The blessing of time to live...

[susandennis]

After Daddy died and Mom got her widows wings working, she was always annoyed by people who assumed she had nothing to do. People from church, or others would drop by or call and say 'I'm on my way!' and never ask her if she was busy or if it was a convenient time.  The reality, of course, was that their message was that they had busy, important lives and she did not - but that's not how she internalized the insult.  She said she always had so much to do but she really couldn't pinpoint exactly what.

Then Evelyn, her neighbor across the hall, said much the same thing one day but added 'You know, it just takes time to live!' and Mom glommed on to that until the day she died.  She was always declaring that she was busy because, 'You know, it just takes time to live!'

Having been robbed of serious 'live time' these past three weeks, I've wallowed in it these past three days.  Time to clean out closets.  Time to do laundry.  Time to go get Thai food for dinner and enjoy it. 

I need to swap out one of the living room TiVo's for the one in the bedroom.  The current living room one feels like it's dying.  The bedroom one is one I picked up for $0 after rebate and got it for a backup and now it's time to put it into service.  In the past, this required a call to TiVo - to transfer service.   Calling TiVo is never fun.  The wait is long.  BUT this morning I had time so I called.  Put the phone on speaker and continued on with my living.  When I finally got the guy and told him what I wanted he told me how to do it online.  Sigh.  "We had to put this online because of all the snowbirds - they turn off their North TiVo in Winter and turn on the South one and vice versa come Fall."  Being a snowbird must be hard work. 

Anyway, turns out I can do it myself but just not today.  I have to wait until the billing cycle is done.  Tomorrow or Tuesday.  As long as it gets done before the Fall preview season, that's fine.

Then I took one of the pillow shams off my favorite bed set and tailored it to fit my memory foam wedge that I lean up against or use for my laptop.  It was a bigger chore than I expected but the results are perfect. 

The laundry is laundrying and the Mariners are not losing. 

I have two new books loaded into my player. 

I'm enjoying the heck out of my time to live.

Comments

[pisceandreamer.livejournal.com]

You know, it just takes time to live!

I love it - it really does say it all. :)

[androkles.livejournal.com]

I'm always amazed by how much people who write about their daily activities actually do. I'm sure if I listed what I did day by day it would amount to about half a paragraph.

But I'm busy, living. I like that one.

[mixter11nm.livejournal.com]

I'm always amused when people think they can manage your time better than you can. My sister does that to me. She thinks when I'm not working, I should find time to refinish the door and start throwing things out. When she says things like this to me, I tell her they are not priorities in my life.

Glad you're finding time for your priorities.