Out of Time

Well, I knew this day would come.  Within two days I will be returning to work and my lazy schedule of walking, reading, modelmaking and writing will come to an end.  I'll miss this time dearly.  For the first time in my life I felt that time was a gift and not a burden, time was mine to control and however limiting, whatever I did was considered extra credit rather than expected.  Truthfully even with my limited ability during this time I got a lot accomplished.

 

I completed most of the model America, now waiting on parts that were either lost or never supplied.

 

With the help of Darryl completed a ton of tasks on the boat bringing her back up to speed after a hard worked summer.

 

Got two new renters on the boat to cover costs.

 

Spent some time sailing, but unable to do any of the actual work, learned important lessons in communication from a leadership role.

 

Just about completed reading 'How to sail around the world' by Hal Roth (Excellent BTW)

 

Seriously considered new career opportunities should my current path come to an end.

 

Managed to engrain a strong walking regime that I hope will continue when back to work.

 

Maintained or even lost some weight through diet control and walking.

 

Even hung (early) my outdoor Halloween decorations today (with help from friends).

 

Learned to BBQ much better, with care and precision.

 

It's been a great time and I loved every minute of it.  I must find a way to take at least one month off a year because this is simply wonderfull.

Time

It's the oddest thing to go from no time to an abundance of time.  I am currently recovering from Gall Bladder surgery and although the Dr. has me off work for three weeks I think the recovery time was more like 4 days.  Now 7 days into it I find that drawing out tasks that previously I'd rush through are becoming more of the constant. 

 

I'm of course limited in what I can do as lifting, pushing or pulling heavy objects are out of the question.  This means I can't go refinish the boat or start to wrench on cars.  Pretty much I'm limited to reading, walking, modelmaking, and watching TV.  The latter a most common temptation.

 

Walking is the one that threw me into this tangent today.  Normally when I go for a walk it's a question of distance over time.  How far can I walk in the least amount of time so I can get on to the other things that need doing.  Now I'm not in a rush, have nothing to do, so I just keep walking.  Gone for hours at a time now when I get home my wife is wondering what the hell I was doing.

 

I can now easily see how retirees can eat up their time.  A time waster becomes a habit that can't be missed and suddenly there's no time, it takes all day to go to the bank or get one's hair done, it's an event that can't be delayed.