Hurdles and Bravery

As much as I have wanted to unpack after the retreat, it has just been one hurdle after another. And here time sites - a week and a half home - and I still haven’t unpacked a thing! OK, one thing. My tumbler. I needed to fix the belt and I figured making jewelry wouldn’t be complete without tumbling – yes, I tumble polish EVERYthing. So that’s out, and a few things I had to pull through to get to it are sitting around the boxes, generally contributing to the mayhem of boxes and disarray of what was hastily left there the night I packed PRIOR to the retreat.

So what has delayed me? Energy for one – or lack thereof, in more ways than one!

I have just been so unbearably tired since I came home. And then my son has had a dazzling array of events and then there was pumpkin carving. And then the loss of electricity. Which lasted 2 days. Ok, not continuous outage for two days – first day out for a few hours second day flashes every 30 minutes or so. Seriously. Every. 30. minutes. Out went the lights. Wait a minute or minute and a half, one come the lights.

Unpack in the basement with no lights. No thanks.

And the constant re-starting of 'stuff' in our house - we finally unplugged half the house. Did I mention the washer went up just before this? And then the tv blew with the power outage?

Oh yea, its been fun, reallllllll fun.

I also haven’t worked on my list (intentions/goals) the past few days, HOWEVER, I have begun to implement some of the work for items that did make it onto the list the other day – and its not even 2009 yet!! YAY! Now if I can just get my studio unpacked I can push forward even more. Must. Unpack. Studio. I’m almost afraid to say it – but . . . .

I commit to unpacking my studio tonight! (that’s the bravery part – using the ‘c’ word yet again!)
~Janice