This and That and a Bit of Work Too

I spent a good part of my afternoon working hours last week reading my own blog. I started at December 2013 and finished up with this December yesterday afternoon. I'm not sure exactly what I thought I would find or learn, but was looking for clues to who I am and how I think. I found myself often redundant. (We got Tim a small chocolate Frosty...) Perhaps I could be called "consistent"... at least in some ways. I also found my mention of struggles vague enough to leave even myself wondering what trial I was dealing with at any given time. Aside from particular phrases or brief comments that perhaps only I notice, my blog might lead one to believe that life is always rosy and I rarely struggle. Of course, that is merely a mirage.

There isn't much time to sit and write lately, and even less time to read and contemplate the blogs of others. Life has become busy and the last month has found it busier still. I'm not sure if life will ever slow down or if the momentum will continue to gather, but I am longing for a stretch of respite to reconnect. (Although I might not be totally sure exactly who or what I am reconnecting with.) (Do I have you confused yet?)

I'm working another long day today, but long days now are just 8 hours, not the grueling 12 that I did in the other facility. My routine schedule has been 8 hours Monday and Tuesday, and then 5 Wednesday, but my early relief called in sick today. My friend's arm must be feeling better because she's been back to her "normal" persnickety self this week. Yesterday she threatened to throw her juice on me because I made the suggestion that she drink it.

In other news, Joe and I continue to share a vehicle. At least for today. It is our sincere hope that he will have one of his own on the road by tomorrow. Nate's alternator has been replaced, The Cabinet Maker has his vehicles in two different shops, and we are still managing to get where we need to be at approximately the right time.

I've missed Ladies' Prayer two weeks in a row, the Christmas service, and church on Sunday. I'm looking forward to getting back into the old routine. The holidays can leave one feeling used up and drained. Thankfully, the Lord left us reading a Max Lucado book that has been meeting us where we are and encouraging each of us to keep on keeping on. He is good.