“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.”

Above quote is from Ovid, a Roman poet from waaaaay back in the day who definitely knew what he was talking about. He wrote a lot of love (and all things encompassing it) and transformation. Ever read The Erotic Poems? There's a man who has a way with words :)




My summer is already half over.

Who can believe that it's only the middle of June but there's already only half of a summer left before I'm forced back into the jaws of an everyday work schedule, one that I know for sure will make me get up before 10am. I'm being a bit dramatic, but it's still a hard pill to swallow that soon I won't be able to wake up, lie in bed reading and chatting with friends on the phone, before finally crawling out to see what it looks like outside and start my day. Soon I'll be fueled by coffee (plenty of sugar with a hit of cream), bagels with cream cheese, and covert text messages with my coworkers across the room. [Uhhh, I mean, sit and pay attention to every little word that's said?]

The amazing thing is that despite all the fun that I've already had, the second half of my summer is actually the best part. Most of the excitement is soon to come and so I shouldn't feel pissed that I haven't been working on my tan as frequently as I'd like because I'm going to have plenty of time (and in the best locales) to do that very soon. I shouldn't think of summer as half over, but rather think that the slow and steady warm-up has now completed and is prepared to yield to the upbeat and fast paced cardio that's yet to come. (I must provide this peptalk to myself, if not to those others out there who might also be experiencing this downtrodden view of life.)

One of the more surprising things about this summer has been my lack of desire to work. While I'm not required to do anything work related I told myself that I'd definitely putter about in my office working on things for next year's staff and getting things ready for training. I was SURE that I would want to be creating things on Microsoft Publisher, reading up on some material, and putting some plans into place for programming. I've probably stepped into my office about 5 times in the last month, each time either dropping off something that found its way to me that I don't need to worry about until July or retrieving something that was left in there that I need (like a favorite pen, or perhaps a picture frame). My travels will take me away from my life here for the next few weeks, proving that I was delusional upon thinking I would be proactive when I was obviously too lazy to way a few feet down the hall to my desk. I guess the idea of relaxation was just too much for the idea of working ahead to handle :)