Lone

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Good evening, loyal reader. 

Tonight, the lone wolf wolves alone. By that I mean [redacted] has me [redacted] from 3-7am.  Remind me to be pissed off when I’m not feeling terribly unsafe. i know that right now I’m not on the best of terms with [redacted] but the least they can do is not set me up for failure/undue stress. It’s really difficult to do well when your own team isn’t rooting for you. Goddamn it, I want to be treated like I matter. In a good way. 

But enough bitching about [redacted], I have good things coming up in my future…Portland! The Husband and I are going to that lovely city next Wednesday for a week! It’s my first vacation since we moved to SLC, and I am eager to go to a town with reasonable liquor laws. We’re staying with my Godfather, who is awesome, and going to a Halloween party, which will also be awesome, and generally relaxing and enjoying each other’s company, which will be all kinds of awesome. 

Plus, I had two dates this week, and I think both of them really liked me. I won’t know for a while about one, but the other asked me on a second date at their place on Monday. I’m nervous/excited/nervous, and I want to put my best face forward. Dress is casual, and there’s going to be a lot of talking and communicating. I guess this is the point at which I should decide if I want them to like-like me anyway, but I’m waiting until the second date is over before I make up my mind. So far? They’ve made a really good first impression. 

Ugh, I can’t stop thinking about [redacted]…I feel so shitty about how I do what they ask me to do, and it’s probably because I’ve gotten nothing but negative feedback for the last 3 weeks. Every little thing I do wrong is being scrutinized, and I don’t think it’s fair. It’s bullshit, frankly. I’m so frustrated that I can….

No. 
NO!
I will not let this negativity drag me down. (I sound like a hippie, dammit) I will maintain my integrity and keep my head held high. I will take this like a champ. Even if I DO want to go cry in the corner because apparently nobody likes me. Ugh. I’m such a pussy sometimes. 

NO!

I will not be self-disparaging, either. I’ve made mistakes, and some of that negative feedback was warranted, sure, but I am a good person and I deserve to be treated as if I am of value. 

UGH. 

It’s too early to be writing about all this, I just sound like a whiny little princess. Have a good morning, loyal reader, and remember that you are worthwhile, too. 

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Ama Ndlovu explores the connections of culture, ecology, and imagination.

Her work combines ancestral knowledge with visions of the planetary future, examining how Black perspectives can transform how we see our world and what lies ahead.