What I SHOULD Be Doing...

...is finishing up those lists. The packing list. The technology list. The book list.

You get the drift.

Instead, I was driving home tonight forming a blog entry in my mind with absolutely no thought of the fact that we are LEAVING FOR IRELAND in roughly 2 days and nothing is packed, organized, or even the slightest bit ready.

Wait. That's a lie. I bought the last bit of necessities at Wal-Mart today. And I "might" have purchased a new navy colored pea coat and awesome green leather purse.

*ahem*

What were we talking about? Ahhhhh, yes...my formation of a blog entry in my brain.

Wait.
Yup, I was afraid of that.
The entire blog entry that I worked on in the car is now gone. It made sense at the time, but now it doesn't even seem to apply. I was going to ramble on and on about my feelings on touchy subjects in life, but it passed.
Just. Like. That.
Gone.

What is REALLY important? Family? Friends? Church? Necessities? Technology?
This is something I ask myself on a daily basis. I don't always have the right answer, and I am fairly certain I never will.

This next week will be spent finding out what really is important to me. I will be alone with my darling other half with no small children around. We will have hours and hours and hours to converse uninterrupted. There will be no television watching or cell phone talking. We will be taking the computer to Skype with the kids and possibly throw some stuff up on Facebook, but that's it. Our time will be spent soaking each other up and enjoying the amazing country around us that we may never see again.

I'm beyond thrilled.

We've needed this.

~Mel