Looks like it has been more than two years since I posted anything here. It has been a quite eventful two years.
Honestly, I have not been writing or thinking all that much on a personal level during this time. I have been focused on larger issues.
Obviously we had the pandemic. I don't have to say too much about that. It affected all of us in so many ways.
Then there is the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which I have posted many articles and videos about on other venues.
Since Jan 2021 I have been traveling for work. I gave up on ADOC. I was treated like property there. The pay was marginal, I was working multiple nursing positions but only getting paid for one position, obviously. I had been with them over 2.5 years, never got a raise because I was PRN, though usually worked more hours than many staff nurses, who did get pay raises each year. I asked for a raise of $2.50, which only comes out to $100 a week for a base 40 hours. They refused, even though they were having to pay to bring in travelers. One of those travelers wound up getting walked out for having sex with an officer in the x-ray room. The officer was supposed to be watching a suicide risk inmate and he was married. She was aware of all of this. The biggest scandal I was involved in was that I refused to remove my ear stud.
Daughter began university on a full scholarship. She was offered 4 different scholarships. I am so damn proud of her. She is studying Environmental Science. She graduated from one of the top 100 high schools in the US with honors. Because of the pandemic, the Honor Society trip to DC never happened. Plus, like millions of other teenagers, she was deprived of school dances, events and a prom.
Daughter has developed a lot more socially, which I am happy and relieved of. She has a gf now and they spend a lot of time together.
I barely got to see my daughter during the pandemic. Did not see her at all for I think a year. At least close to that. This was a big part of my decision to start traveling. We now have a schedule where we see each other roughly every other weekend while I'm in town. That works out so I don't interfere with school or her relationship. The days are gone where she stays at my house overnight, which is sad for me.
This year I have suffered two deaths near me. One was my best friend, Melanie, who was my charge nurse at ADOC. She died of a brain tumor a couple of months ago. The other was my ex, daughter's mother. I was less concerned about my own emotional reaction than daughter's. We had been apart for 17 years now and barely spoke for the last few years. It hit daughter really hard. That was the first major loss she has experienced and it came very suddenly. The ex died of an apparent heart attack while driving one morning. Daughter shut down for a while. Quit her job. Struggled with school. Started going to counseling, which she is still doing and she's happy going. She is coming out of the depression now but has insomnia. I finally convinced her to take something for it. She remains resistant to any medication for depression but she seems to be recovering, slowly.
I had stopped seeing my gf in 2020. It was the best choice. Nothing was ever going to come of that. I tried remaining friends with her but everything remained about her with rare exception. Very rare. Finally, this year I cut off all communication with her. It was the final straw that, for all of my political concerns which focus so much on human rights, she then posted something which was political and in direct opposition to the human rights abuses I had done dozens of videos about, none of which she watched at any point. Instead, she posted something which was nothing but western propaganda which I had exposed extensively on literally hundreds of occasions.
Finally, this year I announced a grassroots campaign for president as an Independent. I just got so sick of watching people running for office that have betrayed the American people that I decided that I could do so much better than any of them. I am very proud of the collection of policy proposals which I have compiled, which are the most comprehensive and effective policies which have probably ever been created. My policies would address poverty, hunger, employment, foreign relations and inequality in ways that have never been done, all in very realistic ways. I know my chances of winning are low but if I can get enough attention I can change the narrative and get people talking about real solutions instead of fake talking points and subversive policies which continue making things worse instead of better. My website is at https://rmeyers2024.com/
