'Beginning to Become"
Thursday afternoons are my favorite time of the week. I am done teaching for the week at 3:00. I can leave school and don't have to be concerned about anything having to be done this evening. It is an awesome feeling after worrying on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights about making sure that I fully prepared for the following day. I do spend Friday's preparing for the next week, but for now, I am free! Teaching seven different classes is a lot to keep straight! I am finding that I have to write EVERYTHING down - what I've done in each class, what I want to do, what I need to do, what I need to write, what I need copy, etc., etc., etc. I find myself becoming some kind of distant relative to the crazy cat lady...the crazy list lady. Lists rule my world right now.
All that said, because Thursday affords me some truly "free" time, I had a chance to think about and experiment with today's prompt - "beginning." As I reflected on what that meant to me in this moment, I thought about how I am beginning to get myself together and am establishing a regular rhythm for this semester. In that moment of confidence, I also realized that though I may be getting myself together, I am really tired and, as hard as I am working, truthfully I feel like I am only a step ahead of the game. Dismiss those thoughts for the moment. Don't get bogged down. This is playtime! What better subject for depicting "putting yourself together" than Lego mini figures. These guys never disappoint me when i comes to using them for photographs.
I spent at least an hour outside in the driveway taking different photos. They all made me smile. I was having pure fun, the kind of fun a child has when they are allowed to just play - no rules, no imposed goals, just imagination. As I was going through all of the photos later in the evening, Brooke came in and watched over my shoulder as I scrolled through them. Even she got a chuckle out of all of the mini figure antics. With her help, I decided on this photo to represent my day just because it is so ridiculous and because the look on his face clearly says, "I am who I am!"
