Well I made it through my 9 days of working solid, pretty much day and night. They left me tired, thoughtful, and a little sick. It's always harder to catch up on sleep when I'm having a hard time breathing. Feeling a bit better this morning than last night, though, so I think I'll burn through it quickly.

The thoughful part is about considering what kind of work I should be doing. I've been in an ongoing financial pinch which makes me embarrassed and sad, and from which I'm feeling the burning need to escape. So my current questions center on how to balance my need to make money with my urge to always do good and help people. Seems that helping people isn't even covering my debt. Working my current position at REI isn't going to do it, either. And neither is continuing to work with small, struggling non-profits. Even the mid-sized nonprofit doesn't have enough consistent work for me to rely upon.

So... I know that I have a pretty hefty skill list, and that I'm very trainable. Where does that leave me?

feeling tired and a little overloaded. Currently working 6pm-2am for 4 days at REI, getting ready to teach a class all day Saturday for Cal State Hayward, and also prepping for meetings with two different agencies on Thursday (my one day off this week from REI). One is a wrap-up for their project (phew!), but the other is really to get their project going. This will all be worth it, but right now I'm just feeling tired.

I'm looking forward to the days when I have repaid my debts and have health insurance. Oh, my aspirations are sooo high right now!

Hanging out in Clayton today... Mother's Day was great, food, conversation, and random web searches.