It has occurred to me lately that even though I have been writing like a madman for grad school that I have not really been able to write what I want to write in nearly a year! Amazing how time goes by so freaking fast without realizing it. Well, I guess I realized it, but I've been on autopilot most of this past year. Sorry for that all those one persons that may happen upon this blog thingy. As I am constantly in flux mentally and spiritually, moving and growing, stunting, starting over, moving and growing, and on and on I feel that perhaps autopilot mode is not a safe way for me to live. I am a scientist at heart and by work (I don't say trade because the only thing I trade is my time for laughably small salary) so I am constantly thinking, analyzing and looking at the world in different ways. Not just for my inner being, but for those whom I teach and are responsible for. A couple things that have bothered me as of yet is this mainstream idea of being "woke."