It is another beautiful day in Stillwater. The temperature has been in the low 80’s with bright blue skies and light wind. It is a perfect spring day.
I found the gas cap in the bushes this morning. I had ordered another one but decided to look one more time this morning and found it. Guess we will have a spare one in case I do the same thing again. I went out and did a bit more mowing this morning after I found the gas cap. Still have some to do but got the part that was bothering me done.
The workers came today to do some more work on leveling the floor in the spare bedroom. When Jim cleaned out that closet he found a big gap in the floor. They worked for several hours this morning but need to come back with different tools to get it fixed. What they tried this morning helped but didn’t fix it completely.
I woke up when Jim came to bed last night around 4:00. I couldn’t go back to sleep so finally at 6:00 I got up for the day. After lunch today I laid down and was able to sleep for about an hour. I have a volunteer shift tonight between 10:00 pm and midnight and needed to be able to stay awake and function well. Jim laid down too and he is still sleeping. His nap has lasted over three hours at this point. He likes to sleep more than I do.
I wrote four letters today that I need to take to the post office to mail. I seem to write letters in bunches these days instead of one a day. Oh well, the intention is there and they get done – just in a different way than I envisioned. I am starting to think that is what this “pause” time is to teach me. I tend to get a vision of how I think my plans should unfold and life has a way of unfolding in a different way. If I can stay out of my own way the way they unfold works well. It is my expectations of things that cause me to slip up and fall into the muck pond. I need to paste that reminder on my hand and look at it every day and remember to let go and let life unfold.
Grateful for afternoon naps, grateful for beautiful spring days, and grateful I found the gas cap.