Speed of light

I have a feeling this week is going to blur.  It's only been a day and already things seem to be traveling at the speed of light.  All those good intentions, plans, and ways to map out certain things to do, are all going to be left by the way-side as other things snuggle their way into the priority spot.  I can see it happening.
The only thing I can do now is make a note.  I can give myself a reminder.  I can put all the notes in the same spot so when all the rushing is done, I can come back and see what the new priorities are or were.  I might find they are worth pushing aside.  I might find that waiting to do them is best.  I might find out I have a better idea.  I'll have to wait and see on some things because others aren't waiting on me to happen.
TT
 

Clear and crisp

Here is the weather for today.  It is currently 52 degrees, clear and crisp.  The high should be 83-86 and stay sunny.  The week looks pretty much the same with the lows increasing to around 59-71 in the mornings, and the highs will only increase slightly from 86-89.  At least that is the forecast.  It doesn't always turn out that way.

But if it does turn out, it means I might actually be able to get my runs in after work.  That is the time I have always preferred to go out during the week.  I've tried to change it up to mornings but it doesn't work out at that time if I am to get to work as early as I do.  It hasn't worked out.  So here is my opportunity to work it back up and work it out in the afternoons.  We will see.  

TT 

Ahhh

Today started slow, built up some action, calmed down, sped up, and is now working itself into a relaxing end.  It isn't a story plot, but regular every day life as it played out for me today.  Not such a bad way to spend a Saturday, and now I need to go fix dinner, while I open a beer and put on some music.
Ahhhh...
TT

End of week

Pfffft.  How did it get to Friday already?  Don't get me wrong.  I'm not complaining.  I'm just trying to figure out how I got to here from there so quickly.  Have I really been moving that fast?
Maybe it was the Eye doctor appointment on Monday and then the Dentist appointment yesterday, and then all the regular stuff in between.  Maybe it was the three hour product review writing marathon, and the two hour reading about writing articles that swept me through the week.
I would suggest all of the above had their own small part in passing the time along in a way that feels different, or more quickly, than the usual draggy norm I am used to experiencing.  Maybe.
What difference does it make?  It's Friday!
TT

The upside

The upside of today is that I am leaving work at 2:00.  The downside is that I have a dentist appointment at 2:30.  The other downside is that I've cancelled and re-scheduled it twice making it two months late.  I'm sure I'll hear about it from the staff.  I'm sure I'll feel their anger while they buzz, and scrape, and my knuckles turn white from gripping the arms of the chair.
Sorry.  Dentist visits are never pleasant experiences and even though I have followed their very strict advice of seeing them every three months, it hasn't prevented me from having to endure more ferocious procedures than anyone would expect from someone following orders.  So, I thought the heck with it and kept moving the appointment out.  They will do to me whatever they want no matter how diligently I do what they say.  I've gotten to the point where I smile and nod and then do what I want.  Their advise doesn't seem so great, after all of my experiences with them.
So, it will be to the dentist I go today.  And I will be leaving work at 2:00.  I'll also have the pleasure of knowing I managed 5 months without seeing the dentist instead of their prescribed 3.
There is always an upside.
TT  

Long day

Yesterday, was one long beam of continuous work.  It never pulsated, making it more hurried or less, but was one constant push forward that was unrelenting.  I had a meeting a 1:00 which is my usual lunch time that went until 2:10.  By that time, I figured why go to lunch and ate a sandwich at my desk as I pushed on.  The skipped time from lunch made it easier for me to close up shop earlier, so I headed out about 3:30.  My head was so fuzzy from the all-day grind that the transition from work to home managed to stay blurred.  I thought I should have a run but once inside the house I wandered upstairs and started something else.
I wrote three product reviews.  It took me until 7:20 pm.  I never realized the time had gotten so far away from me.  It had been only 4:00 when I started.
It isn't fiction but another way to exercise the writing muscles.  I found a reading group, which led to the product reviews, which will probably lead me elsewhere within this internet community.  It is much more expansive than I realized.  I will be exploring more of it's features with plans to use as much of the experience that is useful.  I have my eye on two different contests but I will see how those play out, whether I enter or not, but possibly use the idea's to write another couple of short pieces.
It was a long day yesterday.  It felt pretty good.
TT

Oct 1st

It's the first day of a new month, and I feel I need to make some bold, sweeping statement to start if off.  The sweeping statement idea is only a thought that enters my head, as if it is some rule I need to follow.  If I don't get it done to exact specifications, somehow, I have failed.  The fact is, there is no such rule.  That is something I have, somehow, embedded into my own way of thinking in order to punish myself later, when I don't follow my own rule.  I'm not sure when I started to do that.  I don't know what triggered my brain to hold myself accountable to such crazy rules.

I am slowly beginning to recognize all the items I find reasons to punish myself for, and started to remove them from my thinking.  These thoughts are not actually anyone's rules.  They are items that only exist in my mind. And, I am questioning my own rules.  Why?  Yes.  Exactly.  Why do I need to make a bold, sweeping statement? Do I need that statement now?  If I don't come up with one at this moment, does it really mean I've failed? Maybe it only means it's a thought, I'm working on it.  It's there in my head, and I need to think about it a little longer.  I need to figure out if it's really something I need or want to do, and most importantly, why do I need or want to do it?

And this new process of letting the little stuff go, it makes the things I get done, so much more fun.  There is a bigger sense of accomplishment when I complete something that has a real reason for me to do it, then some crazy rule that happened to appear in my head at that instant.  They say, don't sweat the small stuff, and it's true.  But, if the small stuff is all you think you have, you believe it isn't wise to get rid of it.  That is, until you realize how much happier you are once they are eliminated.  There is so much more to enjoy when you clear away the punishments for self-imposed rules.  It isn't easy, but I've made some bold, sweeping strokes in the right direction.

It's the first day of a new month.
TT