Day 3 - 278 -- Searching for positives in a bullying sea

What a day!  Seems there has been a pile up of days with too much to manage. Today I had two lectures and a committee meeting -- both brought further work, but that was expected. Between these tasks, I had to run to the lab with a requisition. I pulled number 21 just as the tech called number 8 and the receptionist called number 11. Needless to say, it was a bit of wait in a very full waiting room. That, too, seems to be a trend in the past several days. Anyway,  I had been fasting and it was 10:30 AM when I left the hospital, so I headed home to grab a very late breakfast.  Got back with about 15 minutes to spare before the next class. Once finished the meeting that began 15 minutes after class ended, I raced home to bundle the furry one off to the vet for a quick fix up visit -- another trend there with health visits to various practitioners in the past week. When I got home at 4:30, I thought it would be much later as I was starving. That is when I realized I'd only gotten to eat part of my lunch today.

It seems too early in the term to have hit this craziness wall, yet we are in week 5, meaning we are between 1/3 and 1/2 the way through the fall term. I still feel like things are just starting. No wonder I've been busy grading recently. Reading through past posts from this time of year points to these rushing around feelings being common at this point in the term. If it were just the work or just the personal stuff, it might feel somewhat better, but when every part of life seems to be overloaded, it leaves me feeling a bit overwhelmed and cranky. Days like this leave me disliking work and such. Why can't I see the positives? It was a fantastic sunny day -- not overly warm, but a great fall day. Trees have begun to turn colour in fits and starts as I drove along the streets. I am surrounded by colleagues who are supportive and have great senses of humour to keep me smiling and ready to listen when things go awry. Those things should outweigh or at least balance the crazy pace and activities of the day.

A few lyric lines from a song ran through my mind as I was pondering my crankiness today. The message the lyrics hold is a positive one, though I'd likely note that today should be important, too so not always focusing only on the future. love the rhythms and distinctive voices of this grouping. Enjoy!

Don't Stop -- Fleetwood Mac