21 - being enough.

Had lunch with a friend this afternoon.

"I just never feel like I've done enough." I said.

"Join the club." He said.

Whether it be saving, studying, learning, working... It's so hard to strike that balance between contentment with a job well done and the continual drive to do better. I suppose the core comes down to who I measure myself against. I have all these grand hopes and dreams, but in the end I suppose that it's enough for me to know that I'm made some really great friends, paid off some really heinous debt, and got to do some pretty cool work while I was here. Corny, but true.

62 - "Jombie"

One of my elementary school students has a fascination with "jombies" (zombies) and this evening, I think I'm beginning to feel a bit "undead" myself. I've slipped into a twilight land of consistently not enough sleep and although this is familiar ground, I'm not really used to having to be presentable in front of people while inhabiting said territory. I kept losing my train of thought in class and felt like I was taking micro-naps all day. The good news is we're officially halfway through our 4 weeks of summer session, which means 8 10-hour work days down and 8 more to go. One of those days even includes a Friday of presentations/parties, so really we're more than halfway done.

It's all downhill from here, baby!