CAN I JUST SAY I NEED A MAID?

 I HAD ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE I TOOK A NAP and just about couldn't wake up.  Exhaustion had hit me.  As the afternoon progressed I managed to slowly get up and do some chores.  It seems like I have a great day of activity which leads "to overdoing it" and exhaustion shows up the next day. REST is needed which means I'm resting and not getting anything else done.  How do I allow myself the freedom to be alright with this?  Some days it's difficult and I voice my dissatisfaction.   

My thought life does not shut down.  I seem to be thinking constantly what needs done or what I would like to get done.  Ideas float about in the cranial.  I know we're moving to a different HOME ENVIRONMENT...not sure of when, but know soon.

I have to pace myself.  Believing I will get to where I am going.  I think I need a MAID to help speed things up?  A Maid.  I think I would be uncomfortable hiring a Maid, but one day it might just be what the Doctor ordered.  I hope I can always do my own housekeeping, but sometimes I know we all need help.   

Today, I hope to clear out all the boxes in the Living room then vacuum the Living room area rug.  This small task becomes a full blown celebration that I am at this phase of the move. Yesterday, Hubby was sweet and ran a load over to the COTTAGE as I rested.  He works so hard for us.  Will be loading up another load and unload as well.  A couple of loads of laundry are calling my name.

Some shuffling and tidying will take place, I hope.  The flower beds are still needing some roots cut out.  

Back to the drawing board of activity.  I'd like to switch out the yellow mums on the front porch as they aren't doing very well.  I have a couple purple ones that I will use for the switch.  They're still in beautiful bloom.  The yellow ones may be planted in the ground by the cellar door.  They may not come up next year, but then again they might. 

I had heard mums that are planted in the Spring usually grow, but mums planted in the Fall are more for color.  Wonder if this is true.

This evening, OUR GRANDDAUGHTER RAN AT A CROSS COUNTRY EVENT and came in first place.  After being out of commission from horrible blisters, she healed and ran the course.  This is the fourth race this season.  She missed out of the first and second races.  Hard at practices and training she managed to place third last week and first this week.  Cross Country is a tough sport.  Really tough to run 3.2 miles.

   

It is a delight to watch her run the distance.

When the kids are running, spectators can stay put or walk about to watch the athletes run in various places on the course.  I think I watched at 6 different places to where I could yell out loud to cheer her on.  Oh to have their energy.

Just as she was handed her medal, it began to rain.  We got wet walking to the car and I prayed out loud to not get struck by lightning.  Prayer answered. 

Daughter and our youngest Grandson taking in the sport.

AFTER THE MEET, we headed for Gambino's Pizza to eat in the car while we drove the distance HOME.  No cooking or clean up.  I think I am feeling the walking I did across the terrain in my feet.  Today, I can say I walked a bit.  Great exercise for an old woman. 

God bless us one and all,  

~d