A wall. I hit one yesterday that, while perhaps I should have, I didn't expect to. I was riding this golden wave of exhilarating awakeness and unfailing energy...just long enough to forget that I am in fact human and need things like rest, maybe a break? Ha. ;) Well, taking four classes in one day (two of them Sculpt), plus training with mock teaching, AND my classes with a Roman MARCH to the beach for swimming and frolicking with the 6th Grade; in addition, I also attended my first meeting as a member of the therapy/intervention group at the school (about which I'm SO excited and will share more); -- ALL OF THIS (which I've put into one sentence to emphasize the long-windedness of the whole *whew* day--was finally enough to exhaust me to the point that when I arrived home at 11pm after being awake from 5:45am, I couldn't even crash...Today, I awoke early but with an enormous headache and was worn down enough to yield when Alex insisted I take a rest day (though I did go for a swim in the ocean that is actually slightly warmer than the air outside-- plus workout with my kiddies)...And it was the best idea ever-- challenging but so good; great to step back from the studio too for a day...

My Thursdays are typically my breath-catching day anyway; I have only two classes back to back in the morning and then the afternoon class periods I use to organize, plan, read, run, relax-- before going to the various faculty meetings that take me to 5pm and ridiculous traffic on the way home (the perfect opportunity for me to practice my breathing and patience and surrender into being present, and joyful in that present-----grrrrrrrrrrrr.....:) Today gave me that a bit-- 3rd and 6th Grades, in which play takes center stage, were entertaining and went forward without huge consequence or catastrophe...Lunch duty on the playground provided me with the opportunity to repair palm frond forts with a brilliantly astute, wide-eyed, curly red-haired First Grader who, with the greatest conviction in his expertise, demonstrated for me the physics of foundation construction (with a little help from my slightly larger muscles and greater height ;)). This, and starting the new David Sedaris and cleaning the kitchen, were indisputably the high lights of my day, though the wittiest comment of this Thursday came at the faculty meeting when a brilliant and incredibly dedicated teacher, who has had a back injury and has been nursing it by spending a little more time at home (where she can be "horizontal" as she said), shared with us that she now (so wonderfully!) has a new man in her life. One of our colleagues jumped on the obvious connection with perfect punch-line timing: "Is that because you've been horizontal?" I was dying; even thinking about it now I chuckle. Maybe you had to be there, but it is really pretty darn funny.

So now there is Friday to soar through. I am eager to bite into it and enjoy it fully! Four classes, recess duty, tutoring, some yoga practice, running, and a beach cook-out by my talented roomie :) in the moonlight. Life is good.