Red Note: I tried the new place all the kids are decamping to in the wake of the potential TikTok ban--just to check it out. It was kinda confusing.
Red Book: Someone said: "Did you know that RedNote actually translates into "Little Red Book" as in Mao's Little Red Book?" That does not faze me. The Little Red Book has its moments. It's not like it's something written by Kim Jong Un. C'mon. I kept thinking about that person's outrage all day, and it was a bit funny.
Red Card: An international student wondered if we should be giving other international students "red cards." At first I thought it was something to do with the Lunar new year, but it was actually about how to prepare yourself for immigration raids. I was by turns sad and angry about this one.
Red Envelopes: At the end of the day, dinner was with EM, whom I haven't seen in weeks and it was lovely to catch up. And of course she gave my grownass kids red envelopes with money in it for new year luck. Neither A's only sibling nor mine live near by so I'm glad and grateful for all the people who treat our kids as their niblings.
Pic: Red envelopes for Nu and At today. Happy New Year of the Snake!
12 comments:
Happy New Year! Rob is the Year of the Snake, I love it when one of our family is "that year." I am a Rabbit!
I love that your friend gave your grown-up children New Year’s gifts! No one outgrows a delight like! I was born in the year of the rooster. I had to look up what that meant this week and chatting with coworkers who are celebrating the Lunar new year. Roosters value fidelity and punctuality. Let me tell you - I’ve never felt so seen by a zodiac interpretation. Ha.
Happy Year of the Snake to you, too. My niece will be 12 this year, so she's a Snake.
I like how you tied the whole post together with the color red.
Happy New Year from a lunar Pig. (I feel awful saying that's my zodiac animal, tbh.)
I feel like I should wish Rob a special Happy Year!
That certainly describes you, Lisa! No wonder you're "crowing" about it--haha.
Thank you, Steph! Is this the little Goth kid? How apropos!
Lunar pigs are probably brilliant and generous, Nance... In any case, I'm going to forget this. I don't know mine! I must have decided there was enough to keep track of without adding this too...
Nice
Happy New Year
We got instructions about what to do if ICE comes to our office in an email this week. It's dark.
Same, girl; same :/
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