I'm emotionally done.

First off, because of the work I do and the emotional person I've evolved into, I can't get the Virginia Tech story out of my head. So many issues wrapped up in this tragedy. How do we teach our sons to deal with anger? Do we put too much pressure on college students to succeed? How the hell did a victim turn into the guilty party? Brownfemipower sums up some of the things that have been running in my head:

The most horrible thing I’ve heard throughout the coverage of the Virginia Tech shooting has been that police did nothing after the first shootings because they had believed it to be “just” or “only” a “domestic” issue.

If you haven't seen Nikki Giovanni's remarks at yesterday's service, you must.

Next, my candidate lost.

I was asked to make some remarks if we won and I had mentioned that to Ella. It was a to be a family moment, all three of us. When we asked her to put her coat on, she was confused. She asked why I wasn't speaking. I told her we lost. She had such a sweet sad & confused look on her face. Obviously she doesn't fully understand. Added to that, we didn't stay for the congrats cake that she so eagerly was waiting for. poor thing stayed up until 10pm because of this.

So I'll just focus on the pile of work that kept me from actually doing anything the past 2 months for my candidate. Ugh.

Labels: Ella, family, politics