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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I cannot go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, which are you?
God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there,
And learn by going where I have to go.
Light takes the Tree, but who can tell us how?
The lowly worm climbs up a winding stair;
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Great Nature has another thing to do
To you and me; so take the lively air,
And, lovely, learn by going where to go.
This shaking keeps me steady. I should know.
What falls away is always. And is near.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.
--Theodore Roethke
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Joy's Updates - Straight from the Horse's Mouth.
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Friday, June 04, 2004
Silence is Rare
I haven't had much to say this week. At the beginning of it, I had some nausea thing and felt bad until Wednesday when I took Mother to a retina specialist in Nashville. Dr. Moffatt said her right eye is holding its own and might be just a bit better. The retina has some kind of gel behind it which pulls it and distorts her vision. Eventually it could cause the retina to detach, so they are watching it and monitoring with tests. She's supposed to go back in three months. He said they do laser surgery all the time, and while there is a slight chance something could go wrong that he wouldn't recommend surgery unless her eye gets much worse. We thought that was good news.
Yesterday and today I went to school to help facilitate the Credit Recovery program. We have about 12-14 students right now, and they are working away. Wednesday will be the last day they accept students into it, and we finish by July 2. We had problems with the program (Plato) and had to talk with tech support all day. All kinds of men gave advice, but when we talked with a woman, it worked. Am I surprised? :-) She was Level 2 support, and the Level 1 support guy had us talk with her. She called this morning to see how things were working. She said she'd heard that before about the men and didn't quite know what to think about it.
The other teacher Kim and I are working out our schedules, so it won't be too bad. I enjoy doing it pretty well and might do it again next summer, but I do like the time off. I'll decide when I get there.
7:10:00 PM
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