Friday October 4, 2024
Dear Diary,
I woke up at 4 am and wrote my blog. I went to sleep again from 5:30 am to 7 am. I got up and let the dogs out and fed them. The cat wasn’t around and I didn’t like that. She’s always there first thing in the morning demanding food. I made tea and a smoothie. My smoothie had 7 bananas, cherry juice, turmeric, cacao, fresh almond milk and homemade wild apple/grape/pineapple juice. I left and drove to my friend Kim’s to let her new house cleaner in who is also a friend of mine that I recommended to her. I let my friend in and we chatted a few minutes. Then I drove to Moon Brew. I talked with friends there. I had a conversation with a younger man about life before cell phones. I told him how I had all my friends phone numbers memorized and how I would remember how to get places by looking at a map on the wall when I delivered pizzas in my early 20’s. Now we don’t have to remember anything. Our phones are our brains. Which isn’t a good thing or a bad thing. It just is what it is.
I went off by myself and finished writing my blog and posted it. I prayed my gratitudes. Good morning God, I am grateful for pet sitting. I am grateful for fun conversations. I am grateful for Moon Brew. I am grateful for different languages. I am grateful for laughter. I am grateful for hummingbirds. I am grateful for peace of mind. I am grateful for self confidence. I am grateful for feeling whole. Thank you. I love you.
I left Moon Brew and went to the library. Once a month, they have first Friday Coffee at the library. Which is a social gathering hosted by a group or business in the community. I had wonderful conversations with people and enjoyed myself.
I left the library and went to my pet sitting house. I still didn’t see the cat anywhere and messaged the owners about it. They responded saying that she’s probably off wandering. I certainly hoped so. I let the dogs out and soaked in the hot tub. I decided to surprise my pet sitting clients by washing their outside windows. I went to get my cleaning supplies out of the back of the truck and they weren’t there. I hadn’t put them back in when I took them out the other day. They were all at Christopher’s. I thought about how I could clean the windows without my squeegee. I had some cleaning rags here that I had washed and I could reach most of the windows. Yes, I could do it with what I had. The screens all came off fairly easy and I filled up a bucket with dish soap and water. I’ve found that dish soap and water is the best window washing solution for doing outside windows. I washed and dried all the windows and they looked great when I was finished.
I started to get a headache and feel achy. I had felt a little off since eating that Chinese food yesterday. I had received guidance from the Holy Spirit to not eat that food and to have a smoothie instead. I ignored that guidance and ate it anyway. I didn’t settle right in my stomach and I threw it up a half hour later. I’m sure I got food poisoning from that Chinese food. My headache increased and I became feverish with a queasy stomach. I didn’t listen to the guidance I received and whenever I ignore the Holy Spirit, I find out why it’s best to follow that guidance. I took my temperature and it was 101 degrees F. I went to bed and slept on and off the rest of the day. In the evening, I fed the dogs and let them out. Then I went straight back to bed. With the dogs cuddled all around me.
Saturday October 5, 2024
I woke up off and on throughout the night. I still had a fever and a big headache in the morning. I fed the dogs and let them out. I was really happy to see that the cat was back and I fed her. I drank herbal tea all day and had some fresh squeezed OJ in the middle of the day and that all went down well. I rotated between sleeping and soaking in the hot tub. I listened to audiobooks while I slept. My body ached and no position was comfortable but still I slept a lot with the dogs cuddled up to me giving me their good every. I called Christopher in the afternoon to check on Angel. My adult daughter had dropped her off to him in the morning. Angel said she was missing me and I assured her that I would see her tomorrow. Tomorrow is my last day of pet sitting at this place. Then I move on to the next place, which is Rita and Val’s.
I called my older sister in the evening and talked to her. Then I slept some more. I woke up in the middle of the night and I was sweating. I knew my fever had broke.
Thank you for reading my blog and being a part of my life. I appreciate you.
Love, Victoria
P.S. this blog post is inspired by the Holy Spirit.