That momo suicide picture is freaking me right out

I can't even read the story about the momo thing because that picture freaks me out so much. I'm fine with spreading awareness about it, but can we please stop posting the picture? It shows up everywhere. I don't like the face distorting pictures anyway. There's a lot of trends on social media that need to stop. The "I know no one will share this" thing needs to stop. Or the "I know no one reads my wall" thing needs to stop like yesterday. When I see that I automatically scroll past. Baconsale did a really good episode on social media etiquette. I suggest everyone give it a listen: https://baconsale.com/2019/02/18/baconsale-episode-192-baconsale-approved-social-media-etiquette/
 We're headed down to St. George and Vegas this weekend, and the girls are very excited. Mirinda is excited because the family we're going with has boys that she really likes. They're cute kids, so at least there's that, but I know that kid is going to drive me to drinking with her boy craziness. I think I'm going to put her in karate or something. Maybe if I teach her the deadly arts it will help when she's a teenager. The main problem is she is so dang cute, and she's going to be beautiful as an adult. Just like her dad.
Priya has entered the terrible 3 stage with a vengeance. She's actually turning 4 next month, but we've found that when it comes to stages, both the girls have been about a year behind. Part of it is the family dynamic when they're young. There are actually chemicals produced when a baby is rocked or soothed that aids in their development. If they don't receive that, or aren't secure, those chemicals aren't produced, and there are developmental holes that need to be filled in. Many times they will regress to behaviors that help them fill in those developmental holes.
Priya's developmental holes right now involve balling up her fist and punching me in the face as hard as she can. I'm not talking like a little slap. I'm talking like Ivan Drago in Rocky 4. She's trying to knock me out, or at least send me to the dentist with a missing tooth. At some point I'm expecting her to scream "Tiger Uppercut!" and lay me out. (It's from Street Fighter 2, look it up). I'm really, really hoping that this phase ends quickly. She's still a sweet girl, and 2 minutes after the black eye she gives me she tells me how much she loves me. I'm pretty sure that's the definition of an abusive relationship. Mirinda was the same way when she was her age. She drew blood often.
Adoption brings up some interesting situations. We were at the butterfly symposium on Saturday, cause that's what you do on a Saturday when you have 2 girls. You go to look at butterflies. Priya had just got done beating on me, so I set her down in the playground area to be in time out and to calm down. I was standing right next to her, and she was sitting on the ground crying. These two busybodies and interferers started looking over at her and kept pointing and then talking to each other. I smiled at them to let them know that she was fine, but was in time out. I see the wife say "I think that little girl is lost". I finally yelled, "She's my daughter!" and they were so surprised and said, "Oh, we didn't know." It was annoying. I know she doesn't look like me, but they were there when I set her down, and I was standing right next to her. Put two and two together. I gave them the stink eye, and left it at that.
I've found out that my girls are the worst at hide and seek ever. They want to play, but all they do is hide in the same place every time and giggle or tell the person where they are. It's pretty amusing. One of our hiding places was under a blanket, and Mirinda totally dutch ovened me. That was the end of that hiding place.
My recommendation for this week is the Bombay Chef. He has videos on youtube and on Amazon Prime. I've made a few of his dishes and they turned out incredibly good. I've really been trying to improve my Indian cooking, and his recipes are helping. I made his butter chicken and it was incredible. Give it a look.
Thanks for reading! I'll give an update of our trip to St. George next week!