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Scottie's Playtime 
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Hi. Ali thank you for posting this. Thanks to Janet also. That was why I started my blogs, to give voice to those who have little or no voice, to champion the minorities that are attacked and down trodden. To put the progressive voice out there and fight for those who need us to fight for their rights. I admit I have been lacking in that, I will try to do better. Thank you and Janet for doing it, Hugs.
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Scottie, you’re doing great things here! I’m honored to be allowed to post, and pleased to have networked some friends who ought to know each other.
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Thank you, Ali. I am honored you post here, it is grand to read your posts and see your followings. But true has to be told I have lost a lot of energy for the necessary fight in the last month or so. I am trying to build back the fire but for some reason it is slow to get built back up. But the fight must be fought and I will soon be back on the front lines again. Hugs
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Burnout happens, especially with your other considerations like chronic pain. That’s why you built a team. It’s a little tough to decide these days how much energy to put in to various activism on issues-do I write one more letter then call, or make a post?-is a valid question, because some days, we cannot do both things. Your team kicks in, I think. My day will come; there have been a few days where I started to say I wasn’t going to post but I was afraid people would applaud. Not really, but I posted more lightly, and felt better the next day, so I was glad I didn’t say anything because I didn’t disappoint readers. JK! But, inauguration is getting closer, and we’ll all have feelings, so. Take the time you need when you need to, and the rest of us will, too.
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Hi Ali. Thank you, and I love that you and Randy post your thoughts and ideas. I don’t know what is going on with me. A year ago or more now I had the stroke. I have not really healed from that and I have to face now that I never will. For example, when I type I have to sound out words to be able to spell them close enough to get the spell check to correct them. My mental ability is half of what it was. I also suffer from energy lose due to not sleeping property. Plus as you know and even though I am sharing less about my childhood abuse my sleep is often disturbed by intrusive thoughts before and when not asleep and nightmares when I do manage to sleep, often waking in such panic it erases all the benefits of the sleep. I have lost a lot of weight and have no hunger and eating actually makes me want to vomit.
I struggle to keep posting and not push my struggles too much on the Play Time viewers. I know and understand they don’t need my issues in their daily life. They come here for the stories about others struggles, science and news articles, and the uplifting wins of the lower class that occasional happen. They don’t want to know about my 40 pound weight loss and personal struggles, and I don’t want to burden them with it. But I admit these days I just want to turn on the movies and videos rather than find the energy to think on things. But I feel guilty when I do that. To me the blog, the work I think it can do / be, is my job. I feel I am failing when I don’t put all my waking hours into it.
I have my blood tests this week and I have both my primary care and endocrinologist coming up. I try to keep them every six months on different schedules so that I see one every three months, but it has gotten so hard to see a doctor in Florida that I couldn’t get an appointment with my endocrinologist for 9 months. So much for the wait times in Canada with their government healthcare the people who demand we keep private healthcare scream about.
All that said Ali again let me repeat as I tire out again today, I am glad you post, I want you to, and hope you will think about doing an Ali thinks, or Ali thoughts posts. I will keep doing the blog as long as I am able. I must move on to the 22 other comments I have cued up. But thank you. Again. Hugs
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