Happy Father's Day daddy!
It's been six days, since I blogged.
Fifteen hours left until we cruise.
And my mind has been racing since my last entry.
I purchased a 1994 Acura this past Monday.
Made the last painstaking finalization on the cruise we are taking to Mexico.
I interviewed over a dozen people for the three stories I have lined up to send in tonight, yes. Tonight.
I know. I had way too much on my plate and It wasn't until today that it clicked when I heard my father say in a concerned voice, "Baby, you look like you been running," then he suggested that I, "put some cucumbers on your eyes and take two hours for yourself to relax."
Knowing how active I have been in the last three weeks, we had our house painted, I don't have to go into detail as to what energy that took, then the next week, all while planning for this trip, on June 7, i turned the big 27, my niece's high school's graduation was the following day on June 8--still going, still straightening, interviewing for the Mattapan Reporter, where work as a reporter, corresponding weekly, I was within this same week preparing for my dear friend Kat to visit for four days...and she arrived on Sunday.
Thankfully she is the epitome of a sister, knowing all that I had on my plate, her quote before she got here was, "Sash, I don't need much space, just give me a corner, I won't be in your way...and most strikingly she shared, "I don't care if your not feeling good, angry or upset, I just want to be in your presence."
:)I smiled and said to myself this is the love that I need in my life everyday, all day.
During her say, we managed to hang out just enough, catch up endlessly, a while I was conversing with the girls daily pertaining the trip, working simultaneously on a few stories: interviewing and gathering information, working full-time, geesh.
Just writing this list is making my head ache.
I list all the things that I had on my plate to demonstrate that with strategy, a positive mind, environment and source around you, anything can be accomplished, in spite of the chaos. Constant re grounding, or one will, without a doubt go crazy.
It all needed to be done, in a matter of time, the essence of life lies in the bracket of time.
Yet the stress that comes with this over exerting oneself, also dissipates in a matter of time.
Today I asked my niece, who has been staying over in my overcrowded room, both of our belongings from the trip lined against my dresser, to get loss, just not in those words. I said, "Lee Lee, auntie needs two or three hours to herself to get some work done," and she and her friend Carla went Downtown Boston.
I sit here by writing replenished. I took a nap, ate dinner, took a warm, long shower, washed my hair--and with my eyes closed, I graciously listened to Fred Hammond sing so beautifully in my ear (it felt like), via my JVC speakers.
I can say, I am as rejuvenated as I will be, for the ladies stay this evening.
We're flying out to Miami tomorrow in the AM. I can say I've learned from this experience that we need escapes. I planned this entire trip, from working with a Carnival agent to set it up, reserving air tickets, purchasing both, setting deadlines, collecting the money from the girls....the list goes on but the greater point is in time, as it has prevailed, everything will come together. It's a fact. It's a matter of how you maintain while going through.
I personally can't wait to see each of their faces on their first cruise, light up in joy, it's been a journey and I am ready to celebrate.
Mexico here we come.
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