Just doing the dishes

I'll be leaving for Daegu in 7 days.
An odd thing has happened. As my departure time inches closer, I find myself appreciating silly little things that used to seem mundane or even annoying. The other day my mum and I talked about how we tend to take for granted simple daily chores, until one day it dawns on us that we actually kind of enjoy them.

Although I'm excited about going to Korea, I have felt a lot of anxiety with respect to leaving my home and leaving Chris. This sense of wanting to slow time down has actually forced me to slow down and enjoy the present more.
I find myself paying attention to things, to how an evening at home floats by, for example.
I have always been somewhat of a Rusher, hurrying to finish this or tidy up that so that I can get down to the business of real livin'. While mindlessly doing the laundry one day, I asked myself what I was hurrying for...what was I going to do that was so much better than the laundry? Albeit laundry is not the most stimulating activity, but it's part of life, and you know it's really not that bad.

I have a feeling it's those ordinary things like doing the dishes (while Marvin scratches in his litter box and Chris makes coffee and tinkers nearby) that I will miss the most while I'm away.