Early Morning

I'm usually not up at this hour, but for some unknown reason I am awake and it's been so long since I posted that I decided to jot a few words.

I was offline for a while moving my "office" from the breakfast bar to a bedroom and messing up my connectivity in the process. Then I just got busy... and overwhelmed with the busyness which leads to unproductive efforts in all directions.

I'm still not unpacked and with each new box we bring over from storage, the chaos increases. It was like this when we moved to Galt. I am trying to use the strategies I learned from my therapists there, and Richard is becoming better at "leading" me towards order when my brain is drowning in all the clutter... but it's a slow process. The main problem is I can't seem to make decisions and sort things. What to keep and where to put it.... oh, the confusion of it all! I say this somewhat tongue in cheek, but there's more truth in it than I like to realize.

I've been in prayer about my internet and other "duties" and have been seeking the Lord's leading on where best to spend my time and energies. It has become increasingly evident I cannot keep up with everything and in trying have let all of it slip behind. Better to do one or two things well that many things half done... so I will be dropping all but my blogs and two web sites. The other sites will be closed or available for sale as appropriate.

Meanwhile, I've had a birthday and have now been on the planet 67 years. I'm thankful for that. My birthday was wonderful. Several of my children and many friends called. My brother came over for a few hours. Richard took me out to breakfast and also got me a beautiful and BIG double bookcase (lots of our overstock is in books) and Athena took us out to dinner at Barneys. It was a happy foursome with the two of us, Athena and Brian.

After a luscious meal, we all went to Athena's for a chocolate cherry cake. She knows I love chocolate covered cherries so made a cake of deep, dark chocolate and cherries. It was moist and rich and had an amazing flavor... plus there was cherry sorbet. Just as she had done on Richard's birthday, Athena succeeded in making the day extra special. That added attention to detail in showing her love blessed me more than I can say.

We were all about to play a game when I discovered my phone was gone. Sure enough, when Athena called my number, someone at the steakhouse answered, so we cut the night short and left to get my phone. Even so, it was a beautiful evening!