I am typing this as I sit in a hotel room in Austin. Ileana is at a conference and Liberty and I have tagged along. Honestly, during the summer months, we really try to not be apart. I know that sounds super mushy, and maybe it is, but I feel like we spend so much time during the school year doing our own thing and spending so many hours both during the school day and in the evenings, that I always really feel this need to reconnect during the summer months. We do try to find time for each other during the school year, it's just nice to have that time during the summer months.
I am still trying to finish up my doctorate. This has been the longest and most frustrating process. I have had five different chairs and each one has wanted me to do something different. I also have had little contact with any of them, so I have pretty much been flying on my own during this process. I am ready to be done, so ready. Sometimes I really find it hard to keep working on it, because I am so frustrated with the process..."just keep swimming, just keep swimming..."
Interesting the "just keep swimming" phrase popped into my head at this point. Sometimes I feel like we are doing our best to just keep our heads above water and tread. So much is always happening. Liberty graduated in May and is headed to Amarillo College in the fall. Yay!!! The head of disability services there is just throwing out obstacle after obstacle that we are trying to overcome. I really feel like they don't want Liberty there and are not really willing to try or to help. Liberty comes with her own challenges. I would never deny that, but that doesn't mean that anyone should ever just write her off that easily. Just because her body is failing her, does not mean that she is unable to do things. They just look different from what one would normally expect. I do not understand why that is so hard for people to wrap their heads around.
This, too, shall pass. We will continue to do what we always do and that is to keep moving forward. One thing thing that we are good at is sticking together and working through a situation. The solution may not be easy to find or easy to come by, but we very rarely give up. It's just not in our DNA. Although, we have discovered that it does often suck to be the responsible ones.
