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Between a rock and a hard place

The school situation has gotten more complicated. The commissioner of education has decided to change the rules such that remote and hybrid schooling would no longer count towards the required days of school in the year. So it sounds like the state is going to be back to 5-day-a-week full-day

Back to school?

Gentle reader, be warned that a rant is incoming. Our crazy state declared the other day that they were going to force the schools to open for fully in-person five-days-a-week instruction starting in April. This is such a dumb idea I don't even know where to begin. But what the

First shot

I got my first vaccination shot this morning. I feel extremely lucky to have been eligible and to have found an appointment. I had been really nervous before the appointment - what if they change the eligibility rules? what if they run out of vaccine doses? what if my confirmation

Five hundred thousand

We've got a new president, but the death count keeps rising. I think back to a year ago when this number was unimaginable. Now it seems like just a marker on a road to something worse.

Appointment scheduled!

Yesterday the state opened up vaccinations to more people, and due to some medical conditions that I won't get into here, I qualified for an appointment. Navigating the state's vaccine websites was a bit of a nightmare - their server capacity wasn't nearly up to the demand, and appointments were

Thank god

The inauguration happened. Biden is president. Harris is the first woman to be vice president. The Senate is blue again (just barely, but I'll take it.) We watched the ceremony with our kids, and it was very emotional. Particularly when Harris was sworn in, but even things like 'This Land

Four hundred thousand

On 45's last day, we reach another milestone in his bodycount. That's all I have to say.

Waiting for the inauguration

It's been a few days since the attempted coup and the riots. Things have been relatively quiet, but I (and probably most of the country) remain very much on edge and very nervous. Over the last few days some good things have happened. There has been widespread condemnation of the

A day that will live in infamy

When I woke up this morning I was feeling really good. Today was supposed to be the day that the electoral vote was finalized and Biden officially recognized as president-elect. It was also looking like Georgia had elected two Democrats. The day has taken a very ugly and frightening turn.

2020 24 hours to go

I wish I could take credit for that title, but it's been all over the place... The year is nearly over, but the awfulness it brought will be with us for quite some time to come. There are so many aspects of 2020 that I would like to say goodbye

Three Hundred Thousand

There are cities, actual cities, with fewer people in them than have now died in the US alone from COVID-19. And it isn't close to over.

Chanukah in Isolation

Massachusetts continues to hover around 5k new cases daily. Our town has been sending urgent texts and other alerts imploring us to stay home, wear masks, etc. Nevertheless there is still pressure to gather. It's Chanukah this week. Usually we would get together with my parents and my sister at

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Yikes

Remember back in September when I was scared because the covid cases had jumped from 200 to 700? Today was around 6,500. I had no idea then that things would get this bad, and right now it seems like we're on track to keep getting worse, perhaps much worse.

Thanksgiving

Here we are nine months into the pandemic, with yet another holiday stolen from us by the virus. My family, like so many others around the country, is not really in agreement about how to have a safe celebration. For my own part, the four of us will be celebrating

I don't know how to feel

Joe Biden won the election, that's good; but Trump refuses to leave office, that's bad; a covid vaccine has been approved by the FDA, that's good; but it will be many months before it is widely available and cases are skyrocketing, that's bad; the kids are doing ok with remote

Check it out

Nothing horrible happened today, I mean aside from all the horrible things that happen every day now. But nothing new horrible happened today. It remains to be seen what this coming week will bring, but for now I am happy that I got to spend today with family celebrating my

Victory?

It looks like the counting is nearly over, and Biden/Harris have won. All the news outlets are reporting it, and it seems like a done deal. It is a huge and critical victory, Harris is a historic vp-elect and Biden will be a terrific president. So why am I

Boo!

I love Halloween, it might be my favorite holiday, or certainly way up there. This year was always going to be weird - with the coronavirus, trick-or-treating was off the table from the get-go and we couldn't have an indoor party or anything like that, but we still thought that