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I think my kid just broke my nose.

Hey guys, long time no see! I forget to post early on Saturdays so that’s why there haven’t been Catalina updates. So here’s one.

Oh man, I worry about these women staying safe. 

M beautiful chicken Pepper, who was less than a year old, just died from being egg bound. (Egg stuck in). This happens to chickens because of humans breeding them to lay all the time. Eggs are not feminist. Dairy is not feminist. (Breast milk is for babies) they are only the exploitation of female bodies. Rip Pepper

• According to a new study, people who were able to access health coverage under the Affordable Care Act were 25 percent less like to miss a rent or mortgage payment. [CityLab]

My mum was offered an internship at the Hague. At the fucking Hague. She was invited to work there for a year. But it was unpaid. She had children, a mortgage, the normal debt of a family living in the suburbs - there was no way she could afford to go, without getting into way more, unacceptable levels of debt, and it…

This is so important to pursue. I worked for a non profit a few years ago, and had a high school intern (she was paid, we got a grant to help with that) who was low income from a very tough background. A Senator was looking for a HS student to give a speech at her rally, and I ended up suggesting my intern. Long story…

Yep!  As I frequently tell my husband, he is a great dad, but a mediocre mom.

In Irish there’s a saying: “Ní Saoirse go Saoirse na mBan” (roughly “there’s no freedom until there’s freedom for women) which is broadened by this, from the article:

Hi~I posted a few months ago that my Dad was going to have a Whipple procedure and I flew out to be with him for a few days after surgery. Everything went great and my Dad was healing up and doing really well. And then.....He went to his check up on Tuesday, and was told that the cancer has spread to his liver and…

Job search update: I have an interview scheduled for 4:00 on Monday at the open house!

Hi Jezzies, I want to thank a lot of you for all of your advice and offers of help last week, it has meant so much to me. I have found a cat sitter for Ollie and Can spend Xmas with family. Those of you who have seen me comment for the part 16 months know what a hell it has been for me. I attempted suicide and became…

Long essay about being a parent of a kid with special needs

Thank you. It’s been hard, and he has walked it back and apologized. I’m not sure if that’s enough, but it at least shows that he doesn’t completely believe the things that religion tells him he’s supposed to believe. At the very least, it gave me a good reason to bring it up with my sister, and explain to her how…

I know I am a solid 15 hours late to this SNS party, but I’m going through some real emotional hell right now, and I hope that anybody sees this and if they can’t relate, they might at least have some good advice until I can get in to see my therapist.

My deepest thanks again to all of you for your support last week about making the leap towards a new job and a new, better life for myself.

Yes! The only people who seem to have made it through unscathed are those who ended up in intl. institutions (UN and EU, basically). For the rest of us, there’s part-time income streams and expanding our service range!

I did assume German by the “Der” in your username :) Ah, translation... fun stuff, hard times! I’ve actually veered more towards writing lately, it pays better than translating among my working languages (FR, EN, ES, IT are oversubscribed).