So much to do, so little time for......work

So, my truly upbeat deal for today is that May 20th was a day of days!!!!!
A great day, a splendid day, a majestic day.

May 20 marks the day my hearing returned, and I have to say I can hear more now than I have since I was a little boy (or so it seems). I am amazed at how noisy the world really is.

Along with the ears clearing, so did my head. I am no longer tired, bored or 'killing time' in a daze. I feel renewed, fresh and I realize that there is so much to do, and so much I really want to do. During this entire period of 'down', I started little personal projects in the hopes of some contstructive therapy, but they didn't get far. Really just built up a huge list of unfinished 'stuff', some of which I can leave but most of which I REALLY do want to do.
And so, I realize that I have very little time for work.

Sure, we need to put in our hours to get our pay. Sure, I have always taken great pride and gone the extra mile (mentally and physically) for my job. But not now.
Now, the extra mile is mine to spend playing games with my kids. It is mine to sing and dance with my wife. It is mine to read, write, think, dream, share, play and do. It is mine.

Selfishly, I leave my office and thoughts of work here in my desk drawer, refusing to burden my backpack with all that baggage.

I am moving on to a new job sometime this Summer, and maybe then I will revert to what is a natural tendency to overdo it. But for now, with the flowers blooming and the sun beating down, the time is my time and I am holding onto it like a gift.

I will share my time, if you need some, but don't ask me about work. Work has had it's allotment for now.

Later-E