As God opened a window, I didn't need to vent on this blog as much as I think I needed to earlier this fall. I survived the stressful time of the kids being away for 2 weeks halfway around the globe. I survived the field trip to DC. I survived the paperwork onslaught that work brings (though the pile is becoming greater as there are more responsibilities asked of us...I may be questioning my employment and looking for a transfer yet again).
As the season of giving approaches I am trying to take more time to reflect on my spiritual self, but that certainly is difficult to do with midterms and meetings and all that that entails. I need a few more hours in a day just to get by. And I also notice that the winter brings me to my hibernation phase, where I just want to hunker down under a warm blanket and catch up on the Twilight Zone or Seinfeld reruns. I think I was a bear in a former life.
I will, however, take on a new year's resolution: write a thank you note every day. Appreciate the people in my life, friends, neighbors, family, students, colleagues. Everyone needs a pat on the back for a job well done. I certainly appreciated the ones I've received in the last year, and I think I'm in a place to return the favor.
