August 10, 2010
A little past midnight. Sitting alone in the quiet apartment in front of the dining table with my work laptop out. Focusing, brainstorming, scribbling notes - working late into the night for my internship meeting tomorrow. Soft music playing in the background from Pandora.
Pausing to notice the tranquility that completely surrounds the night. Feeling the cool air coming in from the slightly open window - the fresh, LA, summer breeze. This year, we've been lucky that the weather hasn't been scorching. The heat hasn't been unbearable, and the sun is wonderful as always.
Then it hit me: I love this. I love working like this to the midst of the night. This is the highlight of my busy Monday that starts 8 in the morning with a headache from the rowdy, puberty-struck middle schoolers that I teach until late into the afternoon. The headache and exhaustion last such a long time that when I come home, I need at least a couple of hours to recuperate before dinner. Then again, I work on my other two internships. Yes, I have overbooked my summer this year. But I love it.
Tomorrow, I will return home once again exhausted - a different type of exhaustion, since I won't be seeing the kids but will instead be in a meeting for my internship all day. I won't be able to spare a couple of hours to recuperate before dinnertime tomorrow, however, since I will come home just in time for the last meal of the day. Then, a different task will await me - piles and piles of things to grade for my lovely but terrible students.
Yes, it's stressful. Yes, I have to work throughout the weekend to catch up on my third responsibility this summer - my second internship. But I love and embrace it.
Summer 2010 - this is exactly what I needed. Isn't it funny how He always knows?
