Spending time

The pace of this week has been so much more manageable; my only true challenge has become one of dealing with the PT recruiters (which in the big picture isn't that much of a difficulty!). I am not used to dealing much with sales people and have a difficult time separating the true story from the BS it's framed in. I am learning though and have to realize we all have a job to do, theirs is to get me to sign up for one of their assignments and they want to do it efficiently and quickly before somebody else gets in. As long as I keep the right balance between flexibility, professionalism and my own goals and preferences, I think I'll manage. I'm certainly interested to see what the next week has in store....
Lisa's house is working out just great, although I seem to be incapable of figuring out how long it takes to get to work. I have been really late or really early for 2 weeks now. Maybe I'll get it right in the next 2 weeks, just in time for my last day at Children's. I'm also very much loving the fact that there is a 'Ben and Jerry's' right around the corner one way and a 'Trader Joes' around the corner the other way.
The weekend has been a relaxing one of spending time... over food. That seems to have become my theme lately; I am trying to spend quality time with good friends prior to taking off. I went to dinner Thursday night, brunch Saturday, both breakfast and an extended lunch today. It makes me realize how deep my roots here in St. Louis have become and I wonder how often I will be visiting back here and if friends will make it out to where-ever I will be,...
With the second anniversary of the Quantum Leap plane crash approaching on Tuesday, I'm also reflecting on those dark days immediately after and the time since. I'm thinking of everybody linked to it; family, friends and the whole skydiving community. I'm thinking of the skydivers who are often described as totally insane and downright crazy (which they are!!! ;-) ). But they manage to balance it out quite nicely with a love of life and its true priorities and a great deal of compassion, kindness and true friendship. I know: I have been the lucky recipient of it and still continue to be. It's hard to believe it has been 2 years. I remember some things crystal clear engraved in my mind forever and some just vague recollections of the initial day-to-day and week-to-week struggles. I have lived and continue to live through them. Life will never be the same but I feel somehow I have managed to to integrate the events into my life and go on..... I'm excited to see what the future has in store and am confident it'll contain good things, whatever they might be....