Priorities

Bear with me, this story has a point...

I went to a wedding this weekend at one of my favorite places in the region, Lake Tahoe. The location was beautiful, the drive there was beautiful, and the wedding was a lot of fun. This morning, we had a barbecue on the Truckee river. It was supposed to start at noon, and I got there a half hour early. Supposedly a lot of people were heading over early, but when I arrived, no one was there. I walked around a bit, because it was a beautiful spot, but I found myself getting cranky because I had tons of things that I really needed to get done today, and here I was having to wait for everyone, and what in the world was I supposed to do before all the slackers showed up?

And then, I had a small epiphany. One of the things I always envision myself doing, when I try to imagine how I would like my life to be, is to sit outside in a beautiful spot, preferably in the mountains, and read. And here I was, in a beautiful place, in the mountains, with my book! Obviously, I read for a while until people showed up, but it definitely made me think about priorities, and how I need to try to remember what's really important. Getting home and doing the laundry or mopping he floor really shouldn't always be at the top of my list.