MLK used to be allocated as a "floating holiday" ie you got the holiday day but could take it at your convenience. I'm glad we've switched to standard holiday off because that was a little too second-class-holiday for me.

I do still wish that instead of schools being off they would use the day for MLK/civil rights related programming.

Upstairs clean. Trying to decide if I want to refinish this stepstool or not.

It's 22F here right now, and we had snow last night. So, TCG spent the morning of his day off shoveling and salting the driveway so that our new garage door could be installed.

I spent an hour in ltc's room reorganizing things while trying to convince her to nap in her crib. She finally fell asleep, and I got quite a bit done. Double win! I culled a bunch of things she doesn't fit into anymore, and sadly generated several bags of laundry of mostly new stuff that I need to do at some point.

MLK day is the only national holiday where students are off and staff does not have a paid holiday. It is sort of weird- I mean obviously we don't get all of Christmas break or anything, but it would be nice to have today.

I've never had MLK Day off as a holiday, so I don't really resent coming in to work today. We did have our crazy neighbor stopping by Friday and rattling off a racist screed about Martin Luther King Jr. not being a great man because he didn't send others to die for his cause, which made for a very awkward afternoon in an office full of mostly progressives.

I feel like starting all kinds of shit on FB (because where else?) about people who unthinkingly praise MLK while calling out for destroying all Muslims, or whatever.

I am also very torn about the Democratic presidential candidates. I just fear that if we end up with Sanders, people will vote for whatever insane Republican candidate there is, because they don't want single-payer healthcare and higher taxes.

I just got up. i left my alarm set to it's usual time so I could enjoy the luxury of turning it off and going back to sleep. Ah. I don't mean to gloat, it's just been to hard to get up on time lately that not having to feels extremely good.

Should really start Doing Stuff, though.

My client is closed today, but I'm working because Tim's at work and I might as well get stuff done. I'm sure as hell not going outside, because it's not even double digits yet. So -- work. Probably more laundry.

I just fear that if we end up with Sanders, people will vote for whatever insane Republican candidate there is, because they don't want single-payer healthcare and higher taxes.

Yes. I would be thrilled with Sanders as POTUS, but I just don't think he can win. But I also like Clinton a lot and think she has a good chance of winning.

I managed to run in the brief window of sunlight but it looks like it's going to rain again. (Sigh.)

Gotta groom the dog & vacuum & start laundry, & then get to go play with a friend. Have to decide: lunch in downtown & then Brooklyn at 1:45? Or go see Chi-Raq at the Parkway, which is cool, but the food isn't as great. Decisions, decisions!

Oh! I just found out this weekend that we're getting an Alamo Drafthouse.