My week ended with a whirlwind of activity.
From about noon on Wednesday on it became increasingly obvious to me that the best I could hope to accomplish is to hang on until Saturday morning to regroup.
As my my plate filled seemingly by the minute, Saturday morning could not come soon enough.
I knew that with little to nothing scheduled for Saturday morning I could find the quiet time I desired to catch up on everything that was falling through the cracks.
Drop Susan at the shop before 8 and then the rest of the day would be mine.
Well it is now it's almost 10:30 and I am finally at my desk.
This is a full 2 1/2 hours later than I had imagined getting to this point.
Where does the time go?
A stop at the bank.
A trip to the grocery store.
With a funeral on Sunday to attend, the cooking for the Why Weight Holiday party that was planned for Sunday has now been moved to Saturday morning.
Just like that 2 hours disappear.
Today was supposed to have been a visit with a dear friend. 
We've agreed to move that to another date....I just don't know exactly when that date might be yet as I look ahead into 2018. January and week 1 of February are shot already.
I've yet to have breakfast and quite frankly there is very little in the house to rectify that situation.
I also have to bring Susan some lunch (pickings were slim for that as well this morning).
I did not get to meditation Wednesday evening.
  In fact while doing a "good deed" I ended up breaking a tooth.
Similarly, while attending a funeral on Thursday and fulfilling the mitzvah of covering the grave, I fell and my body is feeling the aftermath of that spill.
My Thursday morning meditation, which is taped, has also been put on hold. Hopefully I will get to it later today.
I have the start of a to do list on my desk. 
Presently it has 15 separate items listed on it.
The good news is I have accomplished at least 1 so far and when I hit "send' at the end of this email another agenda item will be off of my list.
We call that progress!
(oops, I just added another item to the list.)
1 step forward 1 step back..it's like marching in place!
The first snow of the season has just started falling.
This feels like a a message to me. 
Slow down.
Settle in.
And take advantage of the quiet that is all around me.
I get it!
Shabbat Shalom!