Tetris......

There have been a lot of moving pieces this week.....I have been preparing for the kid's summer party......I am a guest reader in the park this morning, and speaking at church tomorrow, and the kids headed off with their dad.....and I am trying to work on the promotional stuff for my women's series before beginning of school year stuff takes hold some.....cleaning and shopping and running errands......and the other day I was feeling kind of overwhelmed.....even though I enjoy the organizing and juggling and time management thing.....my brain likes to be exercised in that way.....look at all the tasks that need to be completed, the time allotted, and then go for making a plan....and I must say that it has all come together nicely and the other day's angst was unnecessary....I knew it would happen if I just kept being intentional with putting one foot in front of the other.....and using my time wisely......time management is a skill we try so hard to impart on the kids at school and really such an important one.....but not easy if it is not something that comes naturally to you....so today and tomorrow morning after church I have a couple of things left to check off my list....and they were the perfect things to be left for today and tomorrow morning before the party tomorrow afternoon.....the party sort of evolved into more than I thought maybe initially, but I am happy to do it and have a reason to party plan:) It is one of the things I enjoy very much in this life.......I suppose in another life party planning could have been on my radar:) So many cool things to be and do in this life......this is the first party I am throwing since my life changed.....and we used to be such a good team when we got ready for entertaining......we would both leave one another in the morning of prep and go do our thing and come together ready, with exactly with what needed to be done without saying a word.......having it all pulled together.....and this time I carried both the roles and worked with myself to accomplish the same thing.....and it felt good.......good to pull it off alone.....to still be met with the same satisfaction.....but it was a reminder.....a reminder of the past.......and time marching on.......I am for sure grateful that I am off for the summer or this would have been super challenging! SO tomorrow the kids get their summer party:):)....they so deserve it.....they were so good about going with the flow the last few years, through the pandemic........through their parent's divorce.....through it all with grace and a willingness.........I am grateful to do it for them......and look so forward to them having so much fun with their friends:)