Highlights: I let Jen sleep in while I got up and fed the dogs, shuffled laundry (bedding pee'd on yesterday), and enjoyed my "one cup" of coffee for the day. It might be self talk or confirmation bias at work but I do feel that I'm a bit more consious of the speed I drink and the savoring of the quality (Old Soul) through this newest effort. It's only been a couple of days but it feels like it. I left my tech in the bedroom and sat with my newly purchased notebook and Sharpie S-Gel pen and started writing. It was wonderful. It went well. Very well. Inspirationally well. I have a 'start', and new ideas and additions have been popping up all day. After a substantial downpour this morning, things stalled long enough for us to walk the dogs. As I was going about other business I took a moment to look closely at the rotten wood in the door threshold going to the back yard. Once I started I quickly found how extensive the issue was. Over a decade of decay turned solid into soft pliable straw-like fibers. I ended up pulling it all out and up and thus committing to fixing it. Nothing I've done before but nothing I'm incapable of learning. And as is the case with any DIY task, Home Depot trips are never single events. There's always something to go back for or return and in my case, both. Routinely. In the end, the work is done. It's an interim step (pun intended) until we can redo the flooring and door itself. It wasn't on my list of things to do today. I'm running about 50% average on that statistic. Jen worked today setting up our 2023 budget plans. She's amazing at this. She's so smart and knowledgable and came up with ways to simplify and manage tracking against goals. We'll spend Jan and Feb "living under new circumstances" to test the model and adjust as necessary. We took the dogs to my mom's and picked up Aqui en route. It was a fun visit. Lucky was frantic about the cats but managed to maintain. At one point I noticed her cat squeezed into a shelf and 'spraying' – turns out it's not the 1st time. How it was never noticed before was beyond me.
Accomplishments: Along with reeplacing the door threshold and working with Jen on our budgets, I booked my 6 day mediation retreat for January 22-28th.
Anticipation: As much as I love the rain, and I absolutely do, I am looking forward to a week of sunshine. I need to fix a heat lamp, allow our outdoor runs time to dry and finish some gutter cleaning before the next onslaught. Tomorrow's forcast is for blue skies.
Goals: PSMF tomorrow – return to a focused workday and do my best to continue getting things aligned for my absence.
Gratitudes: My mom still being alive. Nevin's dealing with some grim realities with his father and I'm grateful to be conscious of her presence and value while I can enjoy it instead of remember it.
One Sentence Summary: "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans."