I am absolutely more than ready for the change of
seasons.
First of all, the heat of summer can just bite me! I hate
being sweaty and become a very cranky lady sometimes. We’ve been having a bit of an “Indian” summer
here and I’ve been cursing the thermostat.
I mean, really, 29 degrees Celsius on the eighteenth of September! It
crazy, I tell you!! (Thankfully it’s
gotten better since then)
Also, this summer has been a really weird couple of
months. It started with my mother’s
death at the end of June and the fallout from that and continued at work with
my coworker fighting cancer. He went
into the hospital on July 9 with complications, leaving us worried about him as
well as covering his job at the office.
Sadly, he lost his battle with the disease last weekend
leaving the entire office in a very odd state all last week; between shock,
sadness, fond reminiscing and looking forward to celebrating his life with an
“Irish wake” at his favourite bar on Friday night.
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| RIP my friend |
So, yes, my summer season has been bookended by two deaths
with plenty of stress and worry in between.
Is it any wonder that I’m glad it’s over?
When my two weeks of vacation came at the end of August, I
literally turned myself off and did nothing.
Okay, not nothing, but close to it.
In two weeks, I read seven books, played endlessly on my iPad, went to
lunch, did a bit of shopping and made sure the kids had binders and pens to
start school. My to-do list? It didn’t even get touched! There are many things that should have been
done but I didn’t bother with them and I don’t feel the least bit guilty about
it.
When I got back to work, all of my coworkers commented on
how well-rested I looked and they were right; I was.
Now I am looking forward; as they say, “onward and
upward”. Don’t ask me who “they” are cuz
I’ve got no clue but “they” have the right attitude. Bring on the good health, cooler
weather, my favourite scarves, my pumpkin chai latté and comforting crockpot
dinners!
That’s not too much to ask for, right?
Kathy
Kathy
You've got the right outlook Kathy!! My philosophy is now to do what my body tells me I can do...whch isn't much some days but I don't care one bit. I have to take care of me and you needed to just veg out for obvious reasons.Good for you!
ReplyDeleteThanks Barb! It really did feel like the right thing to do even if meant putting off things that should have been done. Sometimes we just need to follow our guts.
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