As with all things that seem to fall by the wayside, I’ve been thinking about what to say. Work has supplanted free time. I have been working on large boring (for progress) projects mainly. I am knitting, crocheting, and creating without documenting. I am designing (ALWAYS), but without much INTENT behind my design.

I somewhat forgot that January was my “take pictures of all the knitwear you wear this month and post it to Instagram” tradition. I neglected to start my month of bad haikus in February.

I have been trying to live in the moment, put down my phone (unless I’m listening to an audio book), and exist. I feel trampled by America’s political situation. The attempt to erase Trans People from the narrative is painful in ways that I have not processed into adequate words.

But still, I persist.

This school year, I took up the Robotics advisor mantle. I love it. I love the students. I love the process. I love watching how my team is growing as engineers, as leaders, and as people. It requires a good deal of my time afterschool. And thinking about robotics in general. I’m concerned about HOW we are going to get to our competitions, since we can’t use our grant funds for transportation. I’m concerned we won’t have grant funds next year to keep the program robust.

I’ve made a bunch of stitch markers with no outlet. I want to put them on Etsy, eventually. The family did a whirlwind Orlando theme park trip in January around my Birthday. It was : Drive Saturday and Sunday morning, Legoland on Sunday afternoon with my Mom, Disney Monday (Animal Kingdom), Tuesday (Magic Kingdom), and Wednesday (Hollywood Studios), Universal on Thursday and Friday. We drove back home Saturday and Sunday. Back to work for me on Monday. It was unseasonably cold (HIGHS in the lower 40s), and it rained 2/3 or the time there. At least we all packed rain coats!