I don't normally discuss politics here, because I have friends and relatives whose views differ wildly from my own who read this site regularly, and I'd rather alienate them by discussing the size of my frighteningly gargantuan nursing bras than alienate them by pointing out that they are WRONG and TERRIBLY ILL-INFORMED and QUITE POSSIBLY COMATOSE.
But-
This has me gobsmacked. Our illustrious, intellectual, and well-read leader* has decided to eliminate the Reading is Fundamental program in its entirety. I remember getting to take home RIF books as a kid. I LOVED it. It was like Christmas. It's probably one of the reasons that I enjoyed reading to the point that I got a relatively useless but hard-earned college degree in English.
It's the program that let me read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. RIF was awesome. And now it's getting the axe.
The irony is, Our Fearless Leader's mother and his wife worked for RIF, on boards and advisory counsels. This is the guy that can say with a straight face that he wants to leave no child left behind, but kneecaps a program that, since the 1960s, has been putting good books in the hands of kids who need them at no cost to the kids.
Stupid Jackass.
*I know, I threw up in my mouth just then, too.
I threw my back out last night.
I don't know how. One minute I was fine, the next minute I was bending over to put Chris in his swing and POW! The pain is excruciating.
I can't stand. I can't sit. I can't lay down. Craaaaaaaap.
Dr. Internet says the course of treatment is bed rest and pain meds, the two things I CAN'T do. I have a two year old and a nursling, so staying still and pain meds are both out of the equation.
Craaaaaaaaaap.
I'm trying not to let on (especially around the Bean) how much pain I'm feeling, but it's obvious that it's bad when just sitting up in bed with Dim's help had me sobbing.
Keep my back in your good thoughts. I'll just be over here fighting back the sobs.