Seven Weeks Later - Um, Yeah. 15-hour Workday Yesterday. Um, Yeah. Next 24 Hours, Insane. Um, Yeah. I Am Channeling You Karal

True story. I had Frosted Mini-Wheats at 7 a.m. yesterday morning and finally got a salad at 7:30 p.m. - it's the work we do. There were deadlines, meetings, information sessions, school visits, advising, grant-work, and planning. I look in the mirror and don't even recognize myself. In fact, I get angry. I look terrible. It is a beautiful life...

The exhaustion is very real. 

I'm channeling my dog who never sits still. She is lying still here and I appreciate her for it.

Today is a series of school visits, all while being obligated for a faculty retreat. Meanwhile, I hit "submit" on two major grants and need to hit "submit" on the acceptance of minor revisions on a major project. 

But, truth here. I'm still in discomfort. You know when you take a cloths pin and put it on an earlobe or hose (tell me you've never done that?). Well, that is what I feel like, but it's a clamp on my inner thigh. I believe it is muscular, but I also can feel the hernia shifting for a new way to push itself out of my tissues and muscle. It's not fun. It hurts.

Again, channeling the dog. Rest. Peace. Joy.

Okay, Friday. Here we go. 

Rest dog. Rest. I appreciate the sentiment.