update

Mr. wanted me to be sure and point out that our whole entire date last night cost just $14.50. :-)

It is raining gently here, and unusually cool. (And by cool I mean low 80's.) We're watching/listening to a Coldplay concert that's being broadcast on TV. They are very mellow. We like their music.

And the cat has learned a new trick. She discovered that, if she stands on a little dresser in our bedroom, she can jump up onto the top of the door. Yeah, I mean the regular wooden swinging door to our bedroom. She teeters and balances on top of that little 1.5 inch-wide ledge. I have no idea why she wants to. It IS attractively high up; I know she enjoys being above everything. But I was afraid she would fall, so I climbed on a chair to get her down twice, and Mr. reached her down once (yes, he can just stand on the floor and reach that high). But she just kept jumping up. So, we gave in and left her there. Of course, she had no trouble getting down when she was good and ready. Weird new habit. I hope it passes soon.

So, today I had the responsibility to go and pay salaries to the employees of a restaurant while my friend is away. Needless to say, I was a pretty popular person. That went well, but then I counted and tallied the receipts and the cash from a few days' of sales. Things were fine until I agreed to change some big bills in the cash drawer for smaller bills from my pile, so that they would have change. However, I didn't quite have enough small bills, so I borrowed a few from the petty cash pile, too. And then things got a bit muddled for a bit. I figured it out in the end, but one of the employees decided to "help" me. He wasn't terribly patient about it, and ended up making me feel more confused and stressed. I just needed to sort things out myself without any pressure. He was frustrated with me and I was short with him. In the end, we figured everything out and we both calmed down. I apologized to him and we parted friends, I think.

It's amazing the physical reactions your body has to stress. Even though I was just sitting in one spot for that whole experience, my heart rate sped up, my muscles tensed, and I started sweating.

Walking home I tried to chill out. I had to concentrate on letting go of the tension in my muscles, they were bound up tight. However, I also had to walk a bit fast because it was looking like rain. I only felt a few light sprinkles before I got home. The rest of the afternoon was rainy on and off, and of course, when we needed to go out somewhere around supper time, it was "on". Rather damp ride. Mr. had a plastic rain poncho, but I chose to leave mine at home. He really catches most of the rain when I'm behind him on the moto, so I only got damp-ISH.

We had pizza with a friend and rehearsed a reader's theater-type reading of verses from Psalm 119. I'm leading worship again tomorrow at church, and decided to try something new. We'll see. Usually people are slow to embrace new things, especially at church.

Anyway, it was a nice evening. I have a small glass of wine waiting for me, and a kitty I want to cuddle. Going to wrap it up for tonight.