Remarkably productive...

Today was one of those in-house days that have become all too familiar around here. It's snowing/raining/sleeting all day so I stayed in. But it was a remarkably productive day for one where I really didn't do anything of consequence. I did a lot of general cleaning stuff that I have been letting go for a while and it needed doing badly. Arnie was helping. But the threat of the vacuum cleaner made him change his mind. I made some very good home made beef stew - the kind you simmer all day and tastes like the kind Mom used to make. I sorted through some old papers and got rid of a bunch of crap that I have no idea why I was keeping in the first place. I read some more too.

I did some thinking...about all the things I want to happen and how I have to make them happen and what I have to do to make them happen. Normally, those thoughts overwhelm me but this time I am very optimistic.

Alex asked me an interesting question when we were talking that made me think some more. He asked me if I thought it was good to have a clear idea of what it is I want to do with my life or words to that effect. My answer was yes, with reservations because while I do think you have to have a clear goal, you also have to be open for the opportunities that pop up along the way that may take you off the course of that goal. Sometimes those little adventures make life good. And when I was thinking about that I realized that most of the truly good things in my life are because I diverted from my clear long range goal in the first place. Certainly, the job I have now was a big detour from where I always thought I'd be. And my honest, good relationship with Alex was a huge detour from where my life was just two years ago. I wouldn't change that for the world and I'm so happy that he was willing to detour his life to take this journey with me.

So, it's all good. Cold, snowy and too long in winter...but good. I feel lucky and loved and there's nothing in the world wrong with that!