So these last 2 weeks life has taken me in a direction that I have never expected. Mom had her 4th and hopefully final surgery 2 weeks ago. DH lost his job yesterday and in lifes every f*cking irony on April 24th he will be undergoing major surgery and beginning his own health battle, a year to the day when my mom began hers. Since I can’t deal with my real life right now I’ve come back to the place that has been a place of refuge for the last 3 years. I know it’s not fair of me just to come back and b!tch so I’ve written you ladies a letter. Here it goes.
Hi Ladies,
I’m going to try to be as eloquent as I can but you know I’m a chemistry teacher, not an English one. Two weeks ago I allowed myself to listen with what we’ll call “bad advice” and allowed it to cloud my normally good judgment. I truly though and still believe that I was doing my job using my understanding of the TOS as it was. I knew it was going to make many people unhappy but I was never prepared for the cruelty that it caused. For this reason I have stayed away to process instead of creating another emotional post. I have purposefully waited until the new TOS was posted before reposting but as you can see that too has its problems. It’s kinda hard to do the right thing when the people you look to don’t have all the answers themselves. I’m not knocking KI or Jackie, as they have been great lately, but as they themselves have admitted they don’t have all of the answers.
For those of you that were able to remain rational and calm through all I this I truly appreciate it. It has not gone unnoticed. For those of you that were not all I can say it this. We have all collectively hit rock bottom and the only way to go it up. I will continue to be around as mod and as a poster. Feel free to chat it up with me, ignore me or even leave CC. It’s up to you how you choose to move forward. Whatever you decide at least we all have a better understanding of what the rules are.
I hope I have cleared some things up for you. If not I’m sorry. I will not be publicly speaking about it anymore. I am choosing to move forward in a positive way. If you have a question feel to PM me otherwise today is a new day. Let’s treat it as such.