How is it July? Y’all, we are halfway through the year! Wow!
I would have done a weekend recap yesterday, but I needed Monday’s space to process stuff. 😞
So here we are on Tuesday, and I’m sure inquiring minds want to know how I spent last weekend.
Friday, I came home exhausted. It was the end of my first week back at work after my shoulder surgery, and it took a lot out of me (shoulders included).
Wednesday’s outfit, which was suitable for my physical therapy appointment that afternoon (dirty hair called for a headband) . . .
Here’s my Thursday outfit. My hairdresser washed, dried, and styled my hair during a lunchtime appointment later that day . . .
My Friday ensemble . . . my unit’s director told me I looked like I was headed to the beach. I wish. My outfits are all about what can I easily put on and take off. They don’t always make for the best fashion choices, but what can I say.
After I got home Friday, I immediately began icing both shoulders simultaneously. Ahhh. Such relief.
My specific job responsibilities amp up this time of the year. It’s actually the busiest time of the year for me – go figure. People always think that summers at the college are slow, but the opposite is actually true. We are doing all of the things to get ready for the start of Fall semester.
So, I was sore and tired.
I don’t think I even got a bath that night. I changed right into my jammies and on to my recliner for a much anticipated reading marathon.
Hubby and I watched a good movie that night.
I love Rami Malek. He is an incredible actor!
Saturday
Saturday morning, I slept in and lazily crawled off of the couch, where I’d transitioned to after leaving my recliner when Gambit got me up to pee at o’dark thirty.
It felt so good to sleep past 7. My weekday alarm goes off at 4:30. It takes me a long time to get ready since I’ve got one arm doing all of the things.
I woke up with a crick down my back, though. I’ve been playing with my pillow arrangement to help both of my shoulders while I’m sleeping in my recliner. I think the one I put behind my right arm hit my back wrong.
It was a situation that required the use of an ice gel pack on and off all morning.
It was also the perfect excuse to stay in my pajamas and read my little heart out all day.
At one point, the Mr. looked over at me and said, “Don’t you ever get bored?”
Nope. I’m a gal who is very content hanging out at home. Plus, I hit the ground running Monday through Friday. I treasure down time.
Football season is coming, y’all.
Need I say more?
I finished two books Saturday.
This was not bad. I gave it ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫.
It’s about a male college student who goes missing, and the gal who gets assigned his room and investigates his disappearance. There’s a parallel universe theme in this book; I’m such a sucker for all things time-travel related.
The other book – short story, actually – that I read was this:
It’s about a divorcee who unexpectedly becomes best friends with a gal she meets in the bathroom while at a social gathering with a group of single women.
I didn’t care for the characters though. There were also some cringy things that I just couldn’t relate to.
This one got ⭐️⭐️ from me.
Gambit slept in my chair with me Saturday night. He is a needy guy who loves his mama, and he refused to go to bed when the Mr. called for him that night. So, I let him hang out with me, and we snoozed the night away . . . until 1am when his bladder needed a potty break.
Sigh.
It takes forever for me to get out of the recliner. I’m petite, and with two bum arms and very short legs, trying to navigate out of the chair takes a lot of time and work.
I relocated myself to the couch when he came in, and we snoozled past 8.
Y’all, my surgery-worn body loved the extra hours of sleep.
I feel as though I’m still catching up from all of the sleep I missed out on when the whole shoulder saga began last September.
Plus, I knew that the gal I work closely with was going to be on vacation, and I would be covering for her, so my body needed to be prepared. It’s her annual last hurrah before we are noses to the grindstone processing all of the things for the students who will be making their appearances in a few short weeks.
But I digress.
Sunday
With me being a little grungy from two days of no baths (don’t be judging) and because I’d slept in, I told the Mr. that I wanted to watch church from home.
I love my church so much, y’all. The preaching aligns with God’s Word (I’ve been in churches where that’s not been the case), and the music is something else. So, watching from home isn’t always our favorite, but I’m thankful for technology that allows us to do so when we need to.
This week’s sermon was really incredible.
It was about how we are called to handle the disappointments of everyday unmet expectations.
Here are some screenshots and pictures of things the pastor said that weren’t in the notes in the app.
This next quote had me with my jaw dropped open – so good!
I don’t know about you, but my mind goes places at night, making the next thing he said so good!
Yep. My soul gets tired – especially with all of the stuff happening in the world right now.
Even John the Baptist wanted reassurance.
God so often works behind the scenes, which makes trust difficult.
He gave the example of a bamboo tree, which sits, apparently dormant, for five years before displaying exponential growth that is visible above ground. During that five-year period, activity is happening below ground, where an extensive root system is growing and thriving to provide support for what’s about to emerge up above.
I’m so thankful that God sees what the world either refuses to see or is blind to see.
I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty hard on myself.
I’ve often felt as though I don’t matter a whole lot to some people.
So many Christians look at what’s happening in the world today and are confused, angry, and exhausted.
Personally, I cannot stand the word “religion.”
Religion is a set of rites. It strikes me as a cold, impersonal thing.
Being a Christian is about having a personal relationship with God – acknowledging that Jesus died for your sins, and walking through life with the Holy Spirit’s leading.
It’s an imperfect life because we are sinners. God knew that, which is why Jesus came.
I am a take-charge kind of gal. Thank goodness that God is in control.
Yep. It was an amazing sermon . . . one I very much needed.
After lunch, I prepped this One Pot Vegan Taco Pasta for the week. I ate a bowl for dinner, and it was extremely flavorful.
The ingredient list wasn’t too long. When I make this again, I’ll double the amount of broth because I had to keep adding water until the pasta was cooked.
Passata is another name for tomato puree, I think. Surprisingly, Kroger had passata!
I used these vegan “beef” grounds.
Because it was a one-pot recipe, the aftermath wasn’t too bad.
Since the cutting boards were already out, I decided to oil them – a task I perform monthly. Cutting boards are very expensive, and since we finally invested in good ones, I want to maintain them properly.
I use this oil, which I got off of Amazon.
The Mr. helped me with another task – this one a weekly chore that we always dread.
I wash Gambit’s water jug and bowl each week. I’m doing everything I can to keep him living as long as possible, so getting rid of the junk that builds up each week is worth it.
The Mr. is doing the heavy lifting until my shoulders are working properly again.
I spent the rest of the afternoon piddling around . . . reading the latest book I’d downloaded on my Kindle and playing my NY Times word games.
Sunday evening, the Mr. and I watched the last three episodes of The Chosen.
The actor who plays John did an amazing job capturing the love this disciple had for Jesus.
The scene of Jesus Christ washing the disciples’ feet during the last supper was incredibly moving.
The final scenes in the last episode broke my heart in so many ways.
That was my weekend in the biggest nutshell ever.
How was your weekend? Did you run around like crazy, or did you stay home?
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