Better than an “Anywhere away from here” kind of day. Hope things get better.

I’m not British, but we are watching.

The multigenerational home is back.
We’re thinking downsizing to IE or doing the compound thing in the middle of nowhere.

They used to roam near my home in NY. So very stupid.

Amen.

I’m going to continue teaching high support need autistic/ID students. For the six straight hours a day I’m with them, I’m intensely in the moment, and there is much spontaneous joy. No socials, no news. No artifice. Since I’m in charge, I get to shush my staff because their noise upsets kids.

In the last month, two colleagues with children aged two have had children identified as nonverbal, level three autistic. At 2.
There are many reasons a two year old might not be speaking. Neither child is having significant behavioral or social issues.
Ok on autistic, but no levels at age 2.

Go watch some of her videos. Will feel accompanied.

I joined the we do not care club. Other people’s bad behavior is not about me even when it impacts me. Always about them. Not my monkey or my circus. In a similar vein, what other people think about me is none of my business.

This is just disappointment in a bowl.

She has not lost control. They are doing exactly what she and her boss tell them to do.
*Congress* has lost control.
The executive branch does whatever it wants with impunity, because the legislative branch lacks the will to check it.
You will be held to account.

Disability insurance is relatively inexpensive, and covers all kinds of temporary disabling situations, like pregnancy and postpartum needs that are routine. Everyone should have it.

I am an autistic teacher teaching autistic high school students. I forget something or the recipe is not a good one just about every fun Friday. It’s usually still edible, and it’s a really good lesson for my students to watch me model how to handle making mistakes and recovering from frustration 🤣

This was the obvious goal when we went virtual in 2019.

My deepest sympathy.

My son took his kitten on an overnight is it to his GFs place. So grateful not to have 3:09 am ear nibbles and ensuing head pounces when I put my head under the covers. Please nap with them today.

Similar experience with an Ileus once. After that, I stopped going to the doctors. All of them. Took a three year break.
Now I have a new team. I tell all new doctors I have medical PTSD from going undiagnosed/misdiagnosed for my whole life.