Well, good evening all!  It was a super busy day today helping a friend hang some pictures, going on a great walk and seeing Teen Titans GO! with Aaron.  Now I’m home lying on the bed, typing away and trying to get up the gumption to play some pickle ball this evening 🙂

It seems that I’ve settled into a pretty good summer routine.  Three or so mornings a week I get to meet my friend Suzi for a walk on our local trail.  I come back home then and get breakfast made for Mark who is usually coming home from football practice about then.  I drink coffee while Aaron and I decide how to spend our last few weeks of summer and then off we go to enjoy.

And I know that I am someone who needs routine.  I would like to be a fly by the seat of my pants, throw caution to the wind type, but I am just not.  I like plans.  I like order.  I like boundaries and these are all satisfactions that I used to get by working.  Trying to incorporate my spreadsheet personality with a little looser life is going to be interesting.  I just created a graph on our whiteboard at home that has Monday-Sunday written down and each family members initials on it.  Now we all have a little square for every day and we can write down our plans and schedules on it.  Truly it’s a sickness.

Oh control.  My true north star.  I may not ever loose you completely, but maybe I’ll be able to see a few more constellations in the coming year.  Remember to look up and find your stars, breathe into the night and smile knowing that morning brings the chance to lean a little further into the Gap.  xxoo