Friday Morning I am...

I am...

• constantly amazed at how the oddest things can evoke memories. Scents. Noises. A texture. Any one of those things can throw me immediately back in time, and it always catches me off guard.
• having trouble regulating body heat this week. Practically, this means that I take my magic bags to work with me, and reheat them through the day, keeping myself warm.
• sipping a cup of passion tea.
• glad I made the drive in without anything on the stereo this morning. Just quiet, and a little bit of me praying out loud.
• looking forward to watching last night's episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice on the internet this weekend.
• wearing a very cute pink with red polka dots thermal top that I bought last weekend. I saw it in the store several months ago, when I bought the same top in black and white, and wanted it, but didn't want to buy two. It was on sale for $7 last weekend when I was back in that shop, and I immediately purchased it.
• generally not a fan of pink, but something about this top called my name. And it is quite cosy, which is great for a week where I can't seem to properly heat my body.
• looking forward to a quiet long weekend. A wedding dress fitting with my roommate on Monday, and a family birthday party Monday night, but generally just me and lots of quiet time to rest and read and write and think.
• re-reading Anne Lamott's "Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith" and remembering all over again why I fell in love with her writing, and feeling grateful that there are other slightly neurotic and willing to admit it lovers of Jesus out there. Especially ones that write with that sort of humor and grace. Even when I don't agree with all of their politics!
• glad that I live someplace where clean water is readily availalble. I love water.
• glad for a heart that is somewhat more at rest right now.
• learning much about joy, and how closely connected joy and sorrow or suffering really are.
• waiting for the right words to flow to describe some of the deep things the Lord has been speaking to my heart about his promise to shield me.
• continually amazed by how much it helps my mood just to be able to wear jeans to work on Friday's.
• going to do some work tasks I actually really enjoy today.
• going to enjoy my usual Friday evening free of roommates in our house tonight - I love the quiet!
• looking forward to lunch with a co-worker today, and loving the fact that she's buying as an apology for a very funny joke she played on me earlier this week.
• looking at a calendar and realizing that it's Friday the Thirteenth, and remembering the hilarious stories my best friend used to tell about working in the hospital as a nurse on a full moon or a Friday the thirteenth.
• missing my best friend when I remember those sorts of stories, and going to send her an "I'm thinking about you" email, since she's on the other side of the planet at the moment.
• off to start the day.