A Friday in June

Cleo wanted to be included in another blog post.

So here she is ... will have to take new pictures soon

I am applying for more jobs.

Not sure what doors will open,

but I am feeling a bit better about it all at the moment.

I savour these moments.

I got a new (for 69 cents at the dollar store)

calendar where I am mapping out

what I need to do each day.

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I am finding that this is helpful

so I know what needs to be done

and by what time.

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Of course now I need to get the work done

but I am feeling a bit more at peace

and ready to do what needs to be done

today.

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Also I am doing a little bit of planning

in the morning and evening for the day

and am excited to see how

this may help me

arrange my days

and assist with decreasing my sense of stress

and / or anxiety.

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I am also finishing up the final details for the

BA in French as a Second Language.

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Now I need to seek God's Kingdom and righteousness

and thus to maintain peace.

This of course is the most challenging part!

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Wishing everyone a joy-filled weekend!

What time is it?

My time away was good;

it is as it always is; my family is routine oriented;

we spent a lot of time together; my Mother is the youngest

of a family of 8 children

so lots of remembering.

Asked my Oma about what her advice about marriage was

(figured I better ask while I can since by the time I may or may not

get married, she will be, I pray, in heaven, since she is

101 years old currently).

She said to be nice to him and he will be nice to you

and to know when to speak and when to not speak.

Lots of truth in these simple things.

Years ago my Mom's family lived in the house pictured above;

painted then with the wood in yellow and green

and a porch the whole side of the house...

My Uncle took my Dad and I to a cool restaurant

with tons of Victorian decorations.

I love the unexpected restaurants way out in the countryside.

A large part of me still belongs to the countryside

of both Ontario and Michigan...

Cleo missed me.

She always lets me know the night I am home sleeping

about 2 Am

she wakes me up.

If anything I will have lots of experience of waking in the middle of the night

if I ever do have a family.

That cat of mine.

She had two people visit her -- my one friend even texted me pictures of her!

and Cleo always had plenty of food and water.

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I am wondering what time it is for me.

Reprogramming for sure.

Rethinking

redoing

re-something else I'm sure.

Changing my eating habits

figuring out what I need for exercise (and how to have the time?)

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I am trying to not be on my computer as much;

I know I need to reorganize my life and time.

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Moved a shelf unit into my closet,

purging myself of more stuff

being patient with the process.

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It can be hard to wait

but the process has to be gone through before I will be

where I will be next

(school, job, other yet unknown).

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May God have mercy on us all.