Long Day

Before we set up the semester desk schedules, we had scheduled a 10 am meeting for today to address marketing issues for the library. Since I work the evening shift on Wednesdays, I normally don't come in until the afternoon, but this meeting is vital to our strategic plan and we won a grant to work with the Rochester Ad Council, with people who do marketing for a living, and do it well.

I wanted to be there ahead of time, but I just could not get going. I saw Drew off to school, and lay back down. I am so tired. Yesterday after the doctor visit I had to prepare a meal for the Robotics team and deliver it for the 20 kids and mentors who are working hard building this year's robot. Besides that, my house is still in shambles from the kids visiting, making it more difficult to get anything done.

Some of the tiredness is post treatment, some from the disappointment of test results, some because I am not as young as I used to be, some because I am out of shape. I am confident that the tiredness will begin to be resolved once I return to exercising at the Y and have time to recover from the unexpected interruptions in my schedule - kids, grandkids, doctor appointments, etc.. I can live with that.

After I get through today's work schedule of 10 am to 10 pm, I will rest. Tomorrow will be better. Friday an improvement. Saturday a dream. Mostly I am happy to have things to do that I can do. And still have time for those divine interruptions that come my way. To stop cold in my tracks to listen to a young lady who just needed a listening ear. To walk an older woman to her car and carry her bags for her while she pushes her walker. To hold a hungry baby and feed him some applesauce. To gently hug a shy young lady who has been abused and is not sure of anything. Life is full of those little moments. One can never be too tired for those things.