As I am working more and being given more projects and more difficult tasks, I am finding that part of my brain which made me so good at business operations is back with a vengeance. YAY. It is related to autopilot, but is more of a sub routine that runs in the back of my brain while I am using it for other tasks - kind of the way you breathe without really having to be aware of it. Being a clerical temp, I am often given a small piece of the larger puzzle to work on. Then when I finish that, I am given another piece - usually of the same puzzle. So, by the end of the day I have finally figured out what the picture on the puzzle is and what the end result is supposed to be. My brain then takes all the puzzle pieces, sorts them out by order in which they need to be done, looks at the whole thing and says, "What pieces can I get rid of and still get the same end result?" So, the next time I am asked to do the same task, I am better, stronger, faster at it without really having consciously thinking about it. So very glad this is back - it will take me far much as it did the first time around. Probably not as far, but at least forward. Still moving forward it good, even if I don't hit the same line I used to. It's all about the new normal.

Our friend Michael was at Valerie's memorial service. As I was driving him back to his car he asked me to reach into the door and grab a CD. His 2nd CD is finally out and it's called "Unbroken." Wonder where he got that term? He did tell me a while back that he might have to steal it. Could not have been stolen for a better cause - I love his music. We were talking one day about things that make us happy - we had a lot in common. I mentioned that some things make me feel unbroken; not just repaired or healed, but brand new as if I was never damaged in the first place. He has experienced the same thing, but didn't have a word for it, so uses mine now. :) Can't wait to get my copy! HINT! And he used all "green" products to produce it - recycled cardboard covers, etc.. Good boy!