Yes, it has been that long

It is already the middle for the month of February and crazy is understated in its description. I think it has been busy for many, but because my head was down and moving forward I did not look around to see what others were doing.  Life is funny like that...The more busy one becomes the more myopic the view, the more insular the perspective and the more lonely one  feels. Being busy even when not in your control...steals more than it delivers. What fascinates me is when being busy is chosen deliberately...as if being myopic, insular and lonely is the desired result.  Beign busy makes us feel important and necesary and relevant.. even though that is the intention it isn't the reality.
I really hate being busy...I hate not having down time, and lazy afternoons and evening full of meanderings in and out of the living room. Sometimes I can't choose the calendar events due to the requirements of my job but it has taken me a week to sleep well through the night, have my neck un spasm and have my legs not seize up on me while I am sitting down. 
As I wind down, Scotty is winding up. We call it the harvest time refinery style. He will be working 6 nights in a row, 10-12 hour days for about 6-8 weeks. He is also living on his own in a place close to the refinery so that he can sleep, eat and work without the interruptions of living in a family. He is harvesting...it is seasonal. In mid-April we should be back to 'normal'.
Choose well your 'busy' time...make it seasonal and temporary...long term unnecessary busy damages more then you can know. Just an FYI.