October 30, 2008

It’s been a while.  Things have been busy, especially with me taking an Art History class and an Intro to Photoshop class at the local community college.  I signed up for the classes to gauge how well I could handle going back to school to pursue another Masters degree, one in Fine Arts.

But it seems that I will have to put this plan on hold as I can feel my chronic fatigue returning.   The MFA program at UC Riverside is about 72+ hours and it’s an intense three-year program of study.  I don’t think my body can handle it at that pace.

It’s frustrating when my body cannot handle what my spirit wants to do.  This has been the story of my life; “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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The weather changed today.  The wind picked up and brought in the dark clouds.  I could smell rain in the air.  That smell always takes me back to my childhood days spent playing in the rain during the monsoon season in the Philippines.  

I remember my siblings and I playing outside in the rain while my mother joined us in the absolute delight of the warm rain falling on our upturned faces.   A little rain fell tonight, just enough to evoke the memories of a childhood spent laughing in the rain.