today i watched as the kids "played" at their last capoeira practice for the time being. i laughed as they did a version of "duck duck goose", using some sort of rattle to indicate who was the "goose." i noticed aiden practicing a couple of cartwheels in between the games. i intend to have the kids continue capoeira; they have a besoura (sp?) or batizda (sp?), some kind of ceremony where they get to meet and work with mestre kinha, the teacher of the kids' teacher...

i wish i were a kid again. i could have the chance to learn capoeira, with all the flips and kicks...

as i helped the kids with their homework afterwords, i couldn't help but start to pass out. after a while, i just sprawled out flat on the floor, falling asleep for a few minutes. it felt inevitable, like gravity.

i haven't been getting much sleep lately. there are a lot of things i have to do overnight, so much so that i at times despair of ever getting it done. and yet, i can't just sleep; my obligations prevent me from fully relaxing... it's hard. this morning, i was kind of "zombie-ing" through everything, going through the motions...

i took the kids over to my parents, and then drove over to icaom, where i taught the acupoints class. i enjoy teaching acupuncture point location; it's something that is somewhat precise; i like introducing people to the topography of the human body, finding all of its secret points...

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now i'm back after the long drive back home... i want to take a shower to wash off the world, and then collapse into bed... at least for a few hours, before i wake to prep for tomorrow.