Home again, home again

Jiggety jog. Today I had to go back to my job.

Still enjoying the vacation aura but I am very tired. Even just one hour time shift has made me feel like I'm moving through mud. I wish I had taken another day before going back. Who am I kidding? I wish I didn't have to go back at all.

The trip back was uneventful except for having to ride on a donut down the interstate. The right rear tire had developed a slow leak and we figured it was better to go ahead and change it rather than take a chance of breaking down on the highway. The problem was that the sensor kept coming on reminding us that we only had 3-1/2 tires. My husband kept the speed down but I sweated the entire ride to the airport that we'd break down and miss our plane. I was definitely ready to come home. We made it with plenty of time to spare.

I should live practice the Serenity Prayer and stop wasting energy on the worrying:

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,

not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next.

Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

We, of course, lost the car. I accidently erased our location in long term parking while in Chicago. Fortunately my son remembered where we were. I really worry about my poor husband sometimes. He insisted that we were in remote parking. Turns out that we were in long term 2. Alls well that ends well.

We found the car and made it back in record time. Work wasn't too bad today, but it is year end and I needed to hit the ground running. That didn't happen. I tiptoed into the day, leaving my brain asleep on my pillow. Tomorrow will be better and I'll be back on top of it.