I'm no longer working, and am I happy about it!!! No more early mornings. No more fighting traffic. No more packing lunches. No more of all those miserable things that people who work outside the home are forced to do. Although, I'm sure there are many miserable things that people who work from home could add to my list. I used to think I'd like to work from home, but now I don't think I have the discipline. I can make other people work, but not myself. I need a boss for that.
I've been trying to organize my life somewhat so that I'll get something done. What am I saying? That's the main reason I'm happy about not working. No more schedules, lists, organizing, and rules. I can do what I want and be happy about it. However, I didn't realize it would take all summer and into the fall; and I'm still not ready to settle down. My family may be wondering about me, but I don't think so. I think they understand. I've spent my life since I was 13 working at something or other and it's going to take more than a few months to let go.
One thing I have done is get my membership to a nearby gym set up, and I think that's quite an accomplishment. It involved driving to the gym and picking up an application. Then, filling out the application and driving back to the gym to drop it off. Of course, I couldn't just drop it off. The volunteer had to enter it into their online registration and then take my picture. This amounted to at least 10 or 15 min. ..a big chunk out of my day. Now, I just have to go to the gym to take advantage of all they offer, which I will do as soon as I can fit it in.
We are planning a decorating extravaganza for Halloween, and that involves quite a lot of looking ahead, something I don't seem to be able to do at the moment. Fortunately, my family appears to be taking over the whole thing, not that I've ever contributed much in the past. Just being here while all this planning is going on seems to help them, since they can ask my opinion at any time. I'll be glad when I can see the results of all their work.
Maybe by January or February I'll be ready. There's no sense in discussing the two other big holidays that occur in the months between. I haven't done much with those for years now. My husband is the take charge person for them. As I said, families are wonderful. I just hope I'm not too much of a disappointment to them but I'll worry about that at another time.
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