Oops.<\/p>\n
Minor slip-up. Minor scheduling delay. Misread the calendar. Or the month. Or the year.<\/p>\n
Could be I stepped into some kind of time warp. Launched me forward into the future. That would explain it. Nothing else will. How it\u2019s suddenly March and the task list from December (which is really from September) is still sitting on my desk. <\/p>\n
Ooops. <\/p>\n
March!?! Wait a minute, say that again. That\u2019s virtually spring. The pollen is already out. And for that matter, it\u2019s practically summer, when the heat kicks in. And if I\u2019m not careful, it\u2019s fall. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s practically fall, people!
\n<\/p>\n
How did this happen? <\/p>\n
The backyard swingset \u2014\u00a0an under-used, rickety contraption \u2014\u00a0came down last summer. It was supposed to be replaced by \u2026 well \u2026 something. Anything! A bricked-in patio. A lovely gurgling fountain. A swinging chair. A beaver den. Anything!<\/p>\n
It has instead been replaced by leaves. Lots and lots of leaves. They\u2019re nice leaves, don\u2019t get me wrong. A nice thatch. They crackle when I walk over them. Only, it\u2019s not what was drawn up in the plans \u2026 which are also sitting on my desk \u2026 under the to-do list. <\/p>\n
Oh, the dang list!<\/p>\n
Pavers for the walkway in front. There\u2019s that. Haven\u2019t done it. Something about detailing the cars. No idea what that means. Other assorted jobs, most of which are outside and involve things that need to be done soon \u2026 so the house won\u2019t fall down. <\/p>\n
The list also explicitly says: \u201cHey Dipsydoodle. Florida gets hot in the summer. Don\u2019t wait too long. YOU WILL DIE!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know where time goes. There seemed to be plenty of it when I made the list. Most of which I thought I could knock out over Christmas break. Remember Christmas? That was like two months ago!<\/p>\n
And where did the time go? I sit and think about it \u2014 ruminate over it. STEW over it! <\/p>\n
Let\u2019s see \u2026 There was the hike at Washington Oaks State Garden with my wife and daughter on Valentine\u2019s Day \u2014\u00a0a Sunday. We had a picnic, and the dog consumed a shovel full of dirt trying to eat three or four microscopic crumbs of bread. <\/p>\n
There were a couple trips we all made to the beach. Some jaunts downtown. A dance-off \u2014 I clearly remember a dance-off \u2014 and a pretty physical game of Monopoly that resembled football. <\/p>\n
Good times, all of them. I remember all of these things. Weekend stuff with the family. Memorable moments. Much more memorable than the feeling you get from crossing an item off a list. <\/p>\n
Eh, who needs to cross off things on a list? <\/p>\n
So the trees will drop another foot of leaves on the backyard where the patio or the fountain or the beaver den is supposed to go. There\u2019s always summer, when the heat tries to peel the skin off of my body. I can do it all then \u2026 unless something more memorable comes up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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