Eh...

I am a child holding a green balloon at an amusement park. It's a cloud free day and the smell of hot dogs and cotton candy lingers in the air. Each day, each job, each degree, and each relationship is a new ride that I anxiously wait in line for, thinking it will be the biggest and best…until the next one comes along. And on each ride, there are ups and downs.

In my non-metaphorical life, I hate roller coasters and I typically avoid amusement parks. Yet there is no escaping the ups and downs that go along with them, and yesterday was a definite down.

It's not that it was an awful day. It was just one that was busy and full of challenges and mistakes.

Life for me is moving at light speed these days and in a hop, skip, and a month, I went from teaching English in Japan to living in Worcester and diving head first into a busy new job. It's all going okay and I've even managed to find a friend that I really connect with and a new love interest. But, I'm feeling overwhelmed and tired.

I know that things will slow down as I continue to get more settled, but in the meantime, I need to remember that I'm not Superman. And if the lack of six-pack abs and the ability to fly doesn't remind me, hopefully I'll at least be able to pace myself a little better and apply the brakes on all of the pressure I have been putting on myself.

Here's to "glass half full" days and blind optimism. And here's to hoping that today will be one of them.