Another Saturday morning and I am wired. Literally. Have been since yesterday, which was Friday. As the term comes to a close and the hectic activity of submissions, searches and sighs takes over, (this alliteration bug is brutal, folks), I had to go get a procedure for my eye. Now or never, so I went.
And rested on Thursday. But Friday came and I had to work, so bravely, with antibiotic drops in my eye, I sat at the table sifting through my slides.
The previous night, my presentation partner and I had come to the conclusion to work offsite: she at the West end, me in the East. The twain did meet.
Thanks to Skype and the iPhone and having a 2nd laptop to browse while I still worked on the slides on the first.
All at once, I am acutely aware of the affluence, the decadence and the privilege of all this. Long awaited, yes. But there are others who have waited longer and have nothing, or at least not as much as I do.
So we discussed, debated and decided until lunch time and are now working on the final stretch so that we can conference again tomorrow. I am hoping to Skype in my sister on Tuesday for a segment of the presentation and the world gets smaller with the thought.
Now what am I going do next with this learning? How am I going to use this privilege to pay it forward?
That, is the truest test.
Stay well and watch this space.
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