I realized the other day that for the first time in a very long time, I am at a point in my life where things aren’t ridiculously crazy and hectic. I think this is a combination of the actual slowing-down of events in my life as well as my getting accustomed to the busy nature of things. I’m still very busy with work, school, church, home, and everyday things, But for the most part I’m very comfortable right now. Such a blessing!

I remember this time last year, and all the things I had going on at the time. I had just started a new job (my one-year Capsugel anniversary is sometime this week), was preparing to leave for Salkehatchie for a week, followed by a week in Atlanta for job training, followed by a week at my annual service group conference. Somewhere in there I was preparing for a wedding and honeymoon. Of course, with that would come moving into a new apartment, so I was living out of suitcases and boxes for the majority of June and July. Looking back, it’s amazing to me that I pulled all of those things off in one summer. I can’t imagine that I had a single weekend off.

In contrast, this last weekend was completely relaxed. So relaxed in fact, that I don’t really remember what all I did. I know I did some cleaning, some laundry, some grocery shopping. I spent some time with my family celebrating Corey’s graduation (Congrats to Corey!). I also remember a lot of sleeping late and watching television. There was even some homework involved. All in all it was something that has been alien to me for a long time – an average weekend*. Ahhh.

Now, however, it’s back to the work-week. It should be a good week – I have some urgent projects but none of them too difficult (so far). I’ve been enrolled in online classes at Tech for a week now, and they’ve been good, if not dull. Statistics and Sociology – so far Statistics has been a whole lot of busywork (counting numbers and building Excel charts), and Sociology has been a lot of reading. I’m not complaining – after all, it is summer.

* I do not mean this to downplay the significance of Corey’s graduation – not that we didn’t know it would happen. We are all extremely proud of our Valedictorian!