If One Thing In Life Is Guaranteed...

Posted by Nuzzling Muzzles

If one thing in life is guaranteed, it is that on the day I throw on sweats and commit myself to doing nothing but working out, something will come up at the last minute to ruin my plans.  Yes, I will set aside an entire day to focus on my health.  I wear sweats that I would never wear in public, and I skip putting on make-up because I don't want it clogging my pores when I perspire. 

I did this on Monday, but had to pay the bills before I worked out.  I paid them and balanced the checkbook, delivered the payments to the mailbox, and as I was walking back in the door, all amped up for my workout, I heard a man's voice talking.  My real estate agent was leaving a message on my answering machine.  I picked up the receiver to find out that the buyers want to move in two weeks early, which means that they want escrow to close this Friday!

That meant that I had to bring up my computer and email, print out some documents, fill them in, and then drive to the county offices for the Registrar to notarize my signatures.  Then I had to drive to the opposite end of town to ship the papers overnight via UPS.  Of course, first I had to put on presentable clothes and make-up.  Sigh.  By the time I got done with it all, my husband was walking in the door from work.  I only got 10 minutes on the bicycle and 10 minutes on the treadmill before I had to fix dinner and do barn chores.

No problem.  I can always make tomorrow my workout day, right?  Nope.  The farrier called and said he's coming first thing this morning to remove Gabbrielle's shoes and trim everyone's hooves.  Okay, so that should only take 2 hours, but I guarantee that as soon as I wash off my make-up and throw on those sweats, something else will come up.

I have never been so busy as I am now while unemployed.  In addition to taking better care of my health, I'm supposed to be practicing my photography, but somehow day after day I only have time to run out onto my own property to take the same old shots.  I've had plans all year to travel to different destinations and work on my collection of old barn and landscape photographs, but am still waiting to get an entire day without any appointment to make those trips.  It's only a matter of weeks before I run out of dry weather.  Each week I get caught up in a whirlwind of activity and always find myself saying, "Next week I'll do what I planned to do this week..."

Is there anybody who truly has control over her own schedule?