80 years and preparing for it

I write in haste. This weekend was a blast, managing to participate in eight  meetings. It was tiring, but it was an absolute honor to celebrate 80 years of the Soka Gakkai with all of my members in Maryland. I had been recently fighting to return to my genten, and with the help of all the Patuxent Valley Area members, I felt so close to Sensei. My beloved Linda is shown below ~

We are making progress. I wrote to Sensei about all our projects in the area, and I've felt so "alive" pushing our plans forward. And now what I believe to be the most crucial month is fast approaching. December is almost here. December is important to the extent that it is the buffer between this year and next - preparing our activities throughout next year can all be done now. I'm excited!!

On a personal level, I prepare for my last semester of school anxiously. I have two more exams that i have to hurdle over, then my winter starts. This winter will be one of work - we have a moot court competition to prepare for as a team, and I will be busy looking for last minute internships for the spring and jobs starting in September (the bar is in july).

I must go! In the most urgent sense, now, and in the life-long sense, forever!

a bird relaxin' at my office window--