Old friends

Appreciating the rascals in my life 

loving life

Love my new club especially when we have enough courts. I think I'm learning how to slowly make my game better but these changes are going to be incremental. Still, I love it!

Now, I really must work hard too after a very lazy Saturday and badminton-filled Sunday.

starting the year off right

.... with a beautiful, easy hike, with a friend who enjoys hanging out with me even if I annoy her sometimes. (I give her the shitface when she's late, which is quite often, although she was on time yesterday.)

looking forward

I'm thankful that I have mentors in my life. I had Pastor Paul when I was a teenager. Then, I had professors, staff, and administrators in college who mentored me and really taught me to love books and to love people. I didn't have the best mentors in graduate school, but I had great mentors in my graduate christian fellowship. I had a wonderful mentor in my postdoc who continues to mentor me now.

At work....I don't have a mentor per se but I have good relationships with a few more senior colleagues. I also have a funny and kind badminton coach now who is sometimes a little overly emotional--the man loves his drama!--but he has been so generous and has given me a lot of wise advice that I bring to life and work. One of his friends who leads the new badminton club I've joined has taken me under his wing.

I really need to be a good mentor to others because I've been given so much.