Here's my thankfulness for today.
1. Agatha Christie book The mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
2. Groceries delivered so thankful!
3. I got my yearly shipment of beeswax candles! 
4. Next week is fast free week. I I have ordered some sliced beef for sandwiches!
5. The care and love of family and friends
6. Soup 
7. Hot tea 
8. Honey 
9. Sumo citrus 
I'm hoping for the strength to make soup tomorrow. I got three jars of homemade chicken broth from our freezer in the garage. I have some vegetables already prepared but would need to chop up an onion and some garlic. This in general isn't a big deal, but when you have a cold and have that level of fatigue, it's more difficult.
About the Avgolemono — Greek Lemon Chicken Soup. - I appreciate the comment that the egg will not show up in taste. I believe it. But I can't do it now. One, the egg has to be room temp and the recipe is new enough and I am now down for the count, and I just can't do anything new. I no longer have the strength or wish to. I hope to when I am better.
My husband wisely suggested that I buy pre-cooked chicken from Applegate, a well-known brand here in the States. So all I would have to do was saute the vegetables put in the three things of broth and the chicken and I would have the soup. I just hope I will be able to make it. I am coughing a lot now, my energy levels have tanked and I don't know how well I will sleep tonight.
I managed to do the dishes today except the dinner dishes that were dirtied after the dishwasher was running. I've napped and rested and read. I feel incredibly blessed.
I'm still going through a grieving process and it's rather confusing in a lot of ways but it is something I just have to go through.
I got news of a dear friend's illness day. That was quite the surprise. But not a surprise to God.
We were going to have a very busy weekend with Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. All days having things to do. Now, both lunches Saturday and Sunday will have to be rescheduled. We're going to stay home all day. Tomorrow is going to be very cold and the roads are not properly cleared and we're not well enough to take light rail at the moment.
I hope however very much to go to liturgy both Sunday and Monday. Monday I hope to get candles blessed. But I don't know. Our plans and wishes don't always work out the way we hope. One of my friends said that where she is, people are getting the flu and it takes 2 months to recover. I have no idea how long I will be ill. All I know is I can trust God in the middle of it.
About G-J question about me as librarian. YES. I was a reader as a child. YES. libraries inspired me to become a librarian in many ways. And a certain librarian actually, at my Univeristy. But the Reason I did it was more practical: I graduated with a BA Hons English and had no job skills and had a hard time finding a job. So my MLIS degree was really because I needed to become employable. I was very fortunate, Canada pays librarians more than the States and overall I was OK - though I did go through an unemployment stretch that was difficult because Ottawa requires French for a lot of jobs and I do not know French. I just loved Ottawa, Canada and my life there. God sent me the totally right beloved Husband for me and I moved to New Jersey over 13 years ago now and here I am. Now I get to do my big dream: write my dream book. Which will take me many more years. A lot of what I read (esp. nonfiction) is for that project.
Meanwhile, I have to get over this illness and see what is next.
One moment at a time with God's mercy. May God have mercy on us all!
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