I'm that person... Drats!

Just a short confession…
   Remember that arbitrarily occupied student I mentioned a few weeks ago?  Well… that's me right now.  I've been utterly consumed in the "work" of my last real week of classes and the stress that can lead to.  It's really silly… all of us are comparing how crappily overloaded our weeks have been… it's a bit of a boasting contest to see who is over-scheduled and procrastinating most extremely.  Times like this make me uncertain about what we're accomplishing with all of this grand "education".  As much as I hate to say it I'm really just trying my best to get through these coming days… I don't feel like I can take time to enjoy presence or anything lovely like that… arg. 

Thankful list:
-little lessie baby
-the breeze today that I was tempted to surrender to and be carried away, if only I were a seed!
-prayer time this morning
-run/walks
-conversations with sarah by the stream
-the bridge in the forest where I can look two ways-I can look west and the water flows towards me (which I find inspiring, symbolic of collecting joy and energy) or I can look east and see the river run from me (which feels a lot like being cleansed).  Today was a day to look east and feel as if, even momentarily, I was able to release.

-laughter (at Roots&Shoots and when I came home and had a tickling fight with housemates)
-that this week and it's nastiness will end eventually… (really soon actually)
-Dec. 1st is almost here.  Then it will officially be the season of my "Midnight Rider" sweatshirt which has santa on a Harley.