my parents are so bored that they have decided to give the full Chinese-Jewish overbearing parents treatment to a robin who is building a nest on their porch

my mom has swept the porch five times of stray twigs and other debris
- “she’s so disorganized,” mom says of the bird. “she doesn’t seem to know what she’s doing”

this bird is going to need a lot of therapy if it doesn’t get in to Harvard

Update from mom: “You will see from the photo that she is not quite the Martha Stewart of nest building. Some might call her style sloppy - you, I imagine, will call it free form innovative. We are all looking forward to eggs - I only hope they are good at balancing.”

Meet Rosa Luxembird. I gotta be honest, her nest does look pretty messy.

my dad doesn’t think the name Rosa Luxembird is funny but it’s too late

mom: I’m afraid I have very bad news
me: [amid a global pandemic]
mom: I haven’t seen Rosa Luxembird all day

sad update (nota bene: mac is a dog)

plot twist!

my parents are so judgmental of Rosa Luxembird for going out and having a bit of fun instead of staying home and working on her nest and wow is this reminding me of why I was not cool in high school or ever

my mom has decided that she’s over Rosa Luxembird due to her disappointing and irresponsible behavior: “I don’t care if she even goes to college”
when I suggest this is classic guilting behavior, she says: “I’m not guilting her I’m not even looking at her”

mothers day rosa luxembird update from mom: there’s nothing funny to say about a bird that’s just sitting on its nest

happy Mother’s Day Rosa Luxembird