Day 4,279—50 Degrees!—

 

This morning, I checked out the track to see if they left it open in the morning on weekdays, but it was closed. I thought about jumping the gate, but I realized I didn’t care enough about running on the track, so I sat on a bench behind the school for my morning quiet time. This one I rank a little lower than the other ones because I was sitting closer to the dumpster than I thought, but I am not going to let that one bad decision ruin my day. It gave me a chance to reflect on who might use the bench I was sitting on and reflecting on their life. My leg has been feeling better, and the weather today was spectacular! 50 degrees in January!

Have you ever had this happen before when you wake up suddenly because you think you’re sleeping in? You realize it is still early, so you go back to bed, but when you wake up on time. Now you're groggy and don’t want to get out of bed. I have been secretly hoping that I start getting up closer to 3:30, but I know it is going to be an adjustment when most nights I am not in bed until after 10, but I thought this morning I was doing better on time because I don’t want to eat lunch anymore. I brought it yesterday but didn’t eat any of what I brought until I got home after 3. Yesterday was my daughter’s last day of winter vacation, and when I got home, I was greeted with her asking me to assemble a trampoline that Sarah’s sister had gotten her for the holiday. As much as I wanted to go inside and change clothes and put my feet up for half an hour, I didn't. I got to work immediately and didn’t finish until after dark.