Extended Pause

I hereby express my heartfelt regrets to friends, family and my blogosphere community for my extended distance. As dear brothers Seagh and Edmund would strongly advise, appreciate the quiet while it lasts – 😀

Now that we’ve acquired a new (to us) sofa and love seat, Erin and I continue the integration process. Rearranging her family’s years of collecting wondrous belongings to make room for “The Great and Powerful Roo” and her stuff, much has temporarily slipped between the cracks.

Things I have missed:

• Daily perusing the very enlightening and entertaining posts from my fellow bloggers,
• Emptying my inbox daily,
• Exploring the Reader for new blogs,
• Daily texts or chats with one of the kids and grand kids,
• Reading – anything other than momentary pauses in the library (bathroom), and short emails marked “urgent” or “immediate attention required,”
• “Urgent” and “immediate attention required” have become subjective to the tasks du jour,
• Make up. Scary, I know, but we’re all getting quite used to it,
• Leisurely walks around the neighborhood
  • our walks have been exclusive to the post office and grocery store,
• Daily vacuuming has been deferred to every other day – or so.
  • The 2 cats have no problem with this,
• Yoga and my daily weight workout – lifting and bending to sort boxes suffice,
• Meal planning – we eat whatever is ready when we notice excessive silliness,
• Paperwork – a box for catching “non-urgent” mail and receipts must suffice “for now,”
• “For Now” has become an extended course,
• Early May planting has been deferred to late May,
• Daily texts and conversations with Roan and Opal have paused,
• Tony DiNozzo is leaving the NCIS Team? What in the world…
• Doing absolutely nothing for almost an hour.

With all the newness New routines:

• The view of the Mesa and the Monument every morning,
• Sunday dinner with the local family – every single week,
• No moist heat packs or cold compresses needed – every single day,
• Hearing “We are/I am so glad you’re here” and “I love you” – every single day,
• Saying, “Good night, sweet dreams” and “Good morning. How was your rest?” – every single day.

And yet with all this change the world continues to turn. {Happy sigh}

 

“Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have.” Philippians 4:11 (NLT)

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