The Thing Is... (or) Burying the Lead?

          Good news on the kid front – both C2 AND C3 received “Student of the Month” for September. The school-wide theme for the month was “Responsibility” and apparently my girls are ULTRA responsible.  We found out from C3’s teacher last week at Back to School Night, but my ex-wife got a call yesterday from C2’s teacher that C2 would be getting recognized as well. Damn right I’m a proud poppa!

          C1 seems to be adapting to high school with ease. He still grumbles about having to actually, you know, GO to school, but he loves his art class and does fantastically well in his academic subjects. He’s just a typical teen I suppose.  He also has a girlfriend, which I’m still trying to wrap my head around. I told Wif ™ the other day that the trifecta was now complete – he started high school, has a girlfriend, and I have taught him how to shave. Egads, I’m old.

          Life at the Cat Ranch continues as it always does. I’ve not had much success in the English Teacher employment department, so there is frustration there. Combined with my depression and anxiety, September has been admittedly a little rough. On the nerdy side of things, Doctor Who returned last Saturday in fine form and that always gives me a boost. This coming weekend we’re going to the wedding reception for some friends of ours (they got married this week) (destination wedding thingy), but holding the reception on the weekend, so there is that to look forward to. We had talked about a trip to Vermont next month as an anniversary trip/vacation. Turns out we can’t really swing it this year. Blah.

          

Space being skipped here to get the meat of this entry. No Doctor Who stuff, I’m afraid!

I titled this blog post “The Thing Is…” since it’s one of those lead in phrases that can be useful in many situations. I’m using it here to get very personal for a minute.  Those of you who just read for the Doctor Who content, (99% of people who read me, I think) feel free to skip and wait for Saturday night’s episode. The thing is… even typing things with the knowledge I could delete it all in an instant doesn’t make it easier. Things are absolutely fine with me and the Wif ™, the kids, as I’ve noted are all good. This is just me. Frankly, don’t even know if I’ll post this to the blog.  But I’ll say it here – I am coming out as a bisexual man. It’s a little weird, since my wife knows, some friends know, I just don’t ever really talk about it.  I’m HAPPILY married (to a woman) and happily monogamous with said spouse. But as I write this, it’s International Bi Visibility Day, and even though I’ve admitted it to myself it felt right to come out in this somewhat public forum. Is this a cowardly way to do it?  Maybe. I also don’t really feel right in outing myself all over Facebook… I’m not so egotistical as to think that would cause a stir, and I really am a pretty private individual. Although I did do the “superimpose a flag over your profile pic” using the Bi flag, so maybe I’m just a bit more subtle?

My alternate title up there is true in a sense. I did bury the “bigger” news a bit further down. But to me it’s not huge, it’s been true forever and I just wanted to express it publicly.  Honestly, my stuff about the kids IS my bigger news, so in that sense, I didn’t bury the lead at all. I know this is a far cry from my yammering on about nerdy pursuits, but this is me too. Thanks to those who have read this far, I really appreciate it.  Next entry will have more Who content, I can assure you!