I am having that panicky feeling that I must get my act together right away, that I am dropping the ball. It doesn’t help that is it New Year’s Day, I am still slogging through writing a difficult newspaper article, my teenage daughter is upset with me because I would not let her go visit a (boy) friend who is two hours away at college, I feel FAT and we have guests coming in a couple days. Oh, did I mention that there is still a thousand feet of white Christmas lights on the roof that needs to come down and be put away?

Now, were is my gumption, my pick up and go, the eagerness to rise to the challenge of a new day? Sigh…slump… I dunno. This is not a good way to start the new year. I will just have to write more tomorrow because my handsome and loving husband is waiting for me in the hot tub. Just writing that makes me see how I need a little perspective.