What?! Kristin Cashore just had a character in Jane, Unlimited share my one strong Doctor Who opinion! “Nobody likes Martha Jones but I like Martha Jones.”

💬📚 “A storm can be a cozy thing when one isn’t in it.” - Kristin Cashore in Jane, Unlimited

💬📺🖖🏻 “Exhilaration enhances the absorption of knowledge.” Picard, 2x01, “The Stargazer” [Cool how this sums up my whole deal.]

💬📺🖖🏻 “The part of me that really wants is the part that has to wait in line.” Picard, 2x01, “The Stargazer”

I played a LOT of the Pokemon TCG in my freshman year of college, burned a lot of scholarship money on it. When I stored it away I wasn’t planning to keep all my cards and share them with my kid but I’m sure glad I did.

If you must get a flat tire, I recommend doing it on a beautiful day when you have snacks packed in the car and plenty of data on your mobile plan so your kid can watch Pokemon while you wait for AAA. Bonus if you’ve done everything you can to mitigate your migraine.

Me, reading Jane, Unlimited: Wait, wait, wait. Her aunt/guardian was an adjunct at this fancy private university and she got the child-of-faculty tuition benefit? 😏 📚

I let a tiny bit of crying come out at 3 am Monday morning and now all the crying I haven’t done in the past 2 years is trying to push its way through.

Oof. Doing a second round of coding and I am R-U-S-T-Y rusty.

How do you handle a day when your brain isn’t doing a great job but you also don’t really want to nap because you will feel logie afterwards and you’ve already gone for a walk and had a snack? Shower? Probably a shower. Or more coffee? Shower and coffee?

Hey, Kimberly. You actually are not in a good position right now to do an in-depth analysis of every mention or example of social science in the Star Trek franchise, so settle down. 🖖

🔖 Read It’s Called Acting: Learning to Fight for the Stage. 🎭

🔖 Read Network sitcoms are actually good again. 📺

🍿 Watched Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe and I definitely cried twice because I’m a big sister and there were some beautiful sibling moments.

🔖 Read Is it time to live with COVID-19? Some scientists warn of ‘endemic delusion’

“I don’t particularly want to be in a future where I get COVID twice a year,” Pagel adds.

Me either, Professor Pagel. Me either.

🔖 Read Curing Coronavirus Isn’t a Job for Social Scientists. (This article is from May 2020, which is probably why it has the word “curing” in the title when that seems like, you know, not a thing that is possible.)

🔖 Read Why does social science have such a hard job explaining itself?.

It IS great news that’s my mom’s leukemia is in remission. It’s important to me to remember that there is a long road ahead, with monthly inpatient chemo and other treatment. Thank you everyone for your kind words.

My mom’s leukemia is in remission.

Please listen to Gaslit Nation, where Sarah Kendzior & Andrea Chalupa “take a deep dive on the news, skipping outrage to deliver analysis, history, context, and sharp insight on global affairs.”

I am scared and overwhelmed. Here’s what I’m doing about it:

  1. Making sure I take my meds and supplements
  2. Reading and following the Gaslit Nation Action Guide
  3. Planning to spend some time today crafting

Working through Project READY and I wrote an “I am” poem [PDF]. I don’t want to share the whole thing but in case you’re wondering how I define myself, the first line/refrain is:

I am smart and loving

That feeling when your new job pays you to work through the professional development curriculum you created as part of your old job.