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Scatter-brained…

29 Sunday Oct 2017

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Well November 16th it is!

How do I feel?  Well, completely scatter-brained.  I am trying to get so much done that I’m flitting from one thing to the next.

I am going to decorate for Christmas on November 11/12 (so Remembrance Day will have to forgive me) but I also need to work on Christmas cards and shopping!  So I’ve been madly trying to figure out what I can get for people, at least the initial gifts and then I can people to pick things up for me here and there or I can order them online.  I have even written my Christmas letter… there may be a few minor changes but it’s ready to print as soon as I get some paper.

Then on Friday I got a call… I have to go to the pre-surgical clinic at the hospital.  Yes, because three weeks ago I was agitated about my upcoming appointment with the specialist but life was carrying on and now I feel like I’m trying to squash a six-week span of time into two and a half weeks!!  Now I have to add a 1-2 hour appointment to the mix!  I guess they wouldn’t understand that.

It’s because I feel so scatter-brained that I can’t seem to focus on any one thing for any length of time because some other thought is creeping into my brain.  It’s that “so many things, so little time” adage.

Of course I’m also supposed to be starting NaNoWriMo on Wednesday.  I’m not so sure I’m going to be able to squeeze in 1,667 words a day.  I will also end up losing at least a few days.  The laptop is going to the hospital with me though if it’s going to be two nights.  He said two days and surgery is at 9:00 a.m. so getting kicked out late in the afternoon on Friday works for me!  If all I’m going to do is sleep there and then get up and get kicked out before 10:00 what’s the point?  I could be at home, in MY environment, in MY bed and be more comfortable and rest better.  That’s what health-care is all about… or at least it is in family practice!

So I’m going to carry on in my scatter-brained ways and see what else I can manage to get done in the sporadic amounts of time I have available to do so… or go clean out the fridge!

Better Late Than Never

05 Monday Dec 2016

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I am once again having difficulties finding time to do anything!

It is that time of year and I find myself trying desperately to get ready for Christmas ahead of the rush.  Buying gifts, sorting things out, writing Christmas cards and wrapping… I hate wrapping!

Plus, the last few days I have been in an incredible amount of pain.  Again.

It is on those days that I can only wonder so many things… One of the questions that tends to repeat itself is whether someone would want to look after me if I have difficulties looking after myself when my spine reaches the point where it doesn’t want to function anymore.

Anyway, the horse is doing well… knock on wood, three times.  They had another good lesson on Friday night though she was a bit sluggish yesterday… I can see that though.

Life is very slowly starting to return to “normal”.  I quote that because there is very little that most people would consider normal in our house!

But I am making plans for Christmas.  I am slowly getting shopping done.  I finally got Christmas paper to print my letters on so that is done which means I can fold them up, put them into the cards and lick the icky-tasting glue and seal them up.  Last step will be postage!

As for the essential oils, I’m still working on that.  I did go, on Wednesday evening, to learn more.  My friend and I wound up catching up as well as talking oils.  I’m seriously considering joining up to eventually sell them but, to start off, just buy some of the oils, work with them, use them and learn about them.  I can’t invest a lot of time because I can’t take more time away from my writing.

I have two brand new writing magazines that I have barely opened!  I want to take time to read those.  I also want to take time and go see the Wonders of Winter lights in Waterloo Park.  I also want to get back to editing.

I also want to go watch the new Christmas movie that’s on W channel right now.  I’ll give it a thumbs-up or -down!

The Christmas Path…

28 Friday Nov 2014

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I love this time of year!!  No matter how bad I’ve felt leading up, it always lifts my spirits, even just a little bit to see the lights hung with care and hear the Christmas music on the radio.  I love to decorate my tree and clean up.  Of course I haven’t had much time to do that lately, but… last night, we managed!  Everything is out now.  Just the cleaning left to do!

Monday evening was my second to last class already.  Seems like just yesterday that I was posting that I had received the invitation to teach, now there’s one class left.  I need to sit down and consider dates to try to hold my own… and the sooner the better!

I’ve also started my Christmas shopping so that’s a help to the conscience as well.  If you need a gift for a young adult in your life, consider a Kindle copy of Changes In Time!!  It’s currently on sale right now.  It started at 99 cents yesterday… who knows what it’s at today!  Check it out!!

I was talking to a patient earlier today and I was a bit disappointed with myself–I couldn’t remember what I had used as the substance of choice to kill in The Writing on the Wall.  I couldn’t believe that my mind wouldn’t remember the details of my own books!  Yikes!!

I’m not sure I’ll get my usual post up on Sunday so I thought I’d post now when I knew for sure I had the time.  I might still get there… I’ll surprise you!

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