Life — On Hold

I think it’s interesting how we can put things “on hold” for other items deemed to be more important. Some people put their education “on hold” to get married and have a family. Others choose to hold off on marriage until their career is in order. Religion, volunteering, family, friends, vacations, exercising, dreams — these are all things that people may put “on hold” because they are too busy.

In my world, I watch people put their lives “on hold” because of work. It’s a shame. We aren’t guaranteed a future. If we put our lives on hold for too long, we may get to the end and wonder where the time went — like I wonder where the summer and fall went. I am still struggling to come to terms with the fact that it’s actually December. It seems that the latter part of 2008 was just a big blur speckled with a few highs and some low lows.

This week is the same — a big blur with highs and lows. Monday brought a few unwelcome surprises that created a tremendous amount of work for my team. I’ve been working 12 hour days, and my brain is cloudy. It’s the reason why I haven’t posted a blog in a couple of days. The next few weeks will be extremely challenging, but I’m hopeful that I can get the heavy lifting done by Christmas so things can get back to normal and I can get my life back.

Until that time…here’s a long sigh to life “on hold”…again.