My goodness, a busy afternoon, filled with taking a son to work, the grocery store, library and a couple of other stops. Can't complain, though, since I stayed in bed 'til after noon. That's not happened in ages and ages. Must have been that I was just plain worn out. I did initially wake up at 5:30am (not from the dogs making noise, though) and stayed awake until they needed to go out at just before 7am. Used my time relatively wisely with reading the Daily Office for the morning. Those Robert Benson books I've been inhaling have been so wonderful for encouraging a regular prayer time. Very soothing to my spirit, if you know what I mean. Puts God in a more respectful place in my thinking as well. Seems to me that Protestants are sometimes all about making God cozy, and I have always gotten a bit het up when folks call him Daddy (no offense for anyone here who does that, it's just not my thing---my mom practices that as well). Just seems too laid back and puts God into a human role that appears to be inappropriate. But that's just what I think. But then, my mindset isn't for everyone.
Besides my mental/spiritual quests---one more child was felled by the sickness here, but he slept most of it off. He woke up just now after going to bed after work (he worked until 11pm) last night. Sleep and drugs did the trick, it seems, and I'm grateful for that.
Middle daughter is getting a slight headache which the precursor of this sickness, but maybe she can fight it off. Time will tell. I went out the drugstore/healthfood stores and bought marshmallow and slippery elm capsules, and a mullein-based tea along with some echinacea. Two of them are fighting a cough that's annoying and want to control that before it gets any worse.
That's my world. You're welcome to it, but then again, it's not for everyone. :)
