Blessings, affirmations, grace, and reflection

This weekend the plans were to do the usual chores and errands and get some work in. God said that wasn't happening. Saturday I wasn't feeling 100 percent so I was planning to relax. My cousin called me in the afternoon to convince me to come out to the Puerto Rican Day celebration in East Harlem. I'd never been in all the years I've lived here. It was either too hot, too cold, too rainy, I had other plans, etc. Well, this year it was too chilly and damp but I went anyway. I was not a happy camper. I could deal with the cold, but the noise and the crowds were beyond me. I was ready to go! As it turned out, by the time I found him the police were shutting it all down! It was only 5PM. In the past they would party all night. So we left and warmed up in a Starbucks in the nearby Target before heading out to get something to eat. I didn't want to eat in Harlem so we drove to New Jersey and ate at Fuddrucker's. Had never been, but heard from someone that it has good ...

My poor cat is just miserable. She is like me...can't stand the heat. I am so glad that this won't last long. I am staying hydrated and not moving around much. Most I got done today was going to grocery store laundry and that was doing good.  People are just miserably hot. How do people in other countries or places like Arizona or Las Vegas stand this heat all the time?  Air conditioning must be key. I went out to check on my car today before going to the store. Sure enough there was another dent in it. This time on the hood where someone apparently sat on it. On the back there was dried egg.  If I didn't have to pay my student loans I would be out of this neighborhood. In my building the trash room is filled with trash. People don't bother to drop it down the chute and as hot as it is it will start to stink of the hallway. Apparently the porters are taking an extra day off. My blessing is that I have a place to live and in comparison to some of the other places I...