Where Does Time Go?

 My Life Lately

Being retired

I would think

there would

be lots of

time.

Lately, there

does not seem

to be enough

time 

to do everything I

want to do.

Multi-tasking

was easy for

me, yet the

older I get the

more difficult

it becomes to

do many things

at the same time.

My list lately

seems to

overwhelm me.

Order prints of

last dinner.

Arrange them

on a display

board.

Type out titles.

Get birthday candy

for  luncheon.

Take photo books

 to be given to those

who ordered them.

Load car.

Bible Study

homework

with lots of

reading awaits me. 

Make a vacation

photo book of

my trip to Cancun.

Grocery shop.

Buy dessert for it's

my turn to take.

Make list of

gamblers and

answer their calls.

E-mail list to casino.

Meet friends for

lunch. Read a book

for my book club.

And so on.

"Better to be busy

than not" I was told.

Maybe true.

Then I remember

I'm preparing a trip

to Chimayo,

must call different

places to get quotes

and advertise trip.

Makes me wonder

if maybe I should

slow down. 

Then

I think, who knows

when my time will

come to an end

and I am thankful

I can still do what I do! 

Thank God I can still

do it and hope

that for a long

time I stay fit

and do everything

on my plate! 

There's laundry

to do and I have

to eat,

then I look

at my house

that needs to

be cleaned,

that needs to

be straightened up

and I do the next

best thing. 

I go to bed, 

for tomorrow

is another day! 

E. Moscoso

October 20, 2015