Half Day

Tomorrow is out last half-day before break. Then after the kids are gone I'll spend the rest of the day cleaning up the late work pile and filing and getting ready for the day we come back. In my fantasies, I spend time sitting in a comfy chair reading something that isn't student work, something that I don't slap a score and feedback on, something that makes me feel civilized and human. Something that isn't Republican fascism or the death of democracy, that isn't children in cages and no one having healthcare. Something that does't involve starving, hurting, tormented animals or people. Fandom is the best I can do right now. I have a ton of books in my to-read pile, but fandom is the friend you can call up anywhere you have a device and internet. And fanfic makes me happy. I can pick and choose authors and story lines and characters I like. Which is a vast improvement over the 48 hours of online scoring I have waiting for me over break.