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.

Work trauma.
I suck.

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?

I'm very confused. Is this satire? Not usually your vibe.

My daughter LOVES that character.

And make retirement age a moving target. I'm sick that I will have to work an additional two years in order to receive full benefits.
Oh, and for some reason, Congress decided that married people don't deserve to get everything they invested.

Robert, I am a preschool teacher in the Greater Denver Metro area. We have a LARGE immigrant population, mainly Latinx.
Earlier this week, I woke gasping from a nightmare. I was in my classroom, and opened the door to a knock to find 3 armed ICE officers ready to barge in.

That's my reality.

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

Here.

Estoy empezando a temer que hablar mal de él pueda resultar mortal. Funcionó para Hitler.

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.

Trust me, I know. I live in the Denver Metro area, where we have a large Latinx population. I've been learning Spanish just because so many of my students don't know a lot of English. We've already had memos from admin on how to handle it if ICE shows up.

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.

😢

While I'm not saying the new administration is NOT trying to terrify immigrants, ICE raiding an elementary school is NOT WHAT HAPPENED.

Tanako

Secret Service responded to Chicago school, agency says amid reports of ICE encounter Despite earlier reports that ICE agents tried to enter a Chicago elementary school Friday, the agency says it wasn't them. So what exactly happened?

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.

Trump's Day One executive orders targeting transgender rights, immigrants likely to echo in schools President Donald Trump pledged to use his executive authority to make rapid changes. Past executive orders can and have been successfully challenged in court.

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.