Just For Now...

For two hours today--two full hours--I was allowed to be perfectly still as the world spun around me. As people outside the window ran to catch buses and sped to beat rush hour, as they made phone calls and sent emails and broadcasted news reports, I sat. With one person. And talked. And sometimes didn't even talk, just listened or felt or took another long sip of agave-sweetened coffee. I let the curls be pulled from my hair, let words and laughs and sighs escape uninhibited, let my feet dangle over the edge of a leather armrest clearly not meant for feet, yet so conducive to lounging...and as I became conscious of exactly how much I was letting go, I began to feel like I was exhaling for the first time in months.

That's right. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I HAVE time--it could be attributed to the return of Senior Privilege, the fact that I'm starting to feel in control of my schedule overall, and/or the fact that the scheduling nirvana that is Ghana (gotta love the equatorial pace) looms ever nearer. Finally I feel like I have time to write again, time to work but also time to reflect, relax...and respire, for god's sake.

So as senior year comes to a close, expect THIS to start occurring regularly again--posting, I mean. I'm feeling renewed and ready to give this another go.