Another day, another thrash of juggling multiple needs across the board of life. It amazes me how many 'transitional and transactional' moments there are in a given 12-14 period, and how little we pay attention to how much goes on. Scottie work me at 4.45am doing the typical 'gotta get out' sort of things (nudging, leading and looking back). Went to front yard and he went to gate but returned to patio. Sat there for several minutes as he sniffed and his ears were on high alert. I started to wonder if he'd smelled a coyote since there's been sightings, or if there were squirrels, or even (5am thinking here) he's felt an earthquake or was sensing one coming on, or even if he'd somehow picked up on the last dying gasp of the elderly lady across the street and we'd not know about it until the next day, or two, or three. I gave up on him going to the bathroom but he persisted and I took him to the back instead, where, in a matter of moments, he did. Business addressed we returned to sleep. Then my day started with a call terminating the outsourced development we have at work, as a necessary business decision related to economic impacts of the COVID-19 drama. Followed by a staff meeting with more discussions of the forcasts and business concerns, with debates and pushback, all while a couple of colleagues in the team had some lame-ass spat that made me feel ike the kids were fighting in the back of the car while I was trying to deal with a cliff approaching on the immediate horizon. Took a break to make a quick run to get some eggs and found myself faced with the insanity of crowd panic so I left. Later in the day I had to engage in some back/forth negations to nail down a modified custody schedule, so they kids are with us 4 days, then her, then us, starting tonight. Once they got dropped off, I told them we're going to RWC so I could pickup the raised desk/work surface from the office so Jen could setup a temp workstation at home while we ride out the next few weeks. I managed to address a few other lingering tasks before starting writing this and a separate post. It's 10am, and all this happened in one day. The more I journal, the more I appreciate the little things that happen and are worth noting.
Gratitude: Enough life experience to not fall prey to panic and recognize it for what it is.
Goal: Fight for what's right regarding my team throughout this.
Anticipation: 4 days with the kids in close quarters.
Accomplishments: Meditation Walking Mindfulness Parenting Cleanup
