AJ and a LATTE

My new job is fabulous!  I love the people with whom I work and I see much potential to be a vital part of this organization. With that said, summer is SLOW!  Several days have found me in the building basically alone.  What are some lessons I can learn from being alone with my thoughts…

1. I can only tell myself the same stories so many times before I have to tell myself I’ve heard that one before. 
2. Listening to Pandora, I was musically born in the wrong era!  I love the Rat Pack.  Give me Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.  I would probably have been a great mobster’s wife.  I did, however, marry the nicest man in the world, so that would definitely not be the case! 
3. “Quiet” can hold many emotions!!!!  It can be frightening. I have nothing to do but listen to my thoughts and listen to God. What if I don’t want to hear what is being said???  What if I am trying to hide from something buried deep within? What if God is telling me to deal with it? It can be joyful! Nobody is whining about Little Johnnie looking at him or picking his nose!  It gives beautiful moments of reminiscence.  It gives time to plan, plot, and produce ideas for upcoming projects.  I have to monitor where my mind goes.  It can dream fabulous dreams or it can condemn all of the mistakes I have ever made. “Quiet” can be a pal or a foe. I have to choose which way I let my mind wander.
4. Some people are just noisy people; other people are ninjas!!!!  I emit noise just from sitting.  I even THINK loud!!!  There are a couple of people in this place who can appear out of thin air!  To say I have had the bejeezies scared out of me more than once is an understatement!  
5. I better enjoy the time because when school is back in session, the pace will pick up.  
6. I have had time to really process all of the changes in my life over the last year and the next few months to come.  I am blessed.  I made the right decision to retire.  This job is going to be perfect for me. My daddy faced the jaws of death and the Father spared him. I have a loving husband and a son who is loved by the woman of his dreams. I have a lovely home and a family who is supportive. I have friends who are family. It just doesn’t get any better than that!

I am doing things to keep myself busy, but when I finish my to-do list by 9:15 (I come in at 9:00) it leaves a lot of time for introspection.  I am hoping it allows for some time to write, to ponder, to dream and to come up with lots of “thoughts by anna jo”!  

Until next time…