Day 5 - 244 -- First Day

First day of a new month. First day of  a long weekend. First day of the next phase of my life. I finally slept well for most of the night -- first time in a week mainly due to illness but also due to noisy neighbours. The first of those sleep disruptions is improving a lot, the latter holds little improvement or hope thereof. <grump> I woke today with wonderful positive feelings -- happiness, if you will. Basic weekend chores occupied much of the day. High points brought fantastic fresh blueberries from a friend who farms outside of town. Ten pounds will enter the freezer to brighten up the late fall and winter menus. I had a great chat with a good friend who assured me that getting used to retirement will take time, but that it is worth the wait.

My emotions of the day swung wildly from contentment and happiness to sadness and feeling lost -- all part of the transition. Change is a process not an abrupt moment when everything changes at once. One change leads to another and another, which finally become new habits or surroundings -- things feeling normal. Changes aren't as linear as that sounds. It can often be a jumble of alterations presenting themselves in concert , often not fully in tune with each other, rather than allowing one to be fully adopted before the next arrives. Change is life -- or life is change. Someone once said, 'change is the only constant.'

For now, I've chosen this change and know it will create some challenging periods of adjustment as well as some wonderful freedoms and new opportunities. The lyrics most congruent to my thoughts and feelings today are from a song released earlier this year. The music and lyrics are catchy -- could become an earworm even. <smile>  Enjoy!

Good Morning (the rest of my life gonna start today) -- Max Frost