Figuring Out How to Manage TIme

I am not doing well with time. When I am busy and booked, I am very efficient, but when I have 'free time', I find myself not accomplishing much. I almost forgot my dentist appt which I had canceled last week. I still have all my original teeth, yeah!

I met Emily for breakfast at 'Evergreen'. I love seeing Emily and catching up with her, she is truly my closest friend. She is super busy and always traveling; she was in Denmark and London earlier in the summer, and in Maine for half of August and camped in Assateague and western Maryland and was in New York several times, and was off to NEw Hampshire for the weekend. I am lucky to catch her between travel and work and weekends away.

I meant to get all sorts of work done at my office, but although I was busy, I got relatively little done and had to rush to get Maya at school. The line to pick her up was still awful. I did not get into it the 'right' way, so was chastised by the crossing guard and then still did not have Maya called down correctly. I suppose it will take time to figure the system out.

Maya had another trial lesson with another teacher, so we fueled up on 'Cold Stone Creamery' and enjoyed meeting 'Barb'. Our problem is that we have three great teachers to choose from, and not sure which one is the 'right' one. Maya won't make the decision because she is afraid to displease someone. I will have to decide and I have no idea what to do.

Maya and I had a date to shop for Eric's birthday and spent unholy amounts of money (Maya told me that I must have alot of money in the bank to shop so much, but she does not quite understand the concept of 'credit' and I chose not to explain too much today). We met Eric at Belvedere Square which has a big party every Friday throughout the summer, with a live band and great food and a huge crowd. We ran into Scott and Krissy and their son Graham and caught up with them. Scott had sold his company and hated his year off and was eager to work again. I explained how wonderful my year sabbatical was, and how good it feels to be back. Interesting how different 'retirement' can be for each of us.

Good food, good music, good company, wonderful Maya, I felt lucky and blessed today. It will take some time to figure out how to manage my life here, but I am moving forward.