Banco Central
Am I supposed to be more relaxed about time too? I worry that if I become more like the locals, it will be impossible to return to my former life, where patients arrive at my office at the hour or the half hour and I am expected to be on time and prepared for each one. And I still feel guilty if I show up late to an appointment. Usually that still makes me early, but today I arrived at my house 5 minutes late for a lesson with Amparo. She is usually 10 to 15 minutes late, so I was a little bit relaxed coming home, but she came early today and surprised me.Iglesia de La Merced
I have not yet adjusted to the time challenges. However, feeling comfortable about being in the moment without thought to achieving or overcoming or accomplishing is my greater task. I am programmed to do do do. Today in fact was a 'do nothing' day, but I got up at 6 and made breakfast and snack for Maya, helped her get ready for school and escorted her to her bus, answered emails, went for coffee with Eric to review our schedules for the month and read 'El Comercio', went to the gym and rode the bike for an hour and discussed getting myself prepared for climbing Cotopaxi in the spring, took the Ecovia to the Centro Historico for a walk, had a two hour lesson with Amparo on medical Spanish, picked up Maya and brought her to orchestra, walked home across Parque Carolina to prepare dinner, walked back across the park to pick Maya up and walk her home, ate dinner with the family, helped with homework, took a pilates class, and got Maya ready for bed, and then started writing.I am trying to be. I simply took a walk today and looked at the buildings and enjoyed the sunshine. Plus everything else.
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