Re-Calculating

Most days I start out with a to-do list. Sometimes it’s only a mental list, but I have plenty to do and goals that I need to accomplish. My children, though, are usually not aware or appreciative of my “important things to do.” Well-intentioned, I begin my day like a trip, hoping to arrive at certain destinations along the way. I need to get everybody settled into their daily routines- first stop. Next, I’ve got to walk on the treadmill for thirty minutes- second stop. I need to make three phone calls by ten in the morning- third stop. I’m just going through my day, guided by my inner GPS, hoping to get things done. Today, as I encountered one interruption after another, the phrase, “re-calculating…” kept running through my mind. I wanted to leave the house at ten to get some things done, but I had an opportunity to have a long conversation with one of my kids. Re-calculating. I mentally re-arranged the things that could wait and decided to leave at eleven. But my two home schooled kids needed help with their math and that had to take priority. Re-calculating. As the day went along, and the interruptions piled up, the to-do list didn’t seem to be shrinking. I made a lot of u-turns and changed my direction and took detours and found another route. Now that it’s evening and I have time to reflect on the day, I realize that the kid-directed detours that I took from my carefully planned schedule were the sweet parts of the day- the important parts. We may have had macaroni and cheese out of a box for supper, but the important things on my list were taken care of- the people that I care about- and the other things will just have to wait until tomorrow.

First Training Opportunity in 2012 in Gallup

Helping Students with Issues of Trauma and Attachment
by Traci Tippett, LISW

Friday, January 6, 2012

Please pick one of the sessions below:

1-4 p.m. in the GMCS Central Office Board Room
(no child care available for this session)

OR

5-8 p.m. at Indian Hills Elementary
Supper provided at 5 p.m.
Free Child Care for Adoptive & PreAdoptive Families

Professional CEU's available and/or CYFD credit hours

Please RSVP to Brian or Sheila @ 505-863-2645
by Wed. Jan. 4th at noon