My daily routines need to be flexible because my husband’s routine often can’t. He needs his medication on a set schedule and that dictates meals. We work out together 6 days a week with an on-line coach and he needs his time mid-day to rest. There are appointments with his PCP, his Neurologist, his Physical Therapist, and now with a Speech Pathologist. Our days can be quite busy without any extra things I might want, or need, to do.

Case in point, the weather is getting better and the grass is growing; our lawns need to be cut. I missed the opportunity 2 days ago and now have to try to find the time around all of our other PD related stuff to sneak it in. I start to stress about it and then remember that my husband’s well-being is much more important than how tall our grass gets.

I try to be pro-active and create plans in advance but there can always be something that gets in the way of what I want to do. When scheduling conflicts arise, I need to prioritize the tasks ahead to make sure that I am doing what really matters in the grand scheme of things, not what matters in the day. The grass can wait.