Did. you ever feel like your plan got diverted and your life suddenly became complicated and not anything like you had planned? I am not saying that anything is horribly wrong in my life — that is absolutely not the case but the recent two weeks of winter storms have left me a little discombobulated and feeling a bit out of sorts.
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While I did enjoy having. a few days (let’s be honest — it was more like 2 weeks) of at home life with no meetings or activities, I think I felt a little bit out of sorts because my schedule was interrupted. Maybe I am like my brother in law Carlton in that respect. He loved routine and the sameness of things and his life worked much better with the predictability of having the routine always be the same. There was comfort in the routine and the knowing that things were consistently the same. Switching things up always posed a problem for him and he would fret and worry and be anxious if things did not go like his normal routine. I get that and I also think that as I age I don’t go with the flow quite as well as I once did.
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So what have I been doing with all of this new found time? Reading, of course. I reorganized my closet with the help of my husband who installed a new closet system. I cleaned out, donated and still have more to do but it is a start. I watched a lot of television. Chris and I always watch a show together at night and our current one with a million episodes per season is Blue Heelers – an Australian cop show that I absolutely love. Not sure why but I guess it is because it makes us giggle at the phrases that we used to hear. A show I have watched on my own while I have been working on paperwork and making cards is 7 Seconds on Netflix which was really good. Again, a show about cops. Hmmmm….there seems to be a theme here.
I am looking forward to seeing some friends and family in the next month or so and getting back into the swing of things a bit. It’s hard for me to just be still sometimes and this unexpected winter weather has forced me to stay and just be. Remember my word for the year?
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It’s been good to just sit with that word and embrace it. Things will be busy enough soon. I am going to be still and be present. What about you?
