The Life and Times of Chai

i'm always doing something or another. i'm planning, strategizing, and implementing for holla back dc! or creating masterpieces in the kitchen for friends or family. i'm checking in with friends, acquaintances, and mentors through e & snail mail. i'm diving into books that take me into various worlds of thoughts. i'm meeting folks for coffee, vegan donuts, or farmers markets and sharing life experiences. or, i'm reading through tweets and linking to online articles that make you wish technology would just slow the HECK down (sidenote: for lent, i am trying not to curse).

these past two weeks, i've been blessed with what i complain i always have- time. with snowpocalypse and snownotorious, my work shut down, which meant that T, little one, and i were stuck inside doing whatever we wanted. which meant that i watched the hours drift by, while attempting to accomplish as many things on my to do list.

but, then it hit me.

i never really get to spend time at home with T. i never spend QT with myself. so, i decided to let go of my google calendar, my twitter handle, and my planner pad, and jumped into hanging out. i drank wine in the afternoon, watched interesting movies, directed little one + T with where a puzzle piece should go (not yet complete), and laughed (and laughed, and laughed).

i have to admit, that when the work week started last week, i was a bit of a mess. i had to come back to the stark reality that all that scheduling and creating to do lists never left the house, they were just waiting to pounce back on me. so i went 200% and it became miserable, until chunks of unscheduled time started to appear again. other folks were just as disheveled as i. they were seeking to postpone meetings, with apologies, of course. i took their apologies and did my happy dance.

learn to slow down, control yourself, and take it to the dance floor.