I'm so glad I risked rain and biked to work today. The ride home was gorgeous. I briefly stopped to take off my overshirt and by the time I was done, the clouds had shifted and one orange tree suddenly looked like it blazed into flames. I stayed for a moment and watched before putting myself in motion again.

We're going to Asia in 5 days. One week in Korea, one week in Taiwan where dan has a conference, bringing us up to November by the time we get back. Yikes. My brain being my brain, I am discovering there are a lot of OMG critical things. Some of which are, um, not critical.

I will leave some things un-done as much as I'd like. That's OK. I just have to keep telling myself that.

I will, however, advance vote in our municipal elections, and we will submit a vote in our building's annual election of a board of directors, and I will meet the work committments I promised to various people.

And I will, Monday morning, leave behind things that are less than done. They will wait until November. And that's OK.

I'm also grateful for a few nudges from friends that have made me examine how I deal with things that might cause lots of anxiety. It's a work in progress, but that, too, is OK.