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The wasp came in from somewhere while I was on a Zoom meeting with my students in Pennsylvania answering questions and trying to be my professional teacher self. But I was distracted from them. Where did this distraction – the wasp – come from? Clearly in Northern Arizona in late Sept and early Oct. the wasps were around. This type of wasp – avispa – was not the overly aggressive type, showing me it’s dangling feet and looking ominous, but it was ever present in my mind. It was all I could do to stay on task with my students while we were learning about subject pronouns in Spanish- the topic for the day.

Clearly the wasp wanted to be noticed – it was flying in front of me and around me, on the ceiling, etc. but it was not in my computer camera so my students couldn’t see it. In that moment, I clearly want the wasp – the distraction to be at bay. Mental health is like that. It’s not always going to show itself as a problem or an ‘issue’. But if you don’t pay attention to it, it will make itself known. I have a yoga teacher whose ideas I refer to off and on. He said that if you don’t practice yoga on a regular basis when you don’t need it, it won’t be there when you do need it. So, it’s like that. Sometimes I don’t focus on my mental health, but if I am not attentive to helping myself be mentally fed in sustainable ways, it will become a distraction and will be another problem (mosca en la casa – fly in the house) that will need my attention and in fact the mental health could be the bigger issue if not attended to. It is a reminder that I need to employ self-care
strategies in everyday life. Had I just put in the time to have a regular mental health practice, it might not be so problematic when I don’t have the time to deal with it. So, it’s like that. I could feel a distinct shift in the way I felt inside myself and in the ways I related to my work life. Moscas –  or in this case – avispas en la casa and all.