Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 168

Today's Daily 5:

1. A quiet, lazy morning
2. pinterest inspiration
3. A super sunny, warm winter day
4. Sun and more sun
5. A borrowed car that let me accomplish important errands quickly
6. Working quietly
7. pausing to remember a significant anniversary
8. a hot bath
9. some favorite television and watching some of the Jesus Culture conference live online
10. an ice cream cone

Weekend Rest

I'm spending this weekend resting and catching up.  The first month of school has demanded more from me than I expected, or at least demanded something far different from what I was expecting.  Usually, when I get home on Friday nights, I do some homework, to protect the days of the weekend from also being fully over-run by school.  Last night I declared homework off-limits, and spent the evening doing a bit of cleaning, and a whole lot of relaxing and catching up on all my television favorites.

These are some of my goals for the rest of the weekend:

• hunt for my crockpot in the boxes of kitchen stuffs that are still packed away
• begin to study for the midterm that I have at the end of next week
• catch-up on emails that are waiting for replies
• hit the library and grocery store
• Reflect on a series of anniversaries that begin today - ones that have been bittersweet
• Work on blog posts for the coming weeks

Emails are the biggest one.  Emails and the midterm.  And maybe the shopping.  But basically I have a quietish weekend planned, and I'm really thankful for that!

Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 167

Today's Daily 5:

1. Awesome guest lecturers on pharmacology topics
2. studying in a comfy sunny spot with friends
3. working with productive partners
4. cupcakes
5. a sunny day
6. a Vietnamese noodle bowl
7. birds singing as I walked home from the bus
8. jello (love me some red jello)
9. flexible and quiet evening plans
10. a banana with peanut butter
11. freshly painted toenails
12. candlelight
13. turning off my 5:30am alarm for the weekend
14. plowing through a number of little things on my to do list
15. crawling into bed and knowing sleep is close behind

Friday Reflections, February 3, 2012

On Monday, the email below was the daily reflection in the email of the Daily Texts from the Moravian church.  I found it timely as I've been praying this week for several who are ill, and noting a huge prevalence of cancer around me at the present.  And so today, I reflect with the Moravians on a God who heals.


O Lord, restore me to health and make me live. Isaiah 38:16

She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, "If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well." He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well."
Mark 5:27-28,34

God of wellness, we know fear when disease strikes us hard. We seek cures from doctors and pray for healing. Most of all, we lay our lives in your hands. Make us whole in spirit and touch our bodies. Amen.

Daily 5 - Year 3, Day 166

Today's Daily 5:

1. Jenn Johnson's song "Come to Me" which has been playing constantly through my head and heart this week, even sometimes waking me as I sleep
2. Long distance encouragement
3. seeing the sunrise
4. Carving out a circle of quiet on a noisy bus
5. a view of the mountains
6. a day that started a bit late, and ended a bit early
7. a friend who is consistently willing to feed me on Thursday evenings
8. playing with M. - tickling, chasing, laughing, naming and identifying body parts
9. The sound of M's giggle
10. reflecting in new ways on the Last Supper as we studied it together tonight at house church