Sunday Sabbath June 12 2016   LUNCH, BLOG, AND NAP!

On Sunday I always peruse the next week’s calendar so as to be prepared for what is coming.  This particular week has a lot coming!  As I viewed it a few moments ago I could just imagine all my hopes for accomplishments dissolving into thin air.  I am down to less than two weeks to collect from closets and drawers and shelves and floor and shop and studio and garage and…and…everywhere else I am planning to scour for valuable to sell in 10 days.  It is a daunting task.

Why did I allow so many other appointments to gain importance, you may ask? I didn’t plan for any of them to be there.  One is a physical therapy appointment because I having so much trouble with my torn rotator cuff.  Another one is an emergency eye appointment because of an eye situation that has developed in my right eye.  Both eyes are affected but the right seems to be in worse condition.  Another event is a commitment I have twice a year that I do not want to forego.  And there are actually a couple of other entries but I can’t remember what they are.  Oh, and one day (next Sunday is both Father’s day as well as my husband’s birthday).  We always try to have the birthday party on the actual birth date. 

Since the birthday party is a dinner party here I must also prepare for that.  There are some things that just can’t wait.  Remember what I said a few days ago about making a person’s day of birth a memorable occasion?  I want to do that for Dave.

If you really want the truth, I’d rather be taking a nap than writing at this precise moment.  And that says a lot!  I NEVER LIKE TO TAKE NAPS!  But, there comes a day (like today) when my body needs, craves, longs, desires, and insists that I MUST REST AND NAP!  So that is what I plan to do when I finish here at the computer.  By revealing this I feel as if I am confessing the fact that I am aging.  And in order to stay on top of my game this weekend I will succumb to the idea.

 

LUNCH, BLOG, AND NAP

By Kathleen Martens

June 12, 2016

 

Lunch, blog, and nap

In precisely that order.

I will lie down and rest

And stop being a sorter.

 

I’ll set aside the boxes,

The closets, shelves and larder.

And pay attention to what I need

Though for me it will be harder.

 

I’d much rather be up,

Making inroads in my plans.

But my eyelids are drooping,

And I can barely stand.

 

Well, maybe it’s not quite that bad

But for my poem it sounded good.

I only wish I could do more work,

And I’d do it if I possibly could.

 

But I will listen with my heart

To what my body is saying.

I want to stay as strong as I can

And the price is the nap I’m paying.

 

Short and sweet will be my blogs

For this week and the next,

Because I have much to accomplish

Without becoming vexed.

 

Have a great day my blogger friends

I send greetings and a “GOD BLESS YOU”.

May God protect you from all harm

As you do what you must do.

 

Thank You God for common sense.

Thank You for a strong body.

And Lord, I even thank You for my weak hands for they are Your hands.

Thank You for prunes.

Thank You again for my wonderful husband! (Maybe I should have put this line above the prunes).