A lull in the storm

What a week! When my plate is too full, I am both stressed and happy. I love the focus it requires yet I hate how I have left so many things to the last minute. It is performance week for me and my students, and in the midst of it I have managed to make time to workout nearly every day, even though I am moving enough that I must already be burning about 3,000 calories a day! I rarely take rest days, as my habit to work out each day is so strong and I love that moment of the day. 

Today was apparently a rest day from fitness, and instead I sewed for about 5 hours, rehearsed for 3 hours with my students, cleaned my house, went shopping to get ingredients to make dark chocolate covered strawberries for myopathy performance reception tomorrow night, and cooked a yummy dinner of baked chicken and sautéed veggies for myself and my fiancé who arrived this evening. I ran around like a maniac this morning trying to get all the costumes I needed from work into my car and writing down the seating order of students for the teachers in the performing hall of the local high school, which I am renting for the event. 

On Sunday night I was struggling with waves of guilt and questioning my lifestyle choices, which happens every now and then and helps me "clean out the closet" a bit. It led me to delete my social media apps for a few days, just to focus on my life directly around me and reorient myself with my priorities. 

And now it is the eve of the performance, and I am proud of my students and all they have achieved. Now I am hoping the Angels will work on it for us and send it back fresh, new, and full of life for our audience. 

Hope you are having a wonderful week! 

  

Stormy with a Lining of Sunshine

A sixth grade boy noted today, "You seem happy." Whether or not he knew that the new ring on my finger symbolized my engagement to the love of my life, I was delighted with his comment and responded happily, I am!"

I am in love with life because of these moments. One moment you are struggling with the challenges and hiccups of life, and the next surprises you with pure, heavenly delight. The road is not flat, or not for long at least. I am a seeker of adventure and truth, and thus I am generally on a road that crosses mountains and hills. 

With the hope of a wedding sometime this year, I find myself filled with a new motivation to reach new health and fitness goals. I was serious before; I am ready to push beyond my limits now. Perfect timing, as I feel I was in a bit of an unsatisfactory plateau. The joy that is fueling me from this past week is a wind in my sails. I hope it lasts me during the next few weeks of performance prep time with my students in grades 3-8, as well as my fitness goals. 

Happy spring!