“Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered.” ―
Time and time again I am being taught that nothing is under my control and not everything can be done according to my clock. I have to wait for people and things and waiting kills me. At this moment life feels chaotic and I am learning (kicking and screaming) to be okay with it.
I like order and everything organized, but messy is becoming my new normal. The work I am doing in my apartment is not completed yet and at this point has no completion date. I wanted to have it all done before I brought my Mom here for her biannual visit. It will not be the case.
“You may delay, but time will not.” ―
Time got away from me. All of a sudden I realized that September is here and I still hadn’t scheduled a date to go to Brazil. So last week I got tickets for tomorrow. My lack of planning resulted in paying an arm and a leg for the tickets. I will try to plan things better in the future, but it seems that there is never a right time to leave work. Since this trip is so last minute I will be taking my laptop with me and will be doing work from there. I am already regretting having said I was going to do that.
I will be in Brazil for 10 days, bring Mom here for 3 weeks, then returning to Brazil to take Mom home. After Mom turned 80 and her health has declined a bit I don’t like to let her travel alone anymore.
In the meantime I still haven’t planned my skiing trip. Perhaps there is a Ski Trip Fairy that will come in during the night and put an itinerary under my pillow.
One can hope.
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ―
Blessed with a Star on the Forehead 
Safe travel!
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Thank you! ♥
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Have a safe trip and enjoy the time. Don’t do too much work! 🙂
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Hi Ute,
I will try to login for 1 hour a day on the first couple of days.
And if everything is in order I will just not login at all for the remainder of the trip.
Thank you and blessings to you! ♥
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Waiting seems to stress you and that can be a killer. Not the waiting. All will
happen in its good time. O.k. Practical things like book a ticket etc. Need to be done …. if you want to travel. Just do every day what you can, without stress.
And travel with your Mum and enjoy the privilege. Every day is a treasure even if
it seems to not follow plans. Have a great time.
miriam
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Hi Miriam
Thank your for the reminder of the blessing and privilege that is to have my parents and be able to travel to see them.
It is easy to lose sight of what really matters in life.
Many blessings to you! ♥
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I share the late planning issue. I am actually trying to fix that and plan two trips over the next six months today and get them booked. Tricky sometimes when you are planning for a group. oy vey
I have never been to Brazil, I am certain I would enjoy it. Maybe you will be surprised and the installers can come early if there is a delay on another project, let them know you are open to it and have a backup plan so someone can let them in.
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I hope you got those 2 trips booked, and I hope you are going somewhere fun.
I don’t like the idea of any work in my apartment being done in hurry. I fear the work will be shoddy.
I will be back with my Mom so I am not sure I will do any work while she is there. We shall see what happens.
Thank you for the suggestions 🙂 Blessings ♥
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Have a wonderful time! x
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I am, thank you! ♥
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You do realize that everything is done on your clock; you create your reality. As long as you hate waiting you will have to wait, learning the lesson of patience.
Also, let the worry about the ski trip go. All things work out perfectly, so when you go is when you should go, even if it seems the opposite.
I am learning; you should, too.
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Hi Scott
Thank you for the much needed reminder that all is as it should be.
Some lessons are harder than others and need to be repeated over and over again.
Blessings! ♥
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