To hell with the “should’ves”

Tonight:

I should have exercised after work.

I should have worked on sewing the drapes for our bedroom.

I should have worked on creating products for my shop that I plan to launch in the Fall.

I should have worked on a communications & marketing consulting project I’m doing for a furniture designer.

I should have written a blog entry.

I should have done some laundry.

I should have . . . done a lot of things.

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Instead,  I planted some flowers out front and did some weeding before the storms came. I smoked a steak on the grill.  I pet the dogs and cats.  I enjoyed dinner with Ryan, and then we took a long, leisurely walk in the rain to get ice cream.  We stopped along the way to watch a small-town baseball game. It was pleasant and relaxing – from the clinks of bats hitting baseballs, to the cheers from the handful of onlookers, to the warm raindrops falling on us as we walked.   Oh, and the ice cream.  That was more than pleasant – it was just sinful!

And now just look at the time.  Tomorrow night I’ll get to the “should’ves.”   Right now, aside from my day job, I’ve got a lot of projects going on – some paid, some unpaid, but all driving towards career goals.   I’m finding that it’s easy to work all night and all weekend on these things, because I’ve got deadlines I’d like to meet, but once in a while it’s nice to just spend time with Ryan, my biggest cheerleader.

And when I found myself feeling just slightly guilty for not having a blog post prepared, I thought “why not just write  exactly what I was thinking as I walked along the darkened trail with Ryan tonight?”