Still waiting...

...to get the car sold. Not one call from the newspaper ad. The asking price is Blue Book, so I am not asking too much. Need to get some pictures and post it on Cars.com...
A little mental fog today- I worked my regular 8-5 yesterday, then came back at 8:30 and closed the Library at 12. A long day. A lot harder to do at 48 than at 28. But it will be cool to take off at 1pm on Friday and get some stuff done. I really need to get out for a hike or something. I am hoping that my hiking pals and I get it together to do the Navajo Mountain/Rainbow Bridge backpack trip in March, so I need to be in some sort of shape! And I have GOT to unearth my treadmill and start using it, now that I have another bedroom!
I was looking forward to our church meeting with the Bishop and discussing the future, but Bishop Talmadges' wife, Barb, is going in for surgery (diverticulitis) so the meeting was cancelled. It feels like so many things are on hold right now...
Working on getting local organization reps to come to my workshop on Community Volunteerism on Feb 6- it is interesting that several people have contacted me wanting to be part of the workshop- some cool groups and others that I haven't ever heard of. Interesting what people think is a worthwhile use of their time and talent. While I enjoy the Celtic Festival, I don't really see them as a likely group for my workshop. Just having a 501(c)3 tax designation doesn't really mean that they are a community group, and raising money for scholarships that "promotes the knowledge of Celtic heritage and history" doesn't really benefit the community, as far as I can see. Anyway, MY workshop, so I get to pick!
Super cold and its' supposed to snow tomorrow- haven't had a flake in a couple of weeks, but there is still snow piled up on the sidewalks and roadside. It is very interesting trying to pick up dog poop when it is frozen to a snow bank! Poor Bubba needs some exercise in the worst way, but it is too cold for me right now. I suck.
Everything is back to normal with my folks, it seems. They are eager to completely ignore the crisis of the past month and go on as before. Unbelievable. They really live in their own little world- no wonder I am so screwed up.
I have been reading a bit about the Simplicity movement- no, not going off the grid, but slowing down and shifting my attention from things to relationships. I know that I am sick to death with filling my time and my soul with things that must be purchased, paid for and maintained. I know when I was a teenager, I saw how my family was enslaved to our "stuff" and I never aspired to that level of ..."stuff ownership"? Like the huge house, many cars, horses, etc. (OK, I have too many bicycles- I will get rid of at least 1 this year!). It is interesting to see that even with a much smaller scale life, I still have plenty of stuff that owns me.
So I am going to try to simplify and live life on a smaller scale- more entertaining at home, backpacking or hiking with friends, spending time on causes I support and doing other things that matter to me: praying, reading, thinking and trying to figure out what the rest of my life needs to be about. When I figure that out, I will post it here...