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Nice Morning

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I had a lovely massage this morning. I asked her to just leave me there and let me drift off to sleep, but she made me get up, pay her, and leave. Imagine that! She is truly a miracle worker. I feel a lot better.

It was getting dark as I left – at 11:00 in the morning!  I got home just before storming started. I shut the garage door, and closed up the house. It has rained, but it doesn’t seem to be severe at this point. We have more waves of storms coming this afternoon and tonight.

I chatted with our son in Thailand this morning briefly. There is 12 hours difference in our times, so we have to chat quickly sometimes. He sounded really happy. He said, “last night when i was falling asleep i was listening to the rain, and i think i heard some kind of religious singing from somewhere, maybe the nearby wat, and i was feeling the breeze from my fan, and i thought to myself how fortunate i am.”

We are on our official whole first day of the South Beach Diet today. (We started after lunch yesterday.)  So far, we’re doing fine, although we’re fumbling around some. We like the shakes, and the ‘ice crushes.”  Mine are chocolate, of course. :0)  I got home from my massage late for our morning ‘snack.’ We went ahead and did that, deciding we would delay lunch for an hour or so. I have keto chili in the crock pot for one of our DIY dinners for the week. I’m interested to see what we think of our lunch options.  I have found that their ‘peanut butter bites” (a package of small cookies) is delicious. I am trying to record what I eat and drink on the tracker on their website. It’s different that the other I have been using, but I’m determined to make it work.

I received one of the new wooden earring shapes I ordered yesterday, and am eager to get up to the art room to see what I can do with it. :0)

I hope you’re having a wonderful day.

 

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Wonderful Way to Start the Day

There is 12 hours difference between where our son is and us, so it makes it a challenge to visit. He arranged a secure chat program before he left so that we can leave messages for each other, send pics, ask questions, or sometimes catch each other at just the right time and type at each other in real time.

I just finished a wonderful conversation with him, and I’m still a bit teared up over it.

So many people have kids living in the same city and don’t see or talk with them very often. Visits are ‘have-to’s,’ as short as possible, tense. My heart goes out to these people because the joy of knowing your kids and appreciating them as adults is one of the best things there is in life.

Our son is a great communicator, so we can almost forget that he’s across the world from us. When we get the change to really communicate more than what’s happening, his help with a computer or other technical problem, or that kind of thing, it’s such a privilege. I’m still kind of vibrating from our conversation – the real exchange of ideas and the love exchanged, if only by the typed word.

How lucky I am to be able to reach out – or have him reach out to us.  A virtual hug is a wonderful way to start a day.

 

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