A Little of This and A Little of That

My three week project is not moving along very fast and I’m getting a little bit antsy about that. I haven’t got the text book I ordered yet and who knows when it will be here. I am reading in another book right now and have almost finished and there is some good information in that one I’m sure I’ll end up using, but I can’t wait to get the new one in. Books, man, they sure are a budget breaker!

Yesterday we went to the Women’s Enterprise Centre to see what they could do for us and how we have to proceed in order to get this retreat centre going. I was a little leery going in since the reception to set up an appointment last week was less then cordial but we went in there with a positive attitude and it certainly went well. The girl we worked with was friendly and very helpful. Now the work begins.

I’m missing all my classmates and our everyday “check-in” where everyone says how they’re doing and what’s going on for them on a personal level. But, I’ve set up a similar support system for myself and I have a few “check-in’s” of my own with some of the students going on through email. By next month the school is supposed to have a message board set up on their web site so that will help us keep in touch with each other. I think it’s important to keep in touch and to network with colleagues with similar interests.

The cold which snuck in and dropped in on me is on its way out the door. I thanked it for it’s reminder to be a little kinder to myself and my body and sent it packing. One of the promises I made around that is to get out to the pool this weekend. I love going there. I love being in the water. I love to dive into the big pool and splash around like a kid and then climb into the hot tub and relax. Besides being good exercise, it gives me the illusion of being closer to summer, a thought that always revives my spirit after days immersed under a blanket of winter gray.

I stopped in to give Mom a bath yesterday. She is getting so tired. She was struggling with her supper so I helped her with that and by the last spoon full she was exhausted. Still, I managed to get her in the tub but once in there she closed her eyes and never opened them again until I put her to bed. When I told her I was leaving she opened the corner of one eye a little bit and said. “You didn’t stay long”, before she drifted off to sleep.

I’m off to Kelowna again today. I have an appointment at the chiropractor who is working on loosening my back which got all tied up in a knot over my year of studies. (See I am looking after my body.) Then it’s off to clean the school before heading back home to stick my nose in my books again. I wonder what it will feel like to one day be able to read a book – just for fun again.