Apology

To those of you who saw the entry I just deleted (it was up for 10-15 minutes, I think), I apologize.

I was just upset. The things that I thought I'd set to rest came back again and...

I think people are never going to let them go away.

Today, I Had More Than I Could Take...

And, I came unglued at someone.

It's not a good feeling. I don't like doing it. But, I was very, very angry. I still am, though I'm calmer now than I was then.

It takes a LOT to really make me unload on a person, especially when I've tried to talk to them and make amends.

I don't get angry--really angry--very often, but when I do...look out.

I guess that bad things never end. You can say they end. You can say you're not going to let them bother you any more.

But, if other people aren't willing to let it drop, they're going to take potshots at you forever.

I wish I had thick skin. I wish I knew how to develop it.

I wish I could just get on with my life.

Writing

Anybody want to talk about writing?

What are you working on?

What have you learned lately?

Do you have any insights you'd like to share?

Immigration Protests

Did any of you folks have student walk-outs in your area as part of protests over immigration issues?

How about any of you southern California folks?

Yesterday, at lunch time, I was trapped on a San Gabriel Valley street for maybe 20 minutes while an enormous group of students crossed an intersection, waving flags, chanting, marching.

There were motorcycle officers following them, but I didn't see any rowdiness or anything bad.

They were just blocking streets as they marched.

When I picked up my youngest at school, he said a large number of students where he attends high school had walked out as well. I don't know if they marched or if they just walked out of class in protest.

I do know that the gates were locked and they were not allowed back in after the protests.

My son said one of the teachers told her class that this had happened before and that, once upon a time, students had been suspended for that. She thought that now, the students' parents were sent a bill for the money wasted by their students walking out that day.

I was just wondering if anyone else experienced this in their area and if they thought it made a difference or not.

People Can Be Nice

Someone just told me that the cut and color I did to my hair last night made me look 10 years younger.

They'd come all the way into the offices just to look cause someone told them I'd colored it.

They sure know how to make a person feel good. :)

And, a young manager came in this morning, looked at me for a minute, asked if I'd colored my hair, and told me it looked good.

So, general consensus seems to be that I did the right thing getting my hair cut and that I picked a winner of a color.