today
1. quinoa + tahini + coffee
2. regretful turkey and cheese sandwich + melon + 2-pak cookies
3. three ("3") slices high quality organic turkey + same high quality organic coffee
4. enjoyment watching young girls and boys learn "boot" and "step" dancing
5. satisfaction, in retrospect, at my expanding ability to let pain, sadness, and disappointment pierce my heart instead of constructing elaborate revenge fantasies or endlessly rehearsing self-righteous indignation
6. fear that i will catch cold and not be able to finish all my papers
7. happiness and anticipation of glorious shabbat which will include (1) solo relaxation, (2) kabbalat shabbat service in renewal style in brooklyn, and a (3) day long meditation retreat with much respected teachers from the insight meditation society.
8. unbridled joy in the knowledge that only thirteen ("13") units of field placement remain.