4 furloughs amongst my friends and counting, 2 friends signed their families up through healthcare.gov who have not previously been able to afford insurance (and who've nearly been broken by that) and the saddest commentary on the current state of healthcare being a post I saw by someone who signed up today "Now I can get the surgery I've needed for years!"

Now I can get the surgery I've needed for years!

And the GOP and the Koch brothers are trying to convince people NOT to sign up! Amazing.

... by which I mean: awful.

All the stuff this morning about the sites being down made me so crazy -- I'm sure they were crashing because SO MANY people were trying to get fucking insurance! (Aside from any federal support issues.) It was all before 9 this morning!

I hate everything.

I've just been dealing with car nonsense. Inspected yesterday, almost killed my battery waiting so long in line with the AC on (my bad) and then discovered trapped in line that my registration was going to expire at midnight. Hmm, wonder where my renewal notice ended up? Mayhaps on top of my neighbors fridge? JC. It's just that in my brain I just renewed my registration, so I shouldn't have to so soon after. But I should also have received a letter in the mail. And I did not. I need a new place to live where I don't share a mailbox.

I've been on the hate train for a couple weeks now. Today's topic just gave me a little focus. But also frustrating because I had to reign in full metal shrieking harpy namecalling SMASHSMASHMORONIDIOT down to as cutting as I could manage. Small, sharp cuts, not the 50lb mace.

Yeah, I need to chill. Haven't figured out how to do that yet.

Kate, I'm not sure I'd ask for vacation because in my private school experience it would never have been possible. Days off rarely were.

If not salary, then perhaps for something like an ALA membership or a YALSA membership for them to write into the contract paying for sub/attendance at ALA this year (or your state's ALA affiliate school -- in California it is the California State Library Association).

On the non-money thought, perhaps ask for X hours of parent volunteer time (if that would be helpful for you and if it jibes with the school culture).

Plei, Glad to hear you have a good team for Lilly. I really like the team for Grace but I am panicking because I need to support her better with reading and writing and oh holy hell math. She's a mathematician that only Deb Grabien might appreciate because Grace refutes that 2+3=5.

My crown feels weird. It's okay to take my unused vicodin from last time and just go to bed, right?

I have a hate on for everyone and everything today. (Exceptions are limited to buffistae, baseball and one of my cats). I want to cry, kick, scream, and shout. I want to crawl in bed and never come out. I bought crap at the grocery store and I want to eat it all but have no actual appetite.

I want to cry, kick, scream, and shout. I want to crawl in bed and never come out. I bought crap at the grocery store and I want to eat it all but have no actual appetite.

Can I join you?

I spent the day being threatened by my boss and consequently justifying my job, and S.'s last paycheck is missing (with the rent due, of course), and I have a huge zit. I'm too beaten to scream.

I fear someone's about to unleash self-righteous right-wing rage on my FB, and I wish I could unfriend her, but that would make other things difficult. She's really the only person I've friended who's likely to spread stress and vitriol on my FB, so I guess I'm lucky I have only one troll.

And I've just told a guy I don't want to talk to him anymore, so that's a pleasant conversation.