Reality

It's been awhile since I've posted to this blog. My road is paved with good intentions, and you know where that'll get me, right? But the sad truth is that while the rest of the country suffers an economic crisis, I am suffering a crisis of time management (or mismanagement) in the desert.

Since starting The New Job last month, I've been playing catch-up on the homefront. There just aren't enough hours in the day. You do the math: 12 hours devoted to The New Job (that includes the three-hour roundtrip commute), eight hours' sleep (if I'm lucky), one hour to get myself presentable/ready in the morning for The New Job (wouldn't be nice to scare the new coworkers, now would it?), and at least an hour to fix dinner, do dishes, maybe a load of laundry, and straighten the house a bit after I get home. That leaves two hours to do whatever I please ... if this were a perfect life.

Unfortunately, when those two free hours roll around (hmmm ... I don't recall having two free hours lately, but math is an exact science, so there should be two hours out there somewhere that I'm missing most days, right?), it's dark outside. That's a real bummer because my favorite things to do here at Lunaloca are outdoor activities: hiking, exploring, birdwatching, clearing brush, hauling rocks and gravel, raking leaves ("beautifying" the place), play hide-and-seek with the kitties, and photographing. These activities have come to a screeching halt since January 5. Mostly I've become trapped in a never-ending cycle of sleep, go to work, come home, eat and sleep again. I try not to think about this too hard or I'll end up the guest of honor at my own pity party.

Sigh.

And to top it all off, I feel guilty whining about the lack of daylight time at home when there are millions of Americans who have lost their jobs in the past six months, and more losing jobs (and investments) every passing day. And here I am, with a good job, whining.

Sigh.

But, the days are getting longer and the days are getting warmer and that lifts my spirits. In just a couple of months, the sun will be way up in the sky after I get home from work each day. By then (I hope), I will have adjusted to this new routine and carved out some free time to take advantage of the additional daylight time. And there will be photos! And happier kitties!

Until then, please hang tight. I'm working on that, too.