There's alway something....

I've done it again, or perhaps I should say, I haven't done it. It's been seven weeks since I've written.

I'm so over winter, although I shouldn't complain. Our first Tennessee winter has been so much more mild than we are used to and central Illinois has been blasted. None the less, I was thankful that today was my day off and I didn't have to get out in the snow. Bob and I still chuckle when they close the schools here due to weather. In Illinois, a little ice and a couple inches of snow, (or less), wouldn't close the doors. If that were the case, no one would ever get past the second grade.

My boss, who is based in Charlotte, flew in and spent Monday and Tuesday in the Nashville office. She asked me how the 10 hour days were working for me. Not knowing how to not be honest, I told her, "I wish I could do the 10 hour day thing in the Spring and Summer months and work eight hour days in the winter." She immediately said, "no problem."
As Daylight Savings Time arrives early, (March 9th), I will stick with my 10 hour day schedule for now. When Fall arrives once again, we'll see.

I am looking forward to the month of March. Bob and I will celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary on the 27th and I'll turn the big 4-8 on the 30th. I've scheduled a few days of vacation the end of the month in hopes of taking a mini-vacation somewhere in celebration. The temperatures will undoubtedly escalate a bit, although on my birthday, I'll get to hear again about the foot of snow that was on the ground when I was born. The tree and flower buds will begin to pop and once again, new life will Spring forth.

There is always something to look forward to and be thankful for.

Take time to plan my time. Check.

I finally downloaded the pictures from my camera onto my computer. It was a necessity. I got tired of trying to decide which pictures to delete when my camera began flashing "full" in the midst of a picture-taking event. I have so many pictures of my too-cute-for-words grand kids that I usually missed what I wanted to take a picture of because I couldn't let go of the ones already on my camera. Now I can delete with confidence.

Today is my day off work. Besides sprucing up the place a bit, I haven't known quite what to do with myself. Sounds silly considering that I could go a thousand different directions, and should. Which way to go and what to do, exactly, is my dilemma. I feel a little stymied by circumstances, if that makes any sense. I hate to waste precious time. I guess what we often forget is that it sometimes takes time to plan how we're going to make use of it.

I used to be a great planner. I'm still a pretty good list-maker, but only of necessities like groceries. (If you don't put Q-Tips on the list, they're probably not going to get bought.) I hate being at the check-out counter, or worse yet, to leave the store, only to realize I didn't buy the one thing I came to the store to purchase in the first place. A grocery list is a necessity of life. I don't know how people who don't keep a running list function.

The necessities of life...hmm. That's one list that is forever being amended, sometimes, without even realizing it. One day, you just become aware that the things once so important to you, just aren't that important any more. And the people and things that you had taken for granted up to that point, suddenly moved to the top of the important-to-me list.

As for planning this particular day off, I didn't do a very good job. I've accomplished a few, menial tasks that had to be done, but for the most part, I've just been introspective and indecisive. I'm over it and I'm OK with it...for this day, anyway. Besides, the day's not over. I'm about to grab my list and run to the store. I shall overcome my procrastination and accomplish yet another thing. It won't complete me, but it's something.