Bi And Large

Good Gravy have I been busy. I feel like I am running a marathon just to keep up these days. I suppose many people my age feel that way, but I get so tired of it. There's no leeway to just slow down and rest a little, no enjoying the moment, or you'll go spinning off into oblivion. It is hard to keep the pace.

I have so much tagged and half-written in my head that I want to blog about, but I haven't carved out the time to. Lots of fat activism stuff. Lots of LGBT stuff. Lots of just general stuff. I get tired and then I lose my anger and passion!!

School has started here and the girls have been back a week now. I am, of course, overwhelmed with forms and paperwork and supplies and all the rest. Money, eek. They ask for a fuckload of money around here. And I am frustrated too, because our district is so good academically, and sooooooo bad organizationally. They make me want to kick them in the throat, I am so frustrated with the sheer stupidity. And arrogance too, assuming everyone in the district is wealthy, has 2 parents, and one of them stays at home. They need serious help. I am too angry to be constructive, luckily Pete is able to focus his annoyance (years of practice as a PM I suppose) and is joining the PTA and trying to run for the school board. Except apparently you need to be a citizen to be on the school board. Sure, you might live here and work here and pay taxes and your kids go to the schools, but if you're not a citizen, NO DICE. It frustrates me.

In other news, my parents place looks awesome and they are coming back, again, next weekend! And this time my brother and his wife will be there too. We have lots of fun stuff planned. It's great to have my family around more often.

Work is excellent, I have been there over a year now. My boss still tends to fly off the handle and he has terrible business and management skills. But, he is learning. And, he is very smart at the medical stuff. So, I'm learning how to manage HIM and enjoying my work very very much.

And now I am going to deal with my 3 year old who is neurotic about bandaids. Wish me luck!