Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 212

Today's Daily 5:

1. early morning quiet
2. the friend who showed up at my seat before an early morning class and handed me a brownie she'd brought for me, since she'd baked and noticed that I often commented about liking chocolate (and oh, was it a satisfying treat - so satisfying that I ate it in two parts and enjoyed it twice over the course of the day!)
3. a day that was a bit shorter than expected
4. practicing my blood pressure skills (with decent accuracy) on the simulation mannequins
5. coming home, getting a few necessary tasks accomplished, and then curling up in bed for an evening off, catching up on a bit of television, enjoying quiet, knitting, and going to bed nice and early.

Tuesday Anticipations, March 20, 2012

If I'm honest, the thing that I'm anticipating the most this week is the coming weekend.  I'm pretty drained, and in need of some lengthy quiet time, and while the weekend won't be able to fully meet that need, it will be something - a bit of a break from the ramp up of school and life right now.

But, there are other things that I'm anticipating, things that it is helpful for me to look forward to right now, when life is feeling a bit overwhelming.  Those things include:

• going out for Indian food with a classmate
• continued practice with vital signs
• getting the news that a friend has given birth (will likely happen this week obviously not fully predictable!)
• an appointment with a trusted advisor
• a skype date with my bestest far away friend
• the fun of house church
• my Friday night mini sabbath
• taking a bit of time to write out some thoughts that will likely brew into future blog posts

What are you anticipating this week?