I got an email from an old friend today. It was such a treat to hear from her, and catch up on her young family. It made me miss good friends, the kind I see every day or so, and know the little details of their lives... (and they know mine.) Colleagues, friends, fellow church goers... people I have spent time with solving problems, creating and implementing lessons, parties, activities, workshops, finding ways to meet the challenges of work, family, church and community. I miss my pre-cancer life, friends, responsibilities and recreation. So, instead I.....
.... help Drew with his business,and I am finding myself quickly becoming his office manager. I kind of like the sound of that. Pay? eh... but it is fun....it has kept me sane in a cancer treatment driven life. It provides a routine for my world that is not associated with Dr appointments, and forces my brain to deal with numbers, money, dates, and taxes.... all of which are far enough out of my comfort zone to provide a needed challenge. Weirdly enough doing this for him provides peace I don't find anywhere else. So, until he is ready to actually hire someone, I will gladly assist... because I can... because I enjoy it.... because it helps me feel useful... every. single. day.
.... am planning to do a tri-sprint in Oct. I am just getting on the bike this last week or so. The weather and terrain is perfect here. (for me) I have been swimming all winter and I am much stronger than I was. When I started in Dec I could not swim two laps freestyle. Now I am up to 16... without stopping. that is a huge improvement.
I am still a terrible runner, but I will get to that.
Overall, i think I can do this... and maybe even do it well. My goal is 90 minutes, which is nothing to brag about in any setting, but I will be ecstatic if I can make it. I did sign up for it already, which means money is involved. Therefore, I am committed. :)
.... miss teaching. It has been almost three years since I quit. I drive past a community center regularly and a place called the Communiversity, which is several universities that have pooled resources to create a community university to help people get ready for higher education at a more reasonable price and setting. I want to teach there. However, I cannot even take the first steps until we are finished going back and forth to PA to sell the house. AND, it looks like that will happen sooner than later. We have two guys from Philadelphia who are interested. We meet in two weeks to hammer out some details and see where we go from here. Then I will seriously look into teaching again.
AND see, this is me. writing. again. Go me.
