I had to pull an all-nighter and a half-the-nighter last week to accomplish my work, and I'm still recovering. What happened to that young woman who could bounce back from a series of late-night sessions and subsist on Diet Mountain Dew and Twizzlers?
I'll tell you what happened -- she got old! Teachers get UP at 5 AM, they don't meander back to their beds, eyes straining from the laptop, at that time. (Maybe it was also because I was working in my quiet house, while my husband slept upstairs and the dog snored on the couch, instead of in the hot, crowded computer lab or my dorm room with my roommates cheering me on and doing their own studying!)
Last evening, when I'd given up on the Library VPN service and it was cool enough to take the dog for a walk, I heard an old familiar sound. A little girl was playing the recorder for her brother, and she was trying to work out the notes to "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Suddenly, I was six years old again, practicing my recorder, looking at my music on that little wire stand.
It goes so fast! I celebrated my fifth anniversary on Friday. Five years! Married! Good Lord, wasn't I just getting my braces off?
I take comfort in the fact that I have been abundantly blessed, and though I still have catching up to do with my coursework, I'm really excited about what I'm learning, and I'm feeling good about my choice to prepare for a change in my career. (Plus, the dog just trotted up and gave me an unsolicited kiss. How can it get any better than that?)
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