Thoughts on a misty day

It's wet and misty with rain today, and was yesterday, too.  That makes it nice and cool, but not much good for getting out and getting some exercise.  I shall have to find a way to move around today in spite of the rain, as it helps with low blood sugar problems.  I've noticed that days when I am out and about doing things, I do better at sticking to my points and not getting overhungry.  Seems backwards in a way, but there you have it!  Exercise and activity also reduces stress, I have found, so that's another good reason to move about!

I had an interesting dream last night, sometime after the thunderstorm that kept me awake for about an hour in the wee hours of the night.  It was a combination of several of my recurring bad dreams -- the one where I am witnessing a tornado form on top of me, the one where I have inadvertently left some of my family behind in a place of danger and I can't get to them, and the one where I can't seem to dial my phone properly to get help (this time it was a cell phone instead of the old dialer phone or a touchtone).  It actually seemed to work out in the end, which was nice, because I was getting pretty frustrated!  At least I didn't dream I was in school and had forgotten to go to class until the last day and because of that I was about to flunk!

I suppose all this is coming because the pressure is on.  Moving is looming, and while we haven't decided whether this is the time to buy or not, we have decided that we are not going to extend our lease to think about it some more.  More room in a house -- whether rented or miraculously bought in a month -- is what we need now, so I need to start packing and finishing up some undone projects.  Of course, as is usual when the pressure is on, I am finding myself in "lots to do, but not doing it" mode.  But I am determined to nip that in the bud and press on.  I don't  need to know all the details of what our plans are to keep plugging away at my List of Doom.

Working towards a goal when you don't quite know where it is going to lead next is unnerving -- like walking over a bridge where the other end is obscured in mist and you don't know what you will find when you get there.  But I've been doing that kind of walking for some years now, and I always find my way through the mist, and while what I find there may be unexpected, it's never been something I couldn't handle -- so I shall not worry too much this time.

My motto for the next month  -- besides Gondor shall see the List done! -- is as follows:

"Resolve to keep happy, and your joy shall form an invincible host against difficulty." (Helen Keller)

That ought to help me make it through the mist in good shape!

May you all have a day today in which you accomplish much, with your joy intact or restored.