If intensity was a person, he visited me today, and it wasn’t just a short visit - he stuck around! The 6:30am start (yuk!) should have been enough to allude me to the fact that today was going to be a tough one. I pushed through early morning chaos only to arrive at camp amidst a full-throttle discussion about the deep inner workings of all the technological things that we take for granted. Props to those boys (and girls) out there who make all of this stuff work, with your zero’s and one’s and algorithms. Too much for me to fully comprehend, but I appreciate it none the less.
After our ‘little chat’ we got stuck into the things that we do. Now this is the part I love, sitting in front of those little screens, making things happen. It’s what I love to do. But, as always, it is intense, time-consuming and frustrating. I’m still trying to figure out why I find it enjoyable…?
Then a little later on this afternoon I took on a role on the opposite side of a screen… that’s right, I was being filmed. A brief moment of my life was captured by some little black boxes, what a strange thing it is when you think about it. Recording life as it happens so that you can replay it over and over. Quite amazing when you take a moment to stop and ponder… being on the flip side of the screen always makes me feel a little uncomfortable, but I’m sure that’s just a lack of experience thing.
Then after pizza and some laughs we were right back into it again until late hours of the night. I doubt that I have accurately conveyed the true chaos and intensity that my day held, it is hard to do so with just words… but I’m not complaining. It wouldn’t be the thing I love if it didn’t constantly push me to the limits.
So, in short, I’m learning lots. I think I’m helping a bit (I hope!). I’m juggling three lives. I’m drinking lots of tea. and somehow I’m finding time to write about it all in this little corner of the internet that I am going to claim as my own. this crazy, crazy day is one that I will remember.