Plans

 I always plan.  Then it seems like my plans go awry.  So last year I had planned on retiring and spending half my year at home and half my year in Indiana with the grandkids.  It was a great plan because those grandkids warm my soul.  After almost four weeks there (and if I'm honest within the first week) back in Jan/Feb I knew my plan had gone way awry.  

Once home, and with an awry plan, it was time to make new plans.  I went back to work part time because I was invited to.  I am scheduled two shifts a week.  Naturally so far, I have worked more than that.  But being scheduled two days opens up space for new plans.  I can fly to Indiana to see the grandkids for a few days and then be back in time to work.  That can work out kind of nice.

So, I am free to fill in some more space in my year since I won't be in Indiana for extended visits.  New Orleans has been calling me.  It is another one of those places that I have visited and didn't think I would return.  Maybe I'm still searching for that elusive cast iron cat doorstop that I refused to buy last time I was there.  I want to go back and so it is on my list for a possible fall excursion.  

Then I am still wanting to go to Vancouver, BC.  Amtrak added a route so I could just ride the train.  I don't have a timeframe for this one yet, but it is in the planning stages.

I think I love the planning almost as much as the doing.