Belated Birthday Gift. Thrilled to Have an Easter Island Nose to Place the Lenses that Too Often Get Misplaced (But Hopefully No More)

I have one more big shindig, and then I can concentrate on what is most important: family and self-care. I am thrilled to present on ten years of CWP-Fairfield work, but then I need to meditate (self-medicate?) and have some down time of not controlling any of the narratives. Instead, I'm going to succumb to the larger stories life has to tell me.

I am super proud of my undergraduate student, Max Limric, and the investment I'm fortunate to make with him on following his own intellectual interests and trajectory. Pay it forward. Take what you have learned and share it with those coming forward next. 

I'm thankful for Pam for feeding me a Friday dinner and giving me mental serenity (with a slightly, if not faint, skunk-smelling dog) and to have this morning to make last minute adjustments for a teacher and researcher conference this morning. 

After years of not finding my glasses, misplacing them, and outright losing them, I am happy by this belated Birthday gift from Kaitlyn and Dominik. I now have a place to locate them (as well as a duck lamp for beside my bed in case I have to pee at 2 a.m.). 

It's been too go-go-go to process how many people I'm indebted to, and thankful for, but I'm hoping a long drive to Syracuse will help me to refocus, rethink, and recalibrate. I just need to download the right book for the journey. 

In the meantime, safe travels are wished to any and all who are free to take a little time away for a week. I am good to go this afternoon and I look forward to the quiet on the road (with a good audio book).