someone is reading!

Wow, someone actually is reading the blog. Thanks so much for the comment Stephanie. I was starting to wonder if my ramblings were just floating in cyberspace.

So, our next District 5 meeting is this Saturday. My how the time flies. I'm frantically getting ready for it, and realizing how much I have overcommitted myself this week. I'm going to have to work to block out the time ahead of these meetings for better preparation.

I am continually amazed at the amount of email I get related to being District Representative. From the various GR's letting me know about changes related to their groups, from the Area level sharing info I need to pass on to the groups, from Alateen, etc. I have literally tried to eliminate every other email subscription I have away from work just to try and keep up with the Al-Anon email.

Keeping up with Group Contact info has been challenging all by itself. Group emails, mailing addresses, GR contacts, groups starting, groups closing, etc.

I am not making the best use of my time it feels like. I can very easily still slip into that place of isolating and not doing the things I know I should be doing. My meeting schedule of 3x's per week has slipped and that probably has something to do with it.

I don't call my sponsor like I probably should either. But, she is always there for me when I do and for that I am forever grateful. She has helped me so much in the last 7-8 months. Just knowing I have this person to rely on to help me talk through the troubles sometimes makes it easy to work it out without even making the call!

My Al-Anon friends help too. So many of you who offer a hug, a smile, a "we missed you!" (with the exclamation mark) when I show back up after having missed a couple of my regular meetings.

Okay, I should really be working. Next post - my 2nd AA speaker meeting and my thoughts about it (trying to do what my sponsor tells me!).

yours in service,
Angela