Daily 5 - Day 52

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Today's daily 5 (and this lovely autumn photo I came across, just because it was lovely and reflective and felt "right" for today's list):

1. Sitting curled up in bed for much of the evening, with candles lit around my bedroom, thinking and resting, writing and praying
2. The first "decadent self-care" night in a long while - watching "America's Next Top Model" on the internet while laying in a hot bath with a clay mask on my face. I haven't had a decadent self-care Friday night since probably May.
3. A coworker today who took time to really listen, and then stopped, when I mentioned that I was questioning myself, my right to feel strongly about this, looked at me and used my name (always arresting somehow) and told me very firmly that if I felt passionately about the issue it was okay. It was okay to have an opinion, even if no one agreed, because it was my opinion. It was oddly empowering to have someone say out loud the things I was mentally telling myself.
4. Lunch out with another coworker - where we didn't talk about the tensions of the office, or all the glaring inconsistencies that have become clear again this week. We talked about life and cooking and family and vacations. (And I had enough left-overs to cover supper as well!)
5. Realizing that there are still things (however confusing) that raise incredibly passionate responses within my spirit. There have been moments when I wasn't sure that that would ever happen again, after feeling dead for so much of the last couple years. As confusing as this day was, and continues to be, I'm grateful for passion stirring within me.
   

Thankful it's Friday

Can you excuse me while I whine for just a second?
I'm cold, and I haven't slept in a week, and I still feel sick. I was wide awake for most of the night, seeing and hearing. And when I wasn't wide awake, I was having oddly themed, restless dreams. And I'm at work, which has been SO much fun this week.

Okay. I'm done. For the moment anyway.

I'm incredibly thankful it's Friday. I'm wearing jeans at the office. I'm going out for lunch with a coworker, where we'll likely NOT discuss work too much. And then I have the entire weekend to vegetate.

It's supposed to be a high of 4 C tomorrow anyway, with the likelihood of snow. (It is a bit early for snow... but whatever). So, it's a good weekend for staying in bed :). And, this weekend I'm all stocked up on vitamins, and I have breakfast food purchased in advance. So there will be none of the sudden realization that I have to leave the warm cocoon of bed on Saturday morning that happened last week.

I told someone today that I plan to spend most of the weekend in bed. I'm going to go home tonight, put on my pj's, eat dinner in bed, do emails in bed, read in bed, watch last night's episode of Grey's Anatomy on the internet in bed, paint my finger and toenails in bed, and then, if I'm really fortunate, I'll sleep in that same bed!

In any case, I really can't express just how thankful I am that it's Friday and only about 7 hours (and 1 of those is my lunch break!) stand between me and a weekend curled up at home.

Who knows, I may actually go to the zoo, or Heritage Park for a bit, but if it's cold, I'll probably just curl up with a movie or a book, or some combination thereof and catch up on rest and processing of the crazy week I've had.