I’ve been hanging out visiting  my parents in Western PA for the last week and simply relaxing as best I can. Mum and I have been out running around shopping and eating and most of our usual shenanigans. Unfortunately , it’s been ridiculously cold and snowy. So there’s been a little less running around and more time spent around the house. It’s been a good visit, as always, but soon I’ll be back on the road.

Since I’ve had some free time to myself, especially in the car, I’m trying to formulate a plan, in my head at least, for what I need and want to accomplish  when I return home. I need to organize my time a little better and accomplish  more in one day than usual.  When I was working I could juggle so many tasks and deadlines at once. When I’m at home, I seem to be in an all or nothing mode. I can’t seem to start a new project while another is in progress. So I think I need to write up a schedule for my days. You know, treadmill time at 9 and then study until lunch. Then after lunch tackle household projects until time to start dinner. I think then I’d like to breakdown the household projects even further and schedule certain  chores on certain days. That way things get completed and I’m not finding myself running errands every day. Time to pull out the planner and put it to good use.

Plenty of things are coming together in the next few weeks and months. I’m  headed back to Weight Watchers, taking the CPP  exam, joining the neighborhood  book club and planning the neighborhood  yard sale. The house is coming together nicely and Kurt is an amazing help all the way around. This new chapter in my life is a busy one and it’s  the best one yet!