take a moment for my silent generation father who, despite living within 100 miles of the mexican border his entire life, and the past 45 years 30 miles from it, spelled fajitas ‘faheatas’.

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