Thanks for the info. What I don’t get is my state has an extension til October of this year, then what? I haven’t heard peep about them updating our licenses or doing anything to meet the new requirements. I just got my driver’s license renewed last year but it doesn’t seem like anyone is making headway to solve this…

I’ve never watched that before but having married into a Boston family, I appreciate every second of it.

Fuckin’ Collinsworth...

I literally had to take seven steps to re-login to my kinja, reload this page, and give you a star. You deserve my hard work.

Just on experience visiting both while I lived in LA, I’d say Seattle simply because it seems to be larger so it might be less of a shock. I found Portland nice but it felt very small to me. Though the weather in Seattle might be rougher on you...we had a few perfect weather days while there so that helped, ha.…

I was thinking engineer or accountant

HEr face looked way different from the usual before pregnancy, I’m gonna bet “plastic surgery” is the real answer.

I don’t have personal experience with this but wanted to send you some love as I can’t even imagine how difficult things are right now.

1800 Pet Meds and Doctors Foster and Smith are definitely reputable - I get my dog’s meds from there and it is much cheaper. I’m sure there are others that are fine but know those two in particular are good to go.

I’m an eagles fan and my husband is a pats fan and I don’t even want to watch this Super Bowl.

YESSSSS to this. I did this with my husband and he has an amazing bedtime routine with my kiddos now but I know if I didn’t literally leave the house when I started it, he would have looked to me for guidance on everything or I would have been over his shoulder suggesting things. He’s gotta figure out how to dad just…

Hahaha I said this the other day - I don’t believe in hell but I wish I did so I could feel better knowing a bunch of these assholes are headed straight for it.

See, my plan is Dear Leader has a massive stroke, they waffle around a few months pretending he’s ok, then finally let Pence take over just in time for the ‘18 elections where everything gets fucked in Congress and we can just stalemate for the next few years. Or we all just die in a nuclear war over who speaks better…

NJ also has just a shit ton of people, which I think most people forget since the state itself is small.

Dvora, I just have to say, I absolutely love your writing. You cover this stuff so incredibly well and in such a readable way. Rock on with your bad self.

Thank you for writing this - very important stuff.

FRIENDS!!!!!!

NJ Turnpike!

Index funds? I don’t love the 529 plans for a variety of reasons, but you could open a custodial account in your child’s name (and yours) to grow money for whatever steps are in the future.

The newborn phase is so, so hard, especially taking on breastfeeding, but really all of it. Keep trucking Mama.