Energy Management in Everyday Ramblings

This pear tree is behind my place and I snapped this with my phone yesterday morning on my way back from training a scientist (I have been working with him for years) how to use my new forms.

It was fun to actually meet him and see his funky university lab. He studies genetic markers in proteins, particularly in cancer cells, as that is a huge focus of the institution I work for. He is in one of our older buildings and I mean old for settled Oregon.

There was all this battered broken furniture and lab equipment out in the hall. It was all very atmospheric. I am listening to the audio book version of Deborah Harkness’s third book in her witch/vampire/historical romance trilogy, The Book of Life. And one of the main characters was talking about biological markers for witches and the technique they were going to use in the lab and it was very similar to what my guy is doing in real life.

Without the witches, of course. There is a big ornamental stone owl on top of the building across the courtyard though that looks like it has some magical properties. :) He’d rather have a new lab. I felt it was impolite to take a picture.

I noticed this morning that I was actually hungry. First time since my stomach got all tied in knots having to decide Sammy’s fate.

Talking about my caregivers’ class in the previous post was more about the extraordinary blessing of that activity to make me continue to feel useful in my daily life after letting go of my own caregiver duties.

I continue to remain astonished and slightly disconcerted at how much more time and energy I have available in my days now. It was almost exactly five years ago that Mr. Finch came here after his brain scan with the brain cancer diagnosis. (The lung cancer origin diagnosis came later.)

I think I maybe had nine months or something like that after he died before both cats started getting sick and needing extra attention and focus. I just remember that it took almost two years to not feel so tired and then work was absolutely horrid. I am getting just how horrid now that it is getting better. :)

This morning I woke up not tired. No wonder I haven't been writing poetry! This is so totally cool. I miss Sammy terribly but at least I can do it energetically.

I am not sure if this is geo-blocked outside the US but this National Geographic Blog on food is fabulous. I love the fun food facts.