There is a phenomena that I have noticed over the course of my life. Something which might drive you crazy at first (like a big pile of dirt in the yard or a cardboard box in the middle of the office, etc.) will eventually become essentially invisible. In other words, we grow accustomed to things, and no longer notice them.
That always seemed particularly true in churches, where "stuff" had a way of accumulating over time. Those accustomed to the piles of stuff no longer saw them. But I knew that new people coming into the church would definitely notice, if I did.
That same phenomena has been at play for me since I returned home from our trip. A lot of things both inside and outside the house that I had simply grown accustomed to, I am suddenly seeing with "new eyes".
That's surely a good thing, but it certainly is generating a lot of work for me, and for us. While before we would have been out enjoying playing tennis, now we have been driven to get the weeds out, or clean the refrigerator, or replace the old toaster. Or at least, I should say, that is what is happening to me. Gerry is certainly helping. Right now, he is in the mindset of edging the gardens and getting some mulch, which we did not do at the beginning of the season because it kills all my tender young plants. Now the plants are old and dead, so I am not objecting to mulch so much at this time. It even seems like a good idea after 40 loads of yard waste has been hauled off to the city dump, having no place in our yard to put it.
So my conclusion is that a result of going away and coming back home is that you look at everything around you as if you are seeing it for the first time.
And it just might need a little work!
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