This is a sketch by Pascal Campion. I think it’s great, and more to the point, right now I think it’s me — running running running with a smile.
In the last week, I suddenly find myself in a busy place. Getting things done. Having fun. But right now I need to be three of me. I need more brains, more arms, more time and less need for sleep. I am so behind on responding to comments here that I am sure many of you think I am just a figment of your imagination. I hope you will bear with me — I do want to talk to you, I do, I do. And if we’re talking about talking, I owe so many people email that I’m worried there aren’t enough pixels in the universe. If you are one of those people, I grovel through the internet and beg your continued patience.
This is what happens when I become very focused (as I am right now on putting the final touches on my business website). Focus is a sly little word: it sounds so serene, when really it just means that I fall down a rabbit hole, blink at the end of the day when Nicola forcibly removes me from my keyboard, and realize that while I was away my To Do List mysteriously got longer. How fucking serene is that?
Ah well. I’m working my way through the list, and I will catch up on the comments and the email and All Will Be Well. But right now, I think I’ll just go have a beer. And smile.
(Thanks, Pascal, for permission to use your sketch here. Hey everyone, go check out Pascal’s site.)
Patience (ËpÄ-shÉnz) is the state of endurance… I can be the Energizer Bunny. Or the Contemplating Turtle. No rush here.
I’m sure we all miss your voice in conversation, but we can go reread your stories and older posts if we get restless. Or talk to one another *waves at Jennifer*.
You rest after you’ve worked your way through the to-do list. We’ll be here.
That is a great sketch, and I can definitely relate. I haven’t gotten to watching that Ted video yet, but I plan to.
Maybe we’ll start posting pictures of books over here too….
Karina’s right, no rush.