Before dinner

Feeling the need of a retreat. Will be helping in the least one's Sunday school tomorrow, and that's fine, but would rather not.  Not a big deal, though.  I'm just tired. It's sort of a deep tired, the kind that can't be solved by a good night's sleep, but requiring avoidance of activity.

Not sure when that'll happen with lots of busyness scheduled for the next 10 days or so.  Three birthdays, company to stay the night starting on Thursday through Sunday, many things to clean in the house beforehand, and my tired old body.

Blah.

Will try to make tomorrow afternoon a quiet time.  The younger girls want to do the Halloween neighborhood thing the church is involved in, which is at 4pm on Sunday (and I think I've already mentioned it).  As of this very minute, I think not. The thing is, they almost all come to me to do things, and I rarely say no.  I feel that I've been going 'great guns' for several months now, and need a bit of a rest.

A slower Sunday afternoon, and maybe a sleep in Monday morning, before we hit the books and cleaning.  Maybe that'll help me to rise above my inner exhaustion.  You think?

(a delicious pinterest photo)