I made it to another Friday ! Actually it was a short week with Sam/memorial day but somehow I am just pooped .. I was so glad to knock off for the day and go see gabes teams last (it turned out) lacrosse playoff game.. Hey caught valiantly but lost.. But lost well… It’s been a great season for gabe and for the team
Now back home trying to unwind. . I can remember many times of my life where I worked harder.. But something about how full my days are now is particularly exhausting and exhilarating. I’m trying a new experiment by working at home most of the time… I work in the bell tower which is a really great place to concentrate.. Theres a great view, good breezes.. And no distractions.. Just four walls, 7 windows a floor and a roof..and a chair the rooms About 8 feet on a side.. My own little work world. If it had plumbing, I’d never have to come downstairs…and I rarely do.. This past week there have been days when I went up there at 8 and came down at 6 with only one trip down for food/drink etc… It’s the kind of place a poet should work.. Or an artist…. Not necessarily the kind of place made fore a technocrat (if that’s what I am)… But I love my life up there.
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Ok.. It’s a weekend. Time for bed.
Nite all, nite Sam
-me
Thanks to the several folks who wrote to tell me .. basically.. not to take my work.. or myself so seriously after last nights post.. Here’s was my favorite.. someone just sent me a link to this picture
. The irony was pretty funny.. I’m stressing out over (among other things) a talk about having fun.. I even went as far today as counting all the meetings on my calendar for a three week period to see where I was putting my time.. According to that calculation, I need to even lower my fun quotient by about 15 %.. .. now that’s funny..
My response was to rip up my calendar and took a couple of hours off to hag out with Gabe and my freind Seth who was here visiting. (though I’m back on the couch working at 10 PM)..
Most folks know that I recently changed jobs. I’m really excited about my new role .. I’m learning so much and meeting new people. I feel really lucky to have found this role. I really want to do a good job in this new role .. TO make sure that happens, I’m doing my best to focus on a few important tasks.. That’s all working pretty well, .. but there’s one catch.. As I try to focus in on these few tasks, I seem not to have left any time for fun.. .don’t get me wrong, I’m loving the work.. but fun is … well ‘fun’ .. and thats why they call it fun..There’s great irony here, because I’m about to give a talk on the importance of fun in work… Isn’t it great when life sends you irony like that to teach you a lesson. ?
Yesterday we marked Sam’s 20th birthday.. we’d told folks to drop by if they felt like it.. I think by the end of the evening we’d had about 80 folks drop by.. many of them Sam’s freinds.. It was a hard day.. and also a very good day. It was so good coming together to catch up. remember sam .. .play music, light things on fire, eat, drink. jump on the tramp, skateboard.. . all the stuff Sam loved doing .
We definitely felt surrounded by love.. One of the great finds of the day was a new picture that Sam’s freind John brought over..Its of Sam,. John and Justin.. nice.. its on our fridge now
When it came time to cut the cake, max and Jac joined in by face time..
So much love..
thanks to everyone who called, facebooked, dropped by or just thought of us.. It really helped…
