Whaddya Wanna Do With Your Life?!?!?!?

Tonight is our “Meet the Candidate” event at school. It’s part of my group project; we’re doing an analysis of the gubernatorial candidates, comparing their values/positions to those of the social work profession (Governor Goodhair, just give up now LOL). Tonight was supposed to be a forum, where all or most of the candidates would come, speak, answer questions, etc. Instead, we have one candidate. The Green Party candidate. Still, it looks like it’s going to be a lot of fun.

We’ve been slogging along on the research paper, and once this semester is over, if I never again lay eyes on any of this information, it will still be too soon. But I say that every semester, with every paper and project.

We created a nice little program for the evening, and it includes the candidate’s bio. I guess I didn’t really pay attention the first time I read it, but when I was reading it within the program, I zeroed in on something I hadn’t seen before. You see, the candidate was born in 1973.

I was born in 1973.

(Now, the fact that he has celebrated or will celebrate his 33rd birthday this year, while I am a remarkably well-preserved and vibrant 40, is something we’ll just have to overlook for now…) So yes… this candidate and I were born in the same year. He’s running for governor. I’m running away – from creditors, from responsibilities, from commitments, from disappointment, from my past mistakes. Same span of time, wildly divergent lives and accomplishments. But then again, I’ll bet he doesn’t have three beautiful, brilliant, charming daughters.

Then again – he’s young, a lawyer, politically active, and idealistic. So maybe if he’s willing to settle for beautiful, brilliant, charming stepdaughters… LOL