All nighter

It has been a long time since the last all nighter related to work. One day in May, another last fall and then prior to that I can't remember. The final product of six intense weeks...seems like a year...six weeks and many things uncovered yet unresolved. There is an emptiness--an 'if only' we had more time...but we don't. This is what we were given and we have busted our butts to make it the best possible with the resources available. Aimee and I have worked everyday for six weeks at a minimum of 12hrs per day...upward of 18 on most. But it has been an incredible experience--leaving my eyes just a bit brighter than been before.

Jaime, a good friend at work has the following quote hanging in his cube. I think it is fitting because it describes a person at rest, a person who made faced the thing they thought they could not do and met it head on...

Litany of Fear

Fear is the mind-killer

Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

ANd when it has gone past me, I will turn to see Fear's path.

Where the Fear as gone there will be nothing.

Only I will remain.

Jefferson heads to college in a week. Bridget gets married in a week. Ruaidhri and Aine get married in three weeks. New beginnings. l'chaim!