Tonight I am staring at the cursed blinking cursor of death (less dramatically referred to as writer’s block.) I should have a lot to say, after all, there is a fair amount going on in my life and as always many things to be grateful for. However, as sometimes happens, I get tongue-tied, or rather finger tied, and can’t figure out how to say what I want to say. And, as often happens, once I get started, I find that I do indeed have something to say. So here’s hoping that happens this evening.
Today I reclaimed more of my kitchen from the boxes. My goal was to complete it today, and I made a lot of progress. I would have completed it, except I got sidetracked doing laundry and a few other things. I am grateful for all that I was able to accomplish today. I still have more I need to get done over the weekend, but made a nice dent in things today. I have to go to the grocery store and do some real shopping. The other night I went out to get something to eat and ended up passing by the fast food places I saw and went to the Giant supermarket instead. I bought some random stuff–much of it didn’t seem to even go together, but that’s what happens when you go after 8 p.m. when you’re tired and really hungry and ar not thinking clearly. I don’t have a microwave (yet) and I kept forgetting this fact in making the purchases I did. I had to reacquaint myself with making things on the stove top using–gasp–pots and pans.
I am exhausted and nodding off at the keyboard yet again. I am wondering when I am going to feel rested. Perhaps I won’t set an alarm for tomorrow morning and will see how long I sleep. If it goes as it usually does, I’ll awaken early anyway. Tomorrow will be another working day, though I hope to catch up with my oldest sister who’s been away and I haven’t seen since I moved here. I plan on checking in and seeing what she’s up to this weekend. I am once again deeply grateful to be here where I can hang out with my sisters as much as I’d (and they’d) like. I’ve already made plans for some bonding projects to do with my sister Ruth–some at my house, some at hers–and will no doubt find ways to bond with my other two sisters. I’d like to get my house a little bit more presentable before I encourage any of them to come over. Ruth has already seen the place (she picked it out for me after all), and she was here with me when the movers delivered my stuff. I definitely need to tidy more before it’s even remotely ready for company. Still, progress is progress.
Over the next few days I hope to really exhale and spend a little time writing about my gratitude for my new job and workplace. I’m not quite ready to speak about it just yet, but that will shift in the days ahead as I start working and begin getting a feel for the place. I drove down to the campus this past Thursday to practice the commute, sign some papers with HR and stop in at the office where I’ll start working on Monday. It was great to be there to see the place where I’m going to be spending a lot of time. Some of the staff were out, but several were there and I was pleased to connect with them. I am looking forward to getting started. More to come about that.
I am grateful to be at the end of a long work day. I am looking forward to my first weekend at home and though I plan to work through much of it, I also plan to spend some time plopped on the sofa watching football. It’s been a while since I sat still and did nothing on a weekend; so many of them were spent packing and readying myself to move. I plan to practice doing nothing one of these days soon. In the meantime, I’ll soldier on as I’ve been doing lo these many months, celebrating each step with a grateful heart.
