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Wednesday, 8 August 07 :: this and that.

i'm at work early this morning. usually i don't get up and moving till later, but i felt the need to come in early to take care of some things.

i'm heading on vacation in 48 hours. well, not vacation, apparently i'm going to be working during it, which, really, i wish i wasn't going to do. i'm tired, i need a break. i need to leave this place behind and not fret about getting anything in. the next year isn't going to be easy, and i'd like to be a bit more rested emotionally before i dive into it, but i may not have that choice.

but, one part of this process for me is facing a lot of stuff and moving through it. facing burn out and moving through it, facing stress and moving through it, facing fatigue, etc. it's about moving through the things that 5 years ago stopped me in my tracks... .... and pushed me backwards, pushing it out of my way and excelling. so, we'll see if i can do it.

i had a really wonderful conversation with my new karate instructor last night. i liked him, but now i like him even more. i found that what i was perceiving was very wrong, and that he and i have a lot in common. it was nice to connect with someone about a side of my life that, while i carry it here, really has been left by the wayside. up until now, when i've talked about this side of my life with people, while they smile, the connection about the principles hasn't really been there. last night it was there.

okay, time to start this very challenging day. one step at a time i'll make it through.

posted by brooke at August 8, 2007 08:24 AM

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i'm brooke, born in '73. i am currently a phd student in instructional technology. this is the blog where i capture all the neurotic, and the few non-neurotic, moments that seem to come with being a phd student (if you want to read less neuroses and more professionalism go to: oer's, dl's, reuse and culture: it's about a phd student researching digital resources in a multicultural world). i have been from eugene, oregon for a long time.. 8 years specifically (its my home now, but i grew up in southwestern virginia), but now i'm here in logan, utah at utah state university. after finding my roots in eugene i never could have expected that i would leave that liberal oasis and head to utah. but i did and there are days when its a blessing and days when i'm tempted to go back to oregon and beg the folks at lost valley educational center to let me move in. but i won't leave because there are days when this process is better than any kind of high i could ever imagine. what else? i collect things, i have 2 cats, 2 kayaks, 2 laptops (i'm a geek - one mac, one pc). i can be emailed at brookesblog@rivervision.com.