Captain’s Log – The New Frontier Day 1

A good “to-do” list can be your best friend or your worse enemy. At the risk of sounding pompous, I will say that I am at expert level when it comes to list making. Like so good that I even scare myself. Multicolor, completed tasks that have been painstakingly thought thru and completed adorn the pages of countless spiral notebooks in my office.  The secret is to know your limitations. Understand each task and what it will take to complete it. Then make a plan. It’s ok if you go for the low hanging fruit first. Everyone likes to feel accomplished. The important thing is that you remember…it’s just a list and it will likely never be done. But if it gives you purpose and focus, it’s a healthy tool.

And so here we are. On a blog site. Because creating a blog was on my to-do list. First let me say that the “so easy” promise on the web hosting site was a total fabrication. I actually had to use the online chat assistant. Once I finally got the hosting site to work, I spent WAY TO MUCH time trying to come up with a theme, images and layout. I totally blew that one. Now that I know, I’ll work on making it better as we go along. Just like leftover spaghetti. It gets better and better.

Tomorrow is the first day back to the real world for the captain and the kid. I can already tell that it’s going to be awesome! The kid hasn’t crawled out of bed before noon since Nutcracker season ended and the Captain decided to participate in the “Dry January” movement. The sobering reality that life starts before brunch is about to commence.  The captain will assimilate quickly. She’s tough and driven. But the kid…well…i see slumped shoulders and olympic worthy eye rolls in our near future. Dragging herself along the floor like a sloth and making low, angry groaning sounds. I went back last Thursday. It was quiet, but kinda nice too. I got a good bit done and I hope that tomorrow, I won’t feel so stressed. I’ve already cleaned out my email. My voice mailbox is empty and I have already started next week’s to do list. To be honest, life is pretty good. The Patriots lost, I got the majority of my list for the weekend completed and I  chose NOT to participate in dry January. Cheers!