Shifting Gears

What are your weekend plans? I would love to know. Mine has a chunk of to-do's including catching up at work and multi-tasking at home and the fantasy of a nap or some wonderful deep sleep somehow.

Yesterday was the service for my husband's sister. The flowers were wonderful and Cheryl's african violets were all around us. I did a reading and my sis-in-law Heather gave the eulogy. She did an amazing job.

It still seems very surreal. Cheryl was only 50 years old. You sort of go on automatic pilot for the days after a death, or so I believe, you have to get yourselves organized and do the visitations and reminisce as well as share your grief and be open to consoling as well as recieving consolation. After the reception, we took the floral arrangements out to my father-in-law's grave.

Then, last night... my mind began to race. I kept trying to remember that in A New Earth, that is referred to as maya or dukkha.

Today felt very foggy. My husband was still off today, so he took our littlest to daycare as our eldest headed back to school. I got a couple pieces of paperwork done, a book order, a reference letter for a previous colleague and reviewed some other items to tackle. My brain kept feeling a disconnect.

I was really looking forward to doing a couple errands with my husband this afternoon. Just having some time alone even though we would be tackling some tasks.

So now it is evening, and while I feel a sense of accomplishment for what we achieved I just feel so scattered. I have to get my head back on straight.

We are doing professional development at work tomorrow and that always excites me and rejuvenates me. I hope this to be the case tomorrow as well.

I watched Oprah's launch of the Big Give today and I must say I am excited about it. Although they recommend you watch it with your children. The time it is on does not lend itself to that very well. I guess that is what the dvr is for. The promise was made that it will inspire so I cannot wait to experience that. I will have tissues at the ready.

Ellen had Dr. Wayne Dyer on today. She has had him on a couple of times in the past. He is pretty cool. I find listening to him really links what I am reading in A New Earth. I wonder if he and Eckhart Tolle have chatted? and I wonder if Ellen who enjoys him so much chats with Oprah who likes Eckhart so much have gotten together and dialogued about it all. LOL.... obviously more maya and dukkha on my part. Ellen mentioned listening to him all the time and so I have hunted up cds of his talks on his website. I must check Chapters for these. It really seems like a great fit with my other readings right now.

So my current reading list consists of: Bob Greene, Dr. Oz, Jillian Michaels, Eckhart Tolle. LOL... most is a pretty big link to Oprah recommendations eh? and now throwing in an Ellen one too by adding Wayne Dyer.

Lord love of God... I should throw in a Harlequin Presents or two in there to lighten the load eh? LOL