I wrote this before I attended Oasis last weekend, so forgive the future tense – I am not going to edit it, but I’ll post my Vegas blog next week once I get to finish it!

I know I’ve been quiet – I’ve been struggling, again, unfortunately. Vee’s guest post was a lifesaver actually. My head isn’t in a great place. I’ve mostly been focusing on work and tackling personal things and luckily, both have been busy this time of year. I got a ton of comments on the Bratting Blog but primarily on other platforms and via direct message. Not so many comments here – that was a little unexpected but since my goal is to spark discussion, regardless of the location, I was happy anyway. It went better than I thought and I didn’t have anyone angry but a lot of people expressing that they felt similarly or had never considered that classification or approach to bratting. Another good distraction is that Oasis is next weekend and against my better judgement, I am going. I booked everything refundable but the time to cancel has come and gone. I didn’t sign up in advance for anything this year because of all the sadness and disappointment last year, and since the core friend group I used to spend a lot of time with at parties is basically shattered now, I am essentially going alone – literally and figuratively, Daniel can’t come with me because of childcare. I’m optimistic about connecting with plenty of other friends, but my anxiety is, unfortunately, in overdrive.