tired

My last post was March 22? 2006? Holy cow. As I've been working to turn over CCP into someone's more capable hands, I've also been taking four classes plus what's called a "keystone" at Augsburg. I only have about 7 credits to go after this, and i'll graduate. Amazing. But I also recognize that I'm not doing my best work with so many irons in the fire.

I feel the need to urge my kids towards the light - I had a great conversation with my bus driver (Mary) one day, who also told me she has an O'Brien family crest, but who hasn't been driving on any of my bus rides since then. I'm thinking she was an angel, whom I rode with only because my shoe broke and made me late.... She told me to turn Axel away from the darkness. When I told him that tonight, it seemed like the only thing he has ever considered as possibly reasonable.

My heart hurts.
My head is spinning.