Indolence

November 7, 2013

Wednesday’s High			62
Wednesday’s Low			36
Days in Las Cruces			136
Steps/Miles walked June 2013(in Las Cruces)		73,509	36.8
Steps/Miles walked July 2013		215,276	107.64
Steps/Miles walked August 2013		217,546	108.77
Steps/Miles walked September 2013		251,186	125.6
Steps/Miles walked October 2013		300,043	150.0
Steps/Miles walked Wednesday		8,801	4.4
Total Steps/Miles walked in Las Cruces		1,127,878	563.9

Well, so it would seem that the long hike Tuesday evening took more out of me than I thought!

For one thing, I’ve got a nasty little blister on the first toe of my right foot.

And for another thing, I was beyond wrung out all day Wednesday! This was mostly manifested in my efforts regarding my NaNoWriMo challenge. I sat down to write and nothing. No ideas. And furthermore, no energy to really put toward it. So about 1:30 yesterday I went back to bed. And slept until 3.

I sort of dragged the rest of the day, until finally about 8 pm, I was able to drag myself to the office, set up work, and start writing. I was able to get down about one section of one chapter. By the end of the day, I was able to write nearly 2000 words that I can be relatively happy with!

This morning, we awoke to some really cool weather. It was 31 when Nikki convinced me to crawl out of bed at 5:45 (dagnab her anywho!) That toe is really uncomfortable. We got to the green for their constitutional, but we did NOT do a long walk. Hopefully when it’s a little warmer!

So, here’s how mornings normally work, after we get back from a walk. We come in, and I remove their leashes. Ixchel, the dachshund, goes to her food bowl and eats for a while, then has a nice drink. She comes to my chair, jumps up on it, licks my cheek, and then either curls up or jumps down, runs back to our bedroom, jumps up in bed and goes to sleep.

This morning, I removed the leash, and Ixchel made a beeline for the bedroom and her nice cozy bed! That leaves Nikki and I to commune with each other. She’s asleep right now, next my chair.

Maybe today, I will get anothe 4000 to 6000 words written. I can hope, anyhow!

DAILY GRATITUDE

Years ago, during my process to be accepted to seminary, while living in Albuquerque, I had to have a psychological evaluation (required of all seminarians in this area, and probably all around the country.) I was sent to a place called Jemez Springs… that’s pronounced HAY-mus Springs… where there was an institute run by the Servants of the Paraclete, a Catholic religious order that has a focus on mental health, if I recall correctly. I got a passing grade… apparently I was quite talented at hiding my insanity.

One thing stuck with me from what they said. The psychiatrist that interviewed me wrote that my vivid imagination would stand me in good stead. That when things got tough, I’d be able to keep my sanity by means of that imagination.

I have my suspicions that wasn’t the glowing review I thought it was at the time! But who gives a shit about them, anyhow? I am grateful, today, for my God given imagination. It does stand me in good stead!

PRAYER INTENTIONS

“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.” — Jeremiah 29:11

I’m foregoing the “Prayer Intention tiles” that I have spoken of over the past weeks today.

Instead, I’m focusing my prayer request on God’s guidance. The verse I’ve quoted, Jer. 29:11, has spoken to me for over ten years, actually, since about the same time as I first heard of the Prayer of Jabez. I believe this. I have seen the fruits of this all these years in my life.

I’m hoping that one of two prospects pan out this week. It would entail taking on a management position in a retail setting, in three small stores nearby.