Rolling with the punches

Working on it! :-)

Getting ready to go on vacation is hard work.

So while we're about getting ready for vacation,

Dear Heart says, "how 'bout we get the house painted while we're gone?

That way, it will all be nice and finished when we return."

Wah!! Wah!! It's not that easy.

(Takes time for me to adapt)

Long list of things to do and you're adding to it?

packing for ANY kind of weather
enough for TWO weeks?

and in one suitcase.

getting along without ALL the "necessities"

(you know: hair stuff, i.e., different size brushes, dryers, curlers, it's ridiculous)

doctor appointments
getting everything ready for the painters

moving plants

planning for watering of said plants
haircuts
(Trudy too)
Shopping
(Why is it always about hair and clothes?)
Arranging for petsitter

preparing for any unforeseen emergency

pack a list of medical records
(and feeling somewhat apprehensive remembering what happened on our last vacation)***

"Oh yeah," he asks, "how 'bout we get the inside of the house done
while the painters are here?"

Seriously?

give strangers the key to my house?

combination to the gate locks?

move all the furniture to the center of the rooms before we leave

only to face all that upon my return?

No way!

Isn't it enough that I am preparing myself

for a lot of the adventures scary things we have planned for said vacation?

Things that are way out of my comfort zone?
Things that weren't at the top of the list for me

But I am not whining.

It will be fun!

I'm excited we get to go somewhere we've never been
(Alaska - where majestic and breathtaking scenery awaits).

I'm thankful we are BOTH in good health for going.

I'm very, very thankful in all things.
But I really, really do

like being at home.

I like it here.

(Got my trusty binoculars to help spot any bunnies
that might be hiding out there)
Trudy and I both agree that the view from my window is just great!

And that's the truth.

***This parenthetical statement is at the heart of the anxieties about going away.
While the above post might seem shallow and ungrateful,
I realize the privilege of being able to do all these things.
It's just been a crazy, crazy year.
I still see the glass half-full.
That's all.

"Casting my burden upon You today, knowing You will sustain me ... casting my cares because You care. You are compassionate and have covenanted with me for peace. You are my peace.
In the multitude of my anxieties, your comforts delight my soul."
(Psalm 55:22; 1 Peter 5:7; Ephesians 2:14; Psalm 94:19)