There is a center to the room–find it and stand. Remove one step from graces, be now to the side. the shoulders turn commas to clouds.  There is heaviness to the empty, a breath of DaVinci in wrist stirring.  Be what you are. And if not then find out what that is.  Find it and be glad, be humble to how we treat and trust self when doors give clicks, when solitude tucks in like teeth. The mess is familiar, and it is one. Decide like there is no other.  Say the choices out loud. Put your voice around it. Learn to be a little sweeter to the mirror. What is not lost is right here.

 This is how I will get my ASL certification.

Only the elective is offered for the late spring session of classes, but that’s fine. Get it out of the way. I’m going to meet with an advisor so that I can take something better than “Intro to Computers.” I don’t know if I can stand a 3-4 hour evening class covering stuff that I already know very well. I’m hoping that my previous college credits, when transferred, knock out the elective but since it is a specific kind of elective, I’ll have to see if I can bypass it.

It will be 1 to 2 evening classes per semester but thems the breaks of working full time.

Anyway, it’s happening.