Several years ago there used to be four gay colleagues at my school. We were only out to each other. We used to get together at a different person’s house once a month or so and have dinner and dish school dirt. It was so fun back then. I actually had a gay social life with those people. Then things changed. One became a principal, one died (she had breast cancer and an aortic aneurism), and one retired and moved to Florida with her partner. I was left alone. There aren’t any other gay colleagues that I am aware of in my school. I haven’t seen Sandy (the one who moved to Florida) for more then a year.

She and her partner were in town this week and one of my current colleagues had a little get together today at her house so those of us who worked with Sandy could visit with her and catch up. It was so good seeing her. We were able to catch up. I was able to tell her some of the relationships I’ve been through in the last year. I also told her about my visit to see Shawn next week. We talked about that for just a few minutes. Having other straight colleagues around who don’t know I’m gay makes it difficult to talk about my relationship drama. So I told her we’d catch up online sometime. The pictures above are of Sandy and me and Sandy and her partner, Nina. I really miss hanging out and shooting the shit with them. Maybe next summer I’ll drive down to Florida.