Well, it all is in the new place now, in the new city… now, just to unpack it all and set up everything… no big deal, right? 😛
Lolz…
God, help me to see clearly your next step for me now and always, that I pursue and fulfill your will. Keep my man safe, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2023
Three things (I think…)
Firstly, we got everything packed up and in the moving truck (or another vehicle that will go to Houston with us all tomorrow), or it was picked up by this couple who came at the last second and saved them from having to be thrown to the dumpsters, since they weren’t picked up by the donation place. Tomorrow, we go to Houston and unload it all and start unpacking it.
Success(!), Part I.
Secondly, my friends daughter just started ballet classes, and they are stupid cute. She is three years and a month old, as of yesterday. Her whole class is ridiculously adorable, and I can hardly wait to see her learn more. Also, it makes me want to teach such classes – super useful, super adorable, and, very likely, super fulfilling.
Thirdly, I love my man and am super grateful for him.
Dear God, thank you for the blessings of today and for the blessings of this life. Keep us happy, healthy, holy, and safe, always pursuing and fulfilling your will. Heal my grandmother, please. Help us all to love more like you each day. Thank you for this life. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2023
Tomorrow is moving day for my grandma. There is much to have happen and much to do both tomorrow and throughout the weekend.
Dear God, please, help to heal my grandma. Help her to her appointment with the chiropractor on Tuesday, and allow her to accept the healing offered by the chiropractor. Help my grandma to see that is is wanted here and is fully capable of being here and living a fulfilled life, even and especially now, though she has lived blessed already so many years. Help her to have a few more wonderful and fun and love-filled ones with us here. In your name, I pray in gratitude. Amen.
Post-a-day 2023
I finally got him to walk me through the seemingly fifty-million places he lived and with whom throughout his life tonight. I’ve only been trying to figure it out from the random pieces he mentions here and there, but so much of it has contradicted with other things he’s said, I’ve been at such a loss as to when on earth actually went down in his life before I met him.
So, tonight after dinner, he lay on the sofa, digesting, and slowly thought through it all, relaying it to me slowly, but in order for once. There were vague bits here and there, but I finally have a reasonable picture of his moving about and why for each one.
Phew… finally, I feel some relief about that. As it turns out, there were actually even more moves and more convolution than I had previously understood there to be, but I now actually know about them, which makes a positive difference. (At last, I’ll be able to know what on earth his family are referencing when they talk about times passed! Woohoo!)
But it did take a long time, during which I seriously needed to potty, and even had to stand leaning over by the end of it, just to relieve pressure on my bladder. That wasn’t cool. And it was also about twenty ‘til midnight by the time he finished. I was already tired from little sleep and a busy day with teaching little kids at the karate event all midday today, so I was beyond exhausted. But it was worth it, since he was willing to take the time to think through it all, so I could understand things.
Thank you, God, for this life. Please, help us all to release the traumas that we carry. Help us to find comfort, release, and ease in your love. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2023
I guess I could use that for now, since it’s here. Would it fit over there? No. It could go here… It’s heavy, though. I’ll have to use the dolly or else ask him to move it. I don’t particularly want to involve him in it, though. … I could just leave it there and still put the stuff in it…(even though that is absolutely absurd and ridiculous…)
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Deal. Done. Let’s do it now.
Post-a-day 2022
And so it is that the bedroom feels much more like a bedroom now. Not that it didn’t before feel like a bedroom, but that it now feels like a bedroom that could be my bedroom… one in which I actually could want to live and sleep and dress and all. No, it certainly isn’t complete, of course, but the bulky furniture is swapped out for things that fit much better and leave loads more space around the bed; the dark shag rug is gone; and the floors and baseboards have all been wonderfully cleaned. It is an awesome move for today, and I am incredibly grateful to have gotten it all done. Now, I am absurdly wiped and must sleep. Asap. Goodnight.
Post-a-day 2022
Night owlism showed up for me very strongly tonight. I got home a bit later than expected, and ate food and whatnot, but then got to work on unpacking and tidying. Each hour came and then went.. seven, eight, nine, ten… until midnight, I worked and got things moving for real. I doubt I will be up in three hours from now, so I pray for great sleep and rest tonight, God, and I thank you for this lovely and blessed life. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2022
Today, I covered a few more steps in unpacking and setting up my living space. They were all a mix of things, big and small and in between, I suppose, but I am noticing now, as I prepare for bed, how all of them have made already a big difference.
There is a small lamp plugged in by the door now, and a vase and a little star with a light just sitting along the wall by one of my paintings… they are definitely not in their permanent places – like a huge percentage of the stuff I have been putting away these past two days – but just having them here, visible, with me has made it feel so much more comfortable, cozy here in my room. I feel more at-home, à l’aise. And it makes me want to do more, which, I believe, is a good sign and thing.
Alas, I must be at work tomorrow, but not until about 9:45am. So, I’ll have some morning time to get some things done. Dear God, please, help me to get up and going effectively early tomorrow morning such that I can be my best self all throughout the day and night tomorrow. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2022
(Yup. Still have to think about the year!)
Tomorrow, I aim to clean up and clear out a lot. Tomorrow and Wednesday, really… I have much to do, yes, but I have much time in which to do it in these next two days. Dear God, please, help me to sleep well and to work effectively and efficiently with this work this week. Help me to make a home that welcomes both of us living here and all those we invite into it. Help me to express your love even through my home. And, please, give me the needed rest to heal my body this week and to give me full energy to accomplish the unpacking and tidying and cleaning I want to make happen this week. Thank you for this life and these challenges he’s and this support I have. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2022
Well, I’m on my bed, in the new apartment, getting ready to go to sleep. I am a tad nervous. I am still here, doing it, though. I can do this. I can have an amazing time living here comfortably.
But I just get to sleep now, as it is getting far too close to midnight for me still to be awake. Good thing I have the highway to keep me company, or else I might have felt lonely in the new place in quiet darkness.
God, please, keep us safe and well living here, that we may best fulfill your will in the world. I love you. Thank you for this life and its infinite blessings. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2022
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