Kimberly Hirsh

Me: I was so psyched about the topic and methods of my dissertation when I defended my proposal in February 2020, but I find it hard to get psyched about that stuff right now. What happened? A personal failing, probably.

Also me: A pandemic and your mom got leukemia.

Me: Oh yeah.

I’m RSVPing to IndieWeb Create Day on March 5, 2022. This might show up as a yes but it’s actually a maybe.

Me to W: I need to go be in the dark and quiet for a little while now because I’m overstimulated. There were so many people outside when M was playing.

Narrator: There were 4 people outside.

I am thisclose to posting a vibe shift reading list.

I have too many chronic conditions and I don’t like it.

I just heard my neck crack. I am really over everything. Everything except crafting and my job. And loving my kid. I guess I’m over stuff that I’m not doing impacting me, really.

Today’s vibe: driving home from my fasting bloodwork appointment listening to “Surface Pressure” on repeat-1 while basically inhaling a Panera cinnamon roll.

I get annoyed at the voice in my head that, when I’m stressed, offers an oh-so-helpful list of all the stress-relieving things I’m not doing, implying that I could make the stress go away but I just must not want to badly enough.

💻 Watching We Are NOT Okay: Library Worker Trauma Before and During COVID-19 and What Happens After #LibraryTrauma #WeAreNotOkay #LibraryLove

I’m intrigued by the pedagogy of uncertainty concept that Ronnie Videla-Reyes and Claudio Aguayo will introduce at this week’s SoTEL Symposium. “…the teacher and her/his students lay down a path in walking together…”

As we approach the spring of deception, it feels rude to me that the earth is moving forward with the seasons with my mom in and out of the hospital. I’ll try to appreciate it but it’s harder this year than in other years.

Changing my profile pic to Luisa Madrigal for a while.

I was feeling sad about my mom being readmitted to the hospital so I took a break from work and made a pillow cover. Blog post with details forthcoming.

I’m a great lover of Valentine’s Day as a time to express special affection for friends & family as well as romantic partners. Today is a hard Valentine’s Day. My mom is being readmitted to the hospital. Tell me about someone special to you & how you make sure they know it. 💞

My mom was discharged from the hospital tonight and will be doing the rest of her induction therapy outpatient. Thought you might like some good news tonight, world.

I think the union rep at this postdoc orientation is doing this presentation outside during the Santa Ana winds, which is a choice.

I am having a grumping it out day.

Got an email about my kid’s school moving to endemic risk management instead of pandemic and I get it but I do worry about those of us who are high risk, immunocompromised, or with kids under 5. I hope some guidance appears taking those groups into account.

The Teens Leading Change initiative at the LA Public Library is awesome. A great reminder that there are people committed to doing good work in the world and that teens can make the world a better place.