(written on the 20th from notes taken previously)
I think I woke up for the last time just a little after 7:30?
I don’t remember.
I think I did my morning routine.
I drove to the nearest LDS church, meeting starting at 9. The last couple congregations I have attended were in smaller towns, so there was just one congregation, so they met at 10:00, but this area has many more congregations, so they start earlier.
5th different state for church in 5 weeks of going back to church–Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington. Wonder which state will be next. 🙃
Grabbed my new hair cutting Clippers that I had delivered to my sister’s house and gave myself a quick shave, the Clippers tugging on my whiskers. I’m hoping that maybe the Clippers were just low on charge? Would be really crappy to have a brand new tool be so poorly built, especially by a company that’s been so reliable for so many years.
I guess I wouldn’t be all that surprised, as the quality of just about everything seems to be going down with everyone everywhere, as everyone seems to be trying to make an extra buck.
I guess I’ll charge it and try again soon.
Anyway, I went inside the chapel this time, sitting in the overflow, instead of sitting in the hallway like I did last week.
By the time I got out of church, I had already hit my wall. Actually, I had basically hit my wall from the moment I woke up today. 🙃
Again I was slightly more congested, don’t know if that means I’m getting sick or not. Hopefully not.
I debated just taking a nap right there in the church parking lot, but instead decided to head back to my sister’s place, where I sent her a text letting her know that I was dead tired and was going back to sleep instead of coming inside. 🙃
I don’t remember how long I slept. I think it was another couple of hours, or so, maybe three. When I finally got up, I ate some food and chatted with my friend Cory for a little bit.
Helped my sister weed her chicken run a little bit, until the periodic rain sent us back inside. I chatted with her while we waited and chatted with her inside, and then I chatted with her as we went to the grocery store to buy some things that she wanted to buy for dinner.
Craig was out on a kayaking trip, so she was getting dinner together.
Just spent the day mostly with her hanging out and chatting. 🥰
When Craig got back, we talked about his trip and about the boats in about all sorts of stuff. Good stuff. Would have loved to have gone with him, but Church in the morning, and being exhausted, and not knowing how my spine would handle bouncing around a river…
I feel like I’m 30 years older than I am, or 40 years older than I am.
I’m definitely battling discouragement on the physical side of things. The last couple of days have been really emotionally draining trying to not get down with the persistent pain and discomfort that just sucks my energy and does battle with my ability to stay positive.
Been pretty hard to stay positive with the symptoms as bad as they have been recently.
That’ll teach me to do my stretching. 😅
Yeah, it’s been really tough the last little bit. It’s hard not to let the physical dominate the rest of my thoughts and life.
I have a little hope that maybe, just maybe, I’ll be able to find relief.
I hope.
Ate dinner with the fam… good stuff (both of food and eating together). They always make really good, healthy stuff. That’s nice, very nice.
I hung out and talked to Tish for a bit after dinner while Craig and my nephew watched a show together that they enjoy. I decided to stay the night tonight instead of leaving in the night like I usually do. I prefer to leave at night, but it’s just going to be better this time to leave in the morning.
We took a goodbye picture, and then I headed for Rover. Instead of going to bed right away, though, I called my brother Richard and chatted with him for a while. I noticed in my talking to him that I wasn’t very upbeat, and that’s pretty much because of being wiped and discouraged with the health stuff.
Trying to be positive. Trying to be grateful for everything.
It’s hard. 🙃
It’s very hard.
Gratitude:
- So I’m going to say that I’m grateful for my health challenges, my health blessings. I don’t remember who I’m stealing “health blessings” from, but it’s definitely not original to me. I’m grateful that I have the opportunity to say something that’s really hard to be grateful for and to try to practice being truly grateful for the experiences I’m gaining and what those experiences can do to help me be a better person.
- I’m grateful to have been able to take a nap today and grateful that it appears that I’m still tired enough that I will likely be able to fall asleep tonight, despite the nap. Usually if I take a long nap during the day, I’m toast for the night time.
- I’m grateful to have received a lovely little spiritual aha during my chat with my brother today.
- I’m grateful for our means of modern communication that allow me to reach out to people all over the world in a matter of seconds.
- I’m grateful to have been able to spend some great time visiting my sister and brother in law and their family.
Success:
- I haven’t complained about my health stuff. I’ve talked about it but not whined about it.
Improvement:
- I definitely want to have a better plan to turn to as I strive to make the most of my health blessings, so I don’t let them drag me down.
We’ve got this. 💪
Lift the world.
Bring it on.
~ stephen
Lift the World 