Whirling Dervish

…and Martin Luther King Jr Day has come again. And we failed to finalize the putting away of Christmas. But alas, many things got in the way. There was, after all, coffee to be drunk, there were instruments to be played, which would be a "task" on a school night, but oddly enough, on a day without structure, were what they should be; things to be played and enjoyed. Laundry was done and groceries were bought, but at the same time magazines were read, and series TV was watched.

In a frantic "what have we REALLY done today, we have a bit of a time table here if we are ever going to eat dinner" frenzy, all four of us just spent the last 30 minutes out in our rather tiny kitchen. In a whirling dervish of sorts, chicken was defrosted, and a squash was cut. Accompanying said culinary pursuits was a Science Olympiad project, mid project, in the middle of the island. Cake was made on the side counter, and a martini on the other side counter. Laundry was switched and changed. And now, after the 30 minute flurry, it is back to fun and leisure.

Somehow it seems, what needs to be done does get done. And on a day off, I am always impressed by what can be accomplished in a flurry of activity, over a short period of time. When leisure and fun are the true objective, work falls to the back burner.

And all that I intend to do in a full day, sometimes in a VERY short period of time, happens.
And that is probably something we should remember everyday.