Back in October!

As promised, here we are back to our regularly scheduled programming. Many wonderful things happened in the meantime: my 35th birthday, which included this one very significant life event. The folks I've shared this with say "haven't you already...?" This is my third official baptism, but my first as a person who is more fully realized intellectually in order to understand more thoroughly what this act is all about. I don't remember the Catholic sprinkle. My first dunk as a 10 year-old was refreshing, but I don't think I fully got it (Mom says I wanted to have doughnuts afterward-?) and I did plenty of things between 10 and now to warrant a renewal of the commitment.

But, this path is not a trouble-free one, and since that epiphanic day I've had to deal with a huge personnel issue at work, one that brings on all sorts of stress residue: headaches, fatigue, anxiety, urges to overeat, etc. Yep, lots of prayer in there too. I can't say that it's not leading to growth (managerial, spiritual and communication-wise), but I would have rathered a more peaceful entry into my 36th year. While it might have been part of the Big Rail Plan, I can't help feeling mildly de-railed with a small r. October will be a time to get re-railed on the other life fronts. Until the next stop on the Big Rail Plan changes that again.