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Tashi Rodriguez.

I have come to the difficult decision after being sick for the last week with nothing but time to think about it that I'll be taking a hiatus from this blog until, at least, my breaks from school. I don't know if that will be the long weekend of fall break, the two weeks of winter break, or the eight weeks of next summer. Heck, I could just miss this so much that I'm back after just a month away and getting settled in school.

I've spoken to a select few of you about what's been going on this summer in some capacity, but it's not just about the end of a twenty year relationship, moving without my dog, my bestie and room-neighbor quitting, my job putting me on another over-the-top 4-new-preps 7-course schedule where half are inclusion, the fact that I'm in a wedding, or planning a trip overseas... It's that I simply can't keep my head above water in any aspect of my life anymore. I want to focus on what I know will bring me joy in the little pockets of free time I may see in the next several months of massive change. Whether that's threads, my novel, reading, gaming... It's all going to be so limited with the workload I'm going to have. Please do not take my decision personally, I just need some space and the people that I've chosen to move a few threads to the private blog with just know what tf is going on with me and I need that lack of pressure for now.

Thank you for understanding and if you don't, please just block me. Happy writing.

See you soon, I hope.

I see that some people have gone; whether that's blocking, deleting, or whatever and that's okay, I know I asked for it if y'all couldn't understand my need for this break.

Life hasn't been much better. Thor died peacefully in his sleep twenty days ago, but 10 and a half years with my furrbaby that went with me through college and half the marriage, the kid I had when I found out I couldn't have babies, and the dog that laid next to me through both surgeries and every depressive episode... He was the best.

Then, just a few days later, my surgical gynecological oncologist (SGO) decided I needed a third surgery and my labs came back with a CA-125 spike. I've had 2 weeks to prep for my FMLA (not easy when you teach 4 different courses and seven classes all maxed out, half are inclusion, everything needs translating into 4-5 languages each class, and the content is all new so practically nothing from your decade of teaching is relevant) and all the while I've been trying to mentally prepare for the possibility of what that cancer antigen spike means for post-surgery. I got lucky last time and my previous SGO didn't think I needed chemo or radiation... I mean at some point my luck is either running out or I'm living forever, right? Either way, I have another major surgery on Tuesday.

I'm still planning to leave the states after graduation to have some quiet abroad. I'd love to see any of you that live in the UK and want to grab a meal, go on a weekend adventure, or go to some event or other. My school pushed the date back this week, but I'm still going to be over there the whole summer (June and July) -- or until everyone's sick of me and puts me back on a plane to the U.S. So, that's what I'm trying to focus on and look forward to as I have the surgery in a couple of days and then selling my house and moving once I'm mobile after that.

As you can see, I'm not back yet. The surgery in September went well and I was back to work after a month. Then the labs came back poorly a couple months later and I was sent for more scans. Another mass was found and I'm being sent to another specialist at the end of January to figure out what to do.

My job hasn't been great. Massive amounts of work and no planning blocks to do it aside, the content in this climate has been beyond exhausting. On top of it all, my friend's wife, a friend I worked with for years, passed away unexpectedly. Her death has impacted our community massively as she was a teacher, her kids are also students in our division, then he taught for quite a while here too. The next day a family friend passed. Tomorrow I'm attending the honor walk for one of my students and on Tuesday we return to deal with the empty desk and devastated students. Not sure when that funeral will be, but I suspect that I'll be in no mental place to spend my limited time trying to write fluff.

I have my plane tickets for my summer trip... so, there's that. Now to just hope that all of Europe doesn't ban U.S. travel because of the current administration. I'm so excited about this trip... it's just a bit muted right now, knowing how depressing the morning ceremony will be without my kiddo. I'll also be leaving my new dog, Butter, behind for this trip. He's a stage 5 clinger, so it's a bit worrisome given that it's two months abroad and leaving people I am struggling to trust to care for him.

I hope you're doing okay and still writing. Thank you for the messages. I've read them, I just haven't had a moment to write back... or the ability to put much things into words. Please keep in touch. I'd love to write with you all when I come up for air. It just seems more and more like that may only be this coming summer.

I have come to the difficult decision after being sick for the last week with nothing but time to think about it that I'll be taking a hiatus from this blog until, at least, my breaks from school. I don't know if that will be the long weekend of fall break, the two weeks of winter break, or the eight weeks of next summer. Heck, I could just miss this so much that I'm back after just a month away and getting settled in school.

I've spoken to a select few of you about what's been going on this summer in some capacity, but it's not just about the end of a twenty year relationship, moving without my dog, my bestie and room-neighbor quitting, my job putting me on another over-the-top 4-new-preps 7-course schedule where half are inclusion, the fact that I'm in a wedding, or planning a trip overseas... It's that I simply can't keep my head above water in any aspect of my life anymore. I want to focus on what I know will bring me joy in the little pockets of free time I may see in the next several months of massive change. Whether that's threads, my novel, reading, gaming... It's all going to be so limited with the workload I'm going to have. Please do not take my decision personally, I just need some space and the people that I've chosen to move a few threads to the private blog with just know what tf is going on with me and I need that lack of pressure for now.

Thank you for understanding and if you don't, please just block me. Happy writing.

See you soon, I hope.

I see that some people have gone; whether that's blocking, deleting, or whatever and that's okay, I know I asked for it if y'all couldn't understand my need for this break.

