Getting Back Out There!
Ripping the band-aid off.
Dear Rach,
I’m sorry I’ve been AWOL. I have nothing to say today but I’m committing to ripping the band-aid off and just sending this thing, because I do really love it and once I just send the one thing it will become easy again to send the thing when I actually do have something to say.
I’m having the most delightfully quintessential winter. I just had to scrape 4 inches of snow and ice off of my windshield on the way over to Mekiah’s and I’ve watched two seasons of The Walking Dead in the past two weeks but I swear, it’s in a good way. It’s my-face-hurts-outside cold and my DTE bill is off the charts but I earnestly love my life. It’s a smooth brain winter and to be honest, I needed it. We are hunkered down.
A real life journal entry from two weeks ago:
Rich inner life? I don’t know her! But that is truly, genuinely, wonderfully fine. I will take my smooth brain winter with a fulfilling community life, newly lightly defined back muscles, zombie-themed television addiction, and a job that’s kind of hard.
I will say, it’s a weird time to work in education—the whole imminent downfall of the DOE thing is…not great. The political climate devolving has made more and more of my job essentially to figure out how to sell a thing built to teach children emotional regulation without using the word emotion. It’s absurd. It’s also given me a front row seat to how the kids are generally not alright. We are selling a thing that used to be just for kids in special ed to all kids! It’s interesting and sad and has really consumed me between 9-6.
Anyway. Here I am, with my mediocre little email that I am utterly committed to sending for the sake of reviving this outlet for us, because I simply must get back out there. Love you.
Stay Loose,
KA