Wilderness Clarity. And Snowshoes!

Vuyo at Tree Spring Trail

I knew someone out there would clamor for a picture of me

My new snowshoes!

I'm still waiting for a functioning computer to access pictures about some previous events. And today it is pictures from my cell phone.

I took the week between Christmas and New Year's off and it provided the opportunity to organize my room and my projects, but then I also became engrossed in getting things done, like going through my papers from graduate school (from 5 years ago) to see what is really worth keeping. I kept telling myself I would take a day and go hiking in the mountains, but just needed to get these few more things done.

This past Friday (January 8), I started talking myself into hiking after my clinical supervision. Then I thought, "I'll go tomorrow, I want to get this, this and this done." And THEN my new snowshoes arrived! What better nudge did I need to get into the wilds. When I met with my clinical supervisor, he mentioned a quote he saw recently on a daily calendar:

"Busyness is the rape of relationships." -Charles Swindoll

Sounds harsh and drastic, but i would definitely say that spending time with a friend is more important than reading class notes from psychodynamics.

Time did slip away from me a bit, but I spent an hour in the Sandia Mountains in the snow. I hadn't realized how thirsty I was, it was really refreshing to be out there. Thinking I might need to borrow my boyfriend's resolution from last year to do something outdoors every weekend for the year.

Then I came back home and went to an appointment where I had my eyebrows waxed for the first time (indulgences or self-care?). I say it is part of the overall plan to look even better when I see Mark in February then I did the last time he saw me. Of course, the last time we saw each other, we spent 5 days backpacking in the Grand Canyon, so I don't think I have to work too hard. ;)