Sunshine on my face for a half hour...that is about as much as my skin can handle without burning. What will it be to get to AZ multiple times a year? Will we become habitual, or will we explore what it has to offer. I find myself the hermit...not venturing out. Hopefully next year, with Jefferson here, I will push myself to do the requisite research...push myself to **live** in my leisure--time beyond the computer screen.
I have finally completed the template to track my time. Ensure that my leisure is spent in a useful self-centered manner and not the current escapism or lackadasical mentality that I often find myself resorting to.
Visited ASU...a lot more to do here. A lot more to learn about oneself, a lot more of looking outward and then inward. That is the sole advantage of ASU...it is far closer to reality--to living in the world. Jefferson I think will end up at UofAZ...he prefers small, he prefers "new", is "into names", and "academically it's way better". Don't agree with all of his reasons...but that is where his head is at. He will get the opportunity to adapt and adjust in some capacity...and his own time. But he is looking for safety--likeness--a place to mesh. ASU is overwhelming to his senses, like his experience in NYC and just wanting to spend the rest of the day in the hotel. His fears and thoughts that he will be unable to navigate the landscape...make friends...ultimately control his surroundings. Whatever the choice I wish him happiness and balance in the journey--and learning in the lightness of being.
On the way home...looking forward to sleeping in my bed and my husbands embrace.