Wednesday November 27, 2024
Dear Diary,
Good morning God,
- Thank you for this day.
- Thank you for pet sitting opportunities.
- Thank you for wiring opportunities.
- Thank you for my health.
- Thank you for my friends and family.
- Thank you for guidance.
- Than you for wisdom.
I love you!
I woke up at 4:30 am. It’s been nice sleeping through the night lately. All the dogs were laying on the bed with me. I let them out to use the bathroom and when I let them back in, they got back in bed with me. I wrote my blog and played wordle and connections. Angel came in the bedroom at around 7 am. She crawled in bed with me and the dogs. We cuddled up and both fell asleep again. At 8:30 am we woke up. I let the dogs out and fed them. The fire in the wood stove had gone out, I started another fire and called my friend Nancy. We had a good talk, she is in Asheville, NC. cat sitting for a friend. She wants to come visit me in Idaho this summer. I hope she does, we would have great fun. I think she would like white water rafting and I could take her to some hot springs.
When I got off the phone, I made tea for myself and bean tacos for Angel. We played with the dogs until it was time to leave to go to my friend Brett’s house. He lives 8 minutes away from where I am pet sitting, so it was a short drive there. When I arrived, he helped me make pie crust and pumpkin pie using my sisters canned pumpkin that I had brought with me. It was the best pie crust I had ever made. It was soft and flaky like a pie crust is supposed to be. My sister complained about my last pie crust, saying it was too hard. She said that I needed to do better this time 😂. I told her, she gets what she gets. Well I did do better thanks to Brett and I messaged her telling her so.
While the pies were cooking, Brett and I played scrabble and Angel watched a kids movie on TV. The pie turned out perfect and I won the game of scrabble. We left the pies to cool and hearted (headed) to Zim’s hot springs. On the way we stopped at my pet sitting house to let the dogs out and spend some time with them. When we left, Bits stayed there with the other dogs so he wouldn’t be all alone in the cold truck while we were swimming at the hot springs.
Going through the canyon to get to Zim’s, I felt the truck slip on a small patch of ice. I was going about 20 mph around a curve at the time. I had been lightly pushing on the brakes and as soon as I felt the slide, I let off the brakes and we immediately stopped sliding. All of it happened in a split second. Not even enough time to feel scared. I was impressed with my ability to remember exactly what to do when driving on icy roads. I asked Brett if he felt the slide. Brett said he did and mentioned that there was often black ice in that spot.
We had fun at Zim’s. I stretched and floated in my back, fully relaxing my body. The sun was out and it felt great soaking in the warm mineral water with the bright sun shining on me. I want to get some color back in my skin, I’m going pale from having so many cloudy days in a row. I’m sure the cloudy days have added to the depression I’ve been feeling lately. When I lived in Idaho before moving to Texas, I would get really depressed in the winter but at that time I also hated winter. That is partly why I moved south, to get away from the long cold winters. Now that I’m back in Idaho, I plan on enjoying the winters. I’m sure the depression will lift once I go through the adjustment period of starting a new life in a new place.
We swam for an hour and a half. When we got out, we drove back to my pet sitting house. I let the dogs out and got Bits. Then we went to Brett’s. Brett made something to eat for him and Angel. I went upstairs and did an hour long coaching phone call. The coaching season went really good. My client received a lot of clarity on being at peace with what is and, as always when I am coaching someone, I received clarity as well.
When I got off the phone, Brett and I played 2 more games of scrabble. Angel helped Brett play his turns and I won both games. I jokingly told Brett he needed to work on his scrabble skills so that I would stop winning every game. He’s good at scrabble though, we were neck-and-neck every game. Usually when I play scrabble against someone, I am way ahead. I am a word wizard and am good at word games. My adult kids won’t play any word games with me at all anymore. They accuse me of cheating 😂. I don’t play word games to win though, I play them because I really enjoy them. I just happened to be really good at them.
Angel and I told Brett goodbye and went to my pet sitting house. I let the dogs out and fed them. Angel made a pillow cave on the couch and played with the dogs while I started a fire. We did a half hour of reading time. I wrote my blog notes and Angel read a children’s book called “Big Sarah’s Little Boots”. Then I read her a few chapters of a Magic Treehouse book and put on a sleep meditation. She cuddled up next to me and we fell asleep at around 9:30 pm.
Thank you for reading my blog and being a part of my life. I appreciate you.
Love, Victoria
P. S. This blog post was inspired by the Holy Spirit.