Covid-19 and the Best Made Plans of Mice & Pilgrims

Today is April 5, 202I . I was hoping that I would be writing about my up coming Portuguese Camino trip with my two great-grandsons. However; instead ,once again,  I have to  reschedule our journey because of  … Covid-19 related  delays .!!.Surprise!! not really.

I feel that Corvid – 19 has taken away a year of my life .

(I do feel lucky, I am still alive and so are members of my family, Thanks be to GOD, obeying the rules of quarantine, hand washing, and the dreaded “political statement” THE MASK )

It is what it is, the delays ,the worry about not being able to fly to Portugal to start the the Camino, the rescheduling of the air flights to September 2021.. However upon thinking about this more thoroughly, this is our Camino..

During  my time of waiting I set goals to complete, just to keep me busy and productive.
I tried to learn Spanish early on. I’m still learning and still can’t speak Spanish. But I will keep trying. Another task I had set for myself was to finish a hand embroidered baby blanket. I think the baby will be married by the time I finish it. It’s that complex. But I did start, that has to count for something..

The pathway to hell is setting a pathway of goals.      September will come and go as it does every year… Camino or no Camino.  Maybe I will just stop setting goals and just go with it as it is… (is that setting a goal?)

 

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