On Repeat

Very nice day yesterday -- did all the things I planned and it was a good day. Then slept like poo. Don't know what happened. I'm pulling off caffeine this week and see if that will make a difference. I didn't sleep because I felt awake, I didn't sleep because I was restless/nervous. I've gotten looser with caffeine lately so that might be the cause. I'll taper this week so I end up back to very low (only decaf coffee) by next week.

I'm a tiny bit regretting this full week and I'm also happy I'm doing it. Time to get a little out of my comfort zone -- which is ever shrinking. I don't need to be a bump-on-the-log by the time I'm 60.

BUT ... prepare for some complaining, lamenting, etc ON REPEAT this week. I'm trying to focus on the PROUD and HAPPY, but, you know me lol.

It happens that this week is heavy in the planning-for-later-adventures too. The Chimp 5K weekend is in full force. Now it's 2 nights, chef home dinner, me teaching a rock painting afternoon, possible shared room. Eeek. Out of my comfort zone. And the 2 night hiking trip registration was last night -- plans in full swing for this too. Also out of my comfort zone. I keep telling myself these are "worries" for a later date.

I have enough out-of-the-box this week. I might be a bit overextended, but all the things happened to come together in one week. The hiccup is the add-ons, changes in appointments, and some of the things are ending up being more complicated than originally planned. 

Everything is small, but all the small is adding up. Here's a little example -- there are more. I'm trying to keep a better attitude because a bad one doesn't help anything.

** Hairdresser decided to go out of town, so I needed to change appointment and squeeze my Wednesday or no appointment before Puerto Rico. 

** Offered to bring Mac+Cheese to my son and DIL -- they want me to add roasted chicken (which I now need to go to the store to buy/cook) ... on Wednesday that is jammed packed now.

** Seed class is in 2 locations -- farm and across town in a conference room. Why??? So an hour is added to the class so we can switch locations. I won't get home on Wednesday until almost 10 o'clock. 

** Dinner out is now dinner at my future DIL's. Very nice, but now I need to bring and/or cook for Friday.

** Volunteer is in full swing. Probably 2 hours a day this week because of the change in court dates. Normally the work isn't this condensed. 

Choosing that damn full life. Remind me this is a good thing.

Anyway ...

I finished this book. So good. It reminded me of Twilight meets Hunger Games meets Harry Potter. I ordered the sequel (last in series of two). It lived up to the hype.

Heading back to GA first thing. I have a conference call early afternoon for volunteering and a bunch of report writing before I leave for the evening hike. I ordered a head lamp for the end of the hike as it's getting dark (per suggestion) and it works well. I've used it for mornings in Asheville. Only $11 on Amazon. It has a tilt and different light options. Nice to have hands-free.

Best get moving. Have a good day -- I'm focusing on that too (hopefully). Later gators.