Thursday January 28 2016  PERPETUALLY NEW

 

4:00 a.m. wake-up call this morning.  For no reason we are aware of, both Dave and I awakened a little after 4:00 a.m.  When I wake up like that I sometimes feel as if it is a time for prayer.  So that’s what we did.  We then crawled out from under our warm blankets into the cold bedroom and made a dash to see how quickly we could get dressed, eat and get to the gym.  It was a good plan.  It felt like we had an entire day left when we arrived home and it was still early in the day.  I think that would be a good plan for every day, but I might have a bit of convincing to do to get Dave to agree.  Nonetheless, it was awesome to have an entire morning to work. 

Collected all the tax information, called for some that was still missing, handed everything over to Dave, and it felt like a load was lifted off me.  AND THEN…I started culling my business files.  Oh man!  Was it ever good to see some of those things that I no longer needed fly into the recycle trash, others filed away due to time constraints imposed on keeping them, and lots and lots more still to go through.  I actually want to get downstairs and continue so I can see more progress.  It makes me excited to realize that I am FINALLY RETIRED and can actually shut down my business files and my studio and reclaim the lower level.  No more dressing room needed, or prop room, or framing room, or extra equipment, or backdrops hanging all over the place, etc.  It is truly the first day that I have felt motivated and excited about getting started on purging.  I think what I wrote yesterday sort of spurred me forward to see just how much I can still accomplish before the year ends.

Today was the only day this week that was not booked with appointments.  That is, until last night.  Yesterday when I went to the Doctor he wanted me to have an MRI on my shoulder.  My shoulder was also injured the day I tore my triceps almost three months ago.  Before going to physical therapy he scheduled me for an MRI.  The MRI is this evening.  Fortunately I can drive myself there and back so Dave will not need to take me.  We had plans to watch the Republican debate this evening.  Things are heating up out there in the game of politics.  Perhaps I’ll be back in time to watch most of it.  There is also another Democratic debate coming up soon that we want to watch.

Both of my shoulders have had surgical repair so I know the ins and outs of the post-surgical therapy and healing process. NOT FUN.  I am just hoping the MRI results will show there is nothing permanently damaged and time will help heal whatever is causing the pain.  I am also praying for healing.  We have a trip planned for the future and I want to be in good working order!

I just thought I would check in on everybody and let you know I am alive and well.  Every once in a while I think perhaps I won’t write a blog today, but then I have people concerned that something might be wrong.  It’s more fun to write the blog than it is knowing I may have caused people to worry.  But thanks for worrying. 

 

PERPETUALLY NEW

By Kathleen Martens

January 28, 2016

 

Time to write a line or two

To announce to the world.

I am here, alive and well

And best wishes I unfurl.

 

It is so good to say hello

To those who faithfully read.

Thank you for caring enough

And to you I say God-speed!

 

It makes me realize how fortunate I am

That I have a busy life,

And so much that fills my days

With happiness, not strife.

 

I know I may be an old geezer

To those who are so young,

But I really love my age

No longer need to climb the rungs.

 

Been there, done that,

All the “busy” and long hours.

No longer is my time limited.

I now have time to smell the flowers.

 

It is my joy to stay at home

And enjoy my cozy bed.

Regardless how late it is

I can just cover up my head.

 

The day is mine, and belongs to me,

To measure how to spend.

And I don’t need to drive in traffic

When my day does end.

 

It makes me feel so opulent

To have time at my discretion.

I thought this day would never come,

Is my greatest confession.

 

But now it’s here and oh so awesome,

As if life has a new beginning.

And it seems for the very first time,

I believe that I am winningI

 

Yes, my days are numbered

But closer to God I’m becoming.

Life has its seasons and it cycles

And death I’m no longer shunning.

 

Life has never lost its sparkle

Because my spirit has never aged.

It is only my body’s shell

With time a war has waged.

 

But inside I’m perpetually new

And my spirit never grows old.

It was created to live forever

For I am created like God, I’m told.

 

He created me in His own image

To live with Him forevermore,

Though my body will be left behind

My spirit beckoned through heaven’s door.

 

FUN FACT

“Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.”

Hmm…maybe that is why mine flaps so much! 

 

Have a great afternoon.  It is only 3:10 p.m.  Now I can get back to work!

God bless all of you!