Lifestyle: It's All Fun and Games Until. . .

Weight gain is inevitable because you can eat between seeing clients, zoom calls, and documentation. I’ve made homemade pizzas, flavored popcorn, extra cheese, grilled cheese, ate Sunday’s leftovers, Monday’s leftovers, and pissed off one of my sisters to the point that at our annual Christmas Eve dinner, she chose violence, telling all of my family members that I was suddenly gluttonous and greedy.

A sudden creative surge will take you over. I’ve created a backyard landscape, and a garden of cantaloupe, watermelon, lemons, oranges, and pomegranates, and by the time this issue releases, I will have planted four almond trees. A week or so after that, six crepe myrtles. On days that I have long breaks, I throw on my tennis shoes, change out of my blouse or scrubs top, and head out to the backyard. Planting 1-2 trees or bulbs, adding mulch, or watering in the midday sun is relaxing and takes my mind off the previous session or sometimes, I use this time to process further and hypothesize.

You might save on gas but will spend that money on all your projects.  Don’t get me wrong, I am loving my life and working from home. It’s a privilege. The money isn’t great, and I spend every cent of it. Fun times.

Happy Hour will never be the same again. If your day ends at 1 PM you can have a drink at 1:01 PM. You do not have to drive anywhere or get anyone to join you. The downside is you risk drinking more.  I made sure that I did dry January. I don’t drink every day. I don’t drink if I have a bad day. I drink when I feel good. The drink is my exclamation mark. Life is good.

All the chores are yours. My sisters anticipate I will have a hot meal ready, and dishes washed and put away. It’s funny. After I fix a dazzling lunch, I have no interest in cooking dinner. I make sure that dishes are put up the fridge is cleared out and cleaned, and the laundry is put away.

Existentialism. Spending so much time at home, managing my time, and doing things at my discretion and on my timeline, I’ve had plenty of time to think and to be reminded of my purpose. My power. My heritage. The privileges that I have. My responsibility to humanity. And I was musing about the things to come. I created a vision board while listening to Calling in The One. And I’ll admit, I’ve been stuck on chapter 12—please be patient.

Working from home didn’t start so smoothly. I was resistant at first. I’ve worked with others for as long as I have been employed. I’ve been a team lead for a lot of that time. For four years I worked at high-paced hospitals with high acuity patients. From the moment I clocked in until the time I left, it was 10’s. I realize that I was on 10 too! Now, working from home, I’m bored. I miss the healthy interactions and energy, but this restoration time is an open blessing. I am grateful.