Where does time go?

I don't know how time goes by so fast.... Last night I went with my sister to drop one of my nieces off to attend her first school dance. She even was asked by a BOY! I can still remember when she was born. Where did that baby go? She is becoming a beautiful young woman and although this is a good thing, I am still sad.

My goodness!

It has rained every day for about a week now! It is such a good excuse to not mow the lawn, rake, trim ect.... How is the weather where you are? I have to work every day this week...... I don't mind because I'm not forced to do housework.... Just kidding! Actually my sister Laura came over while I was working today and cleaned my oven. She wants me to babysit in November. Good trade-off I think. I might bake some chicken (Mexican style) on Sunday. I need some tomatoes and cilantro first. I think I have everything else. Yummy! Homemade corn tortillas would be good too. You can't eat chicken cooked that way without them. My sister Joni would love to be here for this meal! Wouldn't you?

Keys

Two times I have locked myself out of the house by stepping out the back door and it shutting behind me. Why this keeps happening I don't know. The lesson learned here? Obviously I didn't learn anything the first time! I'm starting to wonder if the house doesn't want me here. Do you believe in that sort of thing?

Day Off

Today is Saturday and the second day off from work in a row. I usually have one day off a week. I am not as bored today as I most always am. Two days off for me is torture. I feel as if there is only so much to do at home before the walls start closing in. Why is it that when you don't have to get up you wake up early without an alarm, and when you have to get up for work the alarm is your enemy? Do you know what I mean?

Retirement

There has been some discussion within my family about retirement as of late. This comes to mind as my father is a few years away from retirement age.... Myself, I don't know what I would do when I came to the age of having the choice of "to work or not to work". These days work is such a big part of life. What is on my mind today is, should I let my job define me? I think that people sometimes forget there is more to life than your job. What of your interests? I think that in the busy-ness of day to day life we need to make a point of evaluating what makes us happy. We need to feed our spirit to remain healthy both physically and mentally. Taking a step back and doing this is important, so as not to lose sight of who we are. Who are we are to ourselves, our family and friends. So my family and friends, I would like to encourage you to take a step back, breath in deep, and evaluate.