Getting caught up with mail this weekend, the card from the Humane Society (I thought it was going to be a request for donations) turned out to be a sweet and unexpected gut punch. It was a note to inform me that SV--a colleague I've met a total of two times--had made a donation in Scout's name. What a lovely and thoughtful gesture--I'm making a note of it as something I can do for other people in the future.
My email notifications have got me feeling a bit overwhelmed. On top of all the other work things that haven't let up, a service thing (ACUE) I was invited to seems like it will require about eight hours of dedicated time weekly for the next month and a half when I'd allocated just one hour, and... ack. I really need a break.
I've managed a handful of hours on my writing project and a ton of hours on research, so there's something solid in that column. I have writing projects with EM, BR, and Big A that will need my attention too. I guess I'll have to sit down and make decisions about time and what exactly I'm hoping to get done with each thing and why. After I get through this week. After I get through this week. After I get through this week.
One of my goals for this weekend was to read in the hammock with a popsicle. I didn't make it.
But I did get a ton of lovely hangs with family and friends (LB, EM, LBT), Nu picked Poke for their Boss Day dinner today--so that was delicious and low/no effort, and as I realize every time I take Max outside--it's so very lovely and everything seems so soft and fragrant from our sweet summer rain this weekend. And also, in this good column, three poems I submitted to an anthology were accepted! My second anthology acceptance this year!
6 comments:
Congratulations on your poetry! What great news, Maya! And I'm so happy for you to have rain. I'm hoping for some myself. Smoke blew in yesterday, so a nice rain would be good.
I totally hear you on the overwhelming number of things to do. This: "After I get through this week. After I get through this week. After I get through this week." has been me this month. Is it naive to think that it will settle down after this week? Maybe.
I'm sorry for the work overwhelm.
Congrats on the poem.
It's nice to see the dogs are getting along.
Congratulations.
Nicole--I've been following along, and I'm wishing a nice rain and an easy roster of things to do for you! XOXO
StephLove--Thank you. I dealt with the overwhelm by... just taking the whole day off.
Thanks, Gillian!
CONGRATULATIONS on your pieces being accepted. That's HUGE!!!
Thank you, Daria :)!
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