Stresstember

Well, ladies and gentlemen: we have survived September.

I was telling my (former) coworker at Bard that I was working three jobs and starting school again, and she told me a friend of hers was calling the month “Stresstember.” How apt.

Thankfully – and sadly – things at Bard have wrapped up for the season, so I’m now down to two UBC jobs and my writing. And being on the board at my co-op. And leading a church small group. And, y’know, having a social life or whatever.

Also, they’re going to take my wisdom teeth out in a couple weeks.

But I don’t mean to complain – really, I’m happier busy. I’m taking an undergraduate acting class that is totally kicking my butt (this week’s revelation: I can’t lie on my back and put my arms above my head because it hurts and I am lame), and I’m chipping away at ideas whenever they come to me. There are parties and events and there is sun and there is rain and I’ll get to go home and see my family in two months.

So even if my face swells up like a chipmunk’s and I fail my theatre presentation and I don’t have another day off between now and Christmas, it’s good. I’m twenty-six, I’m healthy, and I’m trying to put the pieces together.

This is what it looks like, right?

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