This week has not at all been consistent so far, but such is life, ups and downs. And yet it is only Tuesday at 9:00, so there is much more of this week yet to come.
Sunday was totally up, I got to see to spend the morning with one of my very best friends. After climbing a mountain with her the day before, it was the day I had to fly home so we woke up somewhat sore, made a cup of coffee, walked down with her (pseudo) dog down to the beautiful pier, that she is blessed to spend much time at. It was a beautiful start to the early morning. Then we were off to the airport. I have told you before that I do not like to say goodbye to people. This is something that is starting to change in my life. (Saying bye many times as a child meant saying bye for good, but that is not the case lately. I had many friends move away when I was young, that I lost complete contact with.
This was so challenging that for awhile I honestly thought it was easier not to have friends, than make a new friend just to have them move away again. But within the last few years, I have had to say bye to some friends, and I didn’t lose touch with any of them!! I get to talk to them fairly regularly, see them some (some more than others). It is awesome that as an adult you can have friends that live anywhere and everywhere (PA, OH, VA, TN, MD, it doesn’t matter). ) Okay so all that to say that saying bye doesn’t suck anymore, as much, because it is more of a see you later, than a solid bye. We said bye and starting texting again within an hour.
Flew home with some, but minimal stress, mom and ma’maw picked me up. We took her mom, and then stopped to get corn, peaches, and blueberries. We got the peaches for only $3, because they were a little beat up. Perfect! Went home and made a peach cake, and froze most of the rest. (I actually just ate a piece, yum!) After that I went for a run, it wasn’t the fastest or the best but it felt good to move after being in the airport and sitting on the plane. Came home, showered and talked to another long distant friend. Then took a walk with mom, picked black berries and jumped haul bails. This little walked enforced how real God is. All that awesomeness could not have been created without a Creator, everything was beautiful, and blackberries are so amazing, and the grasshoppers. Oh the grasshoppers, there were thousands upon thousands of tiny grasshoppers. They were everywhere, and so happy! I know that sounds crazy, but you just had to see it. I went to bed so happy!
The next morning I woke up not feeling too good, and struggled through the day. I won’t spend a lot of time on that. I was fairly lazy, just making it through the day. But mom and I did take a little walk, picked some more blackberries, got caught in the rain and ran to the end of the driveway, where dad had driven to, to pick us up. I was feeling a little better and made too loaves of banana bread during a rain storm, finished watching a movie and went to bed.
Woke up feeling better this morning, ate my favorite meal of the day, breakfast. I am currently trying to get off of my need for coffee, so far it is going, not well, but going. Yesterday I had only half a cup, and today I had half a cup at home, but then another half of decafe at work. I hate needing anything like it, it is kind of a crutch. All this is to say that some days are great, some days are not but we get through them all. I plan on running 4 miles tonight, a friend is coming up and we are going kayaking tomorrow, party at my friends Friday, and a race Saturday morning with my cousin and her husband. The rest of the week should be pretty good, Lord willing!!
Sprinkles through the Day 