I didn’t sleep much at all last night. Stayed in bed late this morning trying to wring out one more hour of sleep. Probably should have just gotten up and given up. Sometimes sleep just can’t find me.
Went into Emporia after I ate breakfast and ran some errands and got groceries. Glad those things are crossed off my list. Don’t have much else that has to be done today. Since the sun is shining today maybe my energy level will rise and I will get motivated to do something. Need to move my body today and warm up. It is in the 40’s today outside. Only going to reach the low 50’s for the high of the day. More rain is in the forecast starting tomorrow and through the weekend. May bundle up and go outside for a long walk. I feel like I haven’t been outside much lately due to all the rain.
Just had the best surprise of the day. The friends I met on the Camino from California FaceTime with me. It was an absolute delight to see their beautiful faces and talk with them. I love technology when things like that can happen.
Made tentative plans with my Match guy last night for us to meet towards the end of October. He is going out of the country on a work assignment for 14 days but when he gets back we are going to arrange a way to meet before I leave for New Zealand on November 2. Trusting we can make this happen.
I am not sore today after my fall yesterday. Very grateful for that! I had fallen after tripping myself in a vine that was growing around the water pump by the barn. I had filled a five gallon bucket of water for the chickens. Thankfully the water went one way and I bounced the other way. I went all the way down and landed on my shoulder first. I was able to carry the bucket of water down to the chickens after the fall and I used that arm to carry it with so I knew nothing was broken. I got lucky!
I got a notification that the shoes I had ordered had been delivered. I went outside looking for them last night but couldn’t find the package. Sometimes they take my packages to my neighbor’s house. As I left the house this morning I saw my package in the front yard – opened. Lucky it didn’t rain last night and ruin the new shoes. They were completely out of the box and have dog slobbers on them. I think I can clean them up after they dry. I am going to have to teach the dogs how to read – I didn’t see their name on the package! Thinking I will give them each some wrapped, empty boxes for Christmas. They love to open packages.
My Note From the Universe today reminded me of the beauty of sitting in uncertainly. The timing of that note was spot on. Lots of uncertainly in my world right now. Doing my best to allow it to be what it is and sit with it. Goes against my habitual pattern to do nothing with it. At times it feels good to be able to do so and other times my practical brain wants me to throw in the towel and do something. Reminding myself to stay out of resistance and action and to sit with the uncertainly and allow it to be what it is.
I also have a habit of going to the worse case outcome and assuming that is what will happen. When I catch myself doing that I stop, pause and say a positive mantra. I have so many habitual patterns to break. Love when I discover them as it is hard to change something you don’t know about. It is getting easier and easier for me to break out of the habitual pattern. The hard part is recognizing them for what they are. For some reason the Universe is giving me lots of opportunities to break my ranges wide open right now. Sometimes it feels overwhelming but when I can stay grounded and centered it feels right and easy.
Grateful for FaceTime and the chance to see and visit with my dear friends, grateful for the bright sunshine today, and grateful for the ranges and habitual patterns that I am breaking open in my life right now.