It’s been declining for a while, but Twitter is now officially The Bad Place. Absolutely unusable and overrun with hateful people chortling in glee at imagining others’ suffering and fear. Can’t tell the bots from the bigots, anyway.

Hi all. I’m participating in the Polar Bear Plunge in honor of my friend Maggie. We miss her more than words, and I know she’s going to be looking down on me freezing my ass off, laughing at me. Please consider donating to my fundraiser if you are able.
support.somd.org/fundraiser/5...?

I don’t think anything feels better than finishing an audition. Youngest kid did the vocal magnet school make up audition today after the first was canceled for a power outage. It’s like tension I didn’t even know I had, has left my body. I’ll be here on the couch with the cats if you need me.