Something, anything

Someone out there might be wondering why I haven't posted in a while. It's not something I'm happy about. I love writing this stuff. Lately, though, I've been having trouble finishing. I started writing about how I think the "Hate Has No Home Here" signs are self-congratulatory and dumb. I just never finished. They are though.

It's a little strange. I still smile and find things funny all the time, and as far as I can tell I still have the ability to say funny things and make my students and my friends laugh. But much of my life has been caught up with stuff that ranges from not particularly funny to dead serious. It's not that those things aren't worth writing about, but they're not what I normally do in this blog, so I've been hesitant to post it. For example, anyone who works with me knows that I am in the middle of an effort to eliminate sexual harassment in my school. Not much funny stuff there, unless you include making fun of clueless people, which I don't.

Also, a lot of the things that have occupied me are personal and not appropriate for sharing. I'm generally fine to share things about myself, but when they involve other people I just can't.

I think what I need to do is keep better track of the fun stuff in my day (and there's a lot of it) so that the more serious things don't push them out of my head. Most of the things I find amusing are spur of the moment interactions and they don't stick with me or I don't feel like writing "so they said, and then I said..." kinds of things.

But here's what's going on. I am on my way to San Francisco to visit one of my kids who moved there a couple of months ago. I usually find a way to write about travel, so I'm going to try to restart. Work is crazy- I spend every spare moment on the harassment stuff and don't have much "hang out" time. That needs to change. I'll write about what this process has been like sometime soon, maybe on this trip because it's entering a new phase. It's been an experience unlike anything I've ever encountered.

But for now I'm going to leave it like this, because I want to post something. Don't be surprised if you hear from me again soon though