Change is good

I think I’ve mentioned before that I am blessed.  No doubt about it, the girls and I have been blessed in many ways.  One of the many blessings I have is an office space.  It was built with the intention of being a dining room, but there is plenty of room in our kitchen for a table and chairs, so instead of being a dining room, I have an office. 

One of the really great things about my office is its location.  It is between the kitchen and the den.  The den is where the TV and fireplace are as well as where we hang out as a family.  The den is also where Barbara Ann keeps her toys.  The living room is Georgia’s area for all of her special things.  The living room is on the other side of the kitchen from my office.  There are shuttered windows into the den and kitchen, so even in the office I don’t feel isolated away from the girls. 

The office is my little haven, it’s where I go to study, think, read, write, and it’s like my own little home within my home.  I used to love how it was set up, but over the holidays we moved the rodents into my office to make room for the tree and I got claustrophobic.  It wasn’t my comfortable safe place anymore.  So what does a girl do when her personal space starts feeling wrong?  Duh…

First I rearranged my bookshelves.  It had gotten to where I couldn’t find anything.  Now it all makes sense.  With it being so easy to find things, it means it’s also easy to know where to put things away.  The simple project of rearranging the bookshelves didn’t stop there.  It wasn’t over once the rodents were moved either.  I tried to stop a couple of times then realized it wouldn’t work, I had to keep going and now it’s done.

I like it.  My office almost seems like an entirely different room and I didn’t even have to move my desk.  Now I feel just that much more ready to start classes on Wednesday.

Maybe it’s silly to need to completely rearrange a room to feel ready for classes, maybe it’s normal.  No matter where on the spectrum it fits, it was worth it.  The time and effort was well spent since now I can go in there and feel ready to work.

God has blessed us, there is no doubt.  There are so many little things and some big ones.  I truly hope you too feel your many blessings as well.