i like paper

happy first day! 😭 😭 how are your students? they seem good! like a bunch of nerds. i’m so excited.

are you affected by the protests at all down there? no! i’m not seeing anything. it’s all over my fyp. 

she's sick again.  oh man. don’t you get sick too! i can’t. i have to take care of her.

happy week 5! it’s only week 4 for me. 😭 😭

the big news while you were teaching is that TS got engaged UGH. i don’t care. hahaha. that’s a perfect response. i only know bc i read it on the freaking NYT.

power’s out on campus. they sent out an email. all classes are canceled.  yay! 😭 my syllabus can’t take a day off right now. 

look at this drawing a student gave me! awww! the presents are starting already? it’s only week seven. 

how’s grading going? can you not ask that question 😭 😭

we’re halfway there! i have hives all over my body. } oh no. what did you eat? idk. i think i have to cancel class. maybe it’s stress.  probably.

i’m so worried about greta. me too one boat made it into palestinian waters! oh it’s been intercepted. one boat’s still going! i saw! i’m afraid they’ll get intercepted. yeah. probably. but i hope not. 

look at this reddit thread about TS’s new album 😬 as an actual english teacher, big yikes.

–did you see that new executive order?  –did you see that new bill that passed? –did you read about that school shooting?

i’m so glad i’m off social media

happy birthday!  how’s it feel to be 38? the same as 37. except with more anxiety. haha 😭

we’re taking her to see firetrucks today! oooh. send me pictures!  a fireman talked to her and she got shy.  i get it. i get shy too when strangers talk to me.

i’m having birthday cake for breakfast that’s such a 38 year old breakfast i know. 😃

did you hear about saleh? i did.  i can’t stop crying.  me too.

i can’t….reconcile the body i saw with the smiling face i’ve seen for 2 years. it’s no wonder we write about souls so much

it feels really dystopian to be working and going about our day when all of this is happening. there’s something so messed up about how we’re being forced to exist

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