Daily 5 - Day 47

Today's Daily 5:

1. Laughing with L. along the course of our 11 hour journey
2. The perfect sunshine, fall sky, and lighting for walking and photo taking
3. That George handled the nearly 500 kilometers we put him through without a hitch
4. moments that confirmed in the funniest ways that only I could know that I was walking where I needed to be today
5. The comfort of my pjs and bed after a VERY long and full day. I'm really excited about being in the pjs and in bed.
   

Early

It's Sunday morning, fairly early, and I'm awake.

Partly because my alarm just went off, reminding me that I need to be out the door in an hour, with a full day ahead.

Partly because I slept minimally all night. Tossing and turning, trying to quiet my brain. And dreaming in the few moments I did sleep.

I thought of two other friends who struggle with sleep as I lay awake at one point, and prayed that I was the only one of the three of us awake. Sort of one of those odd prayers where you tell God that if I have to be awake, can I have their struggles to, so that they can sleep?

I have a very full day ahead. Lots of driving, and some walking and thinking and praying. I'll perhaps talk more about it tonight. A day that feels a bit weighty to me. Like a step backwards towards some things that nearly destroyed me, and yet also a step forwards towards a calling and dream from God.

It's early, and I'm lying here in the dark, putting off my day for just a few more minutes. Catching up on the lives of friends around the blog world. Thinking, praying, waiting.

Time to get up.

Daily 5 - Day 46

Today's Daily 5:

1. Encouraging words from a dear friend, reminding me that I am seen and deeply loved, by others, and by Jesus
2. A reminder from Jesus while I was at church of moments he has been with me, protecting me, even when I didn't know it at the time
3. simple and satisfying meals - raisin toast, turkey sandwiches, nachos...
4. sleeping a bit longer than usual this morning... even with the dreams the extra bit of rest was helpful
5. a quiet afternoon spent thinking, writing, praying, and watching Grey's Anatomy on DVD
   

Saturday Sorts of Thing

I did errands this morning. Groceries, and the vitamin store. A trip to the electronics shop to get a USB hub for my laptop.

At various points in between I've been home. To make breakfast and sort out vitamins. To make lunch. To rest.

I managed to get through a 25 minute yoga dvd, all the while working on not cursing or dropping out of the poses too soon due to pain and trembling muscles. It would seem some of my flexibility has disappeared in the last couple of years.

And, just for those of you who wondered if I was really serious when I said I needed a system to sort my vitamins, I took a picture while they were all spread out across my coffee table, during the weekly process of sorting into the thrice daily containers I pop into my purse each morning. Plus, I think there are a few, that I take only at bedtime, and thus don't have to sort, that are missing!

Good Morning World

I was thinking that I'd be able to take this Saturday morning nice and slow, and spend it in my pjs on the couch.

And then I realized that I have neither food for breakfast, nor some of the vitamins necessary to take with breakfast, and that I'll need to run errands, sooner than later, in order to get the necessities. And they are necessities if you know me well, both the food (who'd have ever thought that I'd consider breakfast a necessity???) and the vitamins. It's also a necessity to take them at certain times of day, which I'm already pushing a bit.

So, I'm up. and I'm off.

I put a "ruby" in my nose today. I just felt like rubies today.

More later.