{"id":1327,"date":"2017-01-06T06:05:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T14:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2017-01-04T19:07:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T03:07:47","slug":"separation-anxiety-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/2017\/01\/06\/separation-anxiety-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Separation Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of last night about eight o\u2019clock, the last of the Christmas decorations were back in containers and on their designated shelving units out in the garage. \u00a0All that packing was a bit too much for Bella because packing makes her anxious. \u00a0I suspect that somewhere in the past and long before we knew her, someone she loved packed up and went away for ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

As far as Bella is concerned, separation anxiety is a very real condition, but the same is true for humans. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re getting ready to launch off on this year\u2019s snowbird adventure. Early next week we\u2019ll be heading for Tucson. \u00a0When we arrive will the Internet be working? Or the well? Or the security shutters? And when we leave this house, what could go wrong here? \u00a0Another fish die off in the pond? \u00a0Another broken pipe resulting in an interior flood? I know for sure the heron is back because I saw him last week. Unfortunately he flew away before I could lay hands on my Nerf gun. When we get to Arizona, there won\u2019t be any herons because there are no fish in our outdoor fountain, but what are the chances that something we need to have in Tucson\u2014like the Garmin, for instance, or paperwork Bill needs to do the taxes\u2014will still be here in Seattle? \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, Bella isn\u2019t the only one dealing with separation anxiety. Bill and I are both lying awake, tossing and turning, and trying to make sure we\u2019ll get all the pieces pulled into some semblance of order in time for our scheduled departure.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the thing about change\u2014even change for the good when you\u2019re going from to cold to the warm. It\u2019s as unsettling as it is inevitable. It\u2019s easy to point that reality out to someone else and tell them they’ll just have to learn to \u201croll with it.\u201d It’s a whole lot harder when the one required to do the rolling your own darned self!<\/span><\/p>\n

I suspect that there are a lot of other people out and about who could use a dose of the serenity prayer along about now, especially the part that says you should change the things you can change and accept the things you can\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, I believe it\u2019s time for me to go walk a few laps. Today’s 10,000 steps may not be a sure cure for my current case of separation anxiety, but I\u2019m pretty sure they won\u2019t hurt, either.<\/span><\/p>\n

See you at the other end of the road.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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