If I’d written half the posts I’ve been thinking about in the past few weeks, there’d be a lot of them. As it were, I’ll half-write them (usually while falling asleep/waking up) and then the topic and brilliant words flee from the brain once I’d find the time to sit down and write. Aiiee.
Life has settled, somewhat (still lots of unwanted drama and sadness but not as close in to me–murder of an Internet friend’s spouse amongst other sad things). I am going to be teaching a social studies class (non-Special Ed) this year which has me excited in various ways and trembling in others. It will be a steep learning curve, for certain. But I’m hoping it will be a good process. I get to teach U.S. History and while it appears that the process is fairly much laid out for me, nonetheless I get to work with one of my passions.
It’s only now that I’m realizing the degree of brainburn I’ve gotten from the past few crazy years at work. The impact has been hard on my creative brain; at this point the wild summer coupled with a heat spell has made even revision writing hard. But going to GearCon this weekend had the hoped-for effect of stirring up ideas and concepts. Recovering in other ways will be a challenge. The stress of the past two years, especially the past year in particular, has left me with a trashed-out GI system. The slightest upset in either grease or acidic foods has me yarking at the Great Throne and I’d just as soon avoid that. Hopefully this year ahead will be uneventful and maybe I can get the GI system back into a state of calm.
I’m also finding it hard to pull myself into a state of high energy. I don’t know if it’s the late summer doldrums, fatigue finally catching up with me, or just a lack of structure. I do know that I have a lot to do and some changes to make. All good ones, but it’s a time of challenge.
And with that, I’ll be about my day. A good day to all, and may your challenges all be productive.
