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[rosaw]

There's a lot of stress going around these days. Loads of it. And I seem to have plenty just now. So I'm up and jittery and not sleeping (again). Tomorrow I have to teach and I fear the the little darlings aren't going to get my best (again). Noticing a pattern here?

The adviser has written a new policy which may make my life horrible. I had a meal tonight with another committee member and strategized. There are few good scenarios and a few less good scenarios. I have some real support in the department though and that makes all the difference. I will finish the diss and hopefully sooner rather than later. I have been writing every day and am keeping a calendar at the end of each day, listing what I worked on and accomplished. It's the only way I can be certain I am progressing.

My sister, who doesn't speak to me by choice very often, called today because child services took her child and is having a hearing about permanently removing her from my sister's home (my niece is 14). I heard the mostly incoherent and insane story and then called the place where my niece is staying. She's with a step-sister and is very glum and withdrawn. She wouldn't say much to me about anything and I can hardly blame her for her lack of trust in adults. After all, in her world they're all crazy. There's very little I can do except feel bad and wait for her to be 17 so she can leave her mom and the state where she has been trapped for so long. I don't even know what's best for her. My sister hopes the state will send her to me rather than with her biological father, but I find it highly unlikely that she would be sent out of state to stay with an aunt when both parents live 15 miles apart.

Escapade is 11 days away and that is going to be fun. Even though sherrold and gattagrigia aren't going to be there wickedwords and I will carry on in the spirit that we have come to embody, though without the benefit of our usual comrades. From what wickedwords has said, she needs the break as much, if not more than, I do. The weather had been great (knock on wood) and there is the promise of much laughter and relaxation on the horizon.

Comments

[destina.livejournal.com]

Am totally looking forward to seeing you! :-D But I'm sad S isn't going to be there. I didn't know. I'm bummed about that.

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[rosawestphalen.livejournal.com]

I'm excited to see you, too. It's been too long and I completely blame myself. It will be good to hang out and chat about SG and vids and all that jazz. :-)

[meri-oddities.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to seeing you, too. *hugs*

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[rosawestphalen.livejournal.com]

It will be good to see you, too. *hugs back*

[gattagrigia.livejournal.com]

Dear dear Rosa, I cannot express how much I would rather be with you all in Oxnard than stuck in a hotel in Denver next weekend. As I shrivel up in the oxygen-parched dryness and cold, I'll be envying you the sun and the ocean breezes and that wonderful pool and jacuzzi...and the great company too of course!

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[rosawestphalen.livejournal.com]

Escapade just isn't going to be the same without you there. I don't want you to get the idea that this is a habit you a adopt. Also, please tell me you are still planning to come visit me this spring. Sun, surf and RotK costumes all await you here. And me, I await you, too. So, please come visit.