Confession:
Even though I need to get some administrative stuff done this weekend, I am so very excited to have a weekend off at home. Plans include Livvie walks, yoga, quality time with Tucker and Belle!, a long-overdue brunch date with a friend, massage, and plenty of culture (ballet tonight, symphony tomorrow). If I get a fun new dish to try in the kitchen in there, it'll be darn near perfect.
Today I am trusting my ability to re-align my priorities over the next couple of months. I'm just feeling unmoored, poorly directed. I think I know what the things are that excite me the most, and I need to figure out how to make them the greatest priority.
Today I am grateful for open space on my calendar this weekend. Yes, I have things I still need to do- but it is 100% on my terms and almost all on my schedule.
Today I am inspired by the every-six weeks joy of humanities day with my students. It's a chance for them to capitalize on creative expression and access those parts of themselves that get lost WAY too easily when we're in training. It's a chance for me to get to know them better as people and to see their hidden talents, and I'll have to admit that I am never disappointed. One of my students used her art to express her relationship with the clerkship and her feelings about it; her descriptions were complex, beautiful, and in some ways heartbreaking. Another student had a spoken word performance. A third shared his "Twelve-step program for surgery"; his ability to infuse truth with humor was wonderful. Again, as I frequently say, I am richly blessed for these opportunities.
With that, bedtime for this tired girl. And no alarm other than Livvie is set for the morning.
Now playing: Rodney Crowell "Still learning how to fly"- because I am still learning how to fly. Every single day I'm learning.Labels: NaBloPoMo, TGIF