when all is done ...

Catapulted into leadership, it has been a bit dizzying the past few weeks. Rolling out a medical education programme over four new sites where much of the detail remains in the institutional memory of the staff who have left. Mainly a stimulating challenge - there have been moments of desperation. Culminating in a massive migraine on Friday (never felt this bad since a very early one about 40 years ago) - washed out day yesterday and most wonderful day today. For Father's Day the daughter-who-lives-nearby suggested the Bondi-Coogee walk. It was lovely to see the daughter-father bonding, enjoy the amazing sea vistas, mosey on home around the waterfront. Then into the garden, harvesting kumquats, baking cakes and relaxing. Work emails checked so no surprises tomorrow but this has truly been a WEEKEND (not a chance to slip back into the office and try to clear the desk). Tomorrow we will be finalising the interview schedule for the hopeful 2010 applicants, getting the final examination papers for this year underway. And hopefully taking some of the clifftop sense of rhythm and grace into a new week of discovery. It can be easy to feel blessed in the gentle eddy and flow of life; it is such a privilege to feel blessed when seemingly pushed to the edge of personal resourcefulness. Blessed indeed.