So, you wanna be a writer?

It's hard to imagine that I haven't written for over a year. I have since compeleted school, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Digital Technology and Culture, Magna Cum Laude, I might add! I was delighted...not something I was ultimately aiming for, but I'll take it!

We are in Arizona now, taking a break, about six weeks. We love it here and have a pretty leisurely lifestyle. We are both committed to getting back into shape, losing some weight and unwinding from the previous year's frustrations and stresses.

I was speaking with a friend the other night and had a small ephiphany. My friend asked if we were enjoying ourselves and an honest yes was the answer. However, I told her it seemed as though it was taking longer than expected to get settled in; I wasn't sure why. Part of the explanation for that comment, I told her was that our goal of exercising every day was being held up by the inability to set up an account at the club we used last year.

After we said our goodbye's that comment popped back into my head. When I ran it through my mind a few times - drumroll, this is where the ephiphany comes in - I realized that we were expecting things to remain the same while we were gone. Even worse, I realized that in the past I had been frustrated with others for the same thing. Parents and in-laws would spend the winter away and come home expecting for everything to have been at a "stand-still" and for us to be sitting and waiting. I hate it when I do something that in the past has frustrated me in others.

So here we are, in the same geographical location, but many things are different. Our workout club is under new ownership and conditions are different. Our favorite golf shop has gone out of business. I'm sure as the weeks go on, there will be more. And it will be okay.

For me the lesson is, while you are not paying attention things go on without you. Kids grow up, grandchildren change, friends get used to your inattention...you get it. Time won't wait for me...damn.