Went to bed at my usual time last night - around 8:30PM; I slept all night - and didn't hear nor feel the buzz of my watch alarm this morning. I woke up around 5AM and struggled to get up, wanting to go back to sleep. Did vacation do us in that we want that extra couple hours of sleep now, instead of getting up at 4AM? I've gotten up - mostly awake - at 4AM for several years - why am I struggling so now to get up most days and want to go back to sleep? I thought older people didn't need as much sleep...perhaps that thought is wrong?
Yesterday was busy at work, but other than that, the day wasn't too bad. I did have the conversation with the youngest on the how the day before transpired. Nothing I can do about any of it. I listened, made my comments, and let it go. Work was busy and I left things to do first thing this morning. Went to my daughter's last night for our 'girls night out' and we did our usual... and then I came home. I guess I got to bed around 9PM - not 8:30, for I didn't get home until about 8:40PM. Oh well.
I hear the landscapers out this morning. Ms. Amy's hedge has a tree growing out of it and they have left it - and now it is about six foot high - I've argued with hubby about it (he tried to tell me it was on Ms. Amy's side, therefore her responsibility - until he actually went out and looked at it and had to agree with me. Don't you just 'hate' it when people come back after you have proved them wrong and they say, "I tried to tell you it was growing in the hedge but you kept saying no." Sounds like they are cutting it down now, but I'm not going to get up and look.
Today is one of my boss' birthday - and I forgot until yesterday - so I ordered cookies and chocolate coverd pretzels to be delivered to him this morning. It's harder getting for a man than a woman, but he has young kids so try to get edible things they all can enjoy. My favorite boss' birthday is October 1 and we were going to meet on October 4th for our 'admin meeting', but had to move it yesterday to September 22nd.... which means I only have a few weeks to figure out what to get her for her birthday. And at the moment, I have no idea. I will have to be watching all the sales ads that pop up everywhere to see if there is anything she may like.
Hubby just popped in to tell me the landscaper is here (duh, I hear them) but they told him they were going to be working with the water pressure on the popups outside, so if I hear the knocking in the wall, that is what it is. They think it is just the water pressure backing up in the pipes. My question is why is it over the past two months the water pressure is backing up so bad that it even knocks at all - let alone loud enough to wake me out of a sound sleep. It didn't knock last night. Not sure if I heard it at all yesterday, but the night before it was extremely loud. Will see if I hear it today. I just don't want the water pipe to burst within the wall - and then we'd really have problems!
Hubby usually has an 8:30AM workout session today, but he tells me he doesn't have any more this week and goes back to two a week next week. I may send our trainer a text and confirm - but he may be right. Our training is for 8 sessions a month... two a week is what we are doing. BUT - when there are five weeks - which there was in July - it messes up the regular months. I talked with our trainer a bit about it the other night. He said that in the long months, it may feel like we are not getting all our training, but if we continue to just do twice a week as we have been, it will shorten the end of the training period by about a month or so. I told him I don't care - it gets too confusing for hubby (and sometimes for me) - so let's just keep on the twice a week schedule - and when the time runs out - it runs out. Which should be about next April or May I'm guessing. I'm not worried about it. By then we should know what we are doing - although I do enjoy chatting with our trainer. We are still working on getting my time changed. My next session is tomorrow night at 5PM for an hour - and he has sorta warned me, it's gonna be legs... and it took me three days (no kidding!) to be able to walk last week - he laughed and said he'd help me get to my car afterwards. No kidding; after a leg workout my legs are shaking!
Well, just glanced at the clock and I'm out of time. Got to get myself in the right mindset. Stop so much rambling and share what God is doing in my life and others. Could it be that I am so tired that I just can't think? Perhaps. But I need to get back in sync. We have prayer meeting at church tonight and we've been told there is a meeting after - perhaps I can find out if or what I will be teaching the first of the year - then I need to get busy studyng.
I've gotten so used to my 'schedule' being home that all the extra time I've gained doesn't seem to be around anymore. How in the world did I leave the house at 6AM, get back home at 6PM, teach a class, and still have some resemblance of being completely together? I now work 7-4PM and I am not teaching, and yet, I feel so out of whack with being on schedule. I need to revise and conquer what I've let take over my energy and my time.
If you paused to see where all your time is going - where do you think it is? Is it helpful to you and others? Is it beneficial? Does it bring joy? Evaluate and see where you can make changes. Let's making living count!
Blessings!
