So, I was kind of dreading today. Not that I had anything particularly hard or disagreeable to do, but I knew it was just going to be looooong. And full of people time. And I was already feeling tired and a little peopled out from the rest of the week.
I worked on reading for my Prophets on-line class most of the morning, except when the kitty was simply too cute to ignore. That was my only time to get classwork done, because I had a meeting scheduled at 12 noon, then one at 4, then a ladies' event at 6.
I still feel a bit overwhelmed by the workload for this class, in addition to various other projects I have going, and with the many meetings today, my stress level was threatening to rise. I worked hard to think about peace, and stay calm. Then, just before my first meeting, the girl I was to meet at 4 texted to say she wasn't feeling well, and needed to cancel.
Don't get me wrong; I'm not glad she was sick. But I think that God was honoring my desire to calm the anxiety in my heart, by cutting me a little slack in my schedule. Nice.
And in the end, I did truly enjoy all the time I spent with people today. Even though they were all WOMEN. The evening function was a bowling get-together. You know I don't believe I've bowled for almost 15 years. My first round was lousy, 85 or so. But the second round I got 146. I think that's good, even for when I was doing it regularly in my 20's.
It is easy to assume that there is nothing to do here. In the past it truly was a backward, undeveloped place. But things are changing all the time. I had a good time bowling and would love to do it again. Don't get me wrong; this is the only bowling alley in the country, that I know of, and it was a little rough around the edges. But really, it was not bad at all.
So, back home I worked for two hours to post more to my class forum, and now I'm blogging. In a way, I feel all "written" out. I've been composing for about 3 hours now.
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