It is mid-July already and I'm finally in the place that I had hoped I would be for this leave.  I'm spending a lot of time at home.  I'm still working, but not as frantically as I was last month.  I take my time, yet everything gets done.  The work is interspersed with some household chores, some TV, some shopping (I actually got to go to Divisoria last weekend, for the first time in literally years).  I'm even able to see friends for lunch.

Yesterday, I was at DISCS for a meeting.  Reena asked me what I wanted to teach next sem.  She said that she and Jon Fernandez were fixing the schedule.  Under "normal" circumstances, I would ask a lot of questions and offer my extensive opinion on the matter.

However, yesterday, I told her what I had in mind and left it at that.  There was a part of me that was tempted say, "whatever," not to be rude, flippant, or indifferent.  It really just reflects my mood--that it's all good.  I'm getting to that place where I feel I can cope with just about anything, instead of feeling frayed and on-edge.

So, the leave is finally taking effect.  Perhaps it's time to change my blog name: Not-so-headless Chicken?