Last night was a long night. After staying up so late on Christmas Eve & New Year's Eve and most of the nights in between, it has been difficult to wind the clock back. Last night I was in bed by 11:30 but could not fall asleep! My mind was still racing and wanted to stay up until 3 am like it has been.
I did finally fall asleep and slept through the night in 3 shifts:
1. in my own bed
2. in Jonny's bed
3. in Aliana's bed
Often the kids will wake up and want me to come to lay down with them until they fall asleep. It helps them to feel safe and secure. The hard part is that often I fall asleep too, maybe even before them. Ha! Or, as in the case with Jonny - I woke up to find him wedged between Heather and I. It was very sweet but hard to sleep like that. So, I finally just got up and just went to sleep in Jonny's bed. After all, it was open. : )
I did manage to get up at 6:30 am & spend some quality time with God. It was great but difficult. I was very tired and I think "rusty" at spending time with God so early in the morning. It has been too long. The nice thing was that I had the living room to myself so there were no interruptions.
After the kids started getting up, I took care of them and allowed Heather to get more rest. She has not been feeling well (headaches). Eventually she got up and this freed me up to do some bible study on line and work on my language skills. Amazing how you can literally learn several new words a day - day after day - and still there is an endless supply of more words to know. It is a life-long process.
I prepped some materials for the kids as well, but did not get the opportunity to go over it with them. Heather took it easy most of the day & we laid in bed from time to time watching "Leverage" on line.
I worked hard this afternoon doing laundry, dishes, cleaning up after the kids (teaching them to do that for themselves, but it is a work in progress) and completely cleaning out and de-icing the refrigerator and freezer. It was a longer than expected process, but went very well. Looks so nice now, inside and out, & just feels good to have it done.
In the early evening I ventured out to run some errands while Heather watched the kids. It was better than I thought. Today was a holiday since the 1st fell on a weekend and so I was worried that most places would be closed. The good news is that most places were not closed! I got several things done, although I will have to complete several others tomorrow. Not everyone was open.
Upon arriving home I found the kids still eating a late dinner. I spent a little more time with Heather as we ate dinner (spaghetti) and then put the kids to bed. Finally we had a bit more alone time and now I am catching up on line and getting ready to go to bed. It is going to be a big day tomorrow and I am about 2 hours behind (past midnight now) when I wanted to go to bed. : )
Good night all.
God bless you and help you get the "stuff" you have to get done so that you can get back to family and ministry -
Paz, poder, uncion -
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