Laundry List of Busyness (Skip this if you've got no cheese to enjoy with the whine...)
I've been discombobulated. The usual conveyor belt that pulls us from Halloween through New Year's Eve seems to have extended its reach and speeded up considerably.It's like we upped the ante on every element of busyness in or lives. Not enough to deal with keeping a 102 year old house going...why not get another one that needs loads of work? How 'bout doing it all in a language you're not very conversant in! lol
Halloween didn't just involve buying candy and turning on the porch light this year. Instead we decided to raise a house (temporarily) out of the rubble so we could enjoy Day of the Dead with the kids. Then we put everything back into storage and went back into renovation mode.
Thanksgiving was going to be reallly easy...a nice trip to Mom and Dad's, only 45 minutes away. What could possibly go wrong? Oh yeah. I managed to contract a doozy of a cold.
We celebrated Christmas by deciding not to do much at all...then do a 180 and do every single thing we've ever done...even adding some things...and, basically, celebrating three times.
New Year's Eve was shaping up to be super-chill...a party at friends nearby. But then I got pulled back onto reserve for the 1st.
Normally January gets very quiet and there's a lot of napping and catching up. (Or is this just in my fantasies?) But this year there's the reserve/on-call thing going on. (Three more days to go...and counting down.) They've barely used me...but I don't know that ahead of time. On any given day I am planning every moment to do X...until I get called out. There's the constant background noise of: I'll go to the drug store...if they call I can get home in time to change and throw my bags together.
We went to Mexico for my days off to move things forward on the construction plans...and live among the soon-to-be-lovely home, that looks like a war zone at the moment.
Then we had house guests for a week. Which was fun...but distracting.
And there are all those normal chores, tasks, workouts, and errands we all have to be squeezed in to keep the plates spinning in life...
If Not Now...When?
And just before this long series of events started I had the stroke of genius to give myself a time consuming challenge to accomplish every day. 
I guess this is the very best reason to do it: Life is never not busy. Years will pass whether I try new things or not...guess I'd better fit in the important stuff...now.
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Dangerously Discombobulated
Still, I didn't notice how entirely addled I was until today when I realized I nearly forgot to pay the water bill, and that I still hadn't gotten my daily planner set up...and I started it on the 1st of the month. For over three weeks I've been filling in the dates and plans a day at a time, and carrying around the old planner to so I could refer back to it for information I've yet to transfer.
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Phew!
It's good to catch my breath...for this one day.
We’ve resolved not to make any big plans for this year...
Except we're going down next month to finish setting up the house, get our rental company and photograph it to put it on the market as soon as possible. And we want to host some gatherings to show the progress to the former owners(/friends), our realtor, and other friends. Also, at least one brother in law is coming down to stay with us...
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Huh. I think I intended to soothe myself into a sense of calm about this busy phase of life...but instead I seem to be freaking myself out.
I'm gonna stop for the day...it's not looking good for gettin' my 'combob' 're-bulated'. Think I might go do some deep breathing now.
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"Ohmmmm...."
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"Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans."
-John Lennon
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"Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be."
-Sonia Rocotte
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"Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are buys. Then a full hour is needed."
-Saint Francis de Sales
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