the days are long....but the weeks are short

my friend Wendy says that when you're overseas "the days are long, but the weeks are short." and she is so right. i've thought that over and over.

almost every friday i think, "man, where did this week go" and at the same time, most days, in the middle of the day i think, "man, this is a long day"

the way my new schedule is, i have really long days on monday and thursday (and today was a bonus long day...not quite sure how that happened!) today, when i was riding the metro home at the end of the day i had a hard time remembering all the places i'd been - emotionally and physically.... a phone call home. rushing out of the house cause of a schedule change. a beautiful devotion at Sari Bari. time with the training ladies. beginning to dream about how to improve the training (the math and literacy education pieces of training) for the ladies. tea with a new friend in the Gatch. seeing a friend's baby for the first time. looking for another friend. a metro ride south. a brief pause to collect myself before the afternoon. a quick lunch. looking for markers to buy. buy some fruit and a coke to supplement that quick lunch. chatting with the ladies at the other Sari Bari. working on some training projects. sewing a few patches on a blanket. a very crowded metro ride. helplessness. a stop at the little store down the road. significantly more time than i expected getting photocopies made. stopping downstairs to spend some time with our neighbors. held their baby girl (she is so tiny...about 5 lbs). tea with the neighbors. dinner and great conversation at Sarah's. home. work emails to check on. facebook. check email. watch tv w/ roomies. nail polish on toes. write a blog. and now it's 11:45pm...and i'm gonna read a bit of a fun book...(never mind the 20 pages of the book that i didn't read to day that i have to get done by sunday...)...and go to bed.

i'm so glad tomorrow is a holiday. its gonna be a loud one, with lots of loud music and programs over a loudspeaker broadcast for all to hear...but it will be so nice to be home tomorrow (gotta catch up on those 20 pages i'm letting fall through the cracks today!).

...the days - they can be long.