My Journey With Health And Fitness – Where Is The Time Going?

I got back on Sunday after several days in Victoria, BC with my sister. We were going over for a convention but decided to go a few days early to do some sightseeing. We went to Chinatown for an awesome Dim Sum lunch, visited the Royal BC Museum and went to Craigdarroch Castle. It is always great to be a tourist in your own backyard. We then spent 2 1/2 days at the convention and it was well worth attending.

I have suddenly realized we are already 1/2 way through November. How the hell did that happen? We are already only a little over a month and it will be Christmas. Moreover, our next trip to the condo is only 40 days away. Wow, I have so much to get done it the next little while it is daunting.

And so I am doing what I always do when time seems to be slipping away, I start making a list and prioritizing what I need to get done. I always do a deep clean of the house before the holiday season starts so am going to begin working on that tomorrow. I don’t do it all in a day or two, instead I pick rooms and areas to work on a few days a week. I do everything from cleaning the baseboards to taking a scrub brush to the tiled floors. Yes, it will ultimately take a few weeks (the goal is doing it 3 days a week to allow me to get my paid work and volunteer work done) but I always feel better when it is done.

Other things high on the list include getting the Christmas Letter written and sent out. This year will be easier than last year and there are a lot of positive things we can talk about including our trips to Mexico and the cruise with my sister (ok, her breaking her kneecap in multiple places may not be a positive thing). The goal for this one will be getting it out no later than December 5th.

As well as the usual Christmas shopping and wrapping this tends to be the start of my busy ‘work’ time. Before Mexico I need to have all of my clients’ books done up to the end of November so that I can start working on their year end adjustments. On top of that is prepping the reports, etc, that I will be doing for their year end. I get it all prepared before I go to Mexico the end of December so that I don’t have to spend too much time in January getting year ends completed.

Finally is the decorating of the house. I used to have a hard and fast rule that no decorations would go up before December 1st. I threw that rule out last year when, since it would be our first Christmas without our little brother, my sister and I decided to decorate right after November 11th to make our house feel a bit happier. It kind of worked but of course we stilled missed him. I’ve decided that this year we will again decorate early so we are starting that process this weekend (my husband actually put up our trees while we were away, we just have to add the decorations and make the house look like Christmas).

As I type this I think ok, time to kick into the work level that I did before I retired. Everything needs to be done by December 11th. Why? Because that gives me 2 full weeks to enjoy the season. I truly enjoy Christmas and want to make sure I have time to sit back and remember how much joy it can be spending time with friends and family.