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Manic Pixie Librarian

@mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social
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She/Her, Academic Librarian, and Associate Professor, misplaced in the Midwest for 7 years and I'm still not done complaining about the winters. Venmo: Mncpxilibrarian

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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 2h
Allergic reaction to new antibiotics. I’m fine but exhausted
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Sad Cat Lounging
Alt: Sad Cat Lounging An orange cat is slumped in a corner looking like they’ve given up on life
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Test came back with the same infection so I’ve been feeling miserable for almost three days because the first antibiotics didn’t kill it OR it’s… idk, living on my body somewhere????
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Got the thing I needed to do done but I’m not sure I’m good for much else today.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And then baby girl asked for a hug because she is overwhelmed with school… and I was able to give her a hug 😭😭😭😭😭
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Feeling crummy and feeling like a shitty mom. What use am I if I have to send her away to the living room because I’m too sick to have a coherent conversation?
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have somehow almost finished this presentation but the last slide has survey results and I can’t decide which questions to put on screen and which to just talk about so I am taking a break and just gonna finish it after hours. (It’s due tomorrow 😩)
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m taking a nap and hoping I don’t wake up feeling worse.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Other disabled people- how do you do anything but cry all day? Do I need a stronger dose of my anti anxiety medication? Antidepressants? How do you cope with not being able to do anything by yourself?
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TIL my spouse has never watched Saved By the Bell. 😩
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m so sad and it’s about the one thing I don’t feel like I can talk to my spouse about. Also they’re out of the house running an errand.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TMI, scroll now . . . . . . . After being cloudy all fucking weekend my pee is totally clear now that I have a culture order in. WTF?
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Have an appointment for another test for infection and a follow up with Infectious Disease because my protocol clearly isn’t working anymore. *sigh*
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Cats have a clean bill of health other than a little gingivitis that hasn’t progressed since last year (yay, no dental sedation!) Unfortunately that means Wednesday’s chewing problem is behavioral. AKA she’s an attention seeking bitch 😂😂
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Done some work but my neuropathy is bad bad today… Spouse is out of the house until sometime after noon. Everything sucks.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Might be destroying my kidneys but painkillers have significantly improved my morning. Still being supervised by both cats. One has an eye on the sliding glass door and the other on the door to my bedroom.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I must be in a bad way this morning. I have both cats watching over me. Jeez.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Leftovers are on the menu tonight and they gave me heartburn the first time around so i reluctantly DoorDashed something because I need calories.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Also someone remind me to give kiddo her birthday card tomorrow, oops!
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My tongue wants food but my stomach is still being a bitch.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kiddo’s party is over; I only got overwhelmed toward the end when the parents were late with pick up. Bestie is staying end night, and is the sweetest kid. Her mom has cancer, too and she noticed I was getting overwhelmed and tried to get the girls to be quieter 😭 Kiddo has unwrapped some presents
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of the girls keeps picking up stuff around the house and not realizing I’m a fangirl and some of it is mine.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I am learning so much from this party. 11 year olds use Pinterest?
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just got a last minute RSVP to the party. FFS.🤦🏻‍♀️
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It took 6 hours of me working on and off but I wrapped 13 presents and stuffed two gift bags. There are more things I would do if I was well, but I have to be reasonable with myself.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I want to cry but I am pretty sure that will make everything worse. I don’t know how I’m going to be present for kiddo’s birthday tomorrow.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something for the party got delayed and I want to lose my mind.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My body is not cooperating and I am getting stressed.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
WHY ARE THESE DOLLS PACKAGED LIKE THIS?!
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Two balloons, actually. Apparently the “ribbon snapped.” They do not care and I am devastated.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
On the bright side, Kiddo and her bestie have picked the easiest freaking Halloween costumes in the universe (vampires. Very goth vampires.) I literally just have to buy fangs. I have the makeup and the clothes. I did offer to buy theatrical makeup to make things pop. But the point is it’s EASY!
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Spouse lost a balloon that was tied to a weight? I don’t understand.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Stomach just angry enough I don’t feel comfortable doing what I want to be doing (wrapping presents), but not bad enough that I can’t be answering/sending work emails. Boo!
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Felt like a stepsister in Cinderella when my kiddo came down for school. “That’s my dress! That’s my cardigan!” She looks super cute tho, my baby bat.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Successfully got spouse moving for Baby Girl’s (yes she’s still my baby girl especially around her her birthday) Dunkin’ treat before school. Actual birthday is tomorrow but she’s staying with bestie tonight (and bestie is sleeping over here after the party.) Big birthday plans!
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There is so much I need to do but I’m stuck on reference desk and I can’t multitask/task-switch like I used to so I’m sitting here like a lump and it’s making me depressed.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why is my brain Swiss cheese today? Fuck.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why can’t I buy a singular blue duckie?
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am useless at helping my kiddo with homework because I talk too damn much 😂😂😂
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WHY DID THE DELIVERY DATE CHANGE?!
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Also I finally got an RSVP for my kiddo’s birthday so there will be more than just kiddo and her bestie. It would have been fine if it was just kiddo and her bestie, but now I have to make sure the house is actually clean 😂
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I forgot about something I normally do for Kiddo for her birthday and now I’m scrambling to fulfill it without making it my spouse’s problem. Ugh I hate that my brain is Swiss cheese now. I’m definitely using my planner for Christmas (It has 130+ pages! I don’t use them all but I’m prepared!)
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Everyone clap that I did not shriek during the meeting I was chairing. There was a gods damned centipede on the wall next to me.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Having little (but not zero) feeling in your legs is weird. I’ll be like “why am I cold?” And discover part of my leg is uncovered. Because I can feel the cold but I can’t feel where the blanket ends.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’m going to need them to produce larger containers of the pina colada fluff, please and thank you.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fuck this made me cry. I’m never going to be able to do this again. I’m not sure my kid ever has, either because before I got disabled, we’d rake the leaves into the flower bed (or sometimes not at all.)
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Insurance company thinks I’m using the emergency room as primary care because my urologist keeps sending me to the ER for my UTIs because I’m immunocompromised. I have set the record straight and asked them not to call again.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My sense of justice/need to fix things is currently at war with my desire not to meddle in things that are not my responsibility.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Common sense is not common oh my goooddddd.
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Great Pumpkin Tasting 🪣 List: Pumpkin Spice Latte - Dunkin Pumpkin Spice Latte - Starbucks* Pumpkin Spice Boba Pumpkin Spice Donuts (Entemann’s) Pumpkin Spice Loaf (Kroger) Pumpkin Spice Gluten Free Muffins (Kroger) Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin Concrete Mixer (Culver’s) *had a gift card don’t @ me
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Manic Pixie Librarian @mncpxilibrarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I have a real bad feeling this is going to be my last autumn, or at least, my last autumn where I’ll be well enough to enjoy things. So I have made it my mission to eat and drink as many pumpkin things as I can find. And I’m making a list!
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