To make a long story short, I'm trying to manage my office and begin my strategy for a targeted marketing report when my assistant gives her 2-week notice. She came to me with tears in her eyes saying she couldn't juggle the job and her personal issues at home. Sigh. I got a little insight of some of what she was talking about from her a few weeks ago, and to be honest, I kinda thought it was going to happen, but you know how it goes...you don't think it's really going to happen. But it did. I found myself sitting back in my chair behind my desk just looking at her and listening to her explain why she's giving me her notice. I felt the words forming in my mouth and I even thought I saw a speech bubble form over my head, but I remained silent with my hands folded on my lap until she finished. What can I say to someone telling me that the job was too much pressure? Too stressful? I had nothing to say that I could say. I told her I was sorry she felt that way and that I hoped things would settle down in her life soon. Again...SIGH.
After she walked out of my office. I looked over at the candle I'd lit that morning. I light a candle every day. Not only does it make the office smell nice, but it helps me feel at ease and makes my day seem nicer than usual. I let myself just sink into my chair and let my mind wander. It's the day before Thanksgiving and I'm getting ready to go away for the holiday. What am I going to wear? What am I packing? Is it going to be cold over there? Will it snow? I'm just thinking thinking thinking about what I need to do, but then the thought of snow just overtakes my head. A warm smile brushes over my lips and I'm in another place daydreaming of a beautiful landscape with sleeping trees, naked with only white knotty bark and tree limbs bared. Along the side of the road is a drop off where you can see a little town in the valley down below.
Down in this valley is a quaint white church with a tall steeple and a few big barns with tall silos. You can see the cows, which look like little black, brown, and black and white dots gathering by the side of the silo. The hillside is just bare but the rolling hills remember the plush green grass from the previous season and it just lays in wait for the freshly falling snow. It's just beautiful. It's just what I need. It's exactly what I want to see...this kind of peaceful beauty.
After about a five minute reprieve, I took myself back to the day at hand with my candle burning and my thoughts still half way on my daydream. I plugged away at figures, made a lot of calls, got more calls than I wanted, went out on a few business meetings and came back to work after a bite for lunch. It had been a really productive day and I'm was so excited to get home, get packed, and get ready to get on the road.
Just the week before, I spent a day with my bff at my mom's house making her Thanksgiving dinner. She invited her bff to dinner and we all had a really nice time. Me, my BFF, Mom, her BFF, Chloe, and her Zoe. It was a wonderful day. Thankful for a great time, wonderful food, and quality time spent with my mom, my BFF helped me make my mom's day special...just what I had wanted. :)
I got home, had dinner, packed my bags and went to bed. I felt like it was the night before Christmas. I was so excited to get away for a few days! Morning came and I was ready to go. Chloe's meds? Check. A list of things she needs for the next few days? Check. Cell phone? Check. Work cell phone? Check. Bags packed, shoes, scarves, my most favorite pair of jeans on and I'm ready for a 5 hour trip away for lots of good home cooking, family, friends, and football!
The trip went without a glitch. Traffic was wonderful and the time flew by. We got there safe, sound, and hungry. The house smelled WONDERFUL. The turkey was getting it's oven tan while the stuffing in it was just calling my name! OMG it was just amazing...EVERYTHING was just amazing. The air was crisp and cold and it was everything that I thought a Thanksgiving should be in this region. I found myself making up silly songs from nothing, laughing at silly things, and for once in a very long time, I felt completely happy. I didn't think about anything else...nothing was outstanding, nothing was pending, I was just so content and everything I looked at and every place I went and everyone I spent time with did nothing less than put a smile on my face.
After 3 days and 2 nights, it was time to pack up and come home. As I was dreading the trip home because it would be too quick and I would soon go back to the drama that's home, the drive and frustration was broken up by snowflakes. There we are, driving down the highway and the snow falling down...not enough to cover the road, but enough to make it just beautiful around us. Trees along the roadside, barns and houses, tractors and fields. It was all so nostalgic and serene. I looked around to the beautiful landscape that surround me and suddenly felt like I was the center of a snow globe and someone just shook it up to make the snow whirl around me.
I could go on about how the afternoon evolved back at home, but I'm still basking in the wonderful time I had and the sweet memories made...who wants to ruin it with reality? I sure don't!
I hope everything is going well with you guys...Will we see you over Christmas? Are you having a blizzard today???
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