Blessings, affirmations, grace, and reflection

Another night of only 4 hours sleep and a full day of work...plus some. We had our regular staff meeting and then I had to head over to my new obligation, uh, commitment for a couple of hours. I had some time to kill between meetings, so I went into a Starbux across the street. I really dislike that Starbux. There are some really scary, sketchy characters in there who just sit there all day long. Any time of the day or night you go there they have a table front and center. They often don't even buy anything. This is one of the problems with gentrification. What these folks need a regular old school coffee shop or diner. But the neighborhood is trying to get too fancy for that so they pile up in Starbux. I left out reeking of coffee. My coat still smelled of coffee when I finished over at my obli - I mean commitment. I grabbed a (gross) sandwich because I hadn't eaten in about 7-8 hours at that point. My lunch period was totally interrupted. It is the only "peace" th...

I am so tired of living in a place where you have to fight for everything. I went to a workshop this morning and then ran my errands afterwards. I had to go grocery shopping, pick up a few things from Target, etc. I went to a Trader Joe's on the way back home and it was packed. People were just so rude and I am still dealing with a hurt hip. On top of it, I wasn't finding what I needed and some of the items were more expensive than I know they are at the other TJs. I put the two items in my cart back on the shelf and walked/hobbled out. I drove across state to go to different TJ. It was crowded in there, but at least I got what I needed without being run over. Every store I went into today was packed - because of the Super Bowl. I debated waiting to do my errands until tomorrow when the game is on, but I wanted to get it all done while I was already out since I don't know what to expect tomorrow. I got as much as I could done then came home to do laundry. Of course there ...