I am at this strange point in preparing to leave where I see ads or events coming and I realize I will not be attending because I will be in Peru. Even sitting at meeting for work where they talk about how in 6-9 months we will have our new transit center completed and I realize, I will see it virtually but will not be there to see it live.
As the end of season sailing steak bash is announced for sept 20th, I realize I can eat my own steak in Peru that night and toast my fellow sailors from afar but I will not be there in person.
I believe that I leave in just 23 days for the first leg to my sister Maria's in southern Cali to visit for 2 days and then on sept 14th, I fly to Lima, Peru!!!!!! I'm so excited.
At the same time I delay thinking about that too much because I am here and need to keep full concentration to complete my simple tasks I've assigned myself before I can enjoy that time. Just yesterday I thought I had completed the cookbook-AGAIN!!-because I had finished the index and then I realized, I hadn't paginated the cookbook. So it didn't matter what page number I wrote since there was no page numbers. IT WAS FRUSTRATING TO SAY THE LEAST, so I had to not work on it yet. ugh!!!
today I go to Portland to visit my daughter Siobhan and get some stuff sacks, water sandals and walking shoes at REI or Next Adventure. It will be a good day. I'm avoiding making eye contact with the 6 totes I brought down to sort through. . . .
My back went into deep agony last night and I couldn't work the 2-3 hours I had planned. I couldn't even think, I just had to tend to my back. It was frustrating but after tons of ice and advil, today I think I can make a go of what is my day.
23 DAYS!!! that's not a scary number. I just think today is Aug 19th and sept 19th I'll be gone from here and I'll be there in Peru! nice!
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