September 22; Day Twenty-Two

I’m not sure where this blog will go today. I’m just going to type and let the thoughts spill out. Random stuff.

The Fellowship of the Ring opens describing an upcoming birthday party for Bilbo Baggins. He shares his birthday with Frodo. Their birthday? September 22. Rather coincidental that I started listening to this book on cd this morning.

Today was the first day back to work after my vacation. Even though I checked my work emails on a daily basis on vacation, I still came in to over 200 emails this morning. I slowly whittled that number down to 98 before calling it a day. That was including tackling the ones that came through today. Half-way through the day I actually cried.

I came home, talked with Liz a few minutes, then changed clothes to go mow the yard. I borrowed Liz’s ipod and used the ear buds Jessica gave me for my birthday. Awesome sound! I didn’t even look to see what was playing on Liz’s ipod, but I hit shuffle. The band was Lorde. Liz was rather surprised when I came in stating I really liked what I was listening to. Sometimes, listening to music while mowing the yard, shutting out the world, is very therapeutic.

Jessica came home and told stories about how a lady she works with brought in a bunch of kittens to give away. We have seven cats and a dog. We don’t need another cat. Jessica said she probably prayed harder today for good homes for those kitties than she has in a long time. Each baby found a home with people that Jessica approved of. She’s confident that was a God thing.

A co-worker/friend gave me a devotional book several months ago. I keep moving it around meaning to read it. I picked it up yesterday and started looking through it. I think I’m really going to like it. The timing is good. The book is called, “All Will Be Well”. It has readings from Julian of Norwich. I haven’t actually reached the 30-day readings yet, but already like what I have read. With some things going on in my life right now, I really need to hear that all will be well.

When I get really tired, I start rambling from topic to topic with no particular place to go with it. No beginning. No end. That’s where I am right now.