Step On The Gas

"You have to keep your foot on the gas and build a little speed in order to keep propelling us forward."

This is what I said to my friend S as she drove us on a highway still heavily laden with snow.  Apparently, the snowplows and salt trucks were so busy clearing up the local roads that they had not yet cleaned up the highways.  We would not be on the road had it not been for the fact that we had to pick up her son, returning from Army training with 140 pounds of luggage, from O'Hare Airport.  S's inclination was to drive 5-7 miles per hour and keep hitting the brakes.

Aaaccckkk....  we are never going to make it!
As we passed people who were stuck in the snow, I envisioned the same thing happening to us.  Throughout the ride, I coached her on maintaining speed otherwise we would not get through the thickness on the ground.

Keep talking her through this, Marj, or we're in deep trouble...

It was a happy ending when we arrived at the airport in one piece and once again when we made it home to my place.

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And now I'm keeping my foot on the gas...

In the "dead of winter," there is nothing dead about my life.  So much is going on, both overwhelming and exhausting.  It makes a girl just want to crawl back under the covers and hide for a while.

But I 'm not going to do that.

Work continues to be crazy.  Although the perfectionist in me does not want to be believe it, the truth is that I cannot get everything done on my To Do List.  I'm trying to get comfortable with that fact, but it isn't easy!

My personal life, while I have vowed to give myself more of one, keeps slipping to the sideline.  I'm almost tempted to get a tattoo that reads "Me First."  Why I don't make myself a priority is beyond me!

 Obviously, I've got some work to do.  Eventually I will get there if I just keep propelling myself forward!