Taking Back America is Hard Work

Sometimes you just want to live your own life.  In just the past week I've been petitioning, I visited my Congresscritter, I met with my steering committee to plan our next DFA Linkup. Sometimes I just want to stay home on my few free days and catch up with...me.

So last Friday I stayed home and baked a cake and my famous noodle kugel for Rosh Hoshona. Had to make them a week and a half early because I'm too busy next week to cook. I've ordered the rest of the holiday dinner from a local Foodstuffs, because I'm working on the day before the holiday.  Happy birthday, world.

Sunday I will be learning how to conduct surveys of likely progressive voters. On Sunday evening I will go to work. I work part-time now; if you consider more than 40 hours per week part time.

So yes I'm tired, and yes I'm kvetching about it. I have a dog that needs brushing, a carpet that needs vacuuming, and an essay that needs writing; not to mention that great American novel I've been putting off producing.

And did I mention my daughter is getting married next year and I've never planned a wedding before? Or that I've got a laundry list of home improvement projects to tackle? Or that I have laundry to tackle?

Having said all that, I won't give up trying to fix this messed-up country. The fact of the matter is we can't give up. We want our country back as it should be, and when we look around to see who will take it back for us, what we see is each other.

So here's a feeble attempt at summing up my post in poetry.  Apologies to Andrew Marvell in advance.

"If we had but world enough and time,"
this kvetching, lady would be no crime.
But since America's in need,
your kugel's made with extra speed.

The world in 7 days was made, tho
The big bang kicked it up a shade.
Darwin's not in the Torah, I surmise,
But evolution's no suprise to the wise.

The wedding plans will have to wait,
for Tom DeLay to get the gate.
When Dr. Frist gets SEC'd,
I'll find a second in which to breath.

"The grave's a fine and quiet place,"
with no progressive ideals to embrace.
So I would wish my days to be,
bound each to each, in political activity.

•  Inspired...

  Today was a hard day.  They all are.  we can only hope to move an inch at a time, and we're miles away.  But we'll get there.

  Your post was my inspiration today.  Thanks for helping me remember why we're going the distance.

  by jonthon on Fri Sep 30, 2005 at 04:34:45 PM PDT

•  Nice post

  As a fellow DFA person, I know you have the fire in the belly and you won't quit.  You can have slack periods, and take a night off, or even a weekend.  You can make time for your family and be stronger for your next political activity.  I think it's really important to pat yourself on the back for all the work you are doing, that you're a true patriot and you're saving the country, basically.  Also - isn't politics almost a hobby that you practice with a passion?  So you love it and spend your time and money on it, like other people collect trains or make quilts or do gardening.  

  One thing I've been experiencing is a frazzled, semi-panicked feeling that I'm not getting things done.  There are too many candidates, too many Meetups, too many workshops, meanwhile my family is getting surly.  So I have to break it down into manageable chunks, figure out what tangible work I can get done and set priorities.

  Also, there are setbacks, but we don't stay down for long.  Me, I was infected by the Dean campaign, and I can't see that this will ever change.

  by norabb on Fri Sep 30, 2005 at 05:44:35 PM PDT

•  I'm Taking the Night Off

  I can't seem to leave my computer, but I'm taking the night off.  We all feel frazzled now and again, but things are beginning to look up and many of us have found progressive candidates we can support.  They may not be located in our home states, but hey you can't have everything.

  by donna in evanston on Fri Sep 30, 2005 at 05:54:28 PM PDT

  •  L'shana Tovah

    May the new year bring you much sweetness (and a few political successes).

    by eafredel on Fri Sep 30, 2005 at 06:15:32 PM PDT

•  Hard work? Do it like Republicans do

  --hire other people to do the work.

  Sit back and relax, direct traffic, play golf, scheme how to make more money and get more power.

  by LNK on Fri Sep 30, 2005 at 09:07:03 PM PDT