Quick Report (Just To Prove I'm Really Still Alive)

Holy Moses how the time does fly these days. My energy and attention are still nearly stretched to capacity by the adjustment to the new job. Everything is going ok, and it improves week by week--but still, there just isn't the usual amount of brain space to do all the other things I'm used to doing (for myself, for others). It feels like the holiday overwhelm I've complained about before, except without all the logistics. Does that make sense? I'm not as exhausted as I was, but I do feel drained. On the other hand, it's also a good thing that I'm doing something which so totally fills up my attention during the day (and into the evenings)--at least I don't feel like I'm just wasting my time going through the motions somewhere. There are times (yesterday was one of them) where I feel so amazingly good about helping people make great leaps and changes in their lives, and there are times (today was one of them) where I find myself caught up in the busywork and feeling stuck and hopeless that I'll ever really be good at this (especially "good" in the sense of "making money at").

That being said, life still rockets on. I survived a week and a half of Josh being on business trips (thank God for my incredible and supportive mom, is what I have to say about that). I managed to squeeze some time in with friends. I finally went back to both Torah Study and yoga class, after extended absences. Eli's first year of kindergarten ended last Thursday (and I'd have to say it was a successful year). The next day we went with friends on our first camping trip of the season (to Hendy Woods SP), and even though I came down with a cold, no one came down with poison oak so I consider it an unbridled success. Really, despite the burdensome logistics of getting us all packed and out there to the woods at the end of a long workweek, my takeaway is that any life that includes campfires, giant redwood trees, wading in a river catching bullfrog tadpoles, and peanut butter s'mores is a good one.