Time - It's Not Really My Friend Today

I'm on time, but I'm running late. Have any of you ever had days like that? I was slightly delayed because I took a bit more time for my morning meditation, but also making the bed up took longer because the blankets were all messed up. Then I got onto the treadmill, about ten minutes later than usual, and thought, "Maybe I'll shorten my workout a bit because I'm running a little late". But, I also chose scenery that would keep me interested and feed my homesickness for the Southwest. I ran through Utah and Arizona this morning, and no, I didn't cut it short at all. 

Apparently rare earth metals have been found in the deserts 
of Utah. This fabulous landscape may become trash as 
developers and mining companies rush to purchase plots 
and start mining. We currently purchase our rare earth 
elements from China. But this large deposit may be the 
saving of our computers and the death of our landscapes. 

I took my usual length of shower, except DH came down while I was in there and I was slightly delayed getting out of the water. I dried off and got dressed, and my pants were fighting me - LOL. I finally got upstairs to make my tea and the teakettle (we have a new one - our old one died a week or so ago) took FOREVER to get the water even simmering. (I suspect we've been filling the new kettle a bit more than necessary. It's a much larger kettle than we used to own). 

DH destroyed our tea kettle when he was dealing with 
ice on the roof a couple of weeks ago. So, he bought 
us a new tea kettle at Wally World - a Mr Coffee 
brand. I like the teakettle, but it holds a LOT more water 
than the old one, and takes much longer to come to a 
boil (or even a simmer). It's going to take a while until 
I determine how much water to have it in for my morning tea. 

Finally I got the kettle simmering enough for tea, made my cuppa and my travel mug, and headed down to write this blog for the day. It's 6:45 am now, and I need to leave no later than 7:30, and I still need to eat my breakfast. So, all of those small delays have made a short post a necessity today. 

They are on their way! My domestic holiday cards are 
being mailed on my way to work today. My internationals 
were mailed last week. I'm a bit late, but not TOO late - LOL. 

It's mid-December, my international holiday cards were mailed last week, and my domestic cards are going out today. I hope you have a wonderful Monday, and that your day isn't quite as rushed as mine is already trending. I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully with a post that has a bit more "meat" in it - LOL. Slava Ukraini.