Digging Out

I'm still very slowly digging myself out from the hole of exhaustion that the last month led to.

I'm noticing though, that the oddest things make me tired.

My email inbox for example - just staring at it makes me feel exhausted.  The outstanding messages are all from people I want to correspond with - mostly my closest friends.  But somehow, I'm struggling to find the energy to respond and share life in what is normally one of my favorite methods of communication.

A cluttered or dirty space makes me tired, too.  That's not totally abnormal, but before it was something I would simply pick up and take care of.  Now it just exhausts me.  I stare at whatever the mess is, and wish it would go away, and let it paralyze me.

It's becoming clear to me that a new normal and balance of life is going to need to emerge - just how or what that is, I'm not sure yet.

In the meantime, have I mentioned that there are only about three weeks left in this semester? And that I then have about four weeks off before the next semester kicks in? And that one of those weeks I'm going to spend in Florida with some cherished friends?  Because those three things are keeping me going right now!

Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 324

Today's Daily 5:

1. knocking the last midterm of the semester off my "to do" list
2. getting home early, and taking a night to relax
3. ticking a task off my to do list that had been there for a solid month
4. eating baby corn
5. Bamboozled tea from Davids Tea

Whimsical Wednesday, July 11, 2012

It's a truly random collection this week, but things that made me laugh, or caused my heart to cry out in some way.  As always, I'd love to hear which images or phrases stood out to you, and what kind of reaction they evoked.

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Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 322 & 323

Yesterday's Daily 5:

1. a day of clinical visits, paired with an awesome nurse
2. "the baby shits a lot" - most random statement ever said to me in my nursing "career" thus far
3. having a rental car with which to accomplish a ton of much put off groceries
4. awesome iced tea
5. settling in to bed at a really reasonable time

Today's Daily 5:

1. blueberry muffins
2. another awesome nurse pairing
3. air conditioning in my rental car on a really hot day
4. an instructor I really appreciate this term
5. mom and dad feeding me dinner so I didn't have to cook

Tuesday Anticipations, July 10, 2012

This week I'm anticipating:

• finishing off my last midterm for the semester
• our monthly house church gathering wherein we simply eat together and enjoy each other's company
• an evening of new experiences taking my work client to an event at Heritage Park, put on to coincide with Stampede
• a weekend with almost nothing on the agenda
• mostly quiet evenings at home as I continue to recover and rest from the stresses of the previous month
• lots and lots of sunshine (hooray for there finally being an awesome forecast for the week!)

What are you looking forward to this week?