bed

Well, I didn't post last night, because when I got home all I wanted to do was go to bed. And so I did.

I completely blew off all the things I should have done. I didn't play with the kitty, poor thing. (She made up for it by getting me up at 6 this morning.) I didn't do my exercises, which I skipped in the morning, promising myself I'd do them later. (Five days out of six is not that bad…) I didn't post my blog. Sorry!

But it felt soooooo nice to just tumble into bed, simply because I was tired, and not push through to get things done.

Yesterday was a fine day. I wasn't a grumpy Martha, although I was a Martha nonetheless. I rushed, rushed, rushed just to keep 1/2 a step ahead of the next thing on the schedule. But I managed to be kind  and relatively un-panicked. Yay me!

I think the seminar went very well. People seemed to really be engaged and enjoying the content. My part was to introduce a time of personal retreat, and help people get into the right frame of  mind for it. I wasn't sure exactly what I was going to share, even when I got up there. I had lots of ideas, but was not positive what to say, or in what order. I decided to tell part of my story, and I think it was a good decision. The best way to connect to people is just be real with them. Be vulnerable. They're quicker to drop their own defenses and be open to what you're saying. I hope it helped them have more meaningful times with God.

That was my last responsibility, so I tried to take the quiet time to connect with God, too. Unfortunately, it took me most of the time just to "come down" from my "doing" mode into more of a "being" frame of mind. But I got to watch a thunderstorm roll in; one of my favorite things. I love when the sky gets dark, but the sun is still shining through, lighting up trees and buildings. The contrast is SO beautiful. I failed to quite catch it with my camera—although I tried—but it was gorgeous anyway.

After all the participants left, there was of course a good bit of clean-up to do. We were there another hour or so, and then we had to fight our way all the way across town in rush-hour traffic. To my surprise, Mr. had made supper arrangements with our co-leaders, so with just a brief stop at home we went out again.

We took them to a Japanese restaurant, because they had worked in Japan for many years (20-plus, I think). We were a little nervous, unsure how authentic it was, but they said the food was quite good and true to Japanese cuisine. Fun!

So, we got home around 9:30. Seeing as my day had started at 4:30, I was worn out. That's when I decided to just go straight to bed. It was a great decision, but don't worry; I won't make it a habit.