In brief, I stated that today seemed brilliantly productive. I have done much in the way of gathering information and also vacation planning. I bought our tickets yesterday. This vacation is a source of great joy for me, and gratitude to the Lord for providing a way. I'm going to re-join the YMCA tomorrow. I'm really thrilled about it. It's time to step up my healthy living. I'm also determined to go as totally organic as possible. That's one of the things I like best about myself, is my pursuit of healthiness. I feel like it glorifies the Lord. Everything is coming together in life. I am so thankful. Despite the madness and blur of each passing day, God's grace has been helping me savor each moment...hmm...while still having great things to look forward to.
Speaking of great things, I had a great testimony the other day. Last August, I lost the cross necklace my grandmother gave me. That necklace represents alot of emotional and spiritual significance for me and so I was devastated to not be able to find it. I knew I had taken it to New York and the last I remembered seeing it was the day before Jordan came. I had put it up on a shelf above the shower. Then I know I cleaned like mad and of course, was busy with thoughts of his impending visit etc. Well, once I noticed that it was missing, I searched high and low for it to no avail. I assumed it'd been eaten by the vacuum or possible down the drain or something. So, here recently, I'd been thinking of it and how sad it made me that it was gone. Well, Monday, Kate and I were at the mall and I stopped at one of those kiosks that sell jewelry to look at crosses. I saw one that I really liked and probably would have bought it but the sales lady rudely ignored me, so we left. As we left, I told the Lord about my necklace and how I felt. Well...the next day, while I was binge-cleaning (binge-cleaning v. unnecessary cleaning brought on by sudden inexplicable urges) I was going through boxes that I never look in....and I found the necklace. Now, every time I see it, I think of how much the Lord loves me, that He brought it to me when I was wishing for it....that even a little thing like that was important to Him!
I also have a new idea....I'm considering what it would take to go into life consulting. By that I mean ...well, something akin to queer eye for the straight guy, for women and without lesbians. do image consulting on a budget, help organize the messy points in womens lives. help them cultivate new hobbies/interests/talents. Impress some culture/manners/deportment....you know, things like how to eat chicken in a restaurant, who Charles Dickens is (Since some of my deal girl friends didn't even know...) walking, voice...stuff like that. Just to help women be classic, confident and inspired. Like Linda says "help them wear their femminity like diamonds" It's still just an idea, but it's one I'm quite taken with.
Well....now this entry, or rather re-entry was longer than the original. Funny. I think I'll leave "work" and call Jordan on my way home. Silly boy.