Quality Time

The text on the cover of my newest Land’s End catalog reads, “Rule #1: unplug. There is no rule #2” and inner messages echo the theme of slowing down in Fall season: “my inbox may be full but my head is clear” and from a mother to a boy on a swing, “one more push, then I’ll get dinner ready. Maybe two more.”Even our marketing agencies are encouraging us to slow down.In contrast, two friends in the past 24 hours have described their lives as “groundhog day” which the urban dictionary defines as “doing the same thing over and over.”For the past 5 months, my world has been anything but routine as I’ve been coordinating repairs on my house from ice storm damage in early 2015. In addition to the storm damage, my 11-year old house was in bad need of some routine maintenance. Except for final clean-up the repairs are complete, but it was disruptive as all house remodeling is, with workers on most Wednesdays and Thursdays coordinating with the weather.I’m looking forwar