I think I'm rebooting

 So, it's been really hard over the last couple of years to keep my mouth shut about what I see going on in academia. NewU is a pretty good place to work, but I've really been struggling with things I see going on that have, in a lot of cases, made it impossible for younger mothers to do this job. Like a lot of bloggers, I moved a lot of my efforts to social media over the recent past, but I started feeling like for folks who know me at work, a stream of complaining wasn't something they needed to see, so I ended up breaking online connections with pretty much everyone I know IRL. 

Then, a week ago, my Mom died unexpectedly. I've gained more responsibilities. I'm an only child, ands things like taking a sabbatical abroad aren't really possible now, since I need to be available for my dad. And I've lost an ear. My Mom definitely thought that I mostly only worked when I was in front of students and didn't understand a lot of other stuff about academia, but she was always sympathetic, and I don't really have that any more. 

So I'm going to try restarting this for a while, mostly as a place to put my thoughts. I don't really have readers any more, so probably it's shouting in the void, but I need a void right now. Because things are broken.