Meditate, Pray and Work…Forget: Eat, Pray, Love–that’s for gals with nothing but time on their hands!

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My clowns. Mist had them dressed and ready to perform with the “AMAZING FERNANDO” last night. Tabs was busy “Zenning” her bedroom. If she accomplishes the goal thoroughly and fairly efficiently, she gets a surprise. Pip is at day care and I really need to work on my paper but I am full of angst, so I need to write it all out.
Peter Passed! He is officially Dr. PJ Arthur Smarty-pants! Hee-ya!
But on the down side…an unseasonable blizzard and dump of snow closed down Vancouver and Kelowna airports. He was supposed to be home last night but alas, all flights were cancelled and so overbooked that he can’t get on a flight home until tomorrow!!! And get this, even though he isn’t supposed to even be in Vancouver this morning, I called him on his cell and he couldn’t talk because he is in a meeting! Go figure! Has that little PJ Smarty-pants headed over to UBC to sit on on meetings for the sheer joy of it all???
Needless to say, the girls and I have a few problems. We are all fried eggs for brains. Crying in the mornings( not me, the girls!), disorganized, not going to bed on time, getting up too early, messy bedrooms, playroom, argumentative. I was supposed to get up for hot yoga at 6 this AM downtown. No-Way! Number one it is so snowy out there and -10 oC this AM. #2, Peter is not home to help with breakfasts so I cannot leave the girls alone. I’m overwhelmed. I need a week to do nothing but reorganise the house, my girls schedules. But no time. I just soldier on blindly, feeling frustrated and disorganised.
I will make to time meditate. And I will work on my paper. And I will pray.
PS to make a point about how I am feeling: I vacuumed the hardwood and tile upstairs yesterday and accidentally vacuumed through fresh dog crap. Yes, I vacuumed that crap all over my entire main floor. It was jammed inside the vacuum and all over my house. Yes, life is fun sometimes! The pure joy I had, cleaning that crap up was unbelievable!

  1. Miranda
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    Oh QMJ…I feel for you. Welcome to modern life. Are you loving it yet?
    I must offer some unsolicited advice: 6am workouts downtown are for gals with nothing but time on their hands!!! Take the pressure off yourself – make your workouts fit your life.

    Ahem. Well, I say that, and I’ve done that…and I went to the gym, oh, a week ago?

    But Im alive, baby, Im alive.

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