Losing Stream

Today is finally Friday. Man, what a long week it has been. I am drained, physically and mentally. I still face the last day of Junior High sucker sales for PTA today, tiring in and of itself some days. Next week is going to ramp up as well; it always does.



Maybe that is why I like the sentiment in this comic. For Better or Worse, written by Lynn Johnston is a classic newspaper comic about family life.

In case you can't read it, it says:
Friend: You've know Connie for along time.
Ellie: Since University.
E: I was going to teach English and she was studying radiology. Then she went off to work in South America and me?...well...I got married.
E: Connie thinks my life is perfect because I have a husband, and I envy hers 'cause she has a career.
F: Raising kids is a career, El. Ally our knowledge skill and expertise you pour into your children.
E: True. Maybe that is why I feel empty sometimes.

It isn't just the kids who can make me feel drained. I keep trying to tell myself it is because school is nearly out, or because I am cutting my Diet Coke intake dramatically (gasp!) or because I am trying to walk more each day. But ultimately, life is making me tired.

I suppose that is how it should be. I am doing PTA, Young Women, helping Tammy, serving my family, teaching kids, raising leaders, and trying to be a good, fun friend. Check back on me in a week or two. Maybe then summer will have kick started me and filled me with energy and excitement, or at least made me less tired.

Yeah. I can't be sure of that either. But tired from swimming is very different from tired from life.