Well, we’re coming into the home stretch of this campaign, and I can’t say I’m sorry to see it coming to a close.  It doesn’t seem as if we’ve really been at it long, and at the same time, it seems like it’s been going on forever.  I think I will be glad to have my life and routine go back to normal.  It probably wouldn’t have been so crazy if I hadn’t been juggling so much at work at the same time, but I’m happy to have survived the experience.

One of the things you learn in your life’s more stressful moments, is who your real friends are.  Many of the people who came through in various ways were no surprise.  They are my good friends and colleagues; people with whom I have long-standing friendships.  Others, though, are people who I really didn’t know that well, but who have professed a belief in me by virtue of their guidance, their contributions to my campaign or their generous thoughts and words when I needed them most.  There have certainly been those who have surprised me in exactly the opposite way, by withdrawing support and friendship for reasons somewhat mysterious to me.  I understand people do what they need to and holding a grudge has never been my style.  My personal test will be to appropriately  handle all these newly modified relationships should I be fortunate enough to retain my seat on the board.  I feel I am up to the task and look forward to moving ahead to do what is best for the children in the district.

This campaign has been a whirlwind, frustrating, enlightening, enjoyable and a pain in the neck all at the same time.  I can’t imagine what it must be like at the state and national levels when there is so much more to do, so much more territory to cover and so very much at stake.  I’ve barely been able to keep the grass cut and the laundry done, so I can’t imagine what it must be like to criss-cross the state or the country and keep a handle on everything you have to do in order to compete in a gubernatorial or presidential campaign.

One of the loose ends I will have after next week will be to decide what to do with this blog.  I have genuinely enjoyed writing the blog posts and have received a great deal of very positive feedback about its content.  I think I might continue to write about what I see in my daily rounds, what issues come up in our community, or other topics which might be of interest to people.  If people stop reading, I suppose that will be my indication to stop writing.  In the meantime, I’ll continue the campaign posts and we’ll see what happens next week.  Thank you for reading and for your continued support of my candidacy.

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