Girl On Fire

I worked all weekend on a consulting project, except for the time I spent on my long run and putting my kids to bed/waking up with them on Saturday night/Sunday morning. There's no doubt it is sucking up a lot of my time, but I'm grateful that it helps alleviate my financial woes, and there is some aspect of the work itself that is satisfying, too.

It's a lot, though -- things are busy at work right now, I'm coming to terms with this huge loss, I taught yoga today -- and there are times when I feel pretty damn on top of the world for being able to manage it all. One of those times, not surprisingly, since it is a place where I'm in my power, was on my bike this monrning, when this song started playing in my head:

She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway
She's living in a world, and it's on fire
Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away

Oh, she got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say

Oh, we got our feet on the ground
And we're burning it down
Oh, got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Everybody stands, as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Oh, oh, oh...

She's just a girl, and she's on fire

Yep, that's me. And most of the time, I can feel that it's true. Right now though, I've got to get to bed -- gotta do it all again tomorrow!