I LOVE newly engaged alumnus. @CooperAlumni let’s keep them.

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Posted on 5/21/2013 by

“[Mark Epstein] does not carry the spirit of Peter Cooper!” Strong words from a cooper union alumni at the CUAA alumni trustees forum.

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Posted on 5/21/2013 by

Livestreaming Cooper Union alum assoc. council mtg fm vac. Friends sweetly cut riding day short so I could attend. http://t.co/HxXd449lSx

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Posted on 5/21/2013 by

That moment you’re all ready to watch a meeting remotely and the Livestream isn’t up yet. @FreeCooperUnion @CooperTaskForce @CooperAlumni

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Posted on 5/21/2013 by

Getting readers cards at the library of congress! Just because! http://t.co/o9WqKSiUkB

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Posted on 5/20/2013 by

Corrupt Government! Industry on the right weights the scales against the Citizen. http://t.co/5eRE03CIbn

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Posted on 5/20/2013 by

Anarchy flanked by Ignorance and Violence. http://t.co/7JzTcoTlCL

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Posted on 5/20/2013 by

Lots if snails! http://t.co/JFcMRP2MqE

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Posted on 5/19/2013 by

Went for a run and on my way back I helped some snails cross the road. http://t.co/Ae2ilKUGyB

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Posted on 5/19/2013 by

Just made it to the cabin in VA. So super nice. Makes up for having to wreak a path of death and destruction on all the bugs here. #nasty

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Posted on 5/17/2013 by

This is me after reading the CUAA election results email. http://t.co/fxZ6JHchyH

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Posted on 5/17/2013 by

Thrilled to be elected to the Cooper Union alumni association council w such productive colleagues. @literaryanimal @slavin_fpo @jfleeper!

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Posted on 5/17/2013 by

On the road! Vacation, you are so worth the 16 hrs of overtime logged over the last 3 days. http://t.co/SHrUMl9VQv

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Posted on 5/16/2013 by

Mother’s Day

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Nine made me a Mother’s Day card this year in school. It’s AMAZING. it’s also my first ever nod from the little dudes on a Mother’s Day. And it felt more than amazing. It felt like crying, and it felt like ratcheting down those tears so sweet Nine didn’t think he’d done something wrong.

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Step-parenting is a really weird thing. In my situation, I’m doing all the things a mom would do – the homework checks, the dinner prep, the hugs and kisses, the love, the reprimands, the ferry service, the career day at school, the ball games, finding summer camps, talking over problems with other kids, the chats over meals – but they HAVE a perfectly wonderful ACTUAL mom, so as much as I also love and care for these kids, well. There’s not usually a Mother’s Day for me.

And you know?

That’s totally fine with me. I know these dudes love me. I don’t need a Hallmark holiday contributing to the fetishization of the mom to appreciate what I do – maybe because, as a step-parent, I CHOSE this level of engagement. I decided to be this kind of person in their lives. And I went into it expecting it to be outside of the traditional recognition categories. Traditionally there’s usually evil stepmoms, you know? There’s no holiday for that.

But when the sweetest Nine you know gives you a card that he made in school, which means he was thinking about you when you’re apart, and which says sweet things inside – holy cow. I squeed in the quietest, coolest way possible.

But guys! I got a Mother’s Day card!

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Vacation alert for tomorrow! 27 hours to kickstands up! http://t.co/S7DxxAK9GL

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Posted on 5/15/2013 by

That day before vacation where you wake w a full to do list at work and only 5 hrs sleep. If ONLY I were making donuts.

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Posted on 5/15/2013 by

I think it was snowing on my home. Good thing we’re heading south … Motorcycle vacation starts day after tomorrow!

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Posted on 5/14/2013 by

Worked to 11pm, stopped for freezer food dinner to follow late afternoon chzdoodles. Pierogie and $1-burritos, you are in me. #stresseating

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Posted on 5/14/2013 by

We got a hundred Peter Cooper’s up in the presidents office today. @FreeCooperUnion @pleasedontfront @CaseyG

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Posted on 5/14/2013 by

wait, that’s it?! @FreeCooperUnion, seriously, put your pants on. a passel of trustees and one president are on their way.

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