What Did You Do Today?

After sharing the obstacles of his day at work (4 days left before he retires), my husband asked, "What did you do today?" I told him I stayed busy packing three boxes. In hindsight (and as I was saying it), I have no idea of where the hours went. I know I was busy from 8:30 am (after breakfast) until 3:00 pm when I stopped to do an hour-long meditation session. 

Prior to the meditation, the hours flew by as I sorted through the pantry cabinet, sorted and boxed Christmas ornaments, dealt with an insurance company (an hour on hold) and tried to find a copy of my husband's recent paycheck on the Paychex website (while on hold at the insurance company). Amongst all the other little chores, I did get the three boxes packed for our move. 

I also made a list of future research topics and made a new list of things to do. 

It dawned on me that I had no recollection or concept of time passing today. I was alone in the house except for the cat, Alto. (Alto only asks for the occasional pets). Without a team of people working alongside me I did not register lunchtime. I do remember stopping at one point and microwaving a leftover baked potato with shredded pork loin. It was 12:30pm. Ah, at least I figured lunch time out - eat when hungry.

After washing lunch dishes, I stopped and danced for 5 minutes. I was getting down with Jim Croce's Bad Bad Leroy Brown. A friend asked me recently, "What is one of the first things you want to do when you retire." I told her (and I had no idea this was even in my head) - I planned to dance a little bit every day." As soon as I told her that, I knew it was true. I wanted to move my body through dance. I also sang along with Jim and that felt mighty fine.

I had a fun day!