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Apple Watch sleep metrics are usually a good early sign of illness. I woke up today not feeling great and all my “vitals” are above normal. Told A and soon after my report pings me she is sick and not coming in. I had an hour long 1:1 with her in a small office yesterday so yeah FML.

I got in for second round of FIFA lottery too and was able to secure tickets the match we actually will make it. July 4 Saturday, Round of 16, Philadelphia! No matter who plays against who, this match was our first choice to make it to have a “World Cup” experience and I am glad we are able to! Now I just have to resell the other tickets I have :D. Nice problem to have!

The kid wrote a poem yesterday:

When will I leave this town?
By: Kid

The occasional creaking of a floorboard
A rumble of car once or twice
It’s too quiet in this small town
I say with no such delight

I tried to stay back
Sold half my clothes and belongings
Cut down on expenses and shopping
But alas, the money was too tight

So I moved out of the big city
Where it was loud all the time
People chattering and cars honking
Even during the darkest hours of the night

There was always something going on there
Never a slow moment
Not like here
Where it seems to be that all people do is stay inside and write

I haven’t seen more 2 people outside
Both silent and distant
I can feel them judging me from afar
I think they think I bite

This house is too old
It’s bathroom too small
My apartment back in the city
Was big and had some sights

There are no excitements and fun
Around this small town
Just dusty old grocery stores
And a small airport that has just one flight

My self pity is drowning me
The boxes on the floor like cages that trap
The silence is unbearable
Spending my life here will be a plight

Restless sleep takes over
Tossing and turning through all hours
Memories of old invade my mind
Trying to stop remembering is like getting into a fight
A week has gone by
And I still feel like I don’t belong
Friends from home contact me and tell me this is for the better
But it still doesn’t feel right

It’s a struggle to get out of bed
To see the empty streets
I wonder every day
When will I leave this town?

As a parent of an above-average student, I can’t tell you how little schools are equipped to actually help these students. The schooling systems are primarily designed to reward smarter folks, but ask them a few questions on how they are going to help students are feeling left behind and they have no actionable answers. It’s left to us parents to be hyper involved or you are out of luck. This, in one of the best school districts in entire nation – I fear to think how bad is it outside.

Disappointing day for kid last night. She did not make it to the high school varsity swim team that in a different circumstances should have made it quite easily. Her knee injury has not healed well so far, and even a couple of tryouts were difficult. She has a lot of physical therapy to get through to be strong again, and by the time she is 100% again the varsity season will end. Much crying ensued but it is what it is, and sometimes life gets in the way.

I honestly have no interest in Epstein files. All I know is America will bend over backwards to protect a white man. You can say “but I am not like that” – sure neither am I – but enough of us are and that’s why he is in power and that is why when he was not in power and we had the opportunity to hold him accountable then, nobody did. Like we are talking serious pedophelia charges and democrats sat on this while they were in power? Fuck off already everyone who thinks they just found their moral compass.

Except my eldest cousin and my brother, none of the cousins who are married stay with their parents. In that respect, my eldest cousin was just very lucky to have seen his own kids now come of age and ready to go to college with both grand parents around them. I can’t imagine the next generation of kids even having this kind of relationship and growing up with their grandparents. It is already over with our generation.

Democrats making a hell of Epstein files seem to forget that Biden had every opportunity in his first two years to release them. If it was as damaging to Trump as it claims, maybe Biden should’ve released it in interest of thwarting fascism. But he didn’t. Now it’s comical to see all democrats up in arms about it. Like jee, maybe should’ve had some foresight?

My kid has always hated anything to do with coding or computers. However we forced her to take part in an AI challenge at school and told her she didn’t need to do know coding or computers to build something. She wrote a long story format prompt for an app she had an idea for and she was awestruck when lovable built it the way she thought. Now, an upgrade to pro version later the kid is furiously telling AI what to do next for her web app. It’s a swim app and yes it really has turned out nice. If you needed proof that AI is transformational this is it. I love how engrossed she is right now “building”, something she would have never ever done.