Have You Ever Wonder

I haven't been here lately.  I wished I could say that I've been too busy, but that's not the case either.  It just seems that something goes wrong one thing right after another.  I moved into the place of my dreams.  Granted it was a little more money than I wanted to spend but it's a wonderful place.  I had to downsize a bit, but I survived that too.  Right after my decision to make the move, pay my deposit, etc., with moving (including moving) my boss cut my hours from 40/wk to 25/wk.  Wow!  Does that ever hurt my paycheck.  My plans were to pay off all my credit cards, etc., (whatever was out there waiting to be paid off) when I started collecting my SS.  Well . . . having my hours cut sorta put a stop to that idea.  It was a good idea and would have worked out well except for the hour cut.  My hours were cut, but my duties were not.  In fact I've had some additional duties added to my responsibilities!!!

Spent a long weekend in Des Moines with my family.  My brother & his family (Mark, Sandie, Josh, Keely, Jer & Griff); my sister and her family (Glee, Ron, Mike, Beth, Karsten, Jackson & Tristan) my family (son Jim and wife Mandy and children (Charlotte & Oliver) and my daughter Barbie.  It's always great getting together with everyone.  Josh & family, Jim & family and daughter Barb all live in the Des Moines area.  We spent a lot of time in the pool at the hotel we booked into.  Took a train ride in Boone (that was cool), the majority of the family went to Living History Farm and spent a day at the Blank Park Zoo.  We also took in a ballgame.  It was a beautiful night for a ball game!  I wished I could spend more time with my sister on a one-to-one basis and the same for my brother and his wife.  But that doesn't seem to happen.  I do talk to my sister on the phone often.  Everyone is so busy with their own lives . . . and that's the way it should be.  I dearly love my grandchildren and wished I could spend more time with them too.  Jim is very busy with his job and Mandy certainly keeps busy being a mom to those little ones of their's as well as running her own photography business.  (BTW - She takes great pictures.)    

Have you ever wondered why you continue on?  Or why?  I'm guess I'm to that point in my life right now.  I can't seem to please anyone, including myself.   I seem to be having a wonderful pity party!  But life goes on whether I'm happy with it or not.  No matter what, the sun will rise tomorrow . . . and so will I.  Enough said.