I'm drinking cold white wine in the New Jersey sunshine?in my backyard and it is fucking amazing. Hurrah to global warming at this moment or whatever is causing this. I need this. Oh, and there are no kids here at the moment, not that I don't love them. Sandra's grandmother died. They are in Canada.

So I guess about two months ago I was hit with three things within the same week or so.

1. My job is downgraded.

There is a long story here and I won't claim that I am 100% blameless, but at its heart I think what I have realized after working in four for-profit schools over the past six years: they suck. Who would have thought that as INSANE as the school I was in Morocco from 2014 - 2016 it would have been my best experience?

Though I can stay at my job 'indefinitely' it is no longer as Head of School. There's a new one of those.?

I'm almost completely over it.

So this means that I am in the process of applying for new jobs.

As of right now there are two strong prospects:

1. The San Diego Jewish Academy

2. The Windhoek School in Namibia

I've applied for tons. I also have a very eager headhunter working for me with Southern Teachers, so we might end up moving to somewhere like South Carolina or Kentucky.

As for my exact blame for my job I give myself 5% blame.? 47.5% the pandemic. 47.5% my boss.

2. Kids Listen gave me a warning.

So not that you give a crap, but my Little News Ears is in 'Kids Listen,' which is like an 'elite' group of kids podcasts. Mick Sullivan, who does the show The Past and The Curious, which is a really known?show, told me that one of my shows was too potentially harmful for kids. So I revamped (this show is called Just Vote Moms...two bickering animal-men ...one kind of a southern asshole and one kind of a gayish international white rhino talking about politics) and I think I solved this one.

3. We are being investigated.

I mean, that's an exaggeration, but Sandra called me in tears a while back and said that the Department of Social Services is going to investigate a claim that was made by a parent of one of Caspian's classmates at school.

I couldn't imagine what it was...until I knew it was about Caspian I pictured it was somebody in our neighborhood complaining that we were drinking a beer outside of our house as Caspian and Sky were playing in the front 'yard.'

But as it turns out, and I do remember when Caspian said this, one day at school he, or one of his friends got him to say, 'My Dad gave me a butt massage.'

I remember when he said it at school. I winced and told him not to make jokes like that.

But it doesn't change the fact that he said it. A parent phoned it in. We were interviewed... a few times Caspian was asked by the social worker, 'Did your father ever give you a butt massage?' and he said YES. Just kidding. He said no.

But holy shit.

And so anyway, with these three big things, if you don't know this about me yet.....I HATE when it gets dark and cold. I HATE not being able to go to the beach once a week. And so I've been pretty down of late.

So I woke up yesterday morning and added to

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