The Gig. The Credential Program. Balance. The Middle. Food. Gratitude.

Friday once again! It did not Rain in the Nite, the 30% chance window was from Midnite to 6am; foggy for sure but no precipitation. I got to bed around 9, sleep maybe by 10 and up at 3:30. Not optimal but, here I am.

Morning Routine included a fulll 30 minye Meditation in The Chair. I am digging the combo of Lites Out in the Silo, a full body Massage in the Chair with background soundtrack of curated Meditation Music, mostly Tibetan Singing Bowls to take a little Trip each Morning.

Today, Work is Rocket Building (RB). The Kids are all somehwere in mid build; many have at least the bottom fins glued up, everyone has at least cut the fins and are ready to glue. I picked up 8 cans of Spray Paint from Ace Hardware Yesterday with a decent Teacher discount. I am staying away from the Poster Paints for this and likely subsequent RB sessions. I believe that some Builders will have a near complete build by the end of this Morning’s build session. As far as Staff Meetings in the Afternoon, the Calendar has us as Self Directed. I will use this Time to annotate the Video Lesson; yes the Lesson was due Yesterday and I did get it edited but for whatever complication it would not load to the prescribed platform (a common problem apparently) so a quick text to Rick who advised me to work on it Today and directed me to a different method to submit the assignment.

 I haven’t been to the Friday Farmers Market in Weeks and regardless of progress with the assignment I am going to get there Today; I miss the Routine and I need Honey. I don’t know if Cin and I will get out on a Date Tonite; but I do see a Homework Free Weekend ahead so, lots of Time to spend with Cin.

Everyone seemed to have a bit of a crazy Day at Work Yesterday. There was at least one Kid per class that was just off the hook emotional; at one point Sammi kinda talked me off the ledge as just before heading out for lunch I unloaded on Her (and Cliff just minutes earlier) about a Kid in 3rd grade who is, has been, an ongoing pain in the ass since Kinder. Arriving at Home to get a bite, Jason was hard at Work, ear buds in and up a ladder; not the Time for a chat. Later after Lunch I had a Second grader who was screaming uncontrollably about “accidentally” plowing through two smaller Kids on the Field; this is not an isolated incident with this Kid; He is prone to Hysteria and Rage. The Day went like that and every Teacher I talked with was expressing exaughstion and frustration; Earthquake Weather? Sometimes it is just like that at a Skool; things can cascade or at least influence the pyschology of the masses. At the end of the Day someone asked me if I was coming to Back to School Nite to which I responded without pause, “Son of a Bitch!” and “Yep”. Home for 30 minutes to put my feet up: Jason was already off site but every piece of trim and window was taped in prepeartion for rolling and shooting the Walls; the ceiling, rafters, eaves and trim all painted. Off to the Ace for spray paint then double back to Staff of Life for a hot bar Dinner of Teriyaki Chicken thighs and mashed potatoes. Arriving at WCSA at 5:10 I found a lone parking spot on the side of the Road and immediatly after parking I was recruited to help push Eugene the Bookmobile Truck to a more traffic freindly location. At 5:30 I was in the “reception line” as Sammi “introduced” each Teacher to the WCSA Community. I made the rounds, chatted with a few Families, bought a Brownie (ate it) and a Chocolate Chip Cookie (gave it to Miss Bianca from After School) and by 5:55 I was on the Road Home to edit the video shot Yesterday. That took a couple hours and then in to bed. Balance has been and continues to be elsusive in the Day at Hand; mostly in that place of finding Life beyond Work and Homwork on the Weekends (again) but, I’ll take what I can get. This current Path of Living in the Day I am in but, also Living towards achieving, completing a Future Goal, striving for a Balance between those seemingly incongruent, even opposed Paths is the Way for the next 600 something days; Mission 22.

I am, so far, basically perpetually exaughsted but, thankfully through Morning Routine, Attitude, Practicing the Principles, yes, tired but mostly finding Peace of Mind, mostly.

I am eating an Elephant. One bite at a Time.

Breakfast Yesterday and Today, Cottahe Cheese and Berries, evreybody say yum. I hated cottage cheese when I was Kid, I’s it at the atble for hours, nibbling; we were raised to eat everything on our plate. I expected to hate it Yesterday but, it wasnt bad; especially with Blackberries. I had no “school lunch fare” jsut a half roast beef, avo and tomato sandwhich that Cin fixed me and Dinner already mentioned. I have never eaten in a calorie deficient modality but I feel the need to lose some weight, more specifcally lose the fat I have accumulated in my body. Nothing like watching yourself in a 40+ minue video from all angles…Anyway, making those necessary changes to what, when and how I eat while keeping to the Middle (thats the Plan). One commitment is a healthy small breakfast each Morning. Another, no “School Food”. Starting there. And yes I know how to shred in 3 month but I will just boomeramg if I do that or live in extreme slef deprivation for Months or Years; no sugar, dairy, bread, been there done that don’t want to do that. The Men’s Retreat is the first Weekend in October and although there are only 5 meals, each meal is buffet style all you can eat and in Years past, for the Most part I am always one of the first in line, the first to get seconds and thirds…yep, I am that Guy and it is Known. This Year I will pracice being in the Middle. Last Year after leaving the Retreat Sunday late Morning and heading to a Tattoo Session, I got a stomach ache that became 51 Days of accute pancreatitis. Pain levels of 10 and frankly shitting my brains out up to 10 times a Day. My suspicions for the attack are, over indulgence in Mushroom Coffee and an over indulgence in fatty foods at the Retreat. I literally ate a couple punds of bacon that Morning as well as a somilar amount of suasages the day before and that was just at Breakfast. Lots of Doctor visits which were of No help, blood panles, poop panels, ultra sounds, Xrays and no help. Probiotic rich, fermented Sauerkraut and Beetjuice fixed me; Thank You Haley.

Grateful for Morning Routine. For Cin and my Kids. For Lil Bear. For Friends and Fellowship. Sammi. Jesse. Jason and His hard work. For the Gig regardless of the small percentage of extreme frustration. For Options, Opportunity and Choice. For a Sponsor ans Sponsees. For All Needs Met. For this Day to Practice and to Continue.