This one I couldn't not write about. As I sit here writing this I'm chatting with a friend who is currently serving in Afghanistan. On the bed next to me is a thank you note from a friend currently serving in the Peace Corps in Ecuador. She will be receiving a glittery card in the mail very soon. Earlier today I talked (separately) with two very dear friends from college and yesterday I had the pleasure of having a lengthy phone conversation with a friend finishing her M.S. in Florida. I've also been keeping a constant stream of texts (word to the couple traveling the country by car) and facebook connectivity (thanks for the teaching tips). And to top it all off I have my siblings: I just spent the weekend hanging out with my sister who came up for a visit and I just had a couple hours with my brother who got back from a weekend out of town.
It's overly sappy but I'm grateful for a weekend of friends or, as I like to call them, friendlies. I've gone on one full-time teaching interview and am gearing up for another one this coming week. (Still waiting to hear about another position that is very close to my past and my heart.) I've got two courses coming up the following week that are still in the planning phase. Until then, I've entered the month-long, no-pay drought that comes hand-in-hand with semester breaks in a part-time teaching job (Did you see how many hyphenated phrases I just used? Holy cow.) Basically, I don't have a routine. Things aren't settled. There is no normal. And I have no idea when there will be. And it's messing with my brain. I seem to be incapable of focusing on any one task for any extended period of time (unless that task involves camping out inside the refrigerator or pantry and inhaling everything digestible with a calorie content).
And it's times like these when it is really nice to be surrounded, digitally if not physically, with friendlies.
