weekending

 

Hi, friends, I hope you had a good weekend! I'm linking up with Holly and Sarah for today's post. 

My weekend was super low-key, thanks to a summer cold I seem to have caught from one of my sons. I started feeling kind of rough on Friday night, and fell asleep by eight o'clock while another son and I watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. (This is the last time I'll mention that, because not only was I not impressed, I was kind of disgusted with it all and won't be watching again.) Moving on...I went to bed early because of that and stayed home on Saturday for the same reason. I was trying to feel better by Sunday, because I can't really miss work right now. (I've missed so much this year!) 

This was me being the receptionist in the church office on Thursday. I enjoyed doing this, because it was very different from what I usually do. It was fun to see lots of people come in and out, and to hang out with the office people for a change. You'll be glad to know that I survived the messy desk debacle from last Monday when I shared it here. Remember? 

This was me killing time and spending more time in the reading plan I had read that morning. I love it when I open my Bible and find an old sermon; I needed to see these reminders again on Thursday! 

I came home that night and had this delicious leftover roast and sourdough bread for dinner. Drew came over later that night and had the exact same thing! And, he took home some leftovers for the rest of his week. I love being able to feed my sons! 

And this was me on Friday doing the same thing. That morning I was able to listen to a podcast titled "How to Radically Forgive", which I also needed to hear. There was one statement in the podcast that stood out against a host of others, and that was to pray to want to forgive. Whew. I have been praying that ever since! I also read the verses written out in the notes and copied them onto notecards so that I can quickly grab them and take them with me when I leave home for an extended period of time. 

I was so glad to be invited out to lunch that day with my work besties, and that they obliged me what I was craving: nachos from a local place here in town called Booyas. It was delicious and I devoured every bite! 

For the rest of the weekend I did mundane but necessary things like:

• washed my sheets
• cleaned the entire downstairs
• caught up on laundry
• binge watched a season of Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix
• cuddled with the dogs
• read my book
• cried
• got mad
• consoled one of my sons once again since the devastation of our lives began on June 22
• angry texted to get some things off my chest, so to speak
• washed my hair
• watched tv in bed
• drank copious amounts of water to ward off sickness
• rearranged a flower arrangement
• talked on the phone several times

I also went to lunch with Marilyn after church on Sunday! 

I am so grateful to God for friends who have walked the same path I am walking in life, and who push me to get out and start new traditions. Everyone needs a Marilyn in their life! Fun fact: after we took this picture, the sky fell and we took a shower walking back to our cars. I acted like a man and walked her to her vehicle with my umbrella since it caught us off guard and she didn't have the chance to completely put on her rain jacket. 🤣 

After lunch I came home and changed and was settling in for an afternoon nap when Graham called. He'd been to look at a house that afternoon and he wanted to come pick me up to take me to see it with him; I told him later that I could have been knee deep in several things and busier than ever, but when my sons call me wanting to do something, I will always drop everything for them and run. I know all of you can imagine how happy this kind of thing makes me! I love that they include me in their lives, and there is nobody on earth I love more than my sons. 

What did you do this weekend? I hope to be back here again this week, but I will definitely be here on Wednesday August 2nd for the Currently link party. Next month we'll be talking about the things we're currently loving, looking forward to, dreading, eating, and buying. I hope you make plans now to join us for that next week! As always, thank you for the encouragement you've sent my way, and for continuing to show up here even when I've not been faithful in posting. I'm hoping that turns around again soon! Love to all.