my sweet day off

i usually like to write these poetic, soulful bits anthologizing my life (or, i try). but i just want to say, i had a really, really good day today.

i usually take mondays & fridays off (because i work weekends), but i ended up working a lot on monday, so stayed home today to offset those hours & avoid breaking labor laws.

so, i slept in, because i am in love with sleep. and it's a good love relationship - sleep is very faithful to me. i always feel better when i'm with sleep, and the love of sleep sustains me. alright, but you get it.

i am so grateful for my job for a zillion reasons: 1. some people don't have one at all 2. it almost pays my bills 3. i get to use my giftings every day 4. i have AMAZING health coverage 5. i sit at the feet of some of the greatest hearts & minds, ever 6. i learn a new skill daily, by necessity (techy stuff, design, how to fix a copier, accounting... i knew none of this a year ago!) 7. there's a symbiosis between church and physical nourishment - i'm always getting fed (i'm not being "spiritual". i mean food.) 8. i can't name everyone that i work with, but jordyn, seth, jung, and abby are constantly making me laugh 9. i get paid to study the Bible & give people opportunities to encounter God 10. i more or less choose my own hours which begets 11. i get to sleep in

so, as i was saying before i digressed - but i'm glad i did - it's so good to be thankful, i slept in. and i had coffee and a bagel in bed and i tinkered around on my computer and made a to-do list and i started my taxes and i read a book and then it was 2 and i decided to leave the house.

i swung into pannikin because jess was working. i walked around the store and, as always, picked up the wacky things she orders and sort of made fun of her. "who's going to buy this?", i ask. apparently, people buy it.

i met romero at the library where i did a few days of my revelation Bible study in the sunshine. the last few days have been so beautiful - the ocean's such a bright blue. the encinitas library has a huge, unobstructed ocean view, and we sat outside just soaking it all in. a woman even came by and took our picture for a magazine. (this is true.)

next was church... not church-work, but church. the green room - young adults - is the ministry i volunteer for. yeah, it's still at my work, but i don't get paid for it, i just like to help out. it was a great night. i don't get to be at church a lot - one of the pitfalls of the job - because i always have to run church. so tonight was a great opportunity to be at church. and it was a special night, too - a lot of challenges and new perspectives, and a definate spirit of revival.

anyway, that's all to say, it was a good day. a good day.