I'm talking to myself...
Telling myself I had a very good weekend with JG sleeping over Friday, a Halloween party with Big A Saturday, and brunch with EM Sunday.
Telling myself that I'm working hard at grading, prepping my regular classes + independent studies + the prison class + the Gaza class + editing the book.
Telling myself that it's okay to feel anxious because there are plenty of reasons for anxiety... I can even count off the reasons in every realm from the international, national, extended family, friends, family, physical... but I really am doing the best I can.
And also... doing that awful calculus of figuring out how many hours of sleep I can get if I fall asleep like right now... while the clock acts like an assshole countdown ticker...
Pic: I spy a Great Blue Heron on the rapids of the Red Cedar. From a long walk to clear my head early this morning.