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Day 88: On Moving the Chair and Homemade Gyros!





 I seek you with all my heart;
    do not let me stray from your commands. 

~Psalm 119:10New International Version (NIV)

 

Last night I was a very good girl! I lay down at 10:50.  I found a youtube.com recording of sleep music. It was 8 hours of "relaxing, deep sleep music".

And sleep I did!  

But alas, I did not get up at 6:00 a.m. I even programmed my Kindle Alarm Clock app to play James Brown's "Get Up Offa That Thing".  No use. It just made me cranky.

I hit the snooze until 9:00 a.m. Finally got going. But I feel good. I started with prayer and bible study. Wrote in my prayer journel. Drank some Japanese barley tea from one of my student's trip to Japan.  

I love the cool morning breeze. After I watered the plants, I left the sliding glass door open. Usually I pour myself a cup of tea and sit at the dining room table facing into the living room. But today, I sat on the opposite side of the table, facing the deck. I could hear birds singing. I saw the sway of the breeze in a trees and a little mischievous squirrel. 

This angle made the difference.  It made me think about my "angle" in life. How I get so stuck looking at things from a negative perspective.  Perhaps I just need to adjust my angle.  

Today I sat in a different chair. How can I change my angle on the rest of my life?

Good thoughts to ponder. I am going to do some yoga stretches and head to the trail before it gets too late.

I have a rehearsal with my friend Judy who plays recorder. We are reading through piano/recorder duets by Hans Ulrich Staeps. He was from Germany and lived from 1909 to 1988. I had not been familiar with him, but he is definitely growing on me!

Last night I attended at class at the Community Music Center called "The Joy of Listening to Music" taught by the director of the choir I accompany. It was so refreshing to be a student again!  May of the members of the Francis Street Singers were there and Tracey, the teacher was led a lively class with listening and discussion.  

I am currently listening  the opera "Dido and Aeneas" by Henry Purcell which comes in at number 274 of the top 300 classical pieces of 2015 on Classic FM's Hall of fame.  Quite amusing to do yoga to this music!

http://halloffame.classicfm.com/2015/chart/position/274/ 

Update:  Just got back from the trail. I haven't been doing any running steps because of the heat and achy joints. But I felt a little more chipper this morning. I walked briskly and then did 150 consecutive running steps. 


 I wanted to post a picture of my lunch. I love pictures of food! And I am particularly pleased with my homemade gyros! I will post my recipe this weekend. And now I am off! :)

 

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