Glutton for Punishment

This is the term that I have been using to describe myself as of late. I'm not quite sure if it is just the fact that I'm starting my Master's Degree (9 hours of graduate courses + 4 hours of an undergrad language course = no sleeping in for 16 weeks...) and still working 40+ hours/week at my job, or whether it is just a recurring theme of my life as I am the chronic volunteer. I love to help people, especially when they are celebrating milestones in their lives...this could be why I went to/participated in over a dozen weddings/wedding showers/baby showers within the span of less than 3 months. Not to say that I didn't enjoy every minute of it, but this is one of the main contributors to my consistently "spreading myself too thin". On the other hand, I do much better when I'm busy. If I don't have enough to juggle, I seem to lose my balance and drop the ball. So, here is to finding my rhythm and keeping a steady pace... :)

I have been reading Jack Kerouac's On the Road and it is certainly not the example of a steady pace, but more of a sparatic pace and sparatic direction to add up to continuous adventure. This is one crazy, fun story full of exciting experiences, all sorts of people, and more hitchhiking than I've ever dreamed of. Funny how traveling used to be about the trip and now it is just about "making good time". There is definitely something to be said for taking in the scenic routes rather than flying down the road at 80 mph. Ahhhh, the good old days...

OMG I have a blog!!

So, I thought this day would never come, but here it is...I HAVE MY OWN BLOG! This is a new concept to me as I notice people have a harder time listening as we crampack our lives with more and more to fill in the little gaps of space (otherwise known as "resting periods"). With all that in mind, I wondered who might take the time to read my thoughts. I guess we'll see...

I have been reading Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison and it is astounding in how Ellison helps you realize how we are so good at not seeing people. We see what we want to see or what we need to see or what we don't like about ourselves even, but never truly the whole and truthful person standing before us. It is devastating to come to grips with our blindness, but at least the harshness of this new found light might help us open our eyes even if we are still squinting...

Talk to you soon...