Dear Friends,I am taking a scheduling hiatus. Please forgive me, but I can't seem to keep any of my social plans these days. It's horrible.
The problem started in the early Summertime. And this was obviously because I spent the whole Summer beginning a new project: the research that precedes home ownership.
And now that I have been in this house for 2 months, I feel like the social-scheduling problem continues. There just doesn't seem to be enough time in a week to manage 55 hours of school work with all the unpacking, lawn mowing, house cleaning, paperwork, and other chores that come with the deal.
They say when a couple gets married, you shouldn't disturb them for a year. Social obligations should dissolve as the couple gets acquainted with each other and the new responsibilities they face.
I love my little house so much that I might as well be married to it, and so, may I ask for pardon from social obligations for at least the next 8 months while I finish out my Marian promise in quiet preparation?
I still optimistically and naively over-plan every week, mistakenly thinking that I can handle a social event every single day of the week with all the other things I have to do.
But I am wrong all the time, and exhaustion makes me cancel about 50% of the plans I agree to. I'm tired of being so flaky.
I feel horrible for constantly canceling plans on my dear friends, and thus I feel like I might as well not schedule anything at all.
Please be patient with me, dear friends, as I slowly prepare my spirit and my home.
But get ready for June 22, 2010. A new, incredible era of my life is soon to begin!
