Wow, I truly did not intend to be away from the blog for so long!

I had a lot of feelings to work out over the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the recent mass shootings, the continued shootings of unarmed Black men by police officers, and all of the anti-LGBTQ, anti-Trans, anti-Women laws being passed around the country right now. It’s not pretty, and I’m still pissed; but I’m not going to wallow in the negativity and am instead going to focus on lifting the voices that need to be heard, and educating those around me.

In addition to all of that, I ended up with COVID at the beginning of June, and it took me out for about 2 weeks. My bout was worse that some close to me, but nowhere near as bad as it has been for others. I still have some lingering effects, which I’m hoping will dissipate, but we’ll see.

We also had our big summer camp-style kick off week for summer activities at work, including a big picnic at the park. Thankfully I was well enough to attend, and we had a great time. We have activities planned throughout the summer. Also in work news, I have been going through an extensive training process to become certified as a trainer for one of the biggest and most important certifications my staff needs. My final evaluation was last week and I passed! Now I just need to wait for the board to officially certify me, and then I can schedule the training classes for my newest team members.

Things aren’t stopping there… July is crazy, busy as well! We have our annual awards luncheon for work in about a week and a half. (My site has historically not been honored [we’re smaller and one of the newest], but I feel like that is going to change this year). I also have my birthday and vacation right after that, including the Reverse Readathon with Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon. I’m hoping my vacation will give me a chance to do some blogging ahead; it will definitely give me a chance to relax and do some focused introspection.

I am going to try to do better about posting more frequently, and maybe get some sort of blogging schedule set up in the near future. But this one is for you Aries!