2020-12-30 — And Then There Was Only One

Happy almost end of the year! 🥳 Just one last day in this quite memorable 2020.

It’s been a much more relaxing day today, gratefully. I expected it to be a crazy-busy day, but instead, it rained a lot, snowed some, is fixing to ice over tonight (northwest Missouri got a 4-inch ice storm, people not even able to get out of their houses because they were frozen in. 😶😶), I spent all of like 15 minutes diagnosing a car, spent about an hour or two at AutoZone, where my lungs got super tight super quickly, and so I took myself home, as tight lungs and shortness of breath are Covid symptoms, and… I just don’t get symptoms like this. I rarely get sick at all, actually, so… to feel this weird tightness that I don’t get… that got me thinking maybe Covid. We’ll see.

I’ll see how I’m feeling tomorrow. I’ll probably do my patented, sickness-stopping, artificial fever treatment tonight, and we’ll see if I’m mostly good by morning, which is what I can often do with regular sicknesses if I catch them early enough–just fever them away before they can really take hold at all.

Cross your fingers. 😊 Bring it on, Covid, let’s see whatcha got! 😎 (not that I even have it 🙃).

It’s been really nice to have a much slower day today. At like 6 o’clock this evening, it already felt like 9, and that was nice. I got to sit here just… vegging.

Though, with so many things acting as triggers for porn, I’m having to get creative with my “vegging.” Of course, I still have my old standbys–looking at houses and land for sale 😁, one of my favorites, although I never seem to pull the trigger.

I’m actually a little hyper right now. I kind of like it. This day has been good for me. I needed it. My soul is hungry, though. It’s craving some good meditative/spiritual goodness. I’ll see if I just can’t oblige it.

#1. I’m grateful for a lighter day (much of it by my own choice, but still, I’m grateful for it).

#2. I’m grateful for fun things to try with our new quasi veggie/vegan/whatever-the-heck-I-am diet. We made homemade oatmilk today and discovered that the Oatly oatmilk (which tastes great) has 7 grams of sugar per cup, which is one major reason it tastes so much different than just the straight oat milk that we made that has no sugar in it at all because… well… oats don’t have sugar. So… that was an interesting discovery. Realized that the way they make their Oatmilk, it creates sugars, so they don’t have to add any.

#3. I’m grateful for the little bit of snow that fell today. It was beautiful. One of the AutoZone guys had never seen snow before. I think he’s in his 50s? Today was the first time. Cool. I’m so spoiled. I’ve traveled all over the world, seen so many things, met so many people.

#4. I’m grateful that I was lucky enough to have a job that, aside from losing an employee from it, hasn’t really been affected at all by Covid. So many people in “non-essential” fields, especially the lower-wage jobs, got hammered.

#5. I’m grateful to have the resources to be able to help other people. It’s a joy to be able to lift people up in every way.

#6. I’m grateful to be clean today. Day 17. Never again. Never ever ever ever again. Not worth it. Love over selfishness. Love over selfishness. Love over selfishness.

Thought of the Day: “With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.” – Wayne Dyer

Hey, folks… thanks, for everything. I hope y’all have a beautiful evening and lovely dreams.

Lift the World.

~ stephen