73 degrees this morning. 53.42 minute walk. 2 earthquakes (one 3.6)
Although it is 73 degrees, there is a chill in the air and the wind is blowing. Still nice but….”it” (cold weather) is coming.
Taking out our paintings and pictures last night bought back a lot of memories, as paintings and are supposed to do.
Finding our favorite paintings, like our favorite books etc. is like seeing an old friend again after being separated for some time. They are on the walls, and you don’t realize how they grow to be a part of the tapestry of your life.
We pulled the paintings out and set them out to see where we started to feel they belonged. Many of the paintings were painted by a good friend in Lakeland. Several of them (actually 3) were in may office and I really liked the colors and flair of the paintings.
We are looking forward to having some of the paintings back in our daily lives. I plan on putting several of them in my home office.
Next week I have a day to set up my “home office”. I am really looking forward to getting my office ready. We are lucky that we have several rooms which will make a nice office. I plan on putting up some pictures since I will be spending 8 hours there generally 2 to 3 days per week. Will be setting up files and my work space etc.
We are probably going to have to buy a chair I can sit 8 hours in, although I can try the ones we have.
Soon i expect to be going out “on my own”, although with a senior person observing me at first I really enjoy the work and am excited about being “on my own”, although I realize I’ll make some mistakes at first, but I’ll try to learn from them.
As part of my work today, I went into an area where I used to spend a lot of time. It was certainly indicative that “change happens”. It isn’t always for the better, not always pretty, but things, people etc. change over time.
I guess change by itself is not necessarily good or bad. Sometimes change is just change. We used to discuss “encore” careers. I hope I have discovered mine! If not, I will need to go with the flow.
I am enjoying my time of learning the job and not pulling a the bit to go on my own. I know that time will come and, rather than thinking about where I want to be, I want to enjoy where I am.
Hmmm I like that “rather than thinking about where I want to be, I want to enjoy where I am”. That is really my philosophy of life for last 25 years or so.
It is a lot better than “live in the moment”, which to mean means enjoying each moment, whether it is enjoyable or painful, not going out partying all the time. It means living life and realizing what life is and really experiencing life. That is one reason I wouldn’t take anything that changes my perception of life (other than my exception for coffee) because I want to truly experience each moment.
Talking to colleague yesterday, we were mentioning how so often we “wait” for something to happen, and then suddenly it is here and gone. We wait to grow up and suddenly we are old, we wait for the kids to grow, and then regret their age, we wait for them to become adults and than regret the time we lost when they were children, we wait to retire, and suddenly it is here.
Such is life.
That’s it for now, Thursday, October 9, 2014.
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