Parts of the Body

I LOVED this cartoon at Naked Pastor this morning.  Yep, sometimes harder to love some parts than others.

Morning

As I sat down at my desk in my office this morning, I smiled at the half moon hanging in the western sky, stubbornly holding on as the first colors of sunrise began to light the eastern sky.

I'm feeling oddly reflective again this morning.  Not so unusual for me, I suppose, though it hasn't been the case in a few weeks.  At least not like this.  Slightly melancholy, and like I'm being pulled deep within myself, a shift in focus and attention perhaps.

So I'm quietly listening and waiting.  Thinking, pondering and praying.

New seasons indeed.

Daily 5 - Day 147

Today's Daily 5:

1. Skype with A.  So good to catch up on life again.
2. Cooked the first new recipe for my goal of cooking at least two new recipes a month for 2010.  Tonight I made steak with spinach couscous.  I think we'll definitely make it again, though I'll make a few alterations.  It was tasty.  I took pictures.  Pictures to follow at some later date!
3. Driving to and from work - was nice to be back in my car, and to work on my Philippians memorization as I drove.
4. A lovely quiet evening - after skyping, more time simply reading a magazine, and clipping bits and pieces for various projects or interests.
5. Another good day at work - kind of odd to have so many good ones in a week, but I'm enjoying the balance of tasks this week.
   

Starbucks - Dubai Style

Have you seen this photo that's making the rounds on the web?  Someone sent it to me under the the title "The Best Reason Yet to Visit Dubai".  Now that's a Starbucks!

Achy

I am not a good sick person.  I have a tendency to whine.  Especially if I hurt.  And today, after yesterday's fall, and the subsequent tightening of muscles, I'm in a decent amount of pain.

But, life goes on.

I'm going to remind myself that I'm still very thankful the fall wasn't worse.

And I'm going to pray for the lady I met on the train the day before I fell - the one with the spinal injury.

I'm going to be thankful for some prayers that were answered, and some other things that could have been serious, but weren't.

I'm going to sip tea, do my job, prop my magic bags in alternating moments on the sorest parts of me.

And then I'm going to go home tonight and take a hot shower and return to my propped against many, many pillows position, and sip tea and move as little as possible.