A Day Well Spent--

I spent a slow but productive day yesterday, and it was really what I needed. Meg, Holly, and I went to the Farmers' Market as soon as they opened at 10am, and it was nice to just wander from booth to booth. So much lovely produce and baked goods! Yes, I came home with a few nice things, among them a loaf of cheesy garlic bread. I served that with my faux chicken cacciatore last night-- it was just right. And there's a ton of leftovers, so lunch is all figured out already.

I spent the remainder of the day doing school-related things and so on. I have been antsy about my plan book--it's usually all set by now, but it was not, due to having to purchase a different one than I started with. I have the syllabus, of course, but if the plans are not written in the daily boxes, I forget things. It may seem trivial to some of you, but trust me, I am not a person who thrives in uncertainty. I need to put in the class meetings, the other meetings, the field trips that I am aware of-- that way, no surprises. I can function better. I penciled in plans that run until Thanksgiving! That project, and assessing this week's pile of papers, took most of the afternoon. Later on, I watched the Patriots play in pouring rain; they almost won, but seriously, there's work to be done with all of the receivers. So many dropped balls/ lost chances. There were some good parts, too, but ugh. Talk about not thriving in uncertainty. The core of the corps will pull it together, but the errors killed the game. 

I feel like that is the whole key to life, in a lot of ways: prepare in order to avoid the mistakes that cost you. I am not convinced that anyone truly thrives in uncertainty and chaos-- maybe some people are better at adapting quickly, but upheaval only creates an unsteady path and leaves too much room for disappointments. Right now, there are too many uncertainties, globally, nationally, in my own community. There are unfinished, uncertain, complicated things in every aspect of living. I'm pretty sure this is the case all of the time, but many days, I don't feel equal to the shifting nature of all these variables. Where do I put my feet? 

So I cleared my schedule yesterday. I needed to isolate and get myself together. I focused on getting my head screwed on straighter, and organized my plan book so school goes a little smoother. Call it survival skills.

Have a good day, and stay dry. It looks like we are in for a stretch of wet weather again.

C