Happy
First Monday!
It’s
the first Monday of 2020 and the first day back to a regular workweek
after the holidays. Not a day greeted with universal joy. When my
job turned ugly and the workplace was toxic, I kept reminding myself
that I was grateful to be able to pay my bills. I also reminded
myself of my good and pleasant co-workers. That, sadly, no longer
included management, but many of my peers were good folk. I am very
grateful to be retired now. I still cannot keep up with my
responsibilities and I wonder how we survived when I was gone all
day. Even retired, I cannot say that I look forward to Mondays.
Somewhat for myself, but more so for Joseph who is in a dead end job
in a workplace that has also become unpleasant. I am trying to
encourage him to consider the possibilities and work toward improving
his lot.
How
was your New Years? We were pretty low key. Joseph found New Year’s
celebrations on YouTube from earlier places in the world. London’s
fireworks were spectacular and went on for a quite a long time. I
always have mixed feelings about fireworks. I feel so sorry for all
the animals and birds in the area and for people who have PTSD from
combat. But it was an amazing show. I didn’t care much for
Dubai’s although it was fairly impressive. Shanghai had an
impressive drone display instead of fireworks. Included a man
running, the count down and other displays. I was able to enjoy
some fireworks and still go to bed by my usual time. The
neighborhood was surprisingly quiet. There were illegal fireworks on
and off all day and evening, but no big noise eruption at midnight.
(or I was really zonked) When I was young, people used to go
outside, bang on pots and pans, and yell “Happy New Year.” I
didn’t hear any of that here.
We
enjoyed taking the day off, eating junk food, and playing games on
New Year’s Day. I would have liked to have watched the parade on
TV, but I didn’t want to bother the guys and I can’t watch TV in
the kitchen where I seem to spend most of my time. I made cinnamon
rolls.
Although
I do not officially make New Year’s Resolutions, I am always trying
to improve taking care of myself, my family, my home, and my
ministering. Not that anyone can tell by looking. Very little baby
steps. Constant struggle. Anyway, to try to motivate myself to move
more towards a healthier me, I got myself a fitness tracker (Gramin
Vivofit 3) AND joined Yes, Fit (Virtual Races). Y-our tracker
communicates with their app or website or whatever and marks where
you are on their race map. It is not really a race as you can go at
your own pace – run, walk, swim, bike, crawl – it doesn’t
matter. I am on the $4/month plan. I can do the races. If I want
to register for prizes ($25-$30/race), I can win a T-shirt or
something. I am not going to bother with that generally.
I anticipated that a trip to Costco or Winco would be worth LOTS of steps, but, alas! nothing. Apparently, pushing the cart keeps the device from detecting steps. Now, that's frustrating. Some of my Facebook friends suggest wearing the tracker on my ankle. I am going to try that.
We decided that for FP&S (Family prayer and Scriptures), we will mostly follow the Come, Follow Me reading. This last week we did the introduction to the BoM and Joseph Smith’s history in the Pearl of Great Price. Basically on track with Come, Follow Me and the Prophet’s counsel to read about the restoration. Is good.
Wishing all good things.
Love, Grandma Barbara
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