Life hasn't been much better. Thor died peacefully in his sleep twenty days ago, but 10 and a half years with my furrbaby that went with me through college and half the marriage, the kid I had when I found out I couldn't have babies, and the dog that laid next to me through both surgeries and every depressive episode... He was the best.

Then, just a few days later, my surgical gynecological oncologist (SGO) decided I needed a third surgery and my labs came back with a CA-125 spike. I've had 2 weeks to prep for my FMLA (not easy when you teach 4 different courses and seven classes all maxed out, half are inclusion, everything needs translating into 4-5 languages each class, and the content is all new so practically nothing from your decade of teaching is relevant) and all the while I've been trying to mentally prepare for the possibility of what that cancer antigen spike means for post-surgery. I got lucky last time and my previous SGO didn't think I needed chemo or radiation... I mean at some point my luck is either running out or I'm living forever, right? Either way, I have another major surgery on Tuesday.

I'm still planning to leave the states after graduation to have some quiet abroad. I'd love to see any of you that live in the UK and want to grab a meal, go on a weekend adventure, or go to some event or other. My school pushed the date back this week, but I'm still going to be over there the whole summer (June and July) -- or until everyone's sick of me and puts me back on a plane to the U.S. So, that's what I'm trying to focus on and look forward to as I have the surgery in a couple of days and then selling my house and moving once I'm mobile after that.

As you can see, I'm not back yet. The surgery in September went well and I was back to work after a month. Then the labs came back poorly a couple months later and I was sent for more scans. Another mass was found and I'm being sent to another specialist at the end of January to figure out what to do.

My job hasn't been great. Massive amounts of work and no planning blocks to do it aside, the content in this climate has been beyond exhausting. On top of it all, my friend's wife, a friend I worked with for years, passed away unexpectedly. Her death has impacted our community massively as she was a teacher, her kids are also students in our division, then he taught for quite a while here too. The next day a family friend passed. Tomorrow I'm attending the honor walk for one of my students and on Tuesday we return to deal with the empty desk and devastated students. Not sure when that funeral will be, but I suspect that I'll be in no mental place to spend my limited time trying to write fluff.

I have my plane tickets for my summer trip... so, there's that. Now to just hope that all of Europe doesn't ban U.S. travel because of the current administration. I'm so excited about this trip... it's just a bit muted right now, knowing how depressing the morning ceremony will be without my kiddo. I'll also be leaving my new dog, Butter, behind for this trip. He's a stage 5 clinger, so it's a bit worrisome given that it's two months abroad and leaving people I am struggling to trust to care for him.

I hope you're doing okay and still writing. Thank you for the messages. I've read them, I just haven't had a moment to write back... or the ability to put much things into words. Please keep in touch. I'd love to write with you all when I come up for air. It just seems more and more like that may only be this coming summer.

I have come to the difficult decision after being sick for the last week with nothing but time to think about it that I'll be taking a hiatus from this blog until, at least, my breaks from school. I don't know if that will be the long weekend of fall break, the two weeks of winter break, or the eight weeks of next summer. Heck, I could just miss this so much that I'm back after just a month away and getting settled in school.

I've spoken to a select few of you about what's been going on this summer in some capacity, but it's not just about the end of a twenty year relationship, moving without my dog, my bestie and room-neighbor quitting, my job putting me on another over-the-top 4-new-preps 7-course schedule where half are inclusion, the fact that I'm in a wedding, or planning a trip overseas... It's that I simply can't keep my head above water in any aspect of my life anymore. I want to focus on what I know will bring me joy in the little pockets of free time I may see in the next several months of massive change. Whether that's threads, my novel, reading, gaming... It's all going to be so limited with the workload I'm going to have. Please do not take my decision personally, I just need some space and the people that I've chosen to move a few threads to the private blog with just know what tf is going on with me and I need that lack of pressure for now.

Thank you for understanding and if you don't, please just block me. Happy writing.

See you soon, I hope.

I see that some people have gone; whether that's blocking, deleting, or whatever and that's okay, I know I asked for it if y'all couldn't understand my need for this break.

Life hasn't been much better. Thor died peacefully in his sleep twenty days ago, but 10 and a half years with my furrbaby that went with me through college and half the marriage, the kid I had when I found out I couldn't have babies, and the dog that laid next to me through both surgeries and every depressive episode... He was the best.

Then, just a few days later, my surgical gynecological oncologist (SGO) decided I needed a third surgery and my labs came back with a CA-125 spike. I've had 2 weeks to prep for my FMLA (not easy when you teach 4 different courses and seven classes all maxed out, half are inclusion, everything needs translating into 4-5 languages each class, and the content is all new so practically nothing from your decade of teaching is relevant) and all the while I've been trying to mentally prepare for the possibility of what that cancer antigen spike means for post-surgery. I got lucky last time and my previous SGO didn't think I needed chemo or radiation... I mean at some point my luck is either running out or I'm living forever, right? Either way, I have another major surgery on Tuesday.

I'm still planning to leave the states after graduation to have some quiet abroad. I'd love to see any of you that live in the UK and want to grab a meal, go on a weekend adventure, or go to some event or other. My school pushed the date back this week, but I'm still going to be over there the whole summer (June and July) -- or until everyone's sick of me and puts me back on a plane to the U.S. So, that's what I'm trying to focus on and look forward to as I have the surgery in a couple of days and then selling my house and moving once I'm mobile after that.

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