Errands

Because I took Saturday off, I had many errands to run yesterday.  After four hours of racing to various stores, bank etc, I was utterly and totally exhausted.  Home to make a rather elaborate dinner and required family phone calls and then I could only melt into the couch to veg out in front of the tv.  My dog had only a short walk, I stole only a few minutes for photographing.  There’s got to be a better way.  I will try to make today better, by concentrating equally on what still has to be done and what I still want and need to do to save this day off.

Family

My brother lost his job. My mother lost a dear old friend. Work is nutso. My child was embarrassed and flipped out on me. All this in a matter of hours yesterday. Family – what more can I say.

Circle of Life

That phrase is used in a lot of ways, but specifically I am referring to the act of making a circle, putting in various aspects and then scoring them.  This exercise is supposed to illustrate where things are lacking and where too much energy is used in other areas.  If I would have done this last year, only four of the 10 areas would have had any percentage of my energy.  Now I can say that some attention is paid to six out of ten, but still the emphasis is on the big four – work, living space, family, finances.  My blogging projects have helped in two areas – creativity and spirituality, mainly creativity which is spiritual.  This leaves health / fitness, fun, friends and relationship sorely lacking.  I’m healthy and have lots of friends, but I guess I take those things for granted and figure some day, when I have time, I’ll put more effort in those areas.  That’s kind of pathetic, when paying attention to them would also help in the fitness, fun and maybe relationship areas. Meanwhile, I forgot to do some important things at work and that’s what I was thinking about when I woke up this morning.

Small Worlds

There are small world situations, where it turns out that someone you know knows someone else you know and then there is the other meaning of small worlds. My brother and mother live in the other. Major things can be happening around them, a whole world of thoughts, events, spirit, and yet they live in their own little un-penetrable world that revolves around money – primarily being what they call thrifty. It puts me in such a bad mood to speak to them.

RSVP

Every year I complain about people not getting back to me with RSVPs. This year 2/3 of the invited have RSVPed before the deadline. Has the financial crisis or the election of Obama turned us into nicer, kinder people? Instead of getting mad because I don’t know who will be here (for food prep), now I’m a little freaking out about how many people will be here. It always works out and it will again this year (right?). I still have Christmas shopping to do, things to be mailed and lots of cooking, baking, cleaning and decorating to do. Trying to remain calm and remember that this is all about love, family and friendships in the midst of the darkness this time of year brings.