Oh my goodness...

I just discovered that somebody read my blog & I can't believe it. So now, I have to write. What to say? Oh yes, big news, I turned 50 this week and I feel like I have crossed over to a place where each day is a gift and the pace of life needs to match the rhythms of my heart and spirit. I'm not exactly sure what that means and how it will play out practically, but did you see that movie The Proposal? There is a scene where the mother is returning to the house and there are 75 people there for a welcome home party and she is deliberately just strolling across the dock in no hurry to make sure everyone is taken care of or the caterers are doing their jobs or whatever. She seems intent on just taking in and enjoying the moment. Can it be done? I think I intend to try. Don't you just love a creamy cup of coffee on a cool morning? I wrap my hands around the warm cup and breathe in the steam and the fragrance and take the first yummy sip........Thank you for simple blessings--let me not take them for granted and to remember the cost.

Back again.................

Wow, is it October almost November already? I can't even remember the last 5 months as they are nothing but a blur. I stumbled back onto this blog and thought, hmmmm, I should write something although I don't think anybody really reads it so I will just air my thoughts for the purpose of clearing my own cobwebs. Back to another school year that is going pretty well since I have decided to lay low for awhile and see what people do. Can they really figure it out on their own? Oh, I am still plenty visible and I never lose sight of making sure that I and my library are indispensable--tough economic times, you know. But, there are times when you have said all that can be said and you have done all that can be done and then the rest is up to the powers that be. May they choose wisely.
It's Red Ribbon week so we are wearing keys (Drug-free is the key) and sunglasses today (Too cool for drugs) and we get to wear our slippers tomorrow, I'm not sure why but who am I to argue wearing slippers? Especially since I am in a skirt and heels today.
Aren't the fall colors lovely? The cool air is a welcome respite from summer heat although it does mean winter is on the way, gloomy, icy, snowy, rainy, winter that I love for a while and coffee just is delightful on a winter morning and hot tea is lovely on a winter afternoon. 4 seasons are a blessing!! Off to lunch, I think I will pop over to the shoe store and check out their slipper collection for tomorrow.
Have a chocolate afternoon ;)

The end...............

And, so I am out of here. Until Monday at noon when I interview for a new position. Which could be interesting--should I go or should I stay? I love what I do but is it time to move on? Are their other opportunities and as things are minimized is this provision I didn't know I needed? On the other hand, 15 years in the same place can sometimes be tedious although my list of to-do's for next year is well begun. Not burned out but a willingness to (as a dear friend put it) lift my foot so that I may be planted. Summer looms with all its myriad possibilities--leisure, home projects, outdoor recreation, my parents' 50th with the whole family in attendance, and some days away, I hope. So here's to next year's coffee breaks wherever they may be..........................

Spring................

It has taken 3 months of winter blahs to come back but finally, the time has changed, the weather is trying to change and I have lightened my load by figuring out what I need to own and what doesn't belong to me I disown. So many times I get caught up on my soapbox and forget to leave it behind when I step down. Some things just are what they are and life is too short to choose minor battles. Ahhhhh, that feels better. And so, in these "troubled economic times" the uncertainty game could be played but I think I choose not to participate. My purpose is clear, the plans for me have been set in motion and I will choose that path. As we journey towards the end of the school year, I want to finish well and so be able to restart on a lighter note & with the wind of positive changes blowing. My new favorite middle school book? Peak by Roland Smith. A story of places & things foreign to the everyday & of selfless sacrifice and comtemplation of what is important in this mortal life. So refreshing. Thank you Mr. Smith. End of coffee-break (actually India Chai, yum. Did you see Slumdog Millionaire? Awesome.).......