Recovering from Thanksgiving

Out my window: So much rain!

Clothing myself in: jeans, a hoodie, scarf

Around the apartment: We just got back from Wichita last night, so a little disaster-ish.

The hubby: has the day off, so he's enjoying his relaxation time.
 
In the kitchen: today will be a planning day most likely, but luckily I thought ahead and have some quick meals to make while we recover from our travels.

Crafting: Pass!

Learning: I had the opportunity to teach a bioethics course at the Regan Institute. It was the first test of my knowledge post-graduation. They do say that if you truly know your stuff, then you should be able to teach it. I really think I need an educator to help me put my presentation together, if I end up doing that again. I tried to organize it the best I could, but I know it was reading-intensive the first day. I think the outline of the course was decent overall though, and there was some good discussion. And it was fun hanging out with all of my in-laws!

Reading: Fulton J. Sheen, Mary's Song

Watching: not much at the moment, but I do need to watch last year's season of Downton that Matt has for me on iTunes. At some point I will be brave enough to attempt Dr. Who.
  
Bringing me joy: getting to schedule lots of friend dates in Wichita since I was home for an extra three days...easy going kiddos the first morning back after Thanksgiving break...good conversations and family time during my week home

Thinking about: our whole car situation (if you didn't know, we're down to one car after an accident the week before Thanksgiving...I tried to take a lot of time over Thanksgiving week to be grateful for our situation, because we still had one car to help us get through, we have jobs to get us through the tough times, we have gracious family willing to lend us a vehicle while we figure out our next steps, we have other family up here helping with storing our injured car...it really is about the best worst situation we could find ourselves in)...our family's big change as my brother heads overseas again soon...hoping for a better second interview tomorrow

Pictures to share:

Surreal teaching in a classroom in Carroll. Was never in this room, but I remember hearing the shenanigans in it from the next room over :-)

Courtesy: Quote of the Day XXXVIII

A two for one for you :-). Two excerpts from an excerpt of "The Power of Love" in From the Angel's Blackboard: The Best of Fulton J. Sheen. The first is a verse that he quotes from Hilaire Belloc

"Of Courtesy, it is much less
Than Courage of Heart or Holiness,
Yet in my walks it seems to me
That the Grace of God is in Courtesy."

"Courtesy and good manners are the crowning beauty of consecrated conduct..."

When sleep gets off, life gets wacky

This weekend I came down with a head cold. On Saturday morning I was awake at 3:30am with sinus pressure. I took a two-ish hour nap. On Sunday morning I was awake at 3:30am again, this time because I couldn't get comfortable temperature-wise. I took a four-ish hour nap. Last night was the worst. I was asleep by 10:30ish...and wide awake at 12:30am. I tried to just stay in bed, but also know from reading about good sleep that if you can't sleep in bed, to get up so that your body recognizes bed is for sleep only. So that's what I did about 2am...I warmed up some milk, prayed one more rosary on the couch, and did the following reading: finished Letters to a Young Bride (THANK YOU Every Day is a Gift...I will be passing on the book soon/getting a copy for a friend getting married...I seriously loved the book.), read one more chapter of Mary's Song: Living Her Timeless Prayer (This is one of the first books I read that helped me develop my relationship with Mary, and it has been such a gift to revisit it...highly recommend it :-) ), and a couple more sections of From the Angel's Blackboard: The Best of Fulton J. Sheen (another reread, just love his insights). And I journaled. And now it's a quarter till five, and I am STILL wide awake. At least I got some good reflective prayer time in.

My conundrum is the rest of the day. Should I get coffee this morning? I really don't want to keep messing up my sleep schedule, and if I get tired and take another long nap then I feel like I would continue the vicious cycle. And I don't want to be a cranky pants with the babies this morning. But coffee has always been more of a treat for me than anything, and I don't want to be dependent on it, and I'm also taking some meds right now that I need to stay hydrated with, and caffeine obviously works against that. Blurg.