Calendar

It's strange to have LIFE on my calendar.  

Wedding coming up (even though it's nothing like it was imagined).  It's still a SOMETHING on my calendar filling up with things to plan and things to do (like practice my updo!!).

Vacation home adventure.  Lots of planning and dreaming of fun days ahead.  Lots to do to get it set up (back to never-ending online shopping).  

Warm weather on the horizon.  Starting to get sneak peaks of spring (hello, Yellow Pollen).  Thoughts of picnics, outside runs, family hikes.  A few little outdoor fun things on the calendar.  Gibbs Gardens set to open for their daffodil explosion.  Talk of finally meeting our youngest's girlfriend (outside, masks, socially distant, etc), but STILL (!!)

I need to get my "social" chomps dusted off.  AND, I need to remember what I learned this year.  Slow down.  What IS important to me.  Boundaries.  What I allow on my island (thanks, Glennon Doyle).  How I show up.  What GIVES me energy.  What DRAINS my energy.  What feels GOOD and what doesn't.  Problem solving (advanced class LOL).  

My focus on life as we move forward ... for myself, for my relationships ... laughter, curiosity and kindness.  If I can find those things and be those things, life is better for me.

As I imagine coming out of the pandemic, I want to imagine things different than the before times.  This takes intention.  Even a year later, it's easy to go back to old routines, old patterns.  Intention takes me to different places and I'm well ready for different.  

I'll leave with a picture from our vacation home.  The owner sent us a sunset picture -- oh, it's so pretty :)

Stay well.  Later gators.