Tonight I am home as I work on a new class that started today and prepare for a trip out of town w/SO. We will be spending the weekend across the state at a convention. Should be lots of fun!
My new class is going to be kind of a drag -- Public Budgeting Systems. Definitely my least favorite public administration topic. Zero-based budgeting...okay, whatever. It doesn't apply to my current line of work. The CFO sets the budgeting process, and all of us little minions get to follow along with whatever the Great Oz says we must do.
Last night was a very good night. I'd had a rather stressful day at work, so I took some time to get in a really good workout at the gym, then a hair cut before heading over to SO's for the night. SO is getting very good about being supportive of my "me" time and letting go of the whole "organized" dinner thing. I'm pretty non-plused by dinner plans; it's more about just spending time together. He got in some roller blading while I was working out. We did eat dinner, but it wasn't any big thing. He bbq'd some chops. We had a wonderful, meaty conversation about work and related things we have in common. The tv didn't even come on until we wanted to watch the weather as we readied for bed. We wend to bed, had a wonderful, meaningful, ML session, and we both slept like babies. This is what it is supposed to be like. This is what we work so hard to achieve.
Um, so, okay, I was listening to the MCC cd earlier this week, and this song struck me:
The Hard Way
Show a little inspiration, show a little spark And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart And tell me something I don't know instead of everything I do And look at me as if I mean something to you Our hearts are beating while we sleep, but while we're wide awake You know the world won't stop, and actions speak louder Listen to your heart, and what your heart might say Everything we got, we got the hard way
Show a little passion, baby, show a little style And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith That the world won't stop, and actions speak louder Listen to your heart, to what your heart might say Everything we got, we got the hard way
Caught up in our little lives, there's not a lot left over I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover So show a little inspiration, show a little spark Show the world a little light when you show it your heart We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder Listen to your heart, and your heart might say Everything we got, we got the hard (everything we got, we got the hard way) Everything we got, we got the hard way (Because the world won't stop) hang on, baby...
It occured to me that this reflects, to some degree, where the WA's are, and even where we LBS's can find ourselves.
When something is revealed to me when I'm not looking for it, it is like a breath of fresh air.
We will be spending the weekend across the state at a convention. Should be lots of fun!
