Lost Day

I wish I could change the date of this posting so it would look like it happened yesterday. I don’t know why…I gave myself a pretty high bar when I started this thing…I guess I intended to write every day…not very practical…but it is important to have dreams.

I stumbled through the 15th…the Ides of August…I was determined to get Things Done. It didn’t take me long to surrender to what my body was demanding. I don’t know where I got the idea that I have to be adept at everything. I’m not. I know I’m not. But all of this New is messing with me…the technology, the food choices I am making, the way school is looking, a new class of students. It makes me feel inept because I have to work harder to figure things out. It makes me think that my students face that every day. They are constantly being presented with new information, skills, and expectations. No wonder they sleep all day!

It was foolish of me to forgo caffeine for this past week…I didn’t think about it. My body is reshaping (I hope) with the efforts of my exercise and dietary choices. That is hard work, too. I hate to acknowledge it, but I am not 20 anymore…not even 40 anymore. It may take me a bit longer to rally, but rally I shall.

As if physical wonkiness wan’t enough today, I learned that the transformer that powers my house was overwhelmed, too. I was without power from 4:30 p.m. until midnight-ish. I confess I was a little smug that I had a radiant barrier installed the last time the roof was replaced (even though Daddy said it wasn’t necessary), and that my house is well-insulated. I didn’t fight the lack of power…I pulled the blankets off the bed, gathered up my iPad (thankfully charged) and read until I fell asleep. It was delicious to awaken to free-flowing AC.

So. There will be two posts today…one reflecting on yesterday, and one for today.