Happy Hour Chatter

I've been riding this summer, albeit shorter trips...until today.  Today my mood was all about "let's see what I can do!" I started out on even ground with pretty good speed.   Took a few hills. Some left turns, a few right turns...got distracted and made some wrong turns and even a few dead ends. I saw some beautiful sights and some that weren't.  I shifted gears when the road mandated it.  But the straight-a-way was freeing.  No matter what I encounter on my ride..it's Always a great ride! When I think about it...my ride this morning was a pretty good analogy for my life...or anyone's, to be honest.   We start each day with Belief in our hearts each day... "let's see what this day will bring!".   We hope for the straightaway where we can pick up speed and enjoy the view.  But some days we get the left turns, speed bumps, hills and valleys, and maybe a dead end or two.  But no matter what twists and turns each day brings...enj...

Allow me to reintroduce myself...I am Sherry.  I've been silent for far too long, but the voices in my head are full of chatter. My anxiety has been at fever pitch for quite awhile..and today is no exception.  You know the phrase, "there is only one constant in life, and that is life is always changing".   Ohhh so true. I'm a flexible person ..I truly am...but there are so many changes happening in my world that it's kicking my ass.  I'm a classic Virgo...I worry...about everything and everyone.  I worry about things that happened 20 years ago, relive conversations and speculate about "I wonder what they meant", and I worry about things that may not ever happen.  But me, being me, I want to plan the scenarios so that I'm prepared for every possible outcome...you know, so my anxiety is more manageable when "it happens, because I'll be 'prepared'.  What the hell, Sherry!!  Nothing like being a little neurotic! My work world is chan...