I'm actually thankful for Hybrid learning today, so DS can watch the Inauguration at home with me today! I still sent DD to daycare because.... two kids fighting all day, no thank you.
I have so much work to do, but I already can't focus! Gonna turn on the TV and "work" in front of it for the rest of the day! I'm glad DD is at daycare so I can actually focus on it haha
I wish I could take the day off and sit in front of the TV all day. I blocked off lunch at least to watch live. I'll probably stream while trying to work the rest of the day. I'm finally popping the bubbly I've been saving at lunchtime along with my Indian food.
Also, I shared that meme on FB yesterday about 'Today is the last day that a woman has never been vice president' because just reading that sort of took my breath away. I mean, I knew we were going to have a female VP today, but for some reason, worded that way was really striking. My daughter will never know anything different and that's amazing.
Anyway... something like 50 people liked it. I checked and all but two are women. The two men that liked it are gay, so they identify with wanting to be represented and can be happy for what women are experiencing today.
I mean, really. To every other dude on my feed... Toxic masculinity, much? You really feel that threatened? You've had a good run of almost 250 years. Even if you don't support Kamala politically (which, really, why not?? She's awesome!), you should still recognize and appreciate that this is a historic moment. Blah. I hate men, lol
Also, I shared that meme on FB yesterday about 'Today is the last day that a woman has never been vice president' because just reading that sort of took my breath away. I mean, I knew we were going to have a female VP today, but for some reason, worded that way was really striking. My daughter will never know anything different and that's amazing.
Anyway... something like 50 people liked it. I checked and all but two are women. The two men that liked it are gay, so they identify with wanting to be represented and can be happy for what women are experiencing today.
I mean, really. To every other dude on my feed... Toxic masculinity, much? You really feel that threatened? You've had a good run of almost 250 years. Even if you don't support Kamala politically (which, really, why not?? She's awesome!), you should still recognize and appreciate that this is a historic moment. Blah. I hate men, lol
That actually makes me really angry! Now that you say it I've seen it shared a bunch but only by women. I'm curious if men liked any of those posts (only 2 people reacted to the IG/FB story I posted with it - both women).
Post by keweenawlove on Jan 20, 2021 10:50:04 GMT -5
I woke up to an email accepting a major journal article that I started on right when COVID was taking off. It had some the most complementary reviews I've even gotten so it was a great way to kick off a hopefully better day.
Also I'm getting my second vaccine today right around noon!
My DD is 8 and we were both so excited for this. I kept crying and DD kept fake-crying b/c I think she felt like she should be crying. It was very cute and now I feel strung out and exhausted.
Post by timorousbeastie on Jan 20, 2021 13:03:56 GMT -5
Right after Biden was sworn in, DD grabbed her iPad, said āI want to remember this moment forever,ā and took a pic of the two of us. She then wrote āBiden is President!ā and drew an American flag on it ā¤ļø
Post by cherry1111 on Jan 20, 2021 16:35:55 GMT -5
My daughter was 4 days old for the 2016 election. I remember being so excited that she would never know a United States where a woman had never been president. Then we all know what happened next.
So for the first time in 4 years Iām excited again for what this means for her and all our daughters.
My daughter was 4 days old for the 2016 election. I remember being so excited that she would never know a United States where a woman had never been president. Then we all know what happened next.
So for the first time in 4 years Iām excited again for what this means for her and all our daughters.
I gave birth 3 days after election day 2016 and I feel this. The night before the election, I wrote in his baby book's "letter to my unborn baby" section all about how excited I was that he would come into the world where a woman was president. Sob. I'm pretty sure the shock and horror of it all sent me into labor.
Post by pinkdutchtulips on Jan 20, 2021 18:26:15 GMT -5
Miss R made a TikTok video that launched at midnight to celebrate the Inauguration. Later she ditched her first class of the day to watch the swearing in, an excuse I will gladly call in and clear š
Iām in trial (via zoom) and during a break I watched the swearing ins šššš I am so happy to have adults back in the WH and folks who will actually DO the job that they were elected to do š
My daughter was 4 days old for the 2016 election. I remember being so excited that she would never know a United States where a woman had never been president. Then we all know what happened next.
So for the first time in 4 years Iām excited again for what this means for her and all our daughters.
I gave birth 3 days after election day 2016 and I feel this. The night before the election, I wrote in his baby book's "letter to my unborn baby" section all about how excited I was that he would come into the world where a woman was president. Sob. I'm pretty sure the shock and horror of it all sent me into labor.
I relate to these comments so much! My DS was about 3 months old for the 2016 election. I had a "I'm with Her" sticker on his car seat, lol. I was certain he'd get to see the first woman president. I remember waking up in the middle of the night and finding out Trump won and having to nurse DS and just feeling SO despondent and depressed, and not being able to sleep for the rest of the night
Yesterday DS was home from daycare, because it is in a federal building in a state capital city, and they closed the building out of concern for *waves hands* on inauguration day.
Today I went to drop him off, and the frames in the lobby that used to hold the portraits of the orange dumpster fire and Mother's husband, are now empty. No portraits of Biden & Harris yet, just brown cardboard displayed in gold frames.
Obviously I look forward to saying good morning to Madame VP every morning on my way to drop off, once the new portraits go up. But in the meantime, I am HERE for the level of petty that it took to display those empty frames. Especially because I remember 4 years ago, they took their SWEET TIME changing it from Obama/Biden to Cheeto Mussolini/Pence, and didn't do it until the new portraits were available.
We were unofficially told to stay home or not come in if we didn't feel safe yesterday (depending on which division you work for - state building near capital building). It seriously cracked me up that there was just one lone Maga protestor there šš guess we were safe to go to work!
I'm going to ask this here even though it's completely unrelated because I don't want to start a new thread.
DD goes to essentially a babysitters house for daycare every day - I pay the woman but DD is the only kid she watches and there's nothing official in place. Is there some kind of form or document I should give her so she can seek medical treatment for DD if something happens during the day? I can't for the life of me remember what we did when she was in daycare.
My daughter was 4 days old for the 2016 election. I remember being so excited that she would never know a United States where a woman had never been president. Then we all know what happened next.
So for the first time in 4 years Iām excited again for what this means for her and all our daughters.
I gave birth 3 days after election day 2016 and I feel this. The night before the election, I wrote in his baby book's "letter to my unborn baby" section all about how excited I was that he would come into the world where a woman was president. Sob. I'm pretty sure the shock and horror of it all sent me into labor.
I'm just seeing this now, but DS1 was born on election day. I voted and went to the hospital where I was 110% sure I was having a girl and we were electing the first woman president. Imagine my surprise the following morning when I was holding my baby boy watching Hilary concede.
In that moment I knew I was not Team Green for the next child. LOL