Thinking about my future

At the moment, my future consists of the next two days. The weekend. My days off from my place of employment. But not as disconnected as I would like to be. The phone will be with me at all times. I have an appointment tomorrow at the beauty salon. It is an early appointment, and I am not much of a conversationalist in the morning. Which is too bad, since my stylist would be more than willing to listen to all my whinning, all my gripes. I spare her though. I usually inquire about her life since I last saw her five weeks ago. She has children and there always an amusing story to tell. She likes gardening as I do and we talk about that. Of course, now, we will discuss the pending chores of raking leaves. I don't have much of that to do anymore since the big tulip popular tree was cut down. If I really felt the need to commune with nature, I can visit my parents in Lincoln and help rake their yard. There is plenty of yard and trees where they live. But I always conveniently talk myself out of such work. I rationalize that by saying that as long as they are able to do it at all, some physical activity is good for them. And it is, but still..................I need to offer a helping hand. And it is that future, the one several years hence, I should be more thoughtful of.