David says I have not written a blob for weeks. And he’s right, but there has been such a swirl in information that I couldn’t catch up. There is no good place to start. It’s been a long month, emotionally and physically but that’s no excuse. I am watching “Love, Actually” for the 20th time, and it is so romantic it just makes me smile.
So where to start? We were exhausted so we are lucky to have generous cousins who said to take a week in Fla. in their home. And we did. Unfortunately, David has itched for the last few weeks so it was not easy to relax, but we went to the Dr. And he seems so much better that maybe these last few days will actually be a vacation.
Getting older is not easy, but we went to see my high school boyfriend, who is in assisted living. Its not easy to see your dear friends aging. Even if you are the same age. This big strong guy who played professional football, fragile and dependent on the people who take care of him. He is not unlike most of us but his mental degeneration was much more serious. All I can say is, He was my first love and that is not easy to forget.
The holidays are never easy. Ours started at Thanksgiving. All the kids were in town and we made three turkeys for ten people. You want to talk about leftovers, our whole dinner was about leftovers. Jordan made a slow cooked turkey breast in the CrockPot, David and Joyce did one where they took out the back bone and butterflied it, and I made a regular roasted bird. They were all great. But Thanksgiving is about leftovers, and we had plenty. It was a joy. Everyone who came took leftovers home. So we could all celebrate for days. And we did.
Lets just talk about the year and the season. I drove to Boston two days a week to teach Presidential Poliitics at Emerson, It was great. I drove up on Tuesday and back on Wednesday teaching two different classes. The kids were amazing and the class was as well. We focused on Polling and Strategy. If you have all the numbers, you can tailor a message to the campaign. From that you can develop a political strategy. At some point you can crunch the numbers and from those develop a strategy and a message. No Universities seem to have done this. But Harvard tried and they got the media, while we succeeded and didn’t get any press. Yes, it was frustrating.
So let me talk personally. I am so fortunate to be able to guide these young people in terms of decision making. Spenser was amazing and we took his numbers and translated that into a strategy and a message. Not easy because having students make critical decisions is not the norm, but Emerson students are not the norm.
It was a great semester an I hope I am invited back as an instructor, and an inspiration. But if not, I learned so much, and that’s what life is really about. We’re just sayin’…. Iris #EmersonPolitics
So where to start? We were exhausted so we are lucky to have generous cousins who said to take a week in Fla. in their home. And we did. Unfortunately, David has itched for the last few weeks so it was not easy to relax, but we went to the Dr. And he seems so much better that maybe these last few days will actually be a vacation.
Getting older is not easy, but we went to see my high school boyfriend, who is in assisted living. Its not easy to see your dear friends aging. Even if you are the same age. This big strong guy who played professional football, fragile and dependent on the people who take care of him. He is not unlike most of us but his mental degeneration was much more serious. All I can say is, He was my first love and that is not easy to forget.
The holidays are never easy. Ours started at Thanksgiving. All the kids were in town and we made three turkeys for ten people. You want to talk about leftovers, our whole dinner was about leftovers. Jordan made a slow cooked turkey breast in the CrockPot, David and Joyce did one where they took out the back bone and butterflied it, and I made a regular roasted bird. They were all great. But Thanksgiving is about leftovers, and we had plenty. It was a joy. Everyone who came took leftovers home. So we could all celebrate for days. And we did.
Lets just talk about the year and the season. I drove to Boston two days a week to teach Presidential Poliitics at Emerson, It was great. I drove up on Tuesday and back on Wednesday teaching two different classes. The kids were amazing and the class was as well. We focused on Polling and Strategy. If you have all the numbers, you can tailor a message to the campaign. From that you can develop a political strategy. At some point you can crunch the numbers and from those develop a strategy and a message. No Universities seem to have done this. But Harvard tried and they got the media, while we succeeded and didn’t get any press. Yes, it was frustrating.
So let me talk personally. I am so fortunate to be able to guide these young people in terms of decision making. Spenser was amazing and we took his numbers and translated that into a strategy and a message. Not easy because having students make critical decisions is not the norm, but Emerson students are not the norm.
It was a great semester an I hope I am invited back as an instructor, and an inspiration. But if not, I learned so much, and that’s what life is really about. We’re just sayin’…. Iris #EmersonPolitics
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