Brandy M

Sorry, I’m not as familiar with FWISD and I certainly don’t mean to downplay whatever failures exist. We had/have those too. I’m just worried they are going to send you one of Miles’s right hands. Hoping this goes much better for y’all!

It’s a truly terrible choice. As an HISD parent I will tell you that lots of folks who thought they’d never choose private end up going that route. Even the kids least at risk pay a price in their mental and academic health. The takeover has been much worse than most of us imagined. Godspeed FWISD.

Have you followed what’s happened in Houston very closely? Even our very best schools have lost autonomy and faced record teacher turnover. And now they’re going to convert the top schools to charters because they complained too much about losing autonomy.

I’m so tired. And I know that’s exactly how they want it.

Me, last spring: yay! Both my kids got into their dream schools, and they’re schools that seem to largely avoid the political fray!
Donald Trump: hold my beer!
Mike Miles: No, hold my beer!
Me: 🍺 🍺

Distracting? Isn’t the point to catch drivers’ attention before they blow through the red light at 45mph?

As a frequent Houston pedestrian, I suggest we paint ALL the crosswalks rainbow colors.

It was a good mail day. The book is here! And the cover design may well be the best part.

Things in HISD continue to get worse. The decline in enrollment was steeper than expected, so some schools are seeing painful mid-year budget cuts. I have friends whose kids lost incredible teachers and valuable programs this week. The Houston business community continues to endorse this.

I appreciated that they spelled s-p-e-r-m b-a-n-k for us.

Fact check: Why Elon Musk's remarks about Houston flood tunnels are misleading Elon Musk said his proposal to build tunnels to address Houston’s flooding woes would work, after a Chronicle investigation raised questions about the plan’s effectiveness.

I do not, under any circumstances, want Elon Musk digging a tunnel under my house. He can start with Wesley Hunt’s neighborhood.

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Another vote for Pushing Daisies.

The two great-horned owls who live in the front of campus were out on the same limb this morning, a rare treat.

Two minutes later, the inning is over.

IKR? Crazy that 36 hours ago it was negative. Only minor fever/chills but the razor blade throat is real.

A positive Covid test

My five year streak is broken. Be careful out there, y’all.

This brings back memories. Buddy Bucks were a very important part of our lives for years.

At this rate we are going to lose McCormick to Tommy John surgery.

Daughter leaves in less than 24 hours.

“Mom, if you start to miss me too much and want to be glad I’m leaving, just look in that lunch kit on my desk.”

“How old is the food in it, child?”

“Since my second week working at the museum.”

(That’s two months ago. Still sad about her leaving though.)

Took our daughter to see the Astros one more time before she heads off to Boston and we chose an excellent game because it was both a win and a game to make you swear off baseball for a few years.

Target shipping notification:
Get ready for *something special* headed your way!!

Me: it’s a $100 calculator my son will absolutely lose within two weeks.

I wasn’t totally following but I think he was saying how could you blow out your elbow on an 85 mph pitch or something and he said “you throw a fuc—-“ and then he caught himself. After a second of silence Ford said “former MLB player Jeff Bagwell everyone. We’re hoping he gets to finish the series.”

Yeah that’s true.

I just need him to stop grunting and groaning and shouting when Ford is trying to call the action. I cannot hear the actual game.

Bagwell just dropped an F-bomb on the radio broadcast.

I’m not a person that gets very wrapped up in famous people I’ve never met. But her death really impacted me. I think of her often and what she would say about these current moments in history.

Teared up multiple times during high school orientation. This does not bode well for the college drop off in a couple weeks.

To be fair, a performing arts high school probably has a more emotional orientation than most.

Still, 😭 😭 😭

Makes me so nervous!

Me three months ago:

I need to schedule a time for my family to have dinner or coffee or something with my parents so my daughter can tell them good bye before she leaves for college but every time I open my calendar it’s all blurry. This is surely a problem with Google calendar and not my feelings, right? 😭

Welcome to the club! We meet at 5 so we can get home before dark. (Tripped over the dog and ruptured my UCL.)