Where has the time gone????

Okay, this is what happens when you spend time living for the future instead of in the moment. A whole month passes, and the details are lost. I will try to remember for this blog all that has been going on this month since Lisa, Robert and Candy were let go. From the last report, my attitude about work has obviously not improved much. Some of it might be attributed to the summer doldrums, but some of it is just dealing with loss of friendships and working relationships that worked well. The last working day before moving from Portland, I had a little meltdown on my way into work. Not only for the friends losing their jobs, but just as much for the people keeping their jobs but moving to Saco. It finally sunk in that I won't be seeing them as often, and how much I will miss them: Jen, Jen, Melissa, Melissa, Charity and Sharon. Pretty sad to let go of the beautiful space, too. No more watching the tugboats leaning against freighters to guide them to port when I am should be focused on the work, no more frigid mornings watching the smoke on the water, no more great view.
Okay, enough of the pity party. It is sad, and I am sad, but there is still a lot of good work to do. The good parts of the move are mostly focused on how close to home I will now be working, and how much more free time I will have.

Right after I wrote the last time, I went down to Pa. to spend some time with Linnea. Again, I am so impressed with how much she has accomplished. She has her bed, her bedroom and the new floor looks great, and she seems happy. We got a kitchen sink, counter top and her Uncle Bob got everything installed. She now has running water everywhere except hot water to the bathroom sink. A little bit at a time....

On the Saturday that I left Pa. (the 11th) my grandmother had a Wine and Cheese party. It was a lot of fun, and good to see them before they headed out to Louisiana for the Fall. She is planning a big shindig for her 90th birthday in October! How fun will that be?

The week of the 13th the only fun I had was lunch with Betsy on Wednesday (she is looking pregnant and happy) and drinking 3 gin mojitos at MJ's on Thursday night at an after work get together. Lisa had to drive me home, but I don't think I embarrassed myself too much. It was pretty fun overall. On Sunday, I spent the day at Belgrade on the water with Mike and his brothers family. It was nice to see them and get some sun and time on the water.

This week it has been sad, but I went back to Belgrade yesterday and hung out on the lake again. Kayaking, reading, a wonderful phone call from Kirsten, and relaxing: I should take better care of myself that way. Today, it is back to the same thing...