Jenn Kirkland
Bio
I'm a kinda-suburban, chubby, white, brunette, widowed mom of a teen and a twenty-something, special services school bus driver, word nerd, grammar geek, gamer girl, liberal snowflake social justice bard, and proud of it.
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Hibernation
To understand my need to hibernate, you need to know a bit about my mental state. And my physical state, for that matter. I'm 53. I'm fat. I have asthma. I'm anemic. I have generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), which is exacerbated by the death of my husband five years ago; they call this "primary grief reaction: anxiety". I have a tendency toward seasonal affective disorder (SAD). I have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as a legacy of a giardia infection back in 1992 (did you know those little assholes can live up to 20 minutes in a chlorinated swimming pool?), and I'm prone to upper respiratory crud - sinusitis and the like. And my vitamin D levels are low even by Seattle standards.
By Jenn Kirkland4 years ago in Confessions
It's not what you think
WARNING: it has been brought to my attention that some people have been hurt by this story, as it can be considered to be “queer-baiting,” although that was neither my late husband’s intent nor mine in republishing it. But as impact > intent, I am including this as a trigger warning.
By Jenn Kirkland4 years ago in Fiction
Late to the Party
Author's note: this story is one created by my late husband, Laston Kirkland. I've gone through and done some light editing - he liked ellipses almost as much as Diet Coke - but the core of it is his. He wrote it well before digital fashion became a thing.
By Jenn Kirkland4 years ago in Fiction
It's About the Kids
I don't have a commercial driver's license (CDL), I can't drive an actual bus, and I often transport my students in a white van (don't worry; it has windows and I don't offer them candy!) or an older Ford sedan (that used to be a drivers' education vehicle before that service left the schools and went private).
By Jenn Kirkland4 years ago in Education
