- Magic bags - I don't know who invented these, but they're brilliant, especially when you're cold and not feeling well
- starting the day with a fruit smoothie and pumpkin muffin
- the arrival by mail of a book I'd ordered and been expecting
- an emailed photo from a friend that really did make me laugh out loud
- lunch and errands with an old friend
- some potentially good news in a phone call
- lots of time just vegging, working on my laptop and watching television
- tea
- getting a bit of reading done
- a warm, comfy bed, with freshly washed sheets to crawl in to at the end of the night
- the way 10 minutes of yoga actually managed to help shift a panicky mood
- an unexpected phone call with good timing that meant I got to hear a friend's voice
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Daily 5 - Year 2, Day 73
Today's Daily 5:
Indoor Plans for a Grey Day
40 minutes ago I relocated from bed to the armchair in mom and dad's living room.
An hour before that, I said goodbye to mom and dad and settled in to enjoy a week of time alone, and away from Grandma's house.
I'm sitting here, in the recliner, watching an old episode of M*A*S*H* that happened to be on television, while I catch up on some emails and blog reading.
A bit later I need to fill out some forms for my appointment at the American consulate tomorrow morning.
I've got a mug of pomegranate green tea, and just finished eating a pumpkin muffin.
In a couple of hours, a friend is picking me up here, and we're going out for lunch.
It's a grey day again, snow threatening to fall, and some sitting on the ground.
I plan to spend it curled up indoors.
A book I've been expecting arrived, and I'm planning to settle in with it.
I started a novel yesterday.
And I have a chapter of the book my house church is reading together to conquer.
I came down with a sore throat yesterday, and a stuffy head feeling that tells me I'm once again battling a cold.
Curled up with a book or books and tea and blankets seems the best way to conquer this day.
Barring lunch with my friend, of course.
Days like this, where grey can be ignored, or muted with books and tea and long, hot baths are the sort I like. If it's going to be grey, I like it when there are comforting indoor options.
An hour before that, I said goodbye to mom and dad and settled in to enjoy a week of time alone, and away from Grandma's house.
I'm sitting here, in the recliner, watching an old episode of M*A*S*H* that happened to be on television, while I catch up on some emails and blog reading.
A bit later I need to fill out some forms for my appointment at the American consulate tomorrow morning.
I've got a mug of pomegranate green tea, and just finished eating a pumpkin muffin.
In a couple of hours, a friend is picking me up here, and we're going out for lunch.
It's a grey day again, snow threatening to fall, and some sitting on the ground.
I plan to spend it curled up indoors.
A book I've been expecting arrived, and I'm planning to settle in with it.
I started a novel yesterday.
And I have a chapter of the book my house church is reading together to conquer.
I came down with a sore throat yesterday, and a stuffy head feeling that tells me I'm once again battling a cold.
Curled up with a book or books and tea and blankets seems the best way to conquer this day.
Barring lunch with my friend, of course.
Days like this, where grey can be ignored, or muted with books and tea and long, hot baths are the sort I like. If it's going to be grey, I like it when there are comforting indoor options.
Scandal Proof Your Church
Jonathan Acuff from Stuff Christians Like wrote this article on scandal proofing a church for the CNN belief blog. Definitely worth reading. And I'm not just saying that because he talks about pastor's kids and I am one!
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