Nothing all day long? Dang y’all.

Anyone buy tickets for powerball tonight? I did Monday but didn’t have a chance today. Am now at the airport to head back home.

Timelies all!

So tired...

I had a work-from-home day, which has mostly been cleaning, laundry, and taking out recycling. All good things to accomplish before A Christmas Carol takes up all my energy. It's been warm enough today to open windows, but I have to be a little bit careful because a 100 yr old funeral home is being demolished across the back alley and I don't think I want that dust drifting in if I can help it.

Apropos of nothing, I keep getting Daniel Snyder and Zack Snyder confused.

Apropos of nothing, I keep getting Daniel Snyder and Zack Snyder confused.

For the record, Dee Snider is the lead singer of Twisted Sister.

but I have to be a little bit careful because a 100 yr old funeral home is being demolished across the back alley and I don't think I want that dust drifting in if I can help it.

Mmmm, cadaverlicious!

In a sign of how toxic education has become, there’s a tenure track English teaching position open in a part of MI that I wouldn’t mind moving to, and I’m not sure if I want to bother applying. Sure, the listing says they value diversity, but I know I’d be one wrong assigned reading from having my home picketed by MAGA-morons. And it’s not like the pay would make up for it. I’m a disgrace to three generations of teachers, because I’m seriously weighing pros and cons instead of jumping at it.

That's very sad that you have to consider that possibility, Calli.

DH's team has a half day of school today so the boys will help him bring up my desk and table and more stuff from storage. Maybe he'll remember to grab the coffee filters!

DH's pancreatitis seems to have made a reappearance, so we cut our trip short and came back last night/early morning -- shared the flight with the friend we went down with last Friday.

It's not a horrible flare-up, but... abundance of caution. And he didn't have his pain meds with him. He's sleeping soundly now, so we'll see how he feels when he gets up.

We had such a great time with the friends we were visiting and packed a ton in. Yesterday afternoon through Saturday was just going to be DH and me at a lovely hotel on the beach -- sort of a coda to the trip -- so while disappointed, we'll deal.

Still have two full days of vacation plus the weekend, so I'm planning on a massage this morning and brunch somewhere fun to start!

Panama is lovely.

In light of the crazy stuff DeSantis does here in Florida my super blue county school board has banned "It's Perfectly Normal", which was a standard in the 90s for children. I got it for my boys. There is confusion and controversy over who actually initiated the ban and apparently it didn't go through the mandated reviews and such. Who knows, DeSantis fired a bunch of school board members and appointed replacements pending the election, so perhaps things will go back to normal after the election. Of course, he can always decide the elected members are evil and fire and replace again.

There is about zero chance that he will defeated in the election, but I can dream. The Dems totally blew it the last election cycle when they primaried the wrong person and gave the election to DeSantis. It was very close, but would have been a clear win had they chosen Gwen Graham (daughter of popular former Gov) instead of Gillum. So they ended up with DeSantis.

Oh, I'm sorry that your Panama trip was cut short! Enjoy the massage, and I do hope DH feels better when he awakes.