Short term plans
I am not a very patient person. I hate having to wait for things and people. So I am pretty impatient about moving. I wish it could happen tomorrow. Nay, today. To make time run faster, I started to think on a list of short term plans, doable things that I can fulfill from today to July. Of course, some of these may end up not coming through -- the unpredictable might want to show up and I should allow it in.
1) I want to see my book finally published. It is scheduled for May, 30th. But I know delays are possible
2) I am going to be all teary eyed and emotional on May, 11th. How do I know this? It is Luiz, my eldest son's birthday. He is going to be 15. Enough said.
3) I want to do a special package for Joana, with little gifts and letters from the kids.
4) I am starting the moving operation. I can't wait to see the decorator's project becoming real. There is something really fun to do: I am going to pack all my ex stuff remaining here and send it to his mom's home without further warning.
5) Balanced as a Chinese monk, I shall not lose my temper with the eikel of my ex-husband. Not even allow my neck to get stiff again with tension, should I have another nice little conversation with him.
6) I have to finish writing my first Graduate school assignment and start finishing my book shopping list for June.
7) I am going to try to improve my relations with the ones I love. I will do my best, but I am promising myself not to get sad if it is out of my control to do so. I am not allowing myself to be bossed around by anyone, be it children, ex-husband, family, or even moody friends.
8) I am going to have a wonderful, relaxing trip in June, to my favorite place on earth. I want to laugh a lot, go to the swimming pool, try something that I never did and eat African food at my favorite restaurant.
9) I have to solve my visa situation regarding my right to re-enter the US and the December cruise stops. My American visa expires in August. I still can't believe that I will need visas for Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Haiti too. A seven-day cruise with three different visas? It must be some kind of world record.
10) I will be extremely good and disciplined. I will not let the cool weather here prevent me from jogging. I will go to the gym religiously and continue to eat smartly. By the end of the year (knock on wood), hopefully, I will be doing justice to a Brazilian bikini.;-)
1 Comments:
Livia, I love your list. I'm not a patient person either. I want things to happen and I want/need them to happen now. I don't dare make such a list at this point. I see great clouds of disappointment looming in the distance. I don't think I can bear to be heartbroken so many times. Time will tell.
Good luck with your list. I hope you accomplish what you set out to do!
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