When you're in such a dark place you can't even bring yourself to do things you KNOW need to be done.

I will regret this later.

RIP Roberta Flack, Gene Hackman (and his wife), and Michelle Trachtenberg.

I quit.

At what age does one actually "grow up"? I'm nine years out from retirement (thanks for the moving target, Congress). I still don't feel like I have a career. I still suffer with crushing imposter syndrome. Still fucking up every job I have, apparently.

Deleting Google Maps and the Apple Map app from my phone.

What job am I qualified to do that pays as much as teaching?

Might be time to look for a new job...

Well now... you know I have to root for the Eagles this weekend. Not that I even knew they'd made it to the Super Bowl, but I just Googled it to find out who was playing. I actually have a connection to Philly, so there's my reason.

Woke from an actual nightmare. I opened the door to my classroom to find armed officers from ICE on the porch of my school mobile. I woke myself up gasping. “F*ck!!!”
This is the world we live in.

When will I learn not to read the news before work?

It seems clear to me that 47 doesn't want to be president. He wants to be king. He wants unfettered power to make and enforce policy with an iron hand. Don't believe me? Ask a federal employee who's been offered severance vs. layoff.

Well, I was thinking I'd take tomorrow off and go to the protest at Denver's Capital building. But not only do I not have any personal days, we have five people calling out of work, so... I guess I'll be there in spirit.

That moment when you realize your daughters' relationship with their dad isn't much better than yours was with your dad, for different reasons.

😢

On another platform, Occupy Democrats posted this story as "ICE" attempting to raid an elementary school, and a bunch of rhetoric about the new administration just trying to terrify immigrants.

PLEASE FACT CHECK, FOR THE LOVE OF PETE.

I see you, my LGBTQ family. <3

I grew up in Michigan. Winters were pretty bitter and when it was cold, we dressed for the weather. Coat gloves, hat, scarf – all appropriate for weather in the teens and 20s. In Colorado, even when it’s 4°, people will be out with no coat in shorts and flip-flops. Enjoy your frostbite dumbasses.

Finally broke out my Yule gift from Dave and he helped me finish it.