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2005-11-02 - 12:32 a.m.
I'm drowning in school work, and just barely staying afloat, but I'm off to Jamaica for a little five day mini-vacation, and I'm so glad for the rest. Perfectly timed, if you ask me -- just in between the let-down and the start-up of major work. I'm so looking forward to the chance to reconnect with NB and see him in his element -- with his friends, in a warm environment. We had a little snow scare here last Saturday. And then it turned into 70s and sunny all of a sudden. I kind of wish it would do that all winter long, but I know that's never going to happen.I'm in the process of taking my winter clothes out of storage and putting my summer clothes away, and I've decided that this is the last year I use moth balls to keep the moths out of my wool. Living in a big, old house, we have lots of moth issues -- we actually had wheat moths for years that we couldn't get rid of, and they blended right in with the wool moths, which have ruined numerous beautiful sweaters for me, so I'm fed up. This year, since I went with the traditional moth balls to protect everything. I haven't found any holes, but I've had to hang numerous pieces of clothing at several places all around my apartment to air them out. And the rotation system isn't working so well for me. So let's just say -- next year, I don't want to smell like a grandma, and I don't want to have to wait four weeks to work my way through my wardrobe steaming in the bathroom in order to wear them. From now on, it's cedar, which I think everyone can deal with. I witnessed my first live birth today. It was a twin Cesarean section, and, while we were talking to my instructor this morning, I realized what a privilege it is to be present at a person's birth. Last year, I was present, if not immediately prior to, then very close to, many peoples' deaths. And that was also a privilege. I'm so looking forward to spending the next six weeks watching all kinds of people come into this world, and hoping to share in a lot of joy, and alleviate a lot of pain, and that's the most I think I could hope for any person sharing my own life experience.
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