Last week was a killer.
I’ve been taking an online class through the local community college: Beginning Shakespeare – the Tragedies. Last week I had a midterm paper due: analyze the comedic structure present in Romeo and Juliet and discuss why/how it impacts the tragic moments.
I also needed to read all of King Lear, post my response to 20+ discussion questions and give peer reviews on other class members responses.
In addition to my class work I -
- planned and taught a church lesson on the parable of the ten virgins.
- picked and froze ten pounds of blueberries
- picked and ate shared three pounds of kotata berries
- accompanied my daughter, my friend and her three boys to a movie
- shopped (and ate) at the local farmer’s market
- kept my house fairly clean
- learned about ancient Egypt with my daughter
- grocery shopped
- took the dog to the vet
- attended a release party for Breaking Dawn and spent the rest of the weekend here:
(And in case you are wondering, I found it to be highly entertaining, though I’m not sure if I liked it.)
And I read your blogs and wrote on mine everyday.
But friends, I’m tired. All of those things on my list are wonderful and worthwhile, and I can do them all. But I can’t do them all well, all of the time.
Next week, we start school in earnest. I need to do some planning this week to prepare.
What I’m saying is that I need to take some time away so that the most important things in my life get the biggest part of me.
I’ll be taking a couple of weeks off.
In the meantime, I may post some of my favorites from the archives. But not everyday. (You might want to subscribe to my feed so you don’t miss anything.)
And when I come back, I hope to have some new wisdom to share with you. Or at least some new stories.
Until then,
