Short note ....

Still one of the land of the living ... end of the semester is coming to a stress-filled end. The worst is yet to come ... and as of right now, there are no whisperings of continuing next year. To be honest? Right now that is good. Right now I long to rest and re-discover living and life.

A teacher-friend of mine kept a file / list of things that she wanted to do when she was unemployed ... maybe I should begin the same thing. (I have a ton of marking to do, and here I sit ... oh well, 5 min. more ... starting ... NOW!)

- begin to do some serious writing
- check websites about career and life changes
- visit a life coach (I found one in the city!)
- go to view some show homes
- seriously take up running
- get my car tuned-up
- buy new tires (I'll finally have time to do some shopping!)
- clean my space!
- re-catalogue my computer files since the crash
- re-catalogue my cd/music files
- create theme cds
- read!!! (I have a ton of books that I've started, but few that I've finished ...)
- sleep!!!
- write letters to friends that think I've forgotten them ... as in REAL letters!
- re-file all the stuff from teaching
- begin apartment hunting (yes, I really need to move out!)
- do some baking
- concentrate on eating well
- clean out my car (and really clean it??)
- hmm ... oh, hook up my printer!
- create and perfect my portfolio
- figure out how to put my portfolio onto a cd for interviews
- sew?
- go out for coffee with friends
- go to movies again
(one more item before time's up ... )
- take a drive to Banff for the afternoon and go on a hike!!!!

How's that for a start?

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