I had a baby! His name is Edward Douglas and he was born the day after Valentine’s Day. He’s pretty much the love of my life even though I’m breastfeeding like 8 hours a day and I’m stupid tired. I was really scared about post-partum depression because I am higher risk for it (my mom had it, I have had prior bouts of…

Hey Jezzies! I have an auntie win to share! (I’m the one raising my nephew).

My nephew was picked as student of the month in his class for how much he’s improved in reading! He’s in first grade. He came to me in August barely reading more than his name and simple things like “cat”*, so it’s been one of our big…

I GOT THE JOB. I GOT THE JOB. I GOT THE JOB!!!!! We just have to make it through March and we will be OK. I am about a week out from being able to reclaim unemployment but I am not sure how that will work. I am assuming I won’t qualify but I am going to try. I did a modest means application but you have to be working…

Came here for BSCC fandom, was not disappointed. My interest is waning with the post-series Super Special/Mystery analysis. HOWEVER, the tie-ins to esteemed literary works, orb/amber/bread theories and conspiracies will always have a piece of my heart.

What, no discussion of the Baby-Sitters Club Club? Where my Baby Bees at?

IS THIS THE CUTEST BABY OR WHAT

I think that woman would be triggered by absolutely anything. This has nothing to do with the size of the seats and everything to do with her being an abusive garbage person who moves through life looking for any opportunity to degrade other people while feeling self-righteously aggrieved.

Exactly. Some Jordan almonds with your initials on them or something is more than enough. I’m gonna Marie Kondo that crap out of my life in six months anyway.

It’s a physical impossibility for Elon Musk to be out of anyone’s league. If it wasn’t for the Musk Family Emerald Mine, he’d be playing video games in a basement suite with at least one samurai sword on the wall.

“living room pond” is a terrific phrase. I had a coworker who ended up being the primary caregiver for an iguana after her sons entered their teens and lost interest. He loved his two-legged mom; he kept breaking out of his tank to be wherever she was, once actually shattering the glass and crawling into the kitchen…

I ate soap. I was not a child.

The charter school thing is a real sore spot with me. My BFF’s kids go to a charter school within LAUSD. I know they worked very hard to get them in to the school (they had to volunteer while their oldest was still a toddler in the hopes of getting a spot) and something I would do to get my kids into a better school.…

I can only imagine how hard it is for some of these teachers to leave behind their classes and disrupt their lives just to get some basic needs met. Most teachers are god damn heroes and they shouldn’t have to strike (because in an ideal world education would take precedence over lots of things) but I’m glad they are.

30 kids in a middle/high school classroom is difficult. 50 is utterly ridiculous. It’s a disservice to the teachers and more importantly to those kids.

Thank you for posting about the strike, this one feels important. Like a last stand against the Charter Machine rolling over our school system. I’m home with grade schoolers right now for the strike and it’s raining! We cannot handle strikes AND weather in L.A. Right now they are on “recess” throwing beanbags in a buck…

Hey everybody! Happy New Year!

We’re doing great. Currently on a small vacation at my mom’s and deciding whether to move in a month or so. I don’t like where I live and I found out there’s a 20x nicer neighborhood where rent is just marginally more expensive. I won’t be able to walk to work anymore, BUT there will be trees and cleaner streets and…

Allow me to indulge in an unhinged rant:

Feh.

This isn’t really so horrifying but it is memorable.