Friday, October 11, 2013

Buried Under Paper Mountains

Woke up freezing, forgot to turn the heat on. No shake this morning. Opted for warm oatmeal with a protein powder in it, can have the shake later. Did the sun salutation.  Still have oodles of paperwork to go through and sort. You know, the kind you keep because you think it is important and then you shred it anyway. (Although sometimes they do come in handy. I needed a security screening for this last insane job that nearly killed me and they wanted to see my income tax return form 1979! Can you believe it?! What's worse is that I actually had it and my W2 from that year. Now what kind of crazy person saves that?) Have to reclaim my house and my life.
 
Friday again, time for friends. Taking the high school yearbook teacher out for her birthday. She is an amazing lady with a BIG heart. She takes so much time for her students. Even helped a homeless student and her family find a place to live and furnished it for her (this lady has next to nothing and she is helping others, (Mary Strickler you are the best and deserve teacher of the year, every year) I wish I had known because a lot of us would have been happy to help.

 Already made plans with friends on Saturday and Sunday. Have more old acquaintances to reconnect with.  Because of work or family situations I did not see my friends - out of town 101 days in the past year taking care of family and the rest of the time I was either working or coaching my daughter through high school. (had to really encourage her to apply herself. she's a great kid and is away at college now). The house is really empty, just me Ralph and the cats surrounded by paper mountains.

What are you doing to de-clutter and simplify your life today?