I’m simply not patient.
In fact, I waited for 23 years and when I got engaged, I was ready to get married and quit waiting — so Mel and I were engaged for 4 months. Ok, there were other factors, but a lot of it came down to not wanting to sit in a state of transition for a year or more.
The thing is, change is healthy. I’ve told people that so many times in my life and I live it. I’m not afraid of change, and in fact embrace it as an expected and welcomed part of life. The past few months have brought much change, but also a long period of transition. (hence the lack of blogging or much else)
In the past few months my laptop has been in the shop 3 times. When you’re trying to get stuff done, this is not fun. My cell phone randomly deletes emails, contacts and even calendar functions… and the battery was lasting only 20 minutes of talk time (until Ray hooked me up)! Put on top of that I’m commuting 80 minutes each way to work while we are packing our house up and moving to a new one. Our buyer set our closing date 6 weeks out – which is a long time of transition. I hate that state of limbo – the part where you’re not fully one place or the other.
Of course we move in a little over 2 weeks and have 2 days to move in before we’re in Barbados on a mission trip. However, after that – hopefully the dust will settle a bit and we’ll be ready to start our new life in Bogart.
Change happens, so prepare for it – but I never get used to the transitions.