Today was very nearly my first skip day in several months until my wife pointed out just now that there was nothing stopping me from a one-liner before bed.  This may still be my last post until I get back from DC; even by my standards I am going to be incredibly busy between now and next Tuesday– tomorrow, in addition for all the things you might imagine I have to do on the night before a four-day trip with thirty thirteen- and fourteen-year-olds, is fucking parent teacher conferences– and I love y’all but there are only so many hours in the day.  I will genuinely try and get that HIMYM post up– yes, still angry– but I’m SO not making promises.

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(Oh!  Worth pointing out– I went to see my student who is in the hospital after school today.  She’s fine, for values of “fine” that include “in the hospital with several broken bones after being hit by a car.”  She was sitting in a chair in her room when I got there and not only didn’t appear to be in any pain but was actually more or less her usual chipper self– which makes absolutely no sense to me because her mother described her pelvis as “crushed” when we were talking about her injuries.  I either don’t know what “crushed” means or don’t quite understand how the pelvis works, because I feel like if that bone got crushed sitting in a chair would be incredibly painful.  But perhaps that’s why I’m a middle school math teacher and not a doctor.)