My Annotated Dracula Has Informed Me That When Harker Said His Robber Steak Was In The Style Of The London

My annotated Dracula has informed me that when Harker said his robber steak was “in the style of the London cat’s-meat!” he was referring to “A tradition in London was the “cat’s-meat man,” a vendor who sold little bits of meat on skewers for consumption by cats”

I am overjoyed by this knowledge that there were Victorians just randomly getting lil kebabs for their CATS

god… the romance of sitting in a room with the person you love, each of you doing your own thing like reading a book or playing a game…. silent but full of love and warmth

What's missing from Bible stories* is one that addresses the urge to pluck our your eyeball in the hopes it will entertain a screaming toddler you find yourself stuck with against your will.

btw body horror is stuff that doesnt naturally occur and is used to scare ppl, like extra eyes, animal parts on a human, a mouth opening in the stomach, not. disabled people’s bodies lmao.

Silly as it may be, I find that having an email from Dracula Daily honestly makes what has otherwise been a very challenging week noticeably more bearable.

Starting my second independent shift today (before I would have a partner as I learned on the job). Yesterday was Rough. I hope today goes smoother. In any case it's a 6 hour shift rather than 12 like yesterday. What makes it all harder is the family member who lives with my client. She stresses me out. Yesterday the one thing that worked with Hope (not her real name) was reading to her from her Bible. The family member said it was too loud and I did it too much. I get that it's her home too, and I'll try to read more quietly, for sure, but like, Hope refused *everything else*. She's essentially trapped in her body, as she's totally paralyzed on the right and has minimal use of her left. She can only say ok/no. She didn't want to shower, didn't want to leave her bed, didn't want her radio, everything was resistance and "no." I see myself as her hands and body while I'm here. What she wants, goes. But FM wants other things and I want to be on her good side, too. I just hope it gets easier as we go along, cause otherwise I can't sustain it and I'll have to ask for another client.