Our friends were on the tarmac in the Middle East when the airspace was shut down due to Israel bombing Iran. Oh no! They were there until a little bit ago to find all flights canceled. So, they will be delayed in getting back to the States.
I went to the doctor's yesterday for my annual check up and got a pneumonia vaccine. I guess they are recommended for people over 65. I also got my final Pap Smear. I had it last year, but there were insufficient cells for the lab. They wanted me to come back in, and I just wasn't able to get back. So, I got one yesterday. I waited almost an hour for the blood test, and she couldn't get the blood to come out. I may have had too little liquid while fasting or I was cold. K said the tech should have continued to look for a vein. I have had problems with this in the past. So, I will fast and flood my body with water next time. Bummer that I fasted before and had to miss my chai tea yesterday morning because of the fast. (First World Problem - imagine being stuck on a plane with a bunch of people with kids and your own 4 year and 18 month old. Then having your flight canceled home.)
So, I was dragging all day due to no chai in the morning. :) I have good news though. The same medical assistant measured me last year at 6 feet 1 1/4, and I thought it was wrong. So he was more careful this time and I was solidly 6 feet 1 3/4. That means I have only lost 1/2 inch over life which is probably more accurate. Also good news that I am at a normal and healthy BMI! Yay. I have been working so hard to keep my weight down.
I was looking at my BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and it is 60 calories per day less than it was when I got down to a lower BMI on the range. My goal is to lose at least 5 more pounds before I go on my raft trip in August. I like to be a little lower than I am now, but I am in the range! WOOHOO! That is reason to celebrate.
Today, I have one directee, and we will be going over the ins and outs of her Enneagram type. I did a typing interview last week, and this week we will discuss self-awareness. Maybe this summer I will develop more helps for transformation in this area. She has been stuck for years, maybe 40.
Well, since last Friday Freewrite, we are NOT going to do the Camino in October, and K is! We had asked J and K to do the Camino since we did part of it with them in 2022, but they didn't think they could. She is going with her sister and parents. That should be really lovely for them. I wish I could go with them though! (They didn't ask.)
We talked for five hours last night. I love those two. Such lovely people. So much to talk through - their trip to the Middle East and an identity weekend they did with this lady. (I don't know if they realize I do all that stuff too, but I do it more in the context of long-term cohorts or one on one. Oh well - whatever way they get it is good. Comes down to our belovedness!)
I have ten more minutes. Today is meditation on Jesus' baptism. I will meditate through the YouTube I have on this. LOL! Watching my own YouTube. That is so funny.
After my time with my directee, I will have a two your break and will go to see K for a walk (I think we are walking) out in the south end of town and some good catching up time. I feel like it has been at least two months since we last got together. I have missed her. I also need to get a hold of T. I don't like to bother her when she is in the middle of the school term, but the year ends today! So, I will call her and invite her over for some deck time in the sanctuary.
We were invited to M's graduation at Southern Oregon, but I didn't get the date and time and had already scheduled the annual 12 hour walk that I have already postponed twice in lieu of one of my directees deliverance sessions with C. I went to two of them but let them continue together. I think that is very healthy for me to let go of that for a while. It is not my calling, but it is C's, and my directee is in capable and safe hands.
Well, I better go and get dressed. I will add a picture to go with this freewrite. Maybe my Belovedness Playlist! (K and J didn't know I had a YouTube channel either. Or at least J didn't know.)
TTFN - TGIF! I am almost done with all my August to June intensity. One more leadership meeting and one more three day retreat, and I am DONE and ready for the summer!
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