Quiet Sunday Morning

It's another quiet morning here in the house.  Corri spent the night with her friend Adam that she's known since high school, and Al is still slumbering away peacefully in our bed.  I've been up since about 5:45am or 6:00am.  I didn't really look at the clock when I woke up.  I was too busy trying to stumble my way to the bathroom in the dark.  I don't like it still being so dark when I wake up, but it's getting lighter every day.  That means that Spring is just around the corner.

I had to play around in Cafe World for a bit, after doing my morning business, and then I sat here and read today's passage from my Women of Faith daily devotional.  It was about all of us wearing the aroma of Christ, which is pleasing to God.  I liked it.  I liked yesterday's entry better though.

Two little old ladies were out driving in their big car, neither being able to see over the dashboard very well, when they came upon a red light.  Instead of slowing down and coming to a complete stop, the little old ladies went through the red light.  Soon they approached another intersection and the light there was also red.  The car sailed right through the red light.  After going through a third red light, the passenger shrieked to high heaven, "Mildred!  Do you realize you've just run through three red lights?  You could've gotten us killed!"

"Oh my goodness!" Mildred replied.  "Am I driving?"

LOL

The topic for yesterday was really about letting God be in the driver's seat of our lives, but that story was just too cute not to share.  I'm glad there's no Mildred driving in my life, although Al sailed through a red light last week without even realizing it.  I very calmly told him what he'd done, and he went, "Oh shit."  LOL  Either God or our guardian angels were watching over us with that one.

Anyway, after my devotional and playing Cafe World, I spent some time reading from my book.  I think I'm dragging this book out longer than is necessary because I know it's the last one in this series.  More than likely, I'll finish it today.  Tomorrow at the latest.  And then I can start on my Twelve in 12 book.  I picked up a book from the suggested reading list, honoring Black History Month by choosing a book by an African American author.  I'll start reading that, if I don't finish my last Karen Kingsbury book first.  I doubt seriously I'll get in nine books this month at the rate I'm going, but that's okay.  At least I'm reading.

I kicked around the idea of showering and going to morning Mass without Al, but he said he'd go with me to the 11am Mass.  Corri and I went to Reconciliation last night, but neither of us felt like sitting in church and waiting for an hour before Mass, so we came home and planned to go this morning.  That is, until Adam called and she decided to spend the night at his house.  Apparently he's going through some things and needed a friend, which is why he called Corri.  She's got a big heart for her friends.

Al and I were a bit concerned because we know Adam drinks and smokes weed, so we did question Corri about whether or not she could handle it if he was drinking in front of her.  She promised us that not only would she not drink, but Adam won't drink in front of her or let her drink because he knows how she gets, and he is aware of her time in rehab.  It still makes us nervous, but she's a big girl.  She has to make these decisions for herself.

I had to ask God for forgiveness, right after Reconciliation, because Al drove Corri halfway to meet Adam.  He lives pretty far away and didn't want to drive all the way out here to pick her up.  Al said he wanted to take my car and I was pretty upset with him for doing so.  I didn't want him to, because I was being selfish.  I don't want him using my car for everything and racking up miles on it like he did with the other one.  I relented and let him take the car, but I still didn't like it very much, so I asked God to forgive my selfishness about it.  Amy understood why I felt as I did, but as she pointed out, Al's car needs some work done, and until we can come up with the money for it, he needs to be careful with how much driving he does.  It's got to get him back and forth to work.  That made sense to me, and that's when I was hit with how selfish I was being.

The day did get better yesterday, after all of Al's grouchiness.  I was thankful that his mood improved.  I don't know if he got a nap or not, but his mood was heaps better by the time he started making dinner.  He was actually cheery.  Even if he didn't get a nap, I did, because my shoulder was still bothering me and I felt like I needed to lay down for a while so I didn't have to deal with the pain.  It's been hurting me for a week now, with no signs of letting up.  I didn't hit it or fall on it or anything.  It just started hurting out of the blue.  Mostly it's in the muscle of my upper arm, but sometimes it radiates to the back of my shoulder and my neck as well.  I guess if it doesn't stop soon, I'll need to make an appointment with the doctor.

Al has about 40 more minutes of uninterrupted sleep, and then I need to wake him up so he can have his coffee and something to eat and we can get ready for church.  I guess I'll finish up this entry and read for a little while longer.

Superbowl tonight.  I can't wait.  I don't really care who wins, because it's not the Bears playing, but... and I can't believe I'm about to say this... I'm rooting for the Packers.  Yes, I know, they knocked off the Bears and they are our archrivals, but I'd rather see them win than the Steelers.  Al, being difficult as he alway is, will be rooting for the Steelers.  Ugh.  I'm an NFC girl at heart, so if it can't be the Bears, I'll go with ANY NFC team.  So Packers it is.

Hope you all have a marvelous and blessed Sunday.  Watch those calories at your Superbowl parties!

There are going to be times when we feel like throwing up our hands and saying, "I just can't do it!"  Dieting is not easy.  Don't let anyone tell you that it is.  We wouldn't need to diet if we could eat what we wanted when we wanted it.  But know this:  God will make sure we can hang on, if we include Him in our diet attempts.  He knows how hard it is and how much we struggle.  No matter how tempted we might be, He will help us escap it.

Today's thought:  There is a way to beat every temptation!