Roller Coaster

Lately I've felt like my life and emotions have been on a roller coaster with a lot more lows than highs. It's time for that to change. I know there is still lots of work to do to get through this but I'm convinced that life must go on. I will be happier and more successful than the people that attempted to ruin my life and family. That will be my revenge and it's time to get busy.

I've been trying to get back on track and resume some sense of normalcy. Life doesn't stop when tragic events unfold. I stopped for a while but life didn't. I still had to get the kids off to school in the morning, feed the animals, make dinner, clean house and go to work. While I've been pretty successful maintaining my normal activities and picking up many of the my husband's responsibilities, several things still weren't getting done. I admit that they probably weren't getting done before he left but now it bothers me even more.

The lawn, for one, is/was a huge mess and no easy task to fix. I have a few acres here and it's not flat so it's difficult to take care of it. The gardens were overgrown and the backyard had gone back to nature (not bad in theory, but really bad in reality thanks to blackberry bushes). I'd managed to tackle some of the front yard and keep it up alright, but the weed eating and backyard, I never have been able to find time for. Then I had an epiphany. Why not pay someone (my dad) to do the job. I offered and he accepted. What a relief. I came home today to a wonderfully improved yard minus most of the blackberries. Thanks Dad.

I've realized that the stress of trying to find time to do some tasks isn't worth it. Sometimes it's better to pay someone to handle things to allow you to spend your valuable time on what really matters to you. There are times when the path to simplicity leads us to to ask for help. If there's a task that you repeatedly try to find time to accomplish, but never do. Maybe you should consider asking for help to get the job done. You'll still feel a sense of accomplishment that the task is done but you'll also feel a sense of relief that the problem is handled and you can move on to bigger and better things.