CRAZY!
This week I was quite busy, busy, busy. I had a paper due Thursday, I still have a research paper to write, Africa preparations to make, I lost my keys (found ‘em later though), and I‘ve had work every day of the week. And I’ve been staying up into the wee hours of the morning this whole week. I’m also having a little trouble with some of the kids in my seminar who aren’t quite taking the class seriously enough. But I know that problem will sort itself out as the faculty takes notice of their behavior.
There was some good news, however. Down at the Procession of the Species studio, someone donated a gigantic papier-mâché wave that is basically a float, and we get to use it! I was so happy, because I was supposed to be in charge of designing a wave for our class to integrate into the procession. So that is one pressure that is removed from my shoulders, though still many other stresses are pushing on me. Luckily, I get to relieve some stress in dance class on Wednesdays, followed by a relaxing trip to the sauna in the men’s locker room. HOLY MOLÉ! The sauna is sooooo nice! I don’t know how I got along without one before! : )
I really can’t wait to go to Senegal. I just got the itinerary, and it looks like there will be over 24 hours of time spent just traveling! But, it will still be amazing, and when we get back, our class has a week of Sabbath, because we are reading a book called Sabbath for seminar. I just hope that I will be able to rest with the knowledge that I will have to do a research paper and a formal presentation due the next week. But of course, if there weren’t some level of stress, it wouldn’t really be college, would it? I definitely am busy, but not with busy work, so I feel good about it all. It will all start coming together soon.
Also, I just looked outside my window, and it is snowing and raining and the sun is peaking out through the clouds! We have had some schizophrenic weather lately. It’s CRAZY I tell you!!