Weather-related anxiety

Here it is Sunday morning...a time for peaceful reflection...and I find myself anxious about all sorts of stuff, including the weather. This was our last Sunday to be in our church for about four months, so we wanted to be there, but decided against it as the snow generator to our west cranks up. Why put yourself through all that anxiety?

And it is not just Sunday. Thursday we are targeting to hook up the rig and pull out for warmer climes and wouldn't you know the entire week has snowflakes dripping down from the graphics for each day. Baaah Humbug. The snow is preety, but oh so controlling.

Gary is with us this weekend. He spent a few days in Fremont with family and is trying to see lots of folks locally. He goes back to the sunny Southwest on Wednesday.

Aleene is packing boxes. Many cupboards are bare and the pile of boxes in the spare bedroom has increased dramatically. Piles of stuff sit around waiting to be carted to the motorhome so that we can live some sort of normal life in our nomadic attempt. I have begun taxes and we made arrangements for mail, paper, and bill paying while we are gone.

I had two interesting groups through the Kent County Health Department's Cultural Competency series that I teach through the Woodrick Institute at Aquinas. This is the fourth go at this, so it is like falling off a log as far as information goes, but each group is different.

Tuesday I was at the GR Home for Vets up on Monroe, just south of Comstock Part. It sits high on a hill overlooking Riverside Park on the banks of the Grand, just as the river heads into GR. I was impressed with the Home. They have 700 residents (Veterans) and as one would expect, 90% are male. I guess that as more women made their presence in the military they too need these kinds of end of life services. So the percentage will increase over time, but I didn't think there were that many Waves (Wacs and whatevers) that would be in their seventies and eighties.

The staff seem like nice people so I said I might be back as a resident one day. They seemed pleased to hear that.

Thursday I was at a Project Rehab facility on Leonard...not too far from the Vet's home. It was a beautiful structure and I had 16 women in attendance. One was a Pediatritian and five were from Planned Parenthood. Boy did they have the stories. Reminded me of an evening with Donnalu. Three hours with them was a blast.

This is the last gig I will have with Aquinas...it has been fun and educational.

Friday I had this long-standing date to put on my mediation program in front of a camera at the Center for Dispute Resolution. So I did it. That is tough....teaching to a camera. I had three people in attendance to act as props, so it was not too sterile. Once I got cranked up it went ok. The process took much longer than I imagined. There were some retakes, etc at the beginning until we got going. That is my last gig for CDR, too.

Tuesday I say goodbye to LHRMA at their Christmas reception at the Country Club. This is a new venture for LHRMA...so we will see how that goes. I was never one to be active in professional organizations...for a number of reasons, so three years on the Board as VP, then President and now Past President is a strange way to end one's career, at least for me.

If only this snow would quit so we can get out of town safely and I can begin to think of new things.... but whoa there...I am being way too anxious about this.