Savoring Each Day

The days are full. 

The remodel is constantly requiring adjusting one's daily schedule to deal with workers coming and going, discussion with the two key contractors, and various follow-up activities. 

As we need to replenish funds from the remodel project and fund on-going travel, I've been in a more active business mode than I've been for quite some time. So there are meetings as I work the network to drum up new clients. 

Theodora and Rotary continue progress at a steady pace. Both need on-going attention to get them to a next level, but neither are requiring huge amounts of time and effort either. 

I have doing various interesting cooking things (like my recent poached eggs) that pique my creative curiosity. I find myself in a mode of continuous improvement attitude, trying to refine and improve things I've been cooking for a long time. 

The Book (or I should say Books), my fantasy writing, has undergone a complete 180. After the six year ordeal, book #6 in the series completed and I have suddenly reentered a period of intense creativity. I am furiously (well as furious as and hour and a half of work a night can be!) outlining all the aspects of book #7. In fact, I am thinking there is so much material that I may need to structure it into two books.

And I am in HAPPY TRAVEL PLANNING mode. We threw together a minimalist little trip in May to Sweden once we knew Wife was healthy. (It's going to be three weeks. I've told a lot of people that for those who know Wife and I well, this is like a weekend trip LOL!)  I really didn't have time to do much planning and because of the lead short time, we got hammered on the airfare. But, then I shifted my focus to our big Fall Spain trip. You may remember that we've already booked the same apartment in El Campello for the same month as we had last year. Here I have done the kind of travel planning job I expect of myself.

• First, we scored a really good airfare to Europe.
• Second, based on how I've scheduled our arrival departure, I think we are going to get an equally killer deal on a rental car for the whole time.
• I've found a really good Airbnb for a short stay in Bilbao.

So, yes, I'm pleased and excited about all this.

Last night as I was contemplating all this, I remembered where my head was in December in the full throes of Wife's blood clot incident. All the thoughts that maybe our life would be permanently altered as happens as one ages. So to be back in this space as before is not something I take for granted. It is something I am determined to enjoy and savor each and every day.