Starting Out In A Rush - Not All Days are Smooth as Silk

Today actually didn't start out badly. I awakened 10 minutes before my alarm went off, and had a lovely meditation. But after I was finished with that and thought about the day ahead, I realized that I was behind schedule a bit. Things I usually do the night before for a swimming day ahead, didn't get done last night. Add in the fact that it's a "day off" and a "laundry day" and a day of errands, and I'm only grateful that this is the Winter That Missed Minnesota. I won't have to deal with shoveling the driveway or any extreme snow or ice conditions getting to the gym in a half-hour. I can be grateful for that. 

I feel quite fortunate this year. So far we haven't had any 
extreme weather conditions. If we avoid serious thunderstorms 
and tornadoes this summer, I'll consider this a weather year 
of fabulous weather. I'm really liking this winter - the winter 
of no snow. My trees are already budding, so if we have a 
deep frost in a month or so, we'll have some serious issues. 

I'm trying to think of what I want to make for my meals for the rest of the week. I really don't have to worry about that until Friday, I always do chicken on Wednesday, which gives me two meals. However, I'm usually ahead in thinking about stuff like this, and I'm totally NOT ... ahead, I mean. 

Tonight is a chicken night, that will give me my 
dinners for tonight and tomorrow. I can worry 
about the rest of my food on Friday, if necessary. 

No, I'm running a bit behind, today. That might cause problems. But I'll have a chance to breathe at some point today. And I'll settle on what I need at the grocery store after I return from the gym and have my breakfast. I have time. I have time to breathe, I have time to write my daily blog to myself (and any readers), and I'll figure the day out as I go, I guess. Not everything can be planned, nor should it be. 

There are some times when I have total brain fog. 
I can't afford the luxury of this often, so I need to 
chase the fog away with the sun of exercise. Off 
to the pool! 

So, I'm heading to the swimming pool, and I'll work a bit of this fog and frustration out of me in the water. That's one of the most wonderful things about my swimming mornings. I get to listen to my next book, and I get to work out some of my frustrations in the way I prefer - in the water. I consider myself to be a very fortunate person, most of the time. So I'll focus on the positives today and push the negatives into my mental "dust bin", at least for the time being. Have a wonderful Wednesday and I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini and חיים למען ישראל.