Happy Friday

I wish this Friday had the same sense of excitement as some of my other Fridays but the amount of work I have to do is a bit overwhelming and I have to take a New York State Teacher's Exam tomorrow. I know the work will get done and the test will go well, but I'm in one of those moods where I just want to write. I'm feeling particularly inspired lately (I don't remember the last time this happened - it certainly has been a while...then I start to wonder why I am feeling this way, what is inspiring me? and then my brain just keeps going in circles and off on tangents...really I can't imagine what it looks like in there) and there are these emotions, thoughts, feelings, and ideas that are occupying too much space in my brain. When this happens I find that I get a bit short-tempered and just want to escape somewhere and write until a feel a little less restless. I am craving a place that is spacious, quiet and secluded...kind of like Jack Nicholson in The Shining before the crazy redrum kid appears. But since this is real life and I have responsibilities I can't run away from, these thoughts will just have to continue to roam about my brain until I have the time to sort through them.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

- Virginia Woolf