I hope you can find an easily resolvable cause for the problem, Consuela.

And, Consuela, so sorry. I know from a friend's experience that it is possible to break a hip without a fall in certain circumstances. I'm glad to hear the ER is springing into action.

Oh, dear. I hope it's something easily fixable, Consuela.

I have banana cupcakes a-cooking.

Is Onerous Task Day Friday?

It is!

So it's not a meltdown; we are at the er. I would think she broke her hip except she hasn't fallen and barely walks.

I thought that most broken hips in old people aren't from the fall, but rather the order is: hip breaks, then they fall down. I hope she's okay.

I'm going to the gym after work, do my set of leg and hip exercises. I think I'm seeing improvement, it no longer hurts to cock my hip and pull my leg up to put on my socks.

Connie, that's cool! My hip flexors suck. All of my muscles are always tight (thanks, Dad), but my hip flexors are the worst offenders. I wish I could find a stretch for them that helps longer than the 5 minutes it takes me to drive home from the gym.

My exercise for today is to pick up potting soil from OSH, a couple of big heavy bags, then plant things in the yard until it gets dark. Once it's dark, walk the dogs a mile. Then, dye my roots and relaxicate. So, the theme of this evening is "roots" both hair and plant.

What's everybody's plan to be non-sedentary today?

Many many trips up and down the stairs for doing laundry. In between editing tech documents and finishing, no really I SWEAR, my YA proposal.

I’m disgusted with sweeping condemnations about teachers.

You know what I find fascinating about this kind of thing? People trust their kids to teachers 8 hours per day. That's a lot of time to put your kids into someone else's hands. When that's pointed out, I generally hear, "Oh, yeah, but I like *my* kid's teacher." So, on the whole, antecdata shows that people like teachers on an individual basis but hate teachers as a group?

I just don't understand the "teachers are lazy money grubbers" concept knowing how much money I make and the hours I keep. Don't get me wrong, I do work (a lot) less hours than I did when I was in Corporate America, but I also make (a lot) less money. If you figure it out hourly, I for sure make less.

I just don't understand the "teachers are lazy money grubbers" concept knowing how much money I make and the hours I keep. Don't get me wrong, I do work (a lot) less hours than I did when I was in Corporate America, but I also make (a lot) less money. If you figure it out hourly, I for sure make less.

With arguments like this I always go back to when I was a professor in Paris and came back for a wedding in Key West where I was grilled by the groom (now a SC Congressman) and a couple of other businessmen about my hours (since I only "worked" 8 hours a week). I said I had no idea how much I worked because it wasn't like I went to the office every day for a set time. They weren't buying that I worked full time. The groom happened to forget the time difference a few weeks later and called at 1am. I said "no problem, I'm still up prepping my lecture for tomorrow". It was only then that he finally got it.

Of course, he just voted to kill Planned Parenthood, so clearly he still has a ways to go.

I can't even count how many times my stepdad, who is now a retired teacher, had to sit there and listen to people bitch on and on about why he was paid too much.

I just don't understand the "teachers are lazy money grubbers" concept knowing how much money I make and the hours I keep. Don't get me wrong, I do work (a lot) less hours than I did when I was in Corporate America, but I also make (a lot) less money. If you figure it out hourly, I for sure make less.

Plus the amount of education you need to have to be a teacher these days.