9.6.16 Cleanse OR “Sleeping Princess”

This was my first day with students for the 2016-17 school year.  It’s my 12th year teaching so I’m used to the “First Day of School” hype but I was tired!  Exhausted even!  I think Nick could sence it so he helped me onto the table immediately when I stood from my chair.  I laid back and Nick stretched me out and I did some PNFs.  The stretching and the PNFs made me even more tired and I started to, “glisten.”

It didn’t take very long for this, “glistening” to turn in to all-out sweating.  Like A LOT!  I put my nose in my shirt collar and wiped it off just as I felt the sweat changing from, “glisten” to sweat and then I constantly had to wipe the bridge of my nose as I felt sweat beading on my forehead and the roots of my hair became damp.  As Nick was working, he glanced over to me and commented that I was really sweating and I agreed.

I thought back to conversations I had with Parker years ago.  He told me that tears and sweat were two forms of the body’s natural way of cleansing itself.  I always think of that when I am a sissy, cry-face baby and cry.  Sweating doesn’t come very easily to me anymore so I welcome it more now.  It makes me feel that I’m working REALLY hard and something athletic.  It feels good and I hear Parker telling me that it’s a good thing; that it’s a cleanse so I continued to wipe the bridge of my nose in my shirt and thought of Parker with fondness.  I miss him.

I continued to “cleanse” but my legs loosened up really nicely.  I got into my car easily because my legs were so relaxed and I closed my eyes IMMEDIATELY!  My Mom made a comment as we were backing out of the space behind Barwis about me being a, “Sleeping Princess.”  I slept the entire way home until I was in my driveway with the exception of this moment, when the car had backed up enough to change direction and head left out of the parking lot.

I opened my eyes for the briefest of moments where I could see the dumpster as the car changed directions.  I thought of Phil.  I thought of Mike Rhoades.  The thoughts of them forced me to open my eyes.  Just like I corrected both of them, I had to open my eyes and interrupt my sleep and correct my Mother.  I just needed to set her straight, state a fact before I went back to sleep.  Just like I told Phil and Michael, I simply stated before closing my eyes again; “I am a queen.”