This is my life and oh! How things have changed J

Rough Summary of my Routine:

Wake up around 6:30am, work out at home.  Make lunches if necessary. Get ready for work.

My work day is great, busy but not super slammed, So, I try to find time at lunch / breaks to get a lot of personal errands done. I try to maximize where possible every minute I can.

Anything from shoe repairs, Goodwill runs to post office drop offs etc.

In between working, and errands, I try to read at least one book a day. My specialty is reading Celebrity Biographies and memoirs. I read on my phone, while I am working, or taking a break outside

When I get home, I tidy up a bit and then head to Zumba.

After Zumba, I have dinner with the family, then I do the real clean up. I don’t cook, thankfully. I used to love cooking, but after living alone for a while, I got over it and just started eating out. And now, thankfully, I have someone who loves to cook. Score.

After dinner and putting the kids to bed, I get on line for a little bit to do my online counseling with the Group from 7 Cups of Tea, while I am waiting for people to chat, I study my course and read some more.

After that, I am pretty wiped out. 

I sit outside on the patio with my Boo and a glass of wine, and we catch up about our day, compare the Pokémon we caught and just have a laugh together.

I take about 30 minutes to check work emails before having a shower. Only then do I truly put my feet up and watch whatever show I am interested in at that moment.

10:30pm is about the time I am ready for bed and 11pm fast asleep.

Every day is different though. And now that the weather is cooler I take this guy for a walk every day :) we love our walks.

I try to get in some volunteer work outside of 7 cups of tea “Counseling”. I feel like my calling is to network with key people and make connections that would otherwise be impossible. 

I spend a lot of time finding ways to connect people and help people’s career paths.

First

7 Cups of Tea

Well, a couple who frequently encountered troubled youth started this website. Realizing that there are some young folk out there who will never get to a counselor chair for whatever reason. And have very little respect for Adults anyway.  But, what they will do, is Bitch online to everyone who will lend an ear. So, they decided to be the “ear” and inadvertently help them along the way. So, after you do some training online, you can become one of these people who help. Really. I use the word “Counselor” loosely.  I have come to realize that a lot of these people online are very lonely and grieving in some way or another. Mostly relationship trouble and it is nice to just have someone to talk to and vent to.  I love being able to give them advice without being preachy, and it seems to help. How far reaching it goes, I don’t know. But I figure any positive nugget you can put out in the universe must be worth something. Right?

Connecting

In addition to traditional types of philanthropy and the 7 Cups of Tea thing, I have discovered that I have a knack for connecting people with other people who will be helpful on their career path or just in life in general.

I have always kept every connection alive that I have made with people. This takes a lot of effort.  All the famous people, Government people etc, I have made it my mission to contact them regularly in a non-bothersome way. The result is that I am still great friends with people from all industries.

Through Facebook, I have also kept in touch with all my school, college and old work friends, Thus, my network became like an army of “people I know” across continents, careers and callings.

 And Like a spider spinning a web, I started introductions.  I have always remained the ‘Ghost’ though, in the back ground. I have no desire for fame or to be known. I am very political and diplomatic about how I connect people, so that the Celebs for instance, all trust me and feel confident, I would never betray them, not talk to the media or introduce them to anyone insane!

Just recently. I reconnected with a friend whom I was in College with. He had won the Nelson Mandela Scholarship to go Study at Cambridge University – can you believe that! . .  After graduating, he now runs a small school in Thailand and I connected him with 2 of my Thai friends, who now help him run the school. The two said friends are business owners and they were looking for such a long time to get something like this up and running. And Voila!

I am like the guy on “Better Call Saul” But in a good way!  When people tell me their stories.. my first response is “I know a guy”… ha ha

Another connection was more amazing; I will leave that story for its own blog as it is currently unfolding.

One of my friends have recently likened me to “Donna, from the show “Suits”.  The Assistant who has all the connections and knows all the gossip and drama!

And More

I also help people proof movie scripts, and books.  Like I don’t have my own bad book to write and proof read – I just love it! In between that I try to nurture my relationships by calling friends and my family who do not live close by, meeting with them for coffee or sending voice notes and emails.  I used to help make movies, but these days, time just does not allow me to indulge in that anymore.

I get invited to a lot of get togethers, most of which I decline. We always have so much going on and the juggle gets too much, so the social aspect with friends kinda must take a back seat.  But I do go on the occasional girl’s bender, or just go hiking.

I find time to sit in silence

I try to find time to pray and read my bible. Sometimes I will listen to sermons while I am working on my boss’s schedule. It is like listening to music. I can multitask. I use every minute in my car to either pray, make calls or something. I never just drive. Well, sometimes I use this time for the silence!

I am often writing legal letters for whatever legal war we are in or some family schedule that needs to get done. I am the family organizer and people always lean on me because I can read and write in a jiffy.

The kids have a crazy schedule. They do Fly-ball on Sundays (which I do not attend). They train therapy dogs. They have endless birthday party invites.   Most of the time we drop them off and stay for a quick chat, make sure the parents aren’t batshit crazy.. and then leave to breathe for a while, somewhere.

Then there is homework, assignments and projects. This is daily, weekly and even on the weekends.

Of course carving out time to just laugh together, play games have fun. Teaching kid’s new things is fine and exciting and also exhausting.

I go to movies every other week. It sucks to be involved with movies but not be in the know about wha

t is currently on the circuit and being talked about. I try to keep an ear on the gossip too, just in case it comes up in conversation. I like to be a person who knows a little about a lot of things. Makes for good surprised looks and huge (sometimes heated) conversations.

Part of my personality also NEEDS to constantly try something new and adventurous. I am always online looking for something for me and Robert to do together. Whether it is shooting guns, tearing through the desert or watching a Burlesque show – our dates nights are far from dinner and a movie!

Some Friday nights we go to Drag racing. Indulge the petrol head in me.

The Gemini gypsy in me MUST see and experience EVERYTHING.

So, as you can see the Supercharged life I live doesn’t always afford me the luxury to travel the world as much as before, But, if anyone knows me, they would know that nothing will ever stop me from traveling. So, I have plans in the works for next year.

My mom and brother arrive in about 2 weeks and I can hardly wait to get some South Africa back in me!