I've decided (again) to practice a bit of what I preach and take a 3-week sabbatical at Prairie Pond Woods starting on Earth Day. Spring is the season I love the most...it used to be the Fall...but then I learned about all the LIFE that passes through overhead or comes back again after a long dormancy. Once I started identifying and learning the names of migrating birds, wildflowers and other emerging creatures, as well as their specific habitats and behaviors, I was hooked. Ignorance is definitely not bliss in nature. Education only enhances the appreciation and understanding for what has been created as a gift to us all. I plan to learn as many new things as possible while I'm there.
I have several other goals for this sabbatical (just how goal-oriented should one be during a sabbatical?). One is to continue more diligently the breeding bird survey for my 10-square mile transect in Adams County. Another is to post daily nature-journal entries on the blog...so brace yourselves for a lot of notifications. Another is to finish a short story submission for a writing contest due mid-May. Plus, I plan to finish reading one 3D book (A Thousand Splendid Suns) and one CD book (The English Major).
My last goal is less artsy-fartsy, less interesting and less fun...eat right and exercise at least 5 times per week (not just my rambling-discovery-walk kind of exercise...but the kind where I'm pleading for oxygen). "They" say that to develop a good habit, it takes 3 weeks of repetition. I'm putting "their" theory to the test during this down time...when I have no other commitments, no distractions, no stress, no TV and no bad food in the house to go along with it. Do I dare take and post a "before" and "after" picture? We'll see.
I'll be back,
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If you had a reaction box that said "JEALOUS/GREEN WITH ENVY" I'd check it. I'll settle for COOL. :)
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