Winding Down…

Today is July 16.  Yikes!  Meaning I’ve got exactly 16 days left until my Sabbatical is over on Aug.1 .  I was given the glorious gift of a 12-month paid time of rest & refreshment from my normal day-to-day work.  I chose to use 8 months of that time going to school full-time.  And now, very scarily I have little less than 2 weeks to soak it up.  Tell me, what would you do with two weeks to basically spend any way you want?

The great news is that I’m about 50% eager to get back to work –I’m super excited about my new position and all the possibilities.  I’m also about 50% sad because I’ve really enjoyed these last 2.5 months of spending so much extra time with my hubby, my home & my baby boy.  I can see what stay-at-home-moms like about that gig.  I have a lot of respect for ya’ll!

In any case, it seems perfectly healthy to me to feel both a mixture of excitement & sadness.  Wouldn’t it be awful if I was dreading going back to work?

Before my sabbatical I was definetly burned out.  And I am happy to report that I feel…well, rested.  Not like, having a good night of sleep type of rested, but life rested.  The best kind of rested.  Of course, if you know me, you know I’m inwardly fretting over yet another transition, which for some reason seem to take some sort of toll on my emotional state no matter how great I’m doing.  But, I am rested ~ thank you, Jesus.

On the other hand, I’m also feeling slightly disappointed at my physical state.  I’d love to spend my last two weeks finishing up all these house projects I had on the list… painting the downstairs bathroom, cleaning out several cupboards, etc.  But, I am realizing that with such intense back pain in this pregnancy –it’s just not gonna happen this summer.  I’d have to be popping the Tylenol literally all day.  I think I just need to “listen” to my body & spend these last two weeks whittling away at other things on the list.  Other things that include sitting. 😉

Does it feel totally disappointing to you to have to change your plans at the last minute due to uncontrollable circumstances?

So, of my “other” is … writing.  I think I’m going to spend a bit more of a focused attempt at churning out a few more chapters of my book.  Which is why I’m sitting here at Panera right now —I’m out of the house, I’ve got my Diet Pepsi, my laptop, my headphones & I’m ready to go!  I’ve got 3 hours to myself! 🙂

Wish me “happy writing,